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My main areas of clinical interest are bariatric surgery, revisional bariatric surgery, foregut surgery, and bread-and-butter general surgery, specifically hernia and gallbladder. I have also …

Clinical expertise includes robotic bariatric, anti-reflux, and gastroesophageal cancer surgery. Board-certified through the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College …

I enjoy speaking about the following topics: Surgical management of GERD. I perform robotic hiatal hernia repairs, and perform surgeries including c-TIF and LINX. I …

MIS Liver Surgery MIS Pancreas surgery Surgical Education Biliary disease BDI repair and prevention

After 10 years in a busy private practice setting, I returned to academics to start a bariatric surgery program at a large safety net hospital. …
Interest in minimally invasive acute care surgery, foregut surgery, and advanced endoscopy. I am a general surgeon at Baptist Health-Fort Smith with clinical appointments at …

My interests are primarily around all things "safe cholecystectomy" and avoidance/repair of bile duct injury. Additionally, I like to discuss management of complex benign biliary …

I am a bariatric surgeon and health services researcher who serves as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery at the …

I am a fellowship trained general surgeon who specializes in advanced robotic abdominal wall reconstruction. I finished general surgery residency at OHSU in 2019 and …

I am an Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Florida COM in Jacksonville. I serve as the Program Director for the General Surgery residency …

I am an academic surgeon who has been in clinical practice since 2006. I am fellowship trained in surgical critical care and minimally invasive and …

I am a MIS fellowship trained surgeon in a community setting focusing on general surgery and endoscopy. I value educating residents and PA students, holding …

Laparoscopic Surgery History Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Anatomical Variations on Biliary laparoscopic surgery Surgery History Surgery and Music

Dr. Shahin Ayazi is a board-certified general surgeon with advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive foregut surgery and advanced endoscopy. He serves as Director of …

I am an academic surgeon with interest in clinical outcomes research. I am the co-Chair of SAGES Guidelines Committee and have participated in the creation …

I’m a general surgery specialist, Endoscopic Surgery trained. Our group is specially focused in complex gastrointestinal, foregut, biliary & abdominal wall surgery and research. Actually …

My areas of interest and expertise are advanced technologies (robotic surgery, surgical simulation, directed energy surgery, surgery in space, and numerous other very advanced technologies), …

Ass a Minimally Invasive Surgeon with a practice of Bariatric, benign Foregut, and acute care surgery in the setting of academia, I continue to search …

I am a hernia and foregut specialist in Maine with a practice focus on complex abdominal wall reconstruction and revisional foregut surgery. I have brought …

Dr. Yewande Alimi is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital. She specializes in the surgical treatment of obesity via minimally invasive techniques. …

Salvatore Docimo, Jr., DO, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, is a fellowship-trained, board-certified general surgeon offering expert gastrointestinal surgery services at USF Health. Within the GI Surgery …

Surgical Endoscopy Hernia Surgery Robotic Surgery Adoption Low Resources Areas Endolumenal Bariatric Therapies

Special interest in Surgery for Diabetes in any BMI, even low-BMI - Ileal Interposition Selective Sympathectomy for better Glycemic control in addition to any Metabolic …

Dr. Charles Kenneth Mitchell Jr. is the Medical Director for the Roper St. Francis Bariatric Surgery and Medical Weight Loss program, and is also Chief …

Having been the Chair for the SAGES ADOPT program for its 7 year presence, as well as an original instructor for the LapCo TT course …

Dr. Emily Speer is a fellowship-trained Foregut and Minimally Invasive Surgeon with a particular interest in antireflux procedures. Dr. Speer attended medical school at Georgetown …

As an MIS and foregut surgeon, I enjoy speaking on anything foregut, especially esophageal motility and reflux testing, paraesophageal hernia, and achalasia. Additionally, as a …

Minimally Invasive / Robotic surgery including all foregut (mainly revisional, gastroparesis, GERD, hiatal hernia), bariatric, and hernia procedures. Also MIS acute care general surgery. Interest …

Dr. Andrew Bates currently serves as the Director of Minimally-Invasive Surgery at South Shore University Hospital on Long Island, part of Northwell Health. His clinical …

Current Advanced Laparoscopic, Bariatric, Minimally Invasive surgery fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. Graduated General Surgery resident from Duke Surgery and graduated fellow of the Duke …