Dr. Pupkova* is a bariatric and general surgeon with over 20 years of general and laparoscopic surgical experience. She serves as a bariatric surgeon at Barix Clinics of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Pupkova received her MD degree from Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg, Russia. She received her surgical residency training at the University of Colorado, Denver and St. Barnabas Medical Center, NJ. Dr. Pupkova went on to finish a fellowship in laparoscopic bariatric surgery at Stony Brook State University Medical Center, NY.
Prior to working with patients at Barix Clinics of Pennsylvania, Dr. Pupkova was working as a bariatric surgeon with Morristown Memorial, St. Clare’s, Jersey City and Mountainside Hospitals in northeastern New Jersey.
Dr. Pupkova is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is also a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
Dr. Pupkova performs the following procedures through the Barix Clinics program:
Dr. Pupkova performs the following procedures through the Barix Clinics program:
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Open Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Adjustable Gastric Band (LAP-BAND® and REALIZE™ Band used)
* Members of the medical staff are not employees or agents of the Hospital or the Barix Clinics® program. Each physician providing services at Barix Clinics® facilities is an independent contractor responsible for exercising his or her sound medical judgment when rendering care. Neither the Hospital nor the Barix Clinics® program controls the independent medical judgment exercised by the physicians practicing at the Hospital, and neither assumes any liability or responsibility for a physician’s independent medical decisions.