Dr. Bhama is a staff Colon and Rectal Surgeon at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland Ohio. Prior to joining the staff at Cleveland clinic, she practiced at Rush University Medical Center in Downtown Chicago. There, she served as the Director of Robotic Colorectal Surgery, the Director of the Rush Program for Complex Reoperative Colorectal Surgery, and the Director of Education for Colorectal Surgery.

She attended University of Michigan for her undergraduate degree and The Ohio State University for her medical degree. She completed training in General Surgery at University of Iowa and completed a research fellowship in surgical oncology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She completed her Colon and Rectal Surgery training at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor/ University of Michigan with additional training in complex minimally invasive and reoperative colorectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a Board General Surgeon and Colon and Rectal Surgeon

Dr. Bhama’s clinical practice specializes in complex reoperative colorectal surgery and advanced robotic techniques. Her interests are enterocutaneous fistulas, chronic anastomotic complications, ostomy reversal, and complex reoperative operations for IBD and recurrent colorectal cancer. She has extensive experience in robotics for colorectal surgery, specifically advanced robotics in patients who have had prior abdominal surgery.

Dr. Bhama’s research focus is the comparative effectiveness of minimally invasive robotic surgery and surgical education.