Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
·
2022 - Present
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Postoperative outcomes following revision or conversion surgery after primary sleeve gastrectomy: an analysis of the MBSAQIP database.
Journal Article Surg Obes Relat Dis · April 14, 2025 BACKGROUND: A significant proportion of patients that undergo primary sleeve gastrectomy (SG) require revision or conversion metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). Despite various procedures performed in practice, comparative analyses of short-term outcome ... Full text Link to item CiteAcute perioperative alterations in metabolism: A pilot study using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics.
Journal Article Surgery · April 2025 OBJECTIVE: To characterize early physiologic stresses imposed by surgery by applying metabolomic analyses to deeply phenotype pre- and postoperative plasma and urine of patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. BACKGROUND: Patients experience perio ... Full text Link to item CiteImpact of metal vs non-absorbable, polymer clips during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Journal Article Surg Endosc · April 2025 BACKGROUND: Titanium metal clips have classically been used to occlude the cystic artery and duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Non-absorbable, polymer clips are an alternative with a locking feature. There is limited research evaluating the ad ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Automatic Metal Ligation Appliers VS WECK Hem-o-Lok Polymer Ligation System
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Teleflex, Inc. · 2021 - 2024Optimizing Preoperative Assessment and Postoperative Management of Bariatric Surgery Patients with Fully Automated, High Throughput and Normalized CT-Based Body Composition Analysis
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Radiological Society of North America · 2022 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Midwestern University ·
2007
D.O.
Georgetown University ·
2003
M.S.
Boston College ·
1999
B.A.