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UICOMP SURGERY FACULTY
RAVINDRA K. VEGUNTA, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Associate Program Director
Director TraP, Simulation Lab
Dr. Ravindra Vegunta was born in India and graduated from Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, in 1982. His medical training continued abroad in India and the United Kingdom. Dr. Vegunta completed a General Surgery Residency at Ohio State University in 1997 and a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, in 1999. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City in 1999.
He joined our faculty in August of 2000 and is Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics. In July of 2009, he became Associate Program Director. Dr. Vegunta is Founder and Director of the the residency simulation lab, the Training Center for Procedural Skills (TraP), and Director of the Surgical Residency Preparedness Practicum for M4 students. He is Co-Creator and Co-Director of the Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Course and the Intro to Robotic Surgical Skills Course and the Creator and Director of the Vascular/Emergent Advanced Skills Course, all for the residency program. He was the 2004 recipient of the UICOMP ‘Outstanding Teaching Award’. He is the recipient of the 2008 UICOMP 'Faculty of the Year' award. Dr. Vegunta is the Director of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Children’s Hospital of Illinois located in our main teaching facility.
Dr. Vegunta is a member of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group and a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. He has numerous publications on Minimally Invasive Surgery and has conducted cancer research involving neuroblastoma with the Ohio Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Dr. Vegunta lives in the Peoria area with his wife, Dr. Suneela Vegunta, and their two children.
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