Amber Batool, DO
Trauma Surgery, General Surgery
Accepting new patients
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
My education and training
- Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency: Geisinger Community Medical Center
- Fellowship: Cooper University Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
- Surgery (General Surgery)
- American College of Osteopathic surgeons, National
- American College of Surgeons, National
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, National
- The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Harris, M., Bolaji, T., DiStefano, S., Subedi, K., Getchell, J., Knapp, K., Sheth, A., Egodage, T., Faizi, Z., Morales, J., Seng, S. S., Hlopak, J., Parthiban, V., Batool, A., Kaufman, E. J., & Ratnasekera, A. M. Role of preoperative CT imaging in penetrating thoraco-abdominal injuries: A multicenter study of urban trauma centers , The American Journal of Surgery, 239(116032 ): 2025
Morales, J, Tohamy, A, Batool A, Hiatal and Paraesophageal Hernias. In M. Neff, A. Bleekley, K. Yoon-Flannery, A. Ratnasekera Passing the General Surgery Oral Boards , Springer , 263-264: 2025
Faizi, Z., Kim, D. W., Humayun, A., Batool, A., & Ratnasekera, A. A Rare Case of Fat Embolism Syndrome Masquerading as COIVD-19 Pneumonia , Cureus, 14(3): 2022,e23384
Faizi, Z., Morales, J., Hlopak, J., Batool, A., & Ratnasekera, A. Cardiac Tamponade secondary to iatrogenic needle decompression in blunt force trauma , Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 35(4): 2022,524–525
Marcotte, J., Hazelton, J. P., Arya, C., Dalton, M., Batool, A., Gaughan, J., Nguyen, L., Porter, J., & Fox, N. A selective placement strategy for surgical feeding tubes benefits trauma patients , Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 85(1): 2018,135–139
Thornburg, K., Obmann, M., Batool, A., Nikam, S., & Mariner, D. Percutaneous retrieval of an inferior vena cava filter causing right ureter obstruction. , Annals of Vascular Surgery, 28(1): 2014
Coppola, C. P., Kennedy, Jr, A.P., Scorpio, R.J. Pediatric Surgery, Diagnosis and Treatment , Springer: 2014,263-265, 267-271, 335-336, 347-349