Chief Clinical Consultant for
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About Hope Baluh, MD FACS

Dr. Hope Baluh has been with the Indian Health Service for over a decade.

She is a board certified general surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). She has been awarded the Oweida Scholarship for excellence in rural surgery by the ACS. She lives with her seven children in Tahlequah, Oklahoma where she enjoys the challenges of being a parent and a surgeon in rural America.

Education

Illinois State University, B.S. Chemistry

Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine, MD

Marshall University Affiliate Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia, Surgical Residency

Professional Experience

Chief of Surgery - W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital - Tahlequah, OK

Chief of Surgery and Critical Care - Newman Memorial Hospital – Shattuck, OK 

Staff Surgeon – Somerset Hospital, Center for Health – Somerset, PA

Professional Organizations

Association of Women Surgeons

American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

American College of Surgeons

Areas of Interest

Psychological aspects of surgical intervention

Adapting state of the art procedures to rural settings.

Honors and Awards

American College of Surgeons, “Oweida” Scholarship, 2002

Service Unit Director’s Award, Indian Health Service, 1997

Veterans Administration Recognition Award, 1988

National Science Foundation Summer Research Position, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, 1979

Research and Publications

“Tracheo-arterial Fistula: A Rare Complication of Central Monitoring,“ Infections in Surgery; Jan., 1988

“Tracheo-arterial Fistula: A Rare Complication of Central Monitoring,“ Complications in Orthopedics; March/April, 1988

“Missed Operative Splenic Injury: Diagnosis and Management.”  Surgical Rounds; April 1992

“Laparoscopic Treatment of Intragastric Angelchick Device Migration.” Surgical Rounds; Dec. 2002 Vol. 25 No. 12, 593-6

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