General Information
Memberships
Clinical Experience
| Laparoscopic Surgery: |
19 Years Experience |
| Bariatric Surgery: |
5 Years Experience |
| Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: |
5 Years Experience |
| |
Planned
Start
Date |
Surgeries Performed To Date |
Avg. Currently Done
Per Week |
Years Experience
With This Type |
O.R. & Hospital Stay Times |
Total
Surgeries |
Lap-to-Open
Conversion |
Avg. O.R. Time (hours/minutes) |
Avg. Hospital Stay (days) |
| Roux-en-Y (RNY) |
| Lap |
|
220 |
|
2 | 5 |
2 hour(s) 0 minutes |
1.6 |
| LAP-BAND® |
| |
|
120 |
|
|
5 |
1 hour(s) 0 minutes | 0.5 |
| Revisions |
| Lap |
|
20 |
|
|
3 |
2 hour(s) 30 minutes | 2 |
| Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy |
| |
|
150 |
|
3 |
2 |
1 hour(s) 0 minutes | 1 |
| StomaphyX |
| |
|
10 |
|
|
|
| |
| Additional Experience: |
Conversion of LapBAND to gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy. Sclerotherapy for reduction of stoma size in patients who have regained weight after gastric bypass. |
Education and Training
| Medical School: |
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine – Cincinnati, Ohio (graduated 1981) |
| Residency: |
St. Louis University Hospital – St. Louis, MD (finished 1987) |
| Fellowship: |
Surgical Endoscopy – Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (finished 1988) |
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