Sanford welcomes adult and pediatric surgery specialist
January 9, 2026
Contact:
Chelsey Kralicek
Sanford Health Media Relations
701-516-4903 / Chelsey.Kralicek@SanfordHealth.org
BISMARCK, N.D. —Keaton Joppru, M.D., a general surgeon, specializing in adult and pediatric surgeries, has joined Sanford Health in Bismarck.
Dr. Joppru received his medical degree at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis. He completed his residency in general surgery at Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Dr. Joppru completed a single year clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
He focuses on both adult and pediatric general surgeries and treats the following conditions:
- Hernias
- Benign gallbladder disease
- Colon cancer
- Neonatal conditions
- Pediatric conditions
- Skin cancer
- Breast cancer
- Emergency abdominal surgery
- Burns
- Thyroid/parathyroid conditions
- Adrenal surgery
Dr. Joppru is now seeing patients at Sanford Health in Bismarck.
The Sanford Health Bismarck Region provides health care to central and western North Dakota, eastern Montana and northern South Dakota. It includes 26 clinics in Bismarck, Mandan, Minot, Dickinson, Williston and Watford City, as well as a Level II trauma center located in Bismarck.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
