Dr. Meghan K. Arndts, DO, FACOS

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Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Meghan K. Arndts, who serves patients in Decatur, Indiana.

Dr. Arndts is a board-certified general surgeon with significant critical care experience in practice at Adams County Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Indiana. She has a passion for delivering quality care with an emphasis on patient safety.

Adams County Memorial Hospital, located in Decatur, Indiana, delivers high-quality, comprehensive care with cutting-edge treatment options and accessibility to all. They are constantly expanding their services and developing new specialties. Over the past several years, they have added several new specialty services including OB-GYN, orthopedics, pediatrics, interventional spine and pain management, regenerative medicine, neurology, internal medicine, weight management, pulmonology and sleep medicine.

Academically, Dr. Arndts attended the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her internship at Doctor’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She completed her residency in general surgery at the St. John Macomb Hospital, where she served as Chief Resident.

Recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (FACOS), the doctor is board-certified in general surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, which is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the use of surgery to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care.

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