Biography
Dr. Carter Lebares is a gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon who specializes in treating gastrointestinal disease, particularly of the esophagus and stomach, using minimally invasive surgery, such as robotics and surgical endoscopy. Her expertise includes treatments for reflux disease, obesity, early esophageal or gastric cancer, esophageal motility disorders, hernias, gallbladder disease and some kinds of biliary disease.
Lebares' research interests include resilience and mindfulness in surgery, mindfulness and nutrition in metabolic syndrome and obesity, the neuroendocrine and cognitive effects of stress on learning and performance, and endoscopic surgery for diseases of the esophagus and stomach.
Lebares received her medical degree from the University of Minnesota and completed a surgical residency there. She also completed a surgical residency at UCSF. She completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery and surgical endoscopy at the IRCAD Institute of the University of Strasbourg in France.
Lebares is a member of the American College of Surgeons. She received the University of Minnesota Foundation's Metropolitan – Mount Sinai Award for future excellence in 2008, the University of Minnesota's Gaviser-Hays Award for compassion in surgery in 2013 and the surgical resident teaching award from the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators in 2013.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
---|---|---|---|
IRCAD, Strasbourg University, France | Fellow, Surgical Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery | Dept. of Surgery/IHU | 2015 |
UCSF | Clinical Instructor/Attending | Dept. of Surgery | 2014 |
UCSF | Chief Resident | Dept. of Surgery | 2013 |
UCSF | Surgical Resident | Dept. of Surgery | 2012 |
University of Minnesota | Surgical Resident | Dept. of Surgery | 2011 |
University of Minnesota | M.D. | School of Medicine | 2008 |
University of Minnesota | B.S. | Biochemistry | 1995 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Gastrointestinal Links
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Robotic and Surgical Endoscopy
Hiatal Hernia
Obesity
Esophageal Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Complex abdominal wall reconstruction
Complex hernia repair
Bariatric Surgery
Hernias
Gallbladder Disease
Clinical Trials
- Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for Faculty (NCT03516877)Related Conditions: Stress| Start Date: | End Date:
- Mindful Mental Training for Surgeons to Enhance Resilience and Performance Under Stress (NCT03141190)Related Conditions: Burnout Syndrome, Surgery, Mental Health, Stress, Mindfulness| Start Date: | End Date:
In the News
March, 26, 2020 | Presentmomentmindfulness.com
June, 19, 2019 | UCSF Department of Surgery
May, 30, 2019 | MedicalResearch.com
May, 30, 2019 | Center for Mindfulness in Surgery
February, 27, 2018 | UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery
October, 31, 2017 | UCSF Department of Surgery
August, 18, 2017 | UCSF Department of Surgery
May, 26, 2017 | UCSF Department of Surgery
Research Narrative
Research Pathways
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 44
- Robotic repair of moderate-sized midline ventral hernias reduced complications, readmissions, and length of hospitalization compared to open techniques.| | View in PubMed
- Investigating First Year Surgery Residents' Expectations of Demand, Control, and Support During Training.| | View in PubMed
- Investigating Workplace Support and the Importance of Psychological Safety in General Surgery Residency Training.| | View in PubMed
- Looking Across the Drape: A Novel Quality Improvement Approach to Understanding Surgeon and Anesthesiologist Burnout.| | View in PubMed
- Mindfulness Based Interventions for Surgeons: A Scoping Review.| | View in PubMed
- Investigating influential factors and mechanisms of surgical resident well-being using social network analysis.| | View in PubMed
- Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for UK Surgical Trainees; Effect and Evolution Evaluated.| | View in PubMed
- Flourishing and the Prioritization of Workplace Elements in General Surgery Residents.| | View in PubMed
