Kathriena Greenwell, M.D.

I am a fellowship-trained bariatric surgeon and a board certified general surgeon. Creating a welcoming and supportive environment for you is important to me, and it is vital to caring for you as a whole person. Specifically in the Bariatric Program, through a multidisciplinary approach with endocrinology and dietitians, you will be thoroughly educated and cared for in order to ensure positive long-term outcomes.

In my free time, I enjoy the outdoors with my dog and traveling to new places.

Education

• University of Louisville School of Medicine

Residency

• General Surgery, TriHealth-Good Samaritan

Fellowship

• Bariatric Surgery, TriHealth-Good Samaritan

Certifications

• Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma, American College of Surgeons
• Bariatric Surgery, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (application pending)
• Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery
• Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery

Memberships

• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

• Bariatric surgery (weight loss and metabolic)
• Disparities in health care and global health
• Endoscopy
• Gastrointestinal and foregut surgery
• General surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Robotic surgery

• A multi-institutional study from the US ROPE Consortium examining factors associated with directly entering practice upon residency graduation; September 2022
• Complete pathologic response rate to neoadjuvant chemotherapy increases with increasing HER2/CEP17 ratio in HER2 overexpressing breast cancer: Analysis of the National Cancer Database (NCDB); June 2020
• A rural pathways program for high school students: Reinforcing a sense of place; October 2014