Norbert A. M. Hootsmans, MD, MPH

Dr. Hootsmans joined our surgical faculty as Assistant Professor of Surgery after completing the Advanced Gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2025. His clinical areas of expertise include a focus on minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal and paraesophageal hernias, and abdominal wall reconstruction, hernia (inguinal, ventral, incisional, flank, parastomal), and biliary disease.

Research
Dr. Hootsmans’s research interests are focused on outcomes in minimally invasive foregut and hernia/complex abdominal wall surgery, mesh use in hernia repair, enhanced recovery after surgery, quality improvement and surgical innovation.

Included among his recent publications are:  “A Randomized Trial of Three Routes of Tranexamic Acid Administration in Total Knee Arthroplasty,” Orthopedics 2023, and “Outcomes of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program to limit perioperative opioid use in outpatient minimally invasive GI and hernia surgeries,” Surgical Endoscopy 2023.

See Dr. Hootsmans’s publications on PubMed.

Memberships, Awards and Honors
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery – Board Certified
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
American College of Surgeons
Resident Excellence in Teaching Award, 2024
Adrian Park Humanism Award, 2024

Education
M.P.H – Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT. 2013 – 2015
M.D. – Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT. 2015 - 2019
Internship – Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD. 2019 – 2020
Residency – Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD. 2020 – 2024
Fellowship – Advanced Gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. 2024-2025