S. Joga Ivatury, MD, MHA, FACS, FASCRS

Srinivas J. Ivatury, MD, MHA, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery & Perioperative, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. He also serves as a Division Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine. He holds an MD MHA from the School of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia in 2006. Ivatury’s top-level research goal is to optimize colon and rectal cancer care while minimizing morbidity and maximizing quality of life. He engages in quantitative and qualitative research efforts on patient-reported outcomes, shared decision making and patient education. He has developed EMR-integrated patient-reported outcomes programs, patient education materials for rectal cancer (Rectal Cancer Education Project) and practice protocols to meet each unique patient’s needs. He is also especially interested in survivorship after rectal cancer treatment.