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About Rupa Seetharamaiah

Rupa Seetharamaiah, M.D., is a Board-certified general surgeon and a member of Baptist Health Medical Group, an organization of more than 180 physicians in multiple specialties closely aligned with Baptist Health South Florida. She specializes in weight-loss surgery and has extensive training in robotic and laparoscopic surgery for minimally invasive and bariatric procedures, including the Da Vinci Surgical System and the SPIDER Surgical System. Dr. Seetharamaiah received her medical degree from the University of Mysore in Mysore, India, and completed her residency at the University of Mississippi. She then completed a fellowship in the Advanced Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery program at Baptist Health. She is a member of the American Board of Surgery, American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Medical Association, Florida State Medical Association, and the James D. Hardy Society. Dr. Seetharamaiah is an assistant professor of surgery at Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Positions

December 2021 - Present Program Director, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ General Surgery Residency Program, Miami, FL
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April 2014 - Present Assistant Professor of Surgery, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL
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August 2014 - Present BHSF FM Residency General Surgery Rotation Director, West Kendall Baptist Hospital ‐ Family Medicine residency
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2011 - Present General and Bariatric Surgeon, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ Baptist Health Medical Group
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April 2019 - March 2022 Surgery Clerkship Director, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL
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October 2021 - November 2021 Associate Program Director, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ General Surgery Residency Program, Miami, FL
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April 2017 - January 2021 Clinical Chief of Surgery, Baptist Health South Florida ‐ West Kendall Baptist Hospital
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Member, Robotics and Innovation in Surgery Sub-Committee (RISSC)
2018 - Present Member, Medical Staff Quality Committee MSQC, Homestead Hospital
2015 - Present Member, Quality Review Committee, West Kendall Baptist Hospital
2014 - Present Surgeon Champion, ACS NSQIP, West Kendall Baptist Hospital
2013 - Present Chair, Medical Records Committee, West Kendall Baptist Hospital
2011 - Present Member, ASMBS
2009 - Present Member, The James D Hardy Society
2007 - Present Member, Southern Medical Association
2003 - Present Member, SAGES
2002 - Present Member, APDS
2002 - Present Member, American College of Surgeons
2022 - 2023 Mentor, ACS Women in Surgery Mentorship Program
2022 - 2023 Mentee, APDS Mentorship Program
2014 - 2019 Member, EHR Advisory Board, Baptist Hospital
2014 - 2018 Member, Research Committee, Baptist Hospital
2006 - 2009 Member, RAS - ACS
2005 - 2009 Member, ASAIO
2007 - 2008 Member, Surgical Student Interest Group, University of Mississippi Medical Center
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Honors and Awards

  • ASAIO Fellowship, 2005

Courses

  • Basic Life Support
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support

Education

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December 2010 - December 2011 Fellowship in Surgery, Minimally Invasive, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery ‐ Baptist Health South Florida, Miami Florida
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July 2010 - September 2010 Research Fellow, University of Tennessee Medical Science Center ‐ Le Bonheur's Children Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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July 2009 - June 2010 Fellowship, Endoscopic Pediatric Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Science Center ‐ Le Bonheur's Children Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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July 2002 - June 2009 Resident, University of Mississippi ‐ Medical Center and G. V. (Sonny) Montgomey VA Medica Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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July 2004 - June 2006 Research Fellow, The University Of Michigan ‐ C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor Michigan
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July 2001 - June 2002 Residency in General Surgery, University of Texas ‐ Health Science Center and Wilford Hall Medical Center-lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
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September 1999 - August 2000 Observership, Pediatric Surgery ‐ Children's Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
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August 1991 - June 1997 Bachelor of Medicine, Medical Director ‐ Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India
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Presentations (43)