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Kunoor Jain-Spangler

Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Surgery · 2022 - Present Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery

Recent Publications


Impact of metal vs non-absorbable, polymer clips during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Journal Article Surg Endosc · April 2025 BACKGROUND: Titanium metal clips have classically been used to occlude the cystic artery and duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Non-absorbable, polymer clips are an alternative with a locking feature. There is limited research evaluating the ad ... Full text Link to item Cite

Current state of the definition and terminology related to weight recurrence after metabolic surgery: review by the POWER Task Force of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Journal Article Surg Obes Relat Dis · July 2022 Bariatric surgery continues to be the most reliable treatment for the disease of obesity. Despite excellent results, some patients experience weight recurrence with or without concomitant recurrence of co-morbidities. There is currently no standard definit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interventions for the Management of Post–Sleeve GERD

Journal Article Digestive Disease Interventions · September 2021 AbstractOver the last decade, sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has steadily gained popularity and has now become the most commonly performed bariatric procedure in the United States. It is technically less complex than Roux-en-Y gas ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


FSF Fellowship

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation for Surgical Fellowships · 2022 - 2023

FSF Fellowship

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation for Surgical Fellowships · 2021 - 2022

FSF Fellowship

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation for Surgical Fellowships · 2020 - 2021

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Education, Training & Certifications


Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine · 2004 M.D.