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Bariatric Surgery

Neil King, MD

  • Claire L Le Guen, Neil A King , Huaqing Zhao, Elizabeth P Renza-Stingone, Glenn S Gerhard, Rohit S Soans. COVID-19 patients with obesity at risk for worse outcomes despite younger age and fewer inflammatory derangements.PMID: 34353740 PMCID: PMC8223125 DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.06.006
  • Kunac, A., King, N. A., Ostrovsky, I., Rytzarev, D., Merchant, A. M., & Murano, T. (2019). The Impact of Interdisciplinary Education on Skills and Attitudes of Surgery and Emergency Medicine Residents. Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.), 5(1), e18–e24. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1681063

Rohit Soans, MD

  • Rali P, O'Corragain 0 , Oresanya L, Yu D, Sheriff 0, Weiss R, Myers C, Desai P, Ali N, Stack A, Bromberg M, Lubitz AL, Panaro J,Bashir R, Lakhter V, Caricchio R, Gupta R, Dass C, Maruti K, Lu X,Bashir R, Rao AK, Cohen G, Criner GJ, Choi ET; An experience from a single large academic center. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2021 May;9(3):585-591.e2. doi: 10.1 0l 6/j.jvsv.2020.09.006
  • Gasoyan H, Soans RS, Ibrahim JK, Aaronson WE, Sarwer DB.  Association between insurance-mandated precertification criteria and inpatient healthcare utilization during 1 year after bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Feb;18(2):271-280. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.10.007. Epub 2021 Oct 15.
  • Le Guen CL, King NA, Zhao H, Renza-Stingone EP, Gerhard GS, Soans RS.  COVID-19 patients with obesity at risk for worse outcomes despite younger age and fewer inflammatory derangements. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Oct;17(10):1722-1730. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.06.006. Epub 2021 Jun 24.
  • Naran V, Namous N, Eddy VJ, Le Guen CL, Sarwer DB, Soans RS.  The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with obesity undergoing bariatric care. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Oct;17(10):1714-1720. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.05 .026. Epub 2021 May 27. 
  • Sarwer DB, Gasoyan H, Bauerle Bass S, Spitzer JC, Soans R, Rubin DJ.  Role of weight bias and patient-physician communication in the underutilization of bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Nov;17(11):1926-1932. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.07.013. Epub 2021 Jul 26.
  • Ibrahim K, Tragesser L, Soans R, Haddad A, Eddy V, McComb J,Keane M, Whitman I; Impact of Racial Disparities in Preoperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Surgical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.  A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.  JAHA Accepted.
  • Naran V, Namous N, Eddy VJ, Le Guen CL, Sarwer DB, Soans RS,The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with obesity undergoing bariatric care. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Oct;17(10):1714-1720. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.05 .026. Epub 2021 May 27. PMID: 34187742; PMCID: PMC8154188
  • Claire L Le Guen, Neil A King , Huaqing Zhao, Elizabeth P Renza-Stingone, Glenn S Gerhard, Rohit S Soans. COVID-19 patients with obesity at risk for worse outcomes despite younger age and fewer inflammatory derangements.PMID: 34353740 PMCID: PMC8223125 DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.06.006
  • Gasoyan H, Soans RS, Ibrahim JK, Aaronson WE, Sarwer DB.    Association between insurance-mandated precertification criteria and inpatient healthcare utilization during 1 year after bariatric surgery. PMID: 34753674 DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.10.007
  • Caricchio R, Gallucci M, Dass C, Zhang X, Gallucci S, Fleece D, Bromberg M, Criner GJ; Temple University COVID-19 Research Group. Preliminary predictive criteria for COVID-19 cytokine storm. Ann Rheum  Dis. 2021 Jan;S0(l) :88-95. doi: 10.l 136/annrheumdis-
    2020-218323. Epub 2020 Sep 25. PMID: 32978237
  • Rali P, O'Corragain 0 , Oresanya L, Yu D, Sheriff 0, Weiss R, Myers C, Desai P, Ali N, Stack A, Bromberg M, Lubitz AL, Panaro J,Bashir R, Lakhter V, Caricchio R, Gupta R, Dass C, Maruti K, Lu X,Bashir R, Rao AK, Cohen G, Criner GJ, Choi ET; An experience from a single large academic center. J Vase Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2021 May;9(3):585-591.e2. doi: 10.1 0l 6/j.jvsv.2020.09.006
  • Acevedo, E., Jr, Mazzei, M., Zhao, H., Lu, X., Soans, R., & Edwards, M. A. (2020). Outcomes in conventional laparoscopic versus robotic-assisted primary bariatric surgery: a retrospective, case-controlled study of the MBSAQIP database. Surgical endoscopy, 34(3), 1353–1365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-019-06915-7
  • Chu, X., Karasinski, K., Donellan, S., Kaniper, S., Wood, G. C., Shi, W., Edwards, M. A., Soans, R., Still, C. D., & Gerhard, G. S. (2020). A retrospective case control study identifies peripheral blood mononuclear cell albumin RNA expression as a biomarker for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 405(2), 165–172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-019-01848-0
  • Gasoyan, H., Soans, R., & Sarwer, D. B. (2020). The potential implications of "Medicare for All" and "public option" for bariatric surgery. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, S1550-7289(20)30212-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2020.04.028