Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
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2024 - Present
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Surgery
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations in the Department of Surgery
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2025 - Present
Surgery,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
Short-term safety and efficacy of revision or conversion metabolic and bariatric surgery in older adults: an analysis of the MBSAQIP database.
Journal article Surg Endosc · August 2026 BACKGROUND: A subset of older adults who undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) eventually requires revision or conversion of their index MBS procedure. However, the relative safety of revision/conversion MBS in the older population as compared to y ... Full text Link to item CiteA Single Center Comparison of Obesity Management Medications and Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device and Obesity.
Journal article Obes Surg · June 2026 Full text Link to item CiteCost-Effectiveness of Combined Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy and Bariatric Surgery in Women With Morbid Obesity and Endometrial Hyperplasia or Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer.
Journal article J Minim Invasive Gynecol · March 2026 STUDY OBJECTIVE: We studied the cost-effectiveness of simultaneous bariatric surgery and minimally invasive hysterectomy (MIH) (combined surgery) in comparison to MIH alone in endometrial cancer (EC) survivors with obesity-related disease (ORD). DESIGN: Co ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteEducation
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio ·
2008
M.D.
Trinity University ·
2004
B.S.