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Surgeon's Profile


Ara Keshishian, MD, FACS

Operations Performed

Duodenal Switch Open and Lap
Adjustable Gastric Banding, Lap Band
Revision of Weight Loss Surgical Procedures
Advance Laproscopic procedures

Education

Surgical Residency
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Oakland
Pontiac, Michigan
1994- 1999

Medical School
American University of the Caribbean
901 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Suite 201
Coral Gables, FL 33134-3036
MD, April 1994

Undergraduate
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, August 1990

Professional

Private Practice
August 1999, present

Clinical Appointments

Chair, Department of Surgery
Delano Regional Medical Center, 2003-2005

Co-Chair, Critical Care Committee Surgery
Delano Regional Medical Center, 2002

Professional Memberships - Certifications & Licensing

  • State of Michigan, Board of Medicine, Physicians License
  • State of California, Physicians, and Surgeons License
  • State of Nevada, Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners
  • California Medical Association
  • American Board of Surgery, Board Certified
  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • American Society For Bariatric Surgery, Member
  • American Armenian Medical Association, Member
  • Kern County Medical Society
  • American Society of cosmetic Breast Surgeons, Member
  • American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Fellow
  • Society American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
  • The Society for the surgery of the Alimentary Tract