- Invited Commentary: A Tale of 2 Perspectives: The Evolving Culture of Surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Operationalizing the Culture of Burnout and Well-Being: Multicenter Study of Value Congruence and Flourishing in General Surgery Residency.| | View in PubMed
- MP25-10 IMPLEMENTING A NOVEL STRESS RESILIENCE TRAINING CURRICULUM AMONG UROLOGY TRAINEES: PROOF OF CONCEPT IN CURRICULUM DESIGN.| | View in PubMed
- Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Endoscopy among Gastroenterology Fellows: A Pilot Study.| | View in PubMed
- S612 Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Endoscopy Among Gastroenterology Fellows: A Pilot Study.| | View in PubMed
- Making the Financial Case for Surgical Resident Well-being: A Scoping Review.| | View in PubMed
- The General Surgery Residency Experience: A Multicenter Study of Differences in Wellbeing by Race/Ethnicity.| | View in PubMed
- Non-operative management of pneumoperitoneum following cardiopulmonary resuscitation.| | View in PubMed
- Well-Being Intervention in General Surgery: Multicenter Study of Program Director and Resident Perspectives.| | View in PubMed
- Flourishing as a guide to intervention: a national multicenter study of general surgery residents.| | View in PubMed
- Emotional Regulation in Surgery: Fostering Well-Being, Performance, and Leadership.| | View in PubMed
- Validity evidence for flourishing as a measure of global wellbeing: a national multicenter study of academic general surgery residents.| | View in PubMed
- Defining and Validating Flourishing in Surgery: Differences by Race and Gender in a Multicenter Study.| | View in PubMed
- Enhancers and Inhibitors of Well-Being: A Multicenter Study of Surgical Resident Perspectives.| | View in PubMed
- Surgical Trainee Well-Being: A Synergy of Individual and System-Level Interventions.| | View in PubMed
- Scoping mindfully.| | View in PubMed
- From challenge to change in Surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Enhanced stress-resilience training for surgical trainees.| | View in PubMed
- Flourishing as a Measure of Global Well-being in First Year Residents: A Pilot Longitudinal Cohort Study.| | View in PubMed
- Appendiceal neurofibroma in a patient with neurofibromatosis 1 and recurrent abdominal infections from ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report.| | View in PubMed
- Mastering Stress: Mental Skills and Emotional Regulation for Surgical Performance and Life.| | View in PubMed
- Enhanced Stress Resilience Training in Surgeons: Iterative Adaptation and Biopsychosocial Effects in 2 Small Randomized Trials.| | View in PubMed
- Exploration of Individual and System-Level Well-being Initiatives at an Academic Surgical Residency Program: A Mixed-Methods Study.| | View in PubMed
- Portal venous gas and hepatic cyst infection with Clostridium perfringens.| | View in PubMed
- Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in an Academic General Surgical Program: Implications for Acute Care Surgeons.| | View in PubMed
- Key factors for implementing mindfulness-based burnout interventions in surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Endoscopic Magnetic Compression Anastomosis For Small Bowel Bypass in a High Operative Risk Setting.| | View in PubMed
- Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Training in Surgery: Additional Analysis of the Mindful Surgeon Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.| | View in PubMed
- Feasibility of Formal Mindfulness-Based Stress-Resilience Training Among Surgery Interns: A Randomized Clinical Trial.| | View in PubMed
- Mindful Surgeon: A Pilot Feasibility and Efficacy Trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Resilience Training in Surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Burnout and gender in surgical training: A call to re-evaluate coping and dysfunction.| | View in PubMed
- Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents: Psychological Distress and Resilience.| | View in PubMed
- Burnout in US Surgery Residents: Do Year of Training and Mindfulness Matter?.| | View in PubMed
- Per-Oral Pyloromyotomy (POP): An Emerging Application of Submucosal Tunneling for the Treatment of Refractory Gastroparesis.| | View in PubMed
- Future Directions for Endoscopic Operations.| | View in PubMed
- Transforming growth factor-beta induces secretion of activated ADAMTS-2. A procollagen III N-proteinase.| | View in PubMed