
Vanita Ahuja MD
Chief, General Surgery VA; Surgery Quality Liaison Yale
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950 Campbell AveSuite 120New Haven, CT 06516
Phone+1 203-932-5711
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Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2007
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Surgery, 2004 - 2005
National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1998 - 2000
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 2019 - 2026
MD State Medical License 2016 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2026
VA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification FairWarning® Patient Privacy Monitoring, FairWarning Technologies, LLC, 2016
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification PowerChart (Clinical), Cerner Corporation, 2016
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification HealtheLife and PowerChart, Cerner Corporation, 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Operative strategies for the acute difficult gallbladder: a Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract state-of-the-art systematic review and meta-analysis of subtota...Muhammad Ahmad Nadeem, Abdul Rafeh Awan, Chase J Wehrle, Ayaka Tsutsumi, Fabrizio Darby
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2026-04-01 - Evaluating the Safety of Empiric Tamsulosin to Prevent Postoperative Urinary Retention in a Colorectal Surgery Recovery Pathway.Kurt S Schultz, Samuel D Butensky, Thomas R Hickey, Vanita Ahuja, Melissa F Perkal
Annals of Surgery Open. 2024-12-01 - 1 citationsSurgical Outcomes and Utilization of Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Techniques for Elective Colectomy in Asian American and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Diagn...Vanita Ahuja, Shilpa S Murthy, Ira L Leeds, Lucero G Paredes, David G Su
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024-10-01
Journal Articles
- An Interview with Dr. John L. Cameron, the Hall of Famer of Pancreatic CancerVanita Ahuja, MD, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Authored Content
- Impact of Age on the Accuracy of Predicted Operative Mortality for Primary Rectal CancerOctober 2018
Press Mentions
Vanita Ahuja, MD, FACS, a General Surgeon with LifeBridge HealthJune 17th, 2019- An Interview with Dr. John L. Cameron, the Hall of Famer of Pancreatic CancerJuly 18th, 2018
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