LaparoscopicInguinalHerniaRepair near Richmond, VA

Biography: Dr. Thomas Painter, MD is a General Surgery Specialist who practices in Chesapeake, VA. He is 40 years old. Dr. Thomas Painter, MD is affiliated with Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Eleisha Flanagan received her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine. She completed her residency in general surgery from Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and both her research and minimally invasive clinical fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In addition to her clinical duties, Dr. Flanagan also recently served as a surgical skills instructor at the UNC School of Medicine. She is a member of a multitude of committees and organizations including the American College of Surgery, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Women in Surgery, and more.

Biography: Kenneth Brown, MD, FACS, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeon with Richmond Surgical Associates in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Brown earned his medical degree at University of Virginia Medical School in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he also enjoyed a one-year research fellowship. He then went on to complete his residency training in general surgery and fellowship training in transplant surgery at the Medical College of Virginia, now VCU Health, where he served as chief resident. He also received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Bachelor of Science in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dr. Brown is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery and is affiliated with Henrico Doctors' Hospital and the Virginia Transplant Center. He has more than three decades of medical expertise specializing in general surgery, transplant surgery, and vascular surgery. He utilizes a wide breadth of practice helping his patients with both simple and complex problems and those in between. He enjoys problem solving and practices patient-focused solutions employing the best platforms including advanced laparoscopic techniques and the da Vinci robot. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, and Medical Society of Virginia. During his tenure at Henrico Doctors' Hospital, he has served in leadership roles and was elected and served as the chief of Staff and a trustee of the Richmond Academy of Medicine.Outside of work, Dr. Brown enjoys singing in the shower, exercising riding his ElliptiGO and honing his cooking skills and feeding whoever is willing to eat.