Robert K. Josloff , MD, FACS
General, Advanced Laparoscopic, Robotic, and Endoscopic Surgery

Education and Training

Undergraduate
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, BS, 1985

Medical School
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson Medical College, 1989

Surgical Residency
Jefferson-Abington Hospital, Abington, PA

Fellowship
Advanced Laparoscopic & Endoscopic Surgery, University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque, NM

Board Certification
General Surgery

Appointments
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Background

Dr. Josloff's areas of special surgical interest include:

• Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair/anti-reflux procedures
• Laparoscopic inguinal and abdominal wall hernia repair
• Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery
• Laparoscopic colon surgery
• Robotic Surgery

Throughout his career, Dr. Josloff has been dedicated to surgical education and is the past Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program at Jefferson-Abington Hospital. As a general surgery resident, he was named the Rosenfeld Surgical Scholar; as a staff surgeon, he has received the Department of Surgery Medical Student Teaching Award multiple times.

Dr. Josloff has authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the American Surgeons, the American Journal of Surgery, Archives of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Journal of Trauma, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy, Hernia, and Surgery Obesity and Related Diseases. He has also contributed to the following textbooks: Surgical Laparoscopy, Operative Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy, and Minimally Invasive Surgery: Principles and Outcomes.

He has been the author and co-author of numerous regional presentations, including meetings of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, and the 12th World Congress of Laparoscopic Surgery of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, and “Hernia Repair 2010” of the American Hernia Society. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and sits on several national committees for organizations including the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons and the Association of Program Directors in Surgery.

Dr. Josloff has been named Philadelphia Magazine’s Top Doctors in Surgery for over 10 years.