Three Rivers Health has announced the addition of Navin Pancholy, M.D., to its medical staff. He joins Dr. Akiyoshi Kido, general surgeon, and Dr. Kenneth Wiencek, orthopedic surgeon, at the Surgical Services office on the Three Rivers Health campus.

Navin Pancholy, M.D.

Dr. Pancholy brings over 30 years of experience in general, vascular, and trauma surgery, as well as expertise in less invasive laparoscopy and endoscopy surgery.

He comes to Three Rivers from Randolph, Vermont, where he was a general surgeon at the local hospital. He also worked in Tampa, Florida, for 12 years at a level one trauma center, gaining extensive ICU/critical care experience. After he completed a fellowship in 1996 at the Starzl Institute of Transplantation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he returned to his home country of India for seven years, where he completed a mission doing charitable work at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center. While there he served as a general, vascular, and transplant surgeon.

Dr. Pancholy is a graduate of the B.J. Medical College, Ahmadabad, India, and was chief surgical resident at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. Following his residency, he joined the medical staff at this 400-bed hospital and also served as an assistant clinical professor at Wright State Medical School. Dr. Pancholy’s training also includes a fellowship in vascular surgery at the Texas Heart Institute.

He is board certified by the American Board of Surgeons, and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.  Laurie Herbert, Vice President of Operations for Three Rivers Health, said, “Dr. Pancholy is getting acquainted with our medical staff and employees, and we are pleased to welcome him to our community,” said Laurie Herbert, Vice President of Operations for Three Rivers Health.

Dr. Pancholy is accepting new patients. For an appointment, call (269) 273-8471. Three Rivers Health Surgical Services is located at 715 S. Health Parkway.