Specialty: Surgery - Mid-South Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery - Bariatric Surgery; Surgery - General; Surgery - Colorectal

Certification(s): Dr. Tichansky is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Location(s):

Medical Degree: UMDMJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

Residency: (General Surgery) Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fellowships: (Surgical Oncology Research) Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (Laparoscopic Surgery) Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia - Fellowship approved by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Co-Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at Regional Medical Center; Co-Director of Bariatric Program at UT Medical Group.

Special Interest:

• Endoscopy
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Reflux Surgery

Professional Memberships:

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Member
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Member
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Member
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Member
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Regular Member, Meeting Moderator
• Memphis Surgical Society, Member

Additional Information:

• Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society
• Poster of Distinction, 2005 Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Scientific Session
• Barbara Spirou-Newman, M.D. Scholarship, New Jersey Medical School
• Best Paper in Basic Science Research, Thomas Jefferson University
• Author and co-author of many scientific presentations and publications