Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2013
  • Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine 2008 - 2011
  • Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine 2006 - 2008
  • Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine 2004 - 2006
  • M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine 2004
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  Medical Licensure

  • 2011-01345. North Carolina. 2022
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Surgery 2018 - 2020
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Surgery 2017 - 2018
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, Surgery 2012 - 2013
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Director, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • FSF Fellowship awarded by Foundation for Surgical Fellowships 2022 - 2023
  • FSF Fellowship awarded by Foundation for Surgical Fellowships 2021 - 2022
  • FSF Fellowship awarded by Foundation for Surgical Fellowships 2020 - 2021
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  External Relationships

  • Medtronic (Covidien)
  • W.L. Gore
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Majid, Saniea F., Matthew J. Davis, Saad Ajmal, David Podkameni, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, Alfredo D. Guerron, Neil King, et al. “Current state of the definition and terminology related to weight recurrence after metabolic surgery: review by the POWER Task Force of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.” Surg Obes Relat Dis, April 29, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2022.04.012.
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    • Lu, Yang, Yen-Yi Juo, Matthew J. Martin, Adrian G. Dan, Ambar Banerjee, Daniel B. Jones, Gregory F. Dakin, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, and Yijun Chen. “Analysis of Early Job Market Experiences and Perceptions Among Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Graduates and Bariatric Surgery Program Directors.” Obes Surg 31, no. 4 (April 2021): 1561–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-05150-7.
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    • Narvaez C, Andres, Camila Ortega, Gerardo Davalos, L Kasey Welsh, Ramon Diaz Jara, Juan Esteban Perez, Jana Chtchetinin, et al. “Scars Matter: The Importance of Incision Decisions in Bariatric Patients.” Obes Surg 30, no. 4 (April 2020): 1611–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04251-2.
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    • Davis, Matthew, Gerardo Davalos, Camila Ortega, Sugong Chen, Scott Schimpke, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, Jin Yoo, et al. “Magnetic Liver Retraction: an Incision-Less Approach for Less Invasive Bariatric Surgery.” Obes Surg 29, no. 3 (March 2019): 1068–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-03655-w.
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    • Sudan, Ranjan, and Kunoor Jain-Spangler. “Tailoring Bariatric Surgery: Sleeve Gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch.” J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 28, no. 8 (August 2018): 956–61. https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2018.0397.
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    • Omotosho, Philip A., Joel A. Rodriguez, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, Alessandro Mor, and Alfonso Torquati. “Predictors of long-term success after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in African-American women.” Surg Obes Relat Dis 12, no. 2 (February 2016): 253–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2015.10.078.
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    • Kadera, Brian E., Dana D. Portenier, Basil M. Yurcisin, Eric J. Demaria, Moataz M. Gaddor, and Kunoor Jain-Spangler. “Evidence for a metabolic mechanism in the improvement of type 2 diabetes after sleeve gastrectomy in a rodent model.” Surg Obes Relat Dis 9, no. 3 (May 2013): 447–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2012.12.007.
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    • Jain-Spangler, Kunoor, Dana Portenier, Alfonso Torquati, and Ranjan Sudan. “Conversion of vertical banded gastroplasty to stand-alone sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch.” J Gastrointest Surg 17, no. 4 (April 2013): 805–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-013-2165-x.
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    • Carter, Richard, Kunoor Jain, Virginia Sykes, and David Lanning. “Differential expression of procollagen genes between mid- and late-gestational fetal fibroblasts.” J Surg Res 156, no. 1 (September 2009): 90–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2009.03.056.
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    • Jain, Kunoor, Virginia Sykes, Tomasz Kordula, and David Lanning. “Homeobox genes Hoxd3 and Hoxd8 are differentially expressed in fetal mouse excisional wounds.” J Surg Res 148, no. 1 (July 2008): 45–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2008.02.053.
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