DOVER, N.H. – Award-winning surgeon, Hany Takla, MD, FACS, FASMBS has joined Wentworth Health Partners General Surgery and the Wentworth-Douglass Center for Weight Management & Bariatric Surgery.

            Dr. Takla worked as the Medical Director of Robotic Surgery at Winchester Hospital in Winchester, Mass. prior to joining Wentworth-Douglass. He brings years of global experience to the hospital and has fellowship training in robotic surgery. He is a Fellow of American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery as well as the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Takla has completed internships, residencies, and fellowships at: Cairo University Hospital in Egypt; the University of Washington in Seattle; the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, Mass., and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz.

            Dr. Takla has been published in nine medical journals and was featured in Boston Magazine as a Top Doctor in 2019.

At Wentworth Health Partners General Surgery, Dr. Takla performs minimally invasive robotic surgery for hernias, reflux disease, appendicitis, diverticulitis, gall bladder disease, different types of cancer, and colorectal diseases. To learn more about Wentworth Health Partners General Surgery, visit whpgeneralsurgery.org.   

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s Center for Weight Management & Bariatric Surgery offers physical and nutritional guidance through weight management programs, or weight loss surgery with a multidisciplinary team where patients work closely with their care team to create a personalized plan to help live a healthier and happier life. To learn more about the Wentworth-Douglass Center for Weight Management & Bariatric Surgery, visit wdhospital.org/newme. 

About Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (wdhospital.org) is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit charitable health care organization located in Dover, New Hampshire with a 115-year history of compassionate care and innovation. A member of the Mass General Brigham system, Wentworth-Douglass is strategically located in the heart of the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine, which it has served since 1906. The organization is a family of more than 3,500 employees, including more than 400 physicians and advanced practice providers, dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of the region’s residents and visitors. The organization includes a 178-bed hospital, more than 30 primary and specialty provider practices and clinic sites, multiple express and prompt care facilities, an ambulatory surgery center, several medical office buildings, The Works Family Health and Fitness Center, and the Wentworth-Douglass Foundation.