Kent R Van Sickle, M.D.
Professor/Clinical
Dr. Van Sickle received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994 and completed his surgical residency training at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, GA and New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. He went into private practice in general surgery for four years in Anderson, SC before returning to academics in 2003 to complete a two-year fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and GI Surgery at Emory University Hospital. Dr. Van Sickle joined the faculty at UTHSCSA in Sept. 2005 and is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship. Dr. Van Sickle has consistently been selected as one of San Antonio's best surgeons by his peers and by his patients.
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Professional Background
Education
- 2005 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Advanced Laparoscopic and GI Surgery Fellowship - Emory University Hospital, MIS/General and GI Surgery
- 1999 - Residency - General Surgery - New Hanover Regional Medical Center
- 1996 - Residency - General Surgery - Atlanta Medical Center, Georgia Baptist Medical Center
- 1996 - Internship - General Surgery - Atlanta Medical Center, Georgia Baptist Medical Center
- 1994 - MD - Medicine - University of Tennessee School of Medicine
- 1989 - BS - Biology - University of Tennessee
Appointments
- 9/2017 - Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, Surgery, San Antonio
- 8/2007 - Attending Surgeon - Fort Bend Surgery CenterSugarland
- 12/2006 - Attending Surgeon - Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio
- 8/2005 - Attending Surgeon - University Health SystemSan Antonio
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- Instruction & Training
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