• Hartford HealthCare Medical Group
• Hartford Hospital
• Integrated Care Partners

Fellowship
University of Alabama ‐ Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery

Internship
Mount Sinai Hospital ‐ Surgery

Medical School
Chicago Medical School

Undergraduate
Cornell University

Verified Patient Reviews

April 04, 2024

Dr. Tishler has been wonderful. He has an incredible bedside manner and is easy to talk to, understand and makes you feel comfortable!

February 29, 2024

This was my consult with Dr Tishler, he did an excellent job explaining and collaborating on the best course for me.

January 30, 2024

All of my questions and concerns were addressed

January 25, 2024

Will refer to my family

December 09, 2023

I no have nothing negative to said thay are good

November 23, 2023

Dr Tishler provides different options and is inclusive of patient's opinions. He listens and clarifies doubles. He is an excellent professional

Other Reviews from Around the Web

Reviewed on August 08, 2024

Takes his time explaining all information. Positive attitude.

Reviewed on May 30, 2024

Excelente servicio desde las secretarías y las asistentes médica y Dr Darren con mucha empatía carisma y mucho apoyo

Reviewed on May 23, 2024

Doctor Tishler is an amazing person! He clearly has a passion to help people achieve goals. Definitely one in a million! Thank you for your kindness and patience answering my questions.

Reviewed on April 10, 2024

Wonderful experience. Dr. Tishler is a wonderful surgeon. His bedside manner is incredibly good! Easy to talk to and a great communicator. Explains everything very well.

Reviewed on March 31, 2024

His staff is absolutely amazing!! They are very knowledgeable and efficient. Dr. Tishler well I honestly don’t even know where to start just Wow very knowledgeable and helpful he is Great I highly recommended and I appreciate him so much.

Reviewed on March 15, 2024

Dr Tishler was kind & I did not feel rushed. He listened to my concerns & answered my questions in a very thoughtful manner, putting me at ease.

Reviewed on December 01, 2023

Excellent care by MD. He listened responded & offered his expertise where appropriate. I was extremely impressed & pleased.

Dr. Darren Tishler currently serves as the Division Chief of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Hartford Hospital, Chief of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Hartford Healthcare, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. Tishler received his medical education from The Chicago Medical School, and completed his fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

Dr. Tishler’s current research interests include studying the response of medical conditions in the morbidly obese to various surgical treatment options, the role of robotics in bariatric surgery, the study of nutritional abnormalities after weight loss surgery, and the long-term surgical management of the post-bariatric surgery patient.

Hartford Hospital’s large volume practice allows for multiple prospective and retrospective research projects, which often utilize multidisciplinary collaboration across specialties such as genomic medicine and functional neuroimaging.

Every day, Dr. Tishler is faced with helping patients address the challenges of weight loss surgery and to help them choose the best possible operation, as it is critically important to improve our understanding of the effective manage of the surgical weight loss patient.

Published works:

Ng J, Seip RL, Stone A, Ruaño G, Tishler DS, Papasavas PK. Ethnic Variation in weight loss, but not comorbidity remission, after laparoscopic gastric banding and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Obes Rel Dis 2014; in press.

Papasavas PK, Tishler DS, Ng JS, Stone AM, Ajayi OA, Muddasani KP. Gastric bypass surgery as a treatment of recalcitrant gastroparesis. Surg Obes Rel Dis, 2014, 10 (5): 795-8.

Tishler DS, Gonzales QH, Plata-Munoz JJ, Bondora A, Vickers SM, Leath T, Clements RH. Incidence of Clinically Evident Deep Venous Thrombosis Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Surg Endosc, 2004, 18:1082-4.

2011 Hartford Magazine Top Ranked Doctors in Hartford, Surgery

2011 Connecticut Magazine Ranked Top Doctor in Connecticut, Bariatric Medicine

2010 Hartford Magazine Top Ranked Doctors in Hartford, Surgery

2009 Hartford Magazine Top Ranked Doctors in Hartford, Surgery

2007 Hartford Magazine Top Ranked Doctors in Hartford, Surgery

Recipient of the 2007 University of Connecticut Department of Surgery Joseph Civetta, MA award for Teacher of the Year

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