Dr. Raja Kandaswamy, MD – Minneapolis, MN

Overview of Dr. Kandaswamy

Dr. Raja Kandaswamy is a general surgeon in Minneapolis, MN and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center and Children's Minnesota. He received his medical degree from Kilpauk Medical College and has been in practice 29 years. Dr. Kandaswamy accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 104 doctors at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center and one of 4 doctors at Children's Minnesota who specialize in General Surgery. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

• Howard UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1997

• Howard UniversityInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992

• Kilpauk Medical CollegeClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

• WI State Medical License 2021 - 2025

• MN State Medical License 1997 - 2025

• FL State Medical License 2011 - 2013

• DC State Medical License 1997 - 2000

• American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
• Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

• Banff 2022 pancreas transplantation multidisciplinary report: Refinement of guidelines for T cell-mediated rejection, antibody-mediated rejection and islet pathology. ...

  Cinthia B Drachenberg, Maike Buettner-Herold, Pedro Ventura Aguiar, Catherine Horsfield, Alexei V Mikhailov, John C Papadimitriou, Surya V Seshan, Marcelo Perosa, Ugo ...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 Oct 21

• Multidisciplinary Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Dysplastic Adenoma Involving a Pancreas Transplant.

  Cemil Kayaalp, Vijay S Are, Raja Kandaswamy, Stuart K Amateau> ;ACG Case Reports Journal. 2023 Aug 1

• Second Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Dialysis Dependent Recipients by Induction Type in the United States.

  Kurtis J Swanson, Adam Bregman, Rasha El-Rifai, Scott Jackson, Raja Kandaswamy, Samy Riad> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2023 Sep 1
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Journal Articles

• Significant Arterial Complications After Pancreas Transplantation—A Single‐Center Experience and Review of Literature  

  Jafar Golzarian, Ty B Dunn, Raja Kandaswamy, Erik B Finger, Clinical Transplantation

Press Mentions

• Veteran of Business and Vietnam War Is Grateful for Gift of LifeSeptember 12th, 2020

• Woman Donates Kidney to Firefighter Who Helped Her DaughterMay 20th, 2019

• The Gift of a Kidney from a Workmate Makes This a Special Holiday SeasonDecember 1st, 2018

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Insurance Accepted

• Aetna Choice POS II
  BCBS Blue Card PPO
  BCBS Illinois PPO
  BCBS Minnesota Blue Cross Accord
  CIGNA Open Access
  CIGNA PPO
  

  Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  Multiplan PHCS PPO
  Multiplan PPO
  United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
  United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
  

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