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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS Fellow Since 2020

Kyle Kleppe, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs
  • Am Medical Association
  • Americas Hernia Society
  • Am Soc for Metabolic & Bariatric Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Mixed Academic/Private

General Surgery

1934 Alcoa Hwy Ste 285

Knoxville, TN 37920

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Kleppe is a General and Bariatric Surgeon who is fellowship trained in minimally invasive and advanced gastrointestinal surgery. He specializes in the treatment of diseases involving the esophagus and stomach including GERD, hiatal hernia, esophageal dysmotility, and gastroparesis. He is part of the Weight Loss Center, treating obesity with medical and surgical weight loss options including laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and roux-en-y gastric bypass. He utilizes various approaches including laparoscopic surgery, endoscopic surgery, and robotic surgery to allow for your quick recovery following your operation.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

  • Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures
  • laparoscopic gastric bypass
  • roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • anti-reflux procedures
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • gallstone disease
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • Hernia Procedures
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • endoscopic surgery
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • robotic surgery

Hospital Appointments

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Madison, WI

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

08/2017—07/2018

UnityPoint Health - Meriter

Madison, WI

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

08/2017—07/2018

William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

Madison, WI

Attending

08/2017—07/2018

Aspirus - Wausau

Wausau, WI

Locum Tenens

10/2017—07/2018

University of Tennessee Medical Center

Knoxville, TN

Attending

09/2018—Present

Academic Appointments

University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

Memphis, TN

Assistant Professor

09/2018—Present