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Academic Appointments
Last Updated 7/16/2026
Keck School Of Medicine At The University Of Southern California - Los Angeles CA
Rank:
Instructor
Years:
1997-1998
University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine - San Francisco CA
Rank:
Assistant Professor
Years:
2004-2009
University Of Wisconsin Medical School - Madison WI
Rank:
Associate Professor
Years:
2009-2014
University Of Wisconsin Medical School - Madison WI
Rank:
Full Professor
Years:
2014-2015
Virginia Commonwealth University School Of Medicine (Previously MCV) - Richmond VA
Rank:
Full Professor
Years:
2015-present
Publications
(up to ten in the last five years)
Last Updated 7/16/2026
Endoscopic and surgical treatments for achalasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ann Surg.
249(1):45-57
Date: 01 2009
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19106675
A controversy that has been tough to swallow: is the treatment of achalasia now digested?
J Gastrointest Surg.
14 Suppl 1:S33-45
Date: 02 2010
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19760373
A safe and reproducible anastomotic technique for minimally invasive Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy: the circular-stapled anastomosis with the trans-oral anvil.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg.
37(6):1421-6
Date: 06 2010
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20153660
Better weight loss, resolution of diabetes, and quality of life for laparoscopic gastric bypass vs banding: results of a 2-cohort pair-matched study.
Archives of Surgery
146(2):149-55
Date: 02 2011
archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=406770
The impact of bariatric surgery on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
Semin Liver Dis.
32(1):80-91
Date: 02 2012
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22418890
A multisite study of long-term remission and relapse of type 2 diabetes mellitus following gastric bypass.
Obes Surg.
23(1):93-102
Date: 01 2013
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23161525
Changes in post-prandial glucose and pancreatic hormones, and steady-state insulin and free fatty acids after gastric bypass surgery.
Surg Obes Relat Dis
10(1):1-8
Date: 01 2014
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24209879
Laparoscopic reversal of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: technique and utility for treatment of endocrine complications.
Surg Obes Relat Dis
10(1):36-43
Date: 01 2014
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24120983
A guide into the evolving knowledge of bariatric and metabolic surgery.
Surg Obes Relat Dis
doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.01.006
Date: 03 2014
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25027117
Thermogenic Changes after Gastric Bypass, Adjustable Gastric Banding or Diet Alone.
Surgery
156(4):806-13
Date: 10 2014
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25239323