One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Pokala Ravi Kiran, MD

Colon and Rectal Surgery
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Specialties
Surgery, Cancer Care, Colon and Rectal Surgery, morespecialties

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
Floor 8
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • POS
  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New York Services
  • POS - New York Services
  • EPO - New York Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)
  • MVP Health Care-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • TRICARE
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • Columbia University Employee Plan
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Pokala Ravi Kiran, MD


Board Certifications

  • Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Surgery

Specialties & Expertise

  • Abscess Drainage
  • Adhesions
  • Anal Cancer
  • Anal Fissure and Fistula
  • Anal Fistula
  • Anal Sphincter Incontinence
  • Anal Warts
  • Anorectal Disorder
  • Anorectal Surgical Procedures
  • Biofeedback Therapy
  • Bowel-Sparing Strictureplasty
  • Colectomies
  • Colitis
  • Colon and Rectal Cancer
  • Colon and Rectal Disease
  • Colon Cancer
  • Colon Cancer Screening
  • Colon Polyps
  • Colon/Rectal Cancer Surgery
  • Colonoscopy
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Complex Anal Fistula Disease
  • Constipation
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Diverticular Disease
  • Diverticulitis
  • Fecal Incontinence
  • Fistula, Anal
  • Genital Warts
  • Hemorrhoid Surgery
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Ileostomy
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Intestinal Obstruction
  • Intussusception
  • J Pouch
  • K Pouch (Continent Ileostomy)
  • Laparoscopic Colectomy
  • Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Laparoscopic Colon Resection
  • Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
  • Laparoscopic Proctectomy
  • Megacolon
  • Min Invasive Colorectal Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Rectal Surgery
  • Ostomy Care
  • Ostomy Creation, Care and Revision
  • Ostomy Reversals
  • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
  • Pelvic Floor-Muscle Rehab
  • Pilonidal Cyst/Abscess
  • Rectal and Anal Surgery
  • Rectal Bleeding
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Rectal Carcinoma
  • Rectal Prolapse
  • Rectal Surgery
  • Rectovaginal Fistula Repair
  • Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Small Bowel Cancer
  • Small Bowel Disease
  • Small Bowel Resection
  • Sphincter Saving Operations
  • Sphincter Sparing Surgery
  • Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEMS)
  • Twisted Colon/Intestine
  • Ulcerative Colitis

EDUCATION

  • Internship: Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center - NY
  • Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Hospital
  • Residency: St Mary's Hospital

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Kenneth A. Forde Professor of Surgery (in Epidemiology)
  • Director, Center for Innovation and Outcomes Research
  • Co-Director, Global Center for Integrated Colorectal Surgery and IBD Interventional Endoscopy

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Top Doctors New York Metro Area (digital guide): 2018, 2017, 2016
  • New York Magazine: Top Doctors 2018, 2016
  • Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor: 2015 to present
  • Best Doctors in Cleveland, 2012
  • ASCRS Traveling Fellow, 2012
  • Teacher of the Year in Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, 2011
  • Resident researcher of the year, 2005-2006
  • Resident teacher of the year, 2003-2004
  • Research degree in Evidence Based Medicine from Oxford in the United Kingdom
  • Surgical fellowships from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, England, and Glasgow

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