Aurora Pryor, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS

Dr. Aurora Pryor is a Rhode Island-based Minimally Invasive Surgeon with a focus on weight loss, esophageal problems, and hernia management.

Dr. Pryor’s work has appeared in more than 200 publications, and she has co-edited four textbooks. She has given more than 300 presentations worldwide, has received a number of research grants, and holds patents for several surgical technologies, including the Transenterix SPIDER single port system. Her current research efforts focus on advancing laparoscopic bariatric and GI surgery techniques and outcomes, and on new technology in surgery. Her clinical care focuses on individualized treatment options for patients with gastroesophageal diseases, obesity, and hernia. She offers a range of laparoscopic, endoscopic, and traditional surgical approaches. She has actively engaged in several FDA trials and offers the latest available treatment options to her patients.

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Problems Treated: Obesity Reflux / GERD Hiatal Hernia Hernia Gallbladder Gallstones Gastroparesis Paraesophageal Hernia Achalasia Swallowing Disorders GIST (Gastrointestinal stromal tumor) General Surgery

Types of Procedures: General Surgery Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Surgery Fundoplication Endoscopy Gastric Bypass Sleeve Gastrectomy Linx Hernia Repair Gallbladder removal / Cholecystectomy Heller myotomy Gastric Balloons Lap Band Duodenal switch / SADI Revision/Conversion Bariatric Surgery

 

Specialties

• Bariatric Surgery
• General Surgery
• Hernia Repair

Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery

Education:
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Residency:
General Surgery - Duke University, Durham, NC

Fellowship:
Minimally Invasive Surgery - Duke University, Durham, NC

Memberships in Societies:
American Board of Surgery
Association for Academic Surgery
American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Surgical Association
Association for Program Directors In Surgery
Association of Women Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Society of University Surgeons
Women’s Leadership in Surgery Society

Hospital Affiliations:
Rhode Island Hospital
The Miriam Hospital

IN THE NEWS

• Dr. Pryor Appears on 12 News’ Community Focus (10/18/2024)
• Esteemed Surgeon and Respected Leader, Dr. Aurora Pryor Takes Helm of Brown Surgical Associates (10/2/2024)

PUBLICATIONS

1. Borer KT, Pryor A, Conn CA, Bonna R, Kielb M. Group housing accelerates growth and induces obesity in adult hamsters. The American Journal of Physiology 1988;255:R128-R133.
2. Wilkins ML, Anderson ST, Pryor AD, Weaver WD, Wagner GS. Variability of acute ST-segment predicted myocardial infarct size in the absence of thrombolytic therapy. The American Journal of Cardiology 1994;74:174-177.
3. Wilkins ML, Pryor AD, Maynard C, Wagner NB, Elias WJ, Litwin PE, Pahlm O, Selvester RH, Weaver WD, Wagner GS, Anderson ST. An electrocardiographic acuteness score for quantifying the timing of a myocardial infarction to guide decisions regarding reperfusion therapy. The American Journal of Cardiology 1995;75(8):617-620.
4. Wilkins ML, Maynard C, Annex BH, Clemmensen P, Elias WJ, Gibson RS, Lee KL, Pryor AD, Selker H, Turner J, Weaver WD, Anderson ST, Wagner GS. Admission prediction of expected final myocardial infarct size using weighted ST-segment, Q wave, and T wave measurements. Journal of Electrocardiology 1997; 30(1): 1-7.
5. Pryor AD, Pappas TN. The role of laparoscopy in staging gastrointestinal malignancy. Future Trends in Gastroenterology 1998;83:24-32.
6. Pryor AD, Iglehart JD. Novel adjuvant therapy in the management of gastric cancer. Current Surgery.  1999.
7. Corey KE, Maynard C, Pahlm O, Wilkins ML, Anderson ST, Cerqueira MD, Pryor AD, Raitt MH, Selvester RHS, Turner J, Weaver WD, Wagner GS. Combined historical and electrocardiographic timing of anterior and inferior myocardial infarcts for prediction of reperfusion achievable size limitation. The American Journal of Cardiology 1999;83:826-831.
8. Pryor AD. Surgical Evolution: Collaboration is the Key.  Archives of Surgery, 2005; 140(3):237-
9. Trani J, Pryor AD. Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery. Global Surgery, 2005.

10.Johnson WH, Fecher AM, McMahon RL, Grant JP, Pryor AD.  VersaStep Trocar Hernia Rate in Unclosed Fascial Defects in Bariatric Patients.  Surgical Endoscopy 2006; 20 (10):1584-1586.

11.Pryor AD.  Gastric Acid Suppression:  The Impact on Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma.  Evidence-Based Gastroenterology. 8(1):6-7, February 2007.

12.Pryor AD, DeMaria EJ.  Future Treatment Options for Morbid Obesity.  General Surgery News, Obesity Care Special Edition.  June 2007.  s83-87.

13.Johnson WH, Fernanadez AZ, Farrell TM, Macdonald KG, Grant JP, McMahon RL, Pryor AD, Wolfe LG, DeMaria EJ.  Surgical revision of loop (“mini”) gastric bypass procedure: multicenter review of complications and conversions to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2007; 3(1):37-41.

14.de la Fuente SG, DeMaria EJ, Reynolds JD, Portenier DD, Pryor AD. New developments in Surgery: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). Arch Surg, 2007; 142(3): 295-7.

15.Urbach DR, Horvath KD, Baxter NN, Jobe BA, Madan AK, Pryor AD, Khaitan L, Torquati A, Brower ST, Trus TL, Schwaitzberg S.  A research agenda in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery.  Surgical Endoscopy.  2007; 21(9): 1518-25.

16.Portenier D, Grant J, Blackwood H, Pryor A, McMahon R, DeMaria EJ.  Expectant Management of the Asymptomatic Gallbladder at the time of Roux en Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB). Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 2007; 3(4): 476-9.   

17.Evans JA, Pryor AD, Branch MS.  Endoscopic closure of a gastrojejunal anastomotic leak. (With Video).  Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Dec ;66 (6):1225-6.

18.Pryor AD, Means JR, Pