Dr. Kent E Gay, MD



General Surgery   -  Colorado,  La Junta

 Overview

Dr. Kent E Gay, MD works in La Junta, Colorado is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine in 1977. Dr. Gay is affiliated with Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center and practicing for 46 years

 Specialties

  • General Surgery

 Conditions

• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
  ...
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Thoracoscopy
• Throat Swab
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
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 Procedures

• Abdominal Pain
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Biopsy of Breast
• Breast Cancer
  ...
• Breast Lump
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Colectomy
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Destruction of Anal Tumor
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Diverticulum of Esophagus
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Fistula
• Esophageal Varices
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Hemorrhoids
• Incisional Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Lipomas
• Liver Cancer
• Lobectomy, Open
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Removal (Partial or Complete): Open, or Resection of Lung Tumor: Open
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm and Dissection
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Pleural Effusion
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Rib Fracture
• Secondary Malignancies
• Segmentectomy, Open
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Thoracentesis
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
• Tracheal Surgery
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Umbilical Hernia
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Vagotomy
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) or Thoracotomy
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 Board Certifications

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery

 Years Since Graduation

  • 46

 State License

  • Colorado

 Education & Training

Medical School

Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine

Baltimore, MD, United States

Graduated: 1977

Residency Hospital

St Josephs Hospital

Year completed: 1982

 Awards

1   ACS
2   CMS
3   Otero Co MS
4   Otero County Medical Society
5   SAGES
6   Southwestern Surg Assoc
7   Southwestern Surgery Association

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 Office Locations


Primary location

 Loma Vista Medical Center
2201 San Juan Avenue
Colorado (CO)
La Junta
81050
 Phone:(719) 384-8181

Accepting New Patients

  • Yes
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 Map & Directions



Loma Vista Medical Center, 2201 San Juan Avenue, La Junta, Colorado (CO), 81050




 Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)

  • Aetna
  • American Republic
  • Anthem
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
  • Assurant Health
  • Blue Card PPO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Choice Plus POS II
  • Cofinity
  • Cofinity PPO
  • Commercial Insurance Company
  • First Health (Coventry Health Care)
  • First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
  • Humana
  • Medicare
  • Medicare MCR
  • MultiPlan
  • MultiPlan PPO
  • Pathway X Bronze Direct CACA IN HIX
  • PHCS Network PPO

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 Affiliated Hospitals


Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center photo


Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center

1100 Carson Avenue Colorado CO, La Junta, 81050

Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center is a hospital located in La Junta, CO. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 1 of 1 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 1 of 1 procedures.



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