Katherine A. Barsness, MD

Specialties

• Surgery (General pediatric)

  Provides general and chest surgery for problems related to the head, neck, chest, abdomen and extremities, congenital malformations, and solid tumors. Many standard procedures are completed through minimally invasive techniques. Learn more »

Special interests

Advanced minimally invasive surgery in neonates, infants, children and adolescents including congenital anomalies of the lung, esophagus, diaphragm and intestines; tumors of the chest and abdomen; pyloric stenosis; pectus deformities of the chest; inflammatory bowel disease; splenectomy for hematologic disease; ovarian disease; single site laparoscopic surgery for a variety of intra-abdominal diseases

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Health care plans accepted

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• Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Beech Street (PPO)
• Best Doctors (PPO)
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
• CCN (PPO)
• CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
• First Health (PPO)
• Great West Health Care (formerly One Health Plan) (PPO)
• Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
• Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
• HealthNetwork/Wellmark (PPO)
• HFN, Inc. (EPO, PPO)
• Humana, Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
• Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
• Multiplan (PPO)
• National Provider Network (PPO)
• Preferred Plan (PPO)
• Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
• Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
• UniCare (HMO, PPO)
• United Healthcare of Illinois (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• WEA Insurance Group (PPO)

Certifications

Board certified in Pediatric Surgery, 2008; General Surgery, 2002

Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Barsness's publications

Available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.

Professional organizations

Shock Society; American College of Surgeons; Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons; International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG)