Dr. Bogdana Trop, M.D., PhD

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Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Bogdana Trop, who serves patients in Kissimmee, Florida.

Dr. Trop is a board-certified and fellowship-trained general surgeon in practice with Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Florida. Her primary areas of interest are trauma and critical care, as well as thyroid and colon.

Osceola Regional Medical Center is a full-service trauma hospital specializing in cardiovascular care and behavioral health. “Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life” according to the hospital’s mission statement.

A 1984 graduate of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Trop went on to complete her internship in general surgery with Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Medical School. She then completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, followed by her fellowship in surgical critical care at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

The doctor is board-certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery, which is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. 

Alongside her clinical role, she serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Additionally, she is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. 

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care. 

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