Overview
Nova Szoka is a Bariatric Medicine specialist and a General Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Szoka is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gastric Bypass. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Hernia, Hiatal Hernia, Sleeve Gastrectomy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Szoka is currently accepting new patients.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 48 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 9 articles in the study of Gastric Bypass.
Insurance
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
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- STATE MEDICAID
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE SNP
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- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
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- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
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- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
1 Medical Ctr Dr, Morgantown, WV 26506
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, FACS, is a minimally invasive general surgeon certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. She is a professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Courcoulas attended Brown University, where she graduated with honors and completed her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine, also with honors. She completed her general surgery internship and residency, pediatric surgery post-graduate research fellowship, and minimally invasive surgery post-graduate fellowship training all at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In addition, she obtained a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health during her surgical training program. Dr. Courcoulas specializes in minimal access general surgery, abdominal surgery during pregnancy, and bariatric and metabolic surgery. Her research focuses on surgical outcomes, clinical trials, and emerging technologies in bariatric surgery. Dr. Courcoulas is active within many national surgical and obesity organizations, serves on the editorial boards of leading scientific journals, and has published more than 230 peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters. View Dr. Courcoulas' full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Courcoulas is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Gastric Bypass. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Short Bowel Syndrome, Malnutrition, Gastric Bypass, and Gastrectomy.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Lawrence Tabone is a General Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Tabone is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Gastric Bypass. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Obesity in Children, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy. Dr. Tabone is currently accepting new patients.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Salim Abunnaja is a Bariatric Medicine specialist and a General Surgeon in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Abunnaja is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Gastric Bypass. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Peptic Ulcer, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy. Dr. Abunnaja is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- GastrectomyDr. Szoka isDistinguished. Learn about Gastrectomy.
- Sleeve GastrectomyDr. Szoka isDistinguished. Learn about Sleeve Gastrectomy.
- Advanced
- EndoscopyDr. Szoka isAdvanced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Gastric BypassDr. Szoka isAdvanced. Learn about Gastric Bypass.
- HerniaDr. Szoka isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia.
- ObesityDr. Szoka isAdvanced. Learn about Obesity.
- Experienced
- CholecystitisDr. Szoka isExperienced. Learn about Cholecystitis.
- CholedocholithiasisDr. Szoka isExperienced. Learn about Choledocholithiasis.
- ColostomyDr. Szoka isExperienced. Learn about Colostomy.
- Congenital Diaphragmatic HerniaDr. Szoka isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Diaphragmatic HerniaDr. Szoka isExperienced. Learn about Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Gallbladder DiseaseDr. Szoka isExperienced. Learn about Gallbladder Disease.