Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2018 | |
| University of California, San Francisco | Clinical Fellowship | 
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, 1991; renewed 2000
 - American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1993; renewed 2003
 
In the News
August, 23, 2018 | UCSF Department of Surgery
    Publications
      MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 43
    
      
      - Alteration in the gut microbiome is associated with changes in bone metabolism after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.| |
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 - Intestinal Calcium Absorption Decreases After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Despite Optimization of Vitamin D Status.| |
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 - Prebiotic to Improve Calcium Absorption in Postmenopausal Women After Gastric Bypass: A Randomized Controlled Trial.| |
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 - Mesh on the move: a case report of total transmural surgical mesh migration causing bowel obstruction.| |
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 - Ampullary stenosis and choledocholithiasis post Roux-En-Y gastric bypass: challenges of biliary access and intervention.| |
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 - Hyponatremia is associated with more severe biliary disease.| |
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 - Increases in PYY and uncoupling of bone turnover are associated with loss of bone mass after gastric bypass surgery.| |
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 - Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a safe and effective option that improves major Co-Morbidities associated with obesity in an older, veteran population.| |
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 - Changes in Lean Mass, Absolute and Relative Muscle Strength, and Physical Performance After Gastric Bypass Surgery.| |
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 - Patient Co-Morbidity and Functional Status Influence the Occurrence of Hospital Acquired Conditions More Strongly than Hospital Factors.| |
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 - Minimal-invasive approach to pancreatoduodenectomy is associated with lower early postoperative morbidity.| |
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 - Effects of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Bone Mass and Microarchitecture Occur Early and Particularly Impact Postmenopausal Women.| |
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 - Bone Marrow Fat Changes After Gastric Bypass Surgery Are Associated With Loss of Bone Mass.| |
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 - Intestinal Calcium Absorption Decreases Dramatically After Gastric Bypass Surgery Despite Optimization of Vitamin D Status.| |
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 - Distractions during resident handoffs: incidence, sources, and influence on handoff quality and effectiveness.| |
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 - Innovative approach using interprofessional simulation to educate surgical residents in technical and nontechnical skills in high-risk clinical scenarios.| |
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 - Importance of nutrition visits after gastric bypass surgery for American veterans, San Francisco, 2004-2010.| |
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 - Iatrogenic biliary injuries: identification, classification, and management.| |
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 - The association between body mass index and severe biliary infections: a multivariate analysis.| |
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 - Laparoscopic treatment of liver tumours using a two-needle probe bipolar radiofrequency ablation device.| |
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 - Yield and performance characteristics of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for diagnosing upper GI tract stromal tumors.| |
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 - Bringing the skills laboratory home: an affordable webcam-based personal trainer for developing laparoscopic skills.| |
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 - Hepatic surgery at a VA tertiary medical center: lessons learned.| |
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 - Operative reports: form and function.| |
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 - The efficacy of medical team training: improved team performance and decreased operating room delays: a detailed analysis of 4863 cases.| |
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 - Laparoscopic bile duct injuries: timing of surgical repair does not influence success rate. A multivariate analysis of factors influencing surgical outcomes.| |
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 - Neuroendocrine tumors of the ampulla of Vater: biological behavior and surgical management.| |
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 - Tumors of the ampulla of vater: histopathologic classification and predictors of survival.| |
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 - Implementation of a multidisciplinary treatment team for hepatocellular cancer at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center improves survival.| |
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 - Elderly patients have more severe biliary infections: influence of complement-killing and induction of TNFalpha production.| |
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 - Bacteria entombed in the center of cholesterol gallstones induce fewer infectious manifestations than bacteria in the matrix of pigment stones.| |
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 - Endoscopic treatment of Boerhaave syndrome using a removable self-expandable plastic stent.| |
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 - Gallstones containing bacteria are biofilms: bacterial slime production and ability to form pigment solids determines infection severity and bacteremia.| |
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 - Biliary bacterial factors determine the path of gallstone formation.| |
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 - Bipolar pulse coagulation for resection of the cirrhotic liver.| |
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 - Local resection of ampullary tumors.| |
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 - Spectrum of gallstone disease in the veterans population.| |
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 - Right hepatic artery injury associated with laparoscopic bile duct injury: incidence, mechanism, and consequences.| |
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 - Causes and prevention of laparoscopic bile duct injuries: analysis of 252 cases from a human factors and cognitive psychology perspective.| |
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 - Cholangitis: bacterial virulence factors that facilitate cholangiovenous reflux and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production.| |
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 - Pathogenesis of pigment gallstones in Western societies: the central role of bacteria.| |
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 - Gram-negative bacteria killed by complement are associated with more severe biliary infections and produce more tumor necrosis factor-alpha in sera.| |
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 - Patch testing to cosmetics and topical drugs.| |
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