Kelly Tunder, DO is a complex abdominal wall surgeon at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI. She is a board-certified general surgeon who graduated from Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a residency in general surgery at Ascension Genesys in Grand Blanc, MI. Dr. Tunder then completed fellowship training in complex abdominal wall reconstruction and robotic surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she worked closely with one of the world’s leading hernia surgeons, Dr. Yuri Novitsky. She is a member of several national organizations, including the American Hernia Society and the American College of Surgeons and Osteopathic Surgeons.

Dr. Tunder specializes in all aspects of hernia surgery, including inguinal, ventral and complex abdominal wall reconstruction, employing minimally invasive techniques with robotic surgery. A subset of her practice is evaluating groin pain, including sports hernias and postsurgical pain.

She is part of the complex abdominal wall department at St. Luke’s with Dr. Nan Wu, MD and Dr. Nicholas Armstrong, MD. Their goal is to provide excellent clinical care, top of the line surgical techniques and uncompromising outcomes to patients in Wisconsin, the Midwest and throughout the country. They collaborate with other surgical subspecialities (colorectal surgery, surgical oncology, gynecology oncology), have specialized abdominal wall physical therapy, interventional radiology, clinical nutrition and weight loss resources. Their goal is to get you back to living the life you want to live.