Venkat Kalapatapu
Venkat R. Kalapatapu, MD
Office (215) 316-5151
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19104
About
Venkat Kalapatapu
I care fore patients with all types of vascular disease, including aneurysms and dissections of the aorta and other vessels, peripheral arterial disease with blockages in the arteries of the leg, carotid artery disease in the neck, arteries in the abdomen and arms, thoracic outlet syndrome, and dialysis access. I perform medical endovascular treatment, which involves angiography and treating vascular disease with balloons and stents, and open vascular surgery that may also involve bypass surgery.
Primary Specialty
Vascular Surgeon
Practice
Venkat R. Kalapatapu, MD
Gender
Male
Education
Kakatiya Medical College
Training
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna US Healthcare, Amerihealth Caritas, Amerihealth Caritas Medicare, Centivo Health Plan, Cigna, Cigna HealthSpring, Clover Health Plan, Devon Health Services (Americare), Gateway Health Plan, Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Medicaid, Global Medical Management, HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan, HealthPartners, HealthPartners Medicare, HealthSmart, Highmark Blue Shield, Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Humana / Choicecare, Humana / Medicare, Imagine Health 360, Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East), Keystone First, Keystone First Medicare, NJ Amerihealth, NJ Medicaid, NJ Medicare, NJ Qualcare, Oscar Health Plan of PA, Oxford Health Plan, PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare, PA Medicaid, PA Medicare, Provider Partners Health Plan, Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA, Tricare, United Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, UPMC Health Plan, US Family Health Plan, Veterans Choice Program
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Admitting Hospitals
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Services
abdominal aneurysm repair, abdominal aorta aneurysm repair, amputation below the knee surgery, amputation of the toe surgery, angiography, aortofemoral shunt, arterial biopsy, arterial reconstruction of the lower extremities, arteriovenous bypass, arteriovenous graft, balloon angioplasty maturation, balloon catheter, carotid endarterectomy, cervical rib resection, common femoral thromboendarterectomy, diabetic limb salvage, dialysis access, embolectomy, endarterectomy, endarterectomy of abdominal artery, endarterectomy of lower limb artery, endarterectomy of upper limb artery, endovascular aneurysm repair, endovascular atherectomy, endovascular celiac artery surgery, endovascular femoral artery surgery, endovascular iliac artery surgery, endovascular laser atherectomy, endovascular stenting, endovascular superior mesenteric artery surgery, femoral artery angioplasty, iliac artery angioplasty and stenting, ilioiliac artery bypass graft, infected graft surgery, interruption of vena cava, ligation of internal jugular vein, lower extremity angioplasty and stenting, lower extremity bypass, mesenteric artery stenting, mesenteric open bypass, open aortic surgery, peripheral artery bypass, removal of infected abdominal graft, removal of infected neck graft, renal angioplasty and stenting, renal artery bypass surgery, repair of axial brachial aneurysm, repair of blood vessel of leg, repair of carotid subclavian aneurysm, repair of intraabdominal blood vessel, repair of neck blood vessel, repair of popliteal artery, repair of vertebral artery, splenic artery repair, superior mesenteric artery stenting, thoracic endovascular aortic repair, thrombolysis, upper extremity angioplasty and stenting, vascular access surgery, vascular stenting, vertebral transposition, wound care