Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
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2025 - Present
Surgery,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Concordance of financial disclosures among faculty at the 2018-2020 SAGES annual meetings.
Journal Article Surg Endosc · June 2023 BACKGROUND: Financial relationships with industry may bias educational content delivered by physicians. SAGES strives to mitigate potential bias, relying on physician self-reporting. Retrospective review of relationships is possible using the Open Payments ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteSAGES perspective: professional medical associations, commercial interests, and conflicts of interest.
Journal Article Surg Endosc · April 2023 BACKGROUND: Professional medical associations (PMAs) have an essential role in advancing medical care and health. PMAs promote skills training, clinical standards, and other important educational activities. Most often, PMAs are not-for-profit entities tha ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteFactors Associated with Mortality after Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.
Journal Article JSLS · 2023 INTRODUCTION: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a common procedure performed world-wide on patients with different comorbidities, with many indications and overall low morbidity. However, studies showed an elevated early mortality in patients un ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of California, Los Angeles ·
1986
M.D.