Associate Professor, Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine

General Surgery

Dr. Kurt E. Roberts, MD

Kurt Roberts is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He has 3 awards "Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow". Doctor Kurt E. Roberts, MD is also published. He has 47 publications published. The lastest publication: "Transvaginal cholecystectomy learning curve.' He accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

Transvaginal cholecystectomy learning curve.
Toward scar-free surgery: an analysis of the increasing complexity from laparoscopic surgery to NOTES.
Perceptions, Training Experiences, and Preferences of Surgical Residents Toward Laparoscopic Simulation Training: A Resident Survey.
A comparison of NOTES transvaginal and laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures based upon task analysis.
Comparison of immediate postoperative Pain after transvaginal versus traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Pure Transvaginal Ventral Hernia Repair in Humans.
Closing the gap: medialization of fascia with laparoscopic incisional Hernia repair.
Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with improved cosmesis scoring at the cost of significantly higher Hernia rates: 1-year results of a prospec...
Transvaginal cholecystectomy: effect on quality of life and female sexual function.
"Triangle of safety": anatomic considerations in transvaginal natural orifice surgery.
Hierarchical Task Analysis of Hybrid Rigid Scope Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Cholecystectomy Procedures.
Pure transvaginal umbilical Hernia repair.
Transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery in the morbidly obese.
Construct and face validity of a virtual reality-based camera navigation curriculum.
Transvaginal NOTES Hybrid Cholecystectomy.
Pure transvaginal appendectomy versus traditional laparoscopic appendectomy for acute Appendicitis: a prospective cohort study.
Functional role of NHE4 as a pH regulator in rat and human colonic crypts.
Female Sexual Function After Pure Transvaginal Appendectomy: A Cohort Study.
Stump Appendicitis: a surgeon's dilemma.
Completion of a novel, virtual-reality-based, advanced laparoscopic curriculum improves advanced laparoscopic skills in senior residents.
Single-port laparoscopic umbilical Hernia repair.
Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a surgeon's initial experience with 56 consecutive cases and a review of the literature.
Management of median arcuate ligament syndrome: a new paradigm.
The role of haptic feedback in laparoscopic simulation training.
Two-port laparoscopic appendectomy: minimizing the minimally invasive approach.
Designing and validating a customized virtual reality-based laparoscopic skills curriculum.
Gastric bypass: a risk factor for neural tube defects? Case report.
Defining surgical therapy for pseudomembranous colitis with toxic megacolon.
Computer-based endoscopy simulation: emerging roles in teaching and professional skills assessment.
Laparoscopic-assisted transgastric endoscopy: current indications and future implications.
DeltaF508 mutation results in impaired gastric acid secretion.
Laparoscopic transgastric repair of a gastrogastric fistula after gastric bypass: a novel technique.
Hartmann's colectomy and reversal in diverticulitis: a population-level assessment.
True single-port appendectomy: first experience with the "puppeteer technique".
Are laparoscopic antireflux procedures useful?
Controversies in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux and achalasia.
Evolution of surgical skills training.
Single-port cholecystectomy: small scar, short learning curve.
Recent advances in the surgical treatment of achalasia and gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
Sutureless laparoscopic ventral Hernia repair in obese patients.
A new modality to evaluate the gastric remnant after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Virtual three-dimensional computed tomography assessment of the gastric pouch following laparoscopic Roux-Y gastric bypass.
Survey of the effective exercise habits of the formerly obese.
Prospective randomized controlled trial of traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: report of preliminary data.
Laparoscopic ventral Hernia repair during pregnancy.
Development of a Virtual Reality Simulator for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Cholecystectomy Procedure.

Schools

LeopoldFranzenUniversitat Innsbruck Medizinische Fakultat

Procedures Preformed

Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
Colectomy
Decortication and Pleurectomy
Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated

Abdominal Pain
Anorectal Abscess
Appendicitis
Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties

General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Regional Top Doctor
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Fellow

Education

University of Washington
Johns Hopkins University
Leopold Franzen University Innsbruck Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Drug Facts

NPI NUMBER		1477526440
NPPES Provider LastName		ROBERTS
NPPES Provider FirstName		KURT
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		06511
NPPES Provider State		CT
Specialty Description		General Surgery
Total Claim Count		68.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		18.0
Percent Opioid Claims		26.47

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Medicare Facts

National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1477526440
Last Name Of The Provider	ROBERTS
First Name Of The Provider	KURT
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