Abhineet Uppal, MD

Background

A board-certified surgeon Abhineet Uppal, MD, provides multidisciplinary care for patients with colorectal cancer. Dr. Uppal's clinical and research interests focus on optimizing outcomes in colorectal cancer surgery using machine learning, translational research into the biological underpinnings of colorectal metastases, and early detection of metastases using circulating tumor DNA.

Dr. Uppal is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. He joined Emory from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery and associate medical director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center.

Dr. Uppal earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals. He pursued fellowship training in complex general surgical oncology at the John Wayne Cancer Institute and in colon and rectal surgery at UC Irvine.

Titles & Roles

• Assistant Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery

  Emory University School of Medicine

Education & Training

Education

• Fellowship, Colon & Rectal Surgery, 2020

  University of California - Irvine
• Fellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2019

  Providence Saint John's Cancer Institute
• Residency, General Surgery, 2017

  University of Chicago Medical Center
• Medical Education, MD, 2010

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Board Certifications

• Complex General Surgical Oncology

  American Board of Surgery, 2022
• Colon and Rectal Surgery

  American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2021
• Surgery

  American Board of Surgery, 2017

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