Summary

I am a bariatric surgeon with experience managing obesity and related diseases. I specialize in laparoscopic gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, and I have expertise with lap band and revisional bariatric surgery. I believe in a multidisciplinary approach to healthy weight management, utilizing dietitians, exercise physiologists, and neuropsychologists.

Quick Facts

  • accepting new patients
  • 4.6
  • 34 years of experience
  • 28 insurance plans accepted
  • speaks English, Spanish
  • Graduate Hospital
  • 5 written reviews
  • 3 specialties
  • 3 areas of expertise
  • 2 board certifications
  • 1 hospital affiliation
  • 1 office location
  • Male

Office Location

Dr. James Ku

2150 Harrisburg PikeLancaster, PA 17601

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Speaks English, Spanish
Lancaster , PAPhiladelphia , PAPhiladelphia , PAPhiladelphia , PA
Med School: Thomas Jefferson University Med School: University College Of Medical Sciences And Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Med School: Loyola University Of Chicago Stritch School Of Medicine Med School: Boston University School Of Medicine
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Insurance Plans Accepted by Dr. James Ku

  • Accepts Medicare
  • Accepts Medicaid
  • Aetna
  • Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
  • Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
  • Cigna Healthcare
  • Claim Watcher (Homestead/INDECs)
  • Devoted Health Plan
  • Geisinger Health Plan
  • HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance a Coventry Plan
  • HealthSpring (formerly Cigna)
  • Highmark Blue Shield
  • Highmark Wholecare (fka Gateway Health)
  • Humana Medicare
  • Humana Military (Tricare/Health Net Federal Services)
  • Imagine Health (Imagine Health 360)
  • Independence Blue Cross (IBC)
  • Jefferson Health Plans/Health Partners
  • Keystone First Health Plan
  • Medicaid - Pennsylvania
  • Medicare - Pennsylvania
  • Oscar Health Plan of PA
  • PA Health & Wellness
  • Perennial Advantage
  • Rail Road Medicare/Palmetto GBA
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of PA
  • UPMC Health Plan
  • US Family Health Plan "
  • VA Insurance (Veterans CCN)"

Medical Specialties

Dr. James Ku has the following 3 specialties

Specialty Expertise

Dr. James Ku has the following 3 areas of expertise

  • Gastric Bypass (Gastrojejunostomy)
  • General Surgeon
  • Weight Loss Surgery (Bariatric Surgery)

Certifications, License, & Education

34 Years Experience

MEDICAL LICENSE

Medical Doctor, Pennsylvania, 2026, Active

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Residency

Graduate Hospital1997

Medical School

Thomas Jefferson UniversityGraduated in 1992

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Dr. James Ku speaks English and Spanish.
Which hospitals is Dr. James Ku affiliated with?
Dr. James Ku is affiliated with Lancaster General Hospital.

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