Dr. Kulangara is a native Houstonian.  He started his medical education at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.  He then went on to complete his surgical training at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  During this time he recieved the Robert Gasior, MD Award for Clinical excellence and Humanitarianism.

After general surgery residency, Dr. Kulangara spent a year specializing in Minimially Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at the Jackson South Medical Center in Miami, FL.  During fellowship training, he learned advanced techniques in robotic and laproscopic surgery for the management of weight loss, gastric reflux, and colon cancer.

Dr. Kulangara’s interest include minimally invasive and robotic general surgery, and is skilled in treating abdominal wall hernias, gallbladder disease, colon tumors, and gatric reflux.  Dr. Kulangara is described by his colleagues as a dedicated and compassionate physician that treat everyone as if they were his own family.

He is excited to return to Houston to be with his loving family.  Dr. Kulangara enjoys playing basketball, fishing, cooking and traveling.