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Arpan Goel is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University. He completed his medical degree at Sri Devaraj URS Medical College. His postgraduate training includes an internship at West Virginia University Hospital and residencies at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Goel further specialized during a fellowship at the Department of Plastic Surgery/Burn at Jacobi Medical Center and a fellowship in minimally invasive bariatric surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. His expertise lies in abdominal hernia repair, bowel wall reconstruction, and general surgery, with a particular focus on bariatric and weight loss surgery. Dr. Goel has been recognized multiple times for his teaching abilities, receiving the Attending Teaching Award from Harlem Hospital in 2014 and being named Outstanding Resident Teacher years in a row at Montefiore Medical Center from 2005 to 2007. He has held the position of Attending Surgeon at WestMed Medical Group and Harlem Hospital Center prior to joining Columbia. Dr. Goel's research interests include abdominal hernia surgery, bariatric surgery, and weight management.
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