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Dr. T. Ellis Barnes is a highly respected member of the Savannah surgical community, and is best known for performing robotic surgery. He is chairman of robotic surgery for the St. Joseph’s/Candler system. Dr. Barnes is currently the Program Director for our Mastery of General Surgery Fellowship. He is also a consultant for Medtronic and Intuitive, the maker of the da Vinci surgical system.

Dr. Barnes was born in Missouri and spent part of his childhood in London, England. He graduated from the University of Montana while also working as a paramedic and wild-land firefighter. While attending Medical School at University College Dublin in Ireland, he trained at the prestigious Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. After completing his surgical residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, he came to Savannah for our Mastery of General Surgery Fellowship.