Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery
Wanda Kaniewski, MD, FACS

Dr. Wanda Kaniewski is a board-certified general surgeon with Fellowship training in advanced laparoscopy. Dr. Kaniewski’s general surgery residency training was through the Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., and she completed her laparoscopic surgery fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Dr. Kaniewski has been distinguished as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).  She is the Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program at The Minimally Invasive Surgery Hospital.

Dr. Kaniewski's safety record is among the best, and that's because our focus is, and has always been on doing the safest surgery possible.  Dr. Kaniewski takes the time to make sure each patient is taken care of as thoroughly and carefully as possible, pre-operatively, during surgery, and post-operatively. At this time, Dr. Kaniewski is the only bariatric surgeon in a several state area around Kansas who performs the Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch, Biliopancreatic Diversion and Revisions of previously failed operations laparoscopically.

Dr. Kaniewski's professional honors include being awarded Top Gun Champion by the American College of Surgeons at the Laparoscopic Skills Challenge and receiving the Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Surgeon Achievement Award from the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. In addition, she is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS), the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO).

Dr. Kaniewski has published many professional papers and presented at professional meetings around the country. You may view these by linking to Publications and Presentations.