Welcome Makkalon Em, MD, FACS

Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes board-certified general surgeon Makkalon Em, MD, FACS, to its medical staff.

Dr. Em joins the teams at Penn Highlands General Surgery, located at 250 West Main Street, in Ridgway; and 761 Johnsonburg Road, Suite 240, in St. Marys.

Dr. Em provides surgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and conditions. He is a dual fellowship-trained surgeon specializing in transplant surgery with more than 15 years of experience.

Dr. Em is a graduate of St. George University Medical School, in Grenada, West Indies. He completed his residency in general surgery at State University of New York at Stony Brook, in Stony Brook, NY. He also completed a fellowship in transplant surgery at Methodist University Hospital, in Memphis, TN; and a fellowship in living donor liver transplant & HPB surgery at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons; and a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons; American College Surgeons; Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract; and Pennsylvania Medical Association.