Maria Iliakova
Bariatric & General Surgeon
Mercy Iowa City
Iowa City
Maria Iliakova, MD is a bariatric & general surgeon. She has experience in building a bariatric program in a community hospital that includes providing medical and surgical options. She is passionate about helping people reach the best quality of life possible. She is an advocate of access to a full spectrum of bariatric care and active on committees that reflect this commitment:
-SAGES robotic committee
-SAGES advocacy & policy committee
-SAGES bylaws committee
-ASMBS insurance committee
-ASMBS state chapter vice president
-American Medical Association Women's Physician Section Policymaking Committee
Here are topics I can present:
ERAS integration in a community hospital
Starting research projects in a community hospital setting
Starting a robotic bariatric and foregut program in a community hospital setting
Establishing administration and staff buy-in to build a bariatric surgery program
Standardizing robotic surgery in your hospital
Resident/ fellow education
Robotic bariatrics
Identifying and decreasing community barriers to bariatric surgery access
Practicing bariatric surgery in rural/ suburban environments
Practicing bariatric surgery in community practice
Guiding patients through bariatric surgery process
Medically managed weight loss
Seeing bariatric care as continuous to general medical care
Pitfalls of being a new bariatric surgeon
Finding a job as a bariatric surgeon
Negotiating your contract as a bariatric surgeon
Recruiting primary care providers into bariatric care
- Hernia
- Flexible Endoscopy
- Foregut
- Bariatric
- Robotics
- Professionalism
- Career Development
- Business of Surgery
- Diversity/Inclusion
- Wellness
- Education