Maria Iliakova, MD, MSc

Founder & CEO, SURGE

Bariatric & General Surgeon, Medical Lead of Robotic Surgery, Mercy Iowa City 2022-2023

Provisional patent (63/ 603,410): System For Storage and Sorting of Surgical Instruments

Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, Hackensack University Medical Center, 2021-2022

General Surgery, Board Certified by the American College of Surgeons 2021

General Surgery Residency, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2017-2021

Preliminary Surgery Internship, Carle Foundation Hospital, 2016-2017

Andre Koo Tech MBA (MBA), New York University, 2025

Doctorate of Medicine (MD), University of Kansas, 2016

Masters in Science (MSc), Biochemistry, Georgetown University, 2011

Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, UMKC, 2009

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Chemistry, UMKC, 2009

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Spanish, UMKC, 2009

Dr. Iliakova provides expertise in bariatric and foregut surgery, artificial intelligence, digital technology and robotics in surgery. She has numerous publications, interviews, presentations, and serves on professional committees of the American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and the American Medical Association.

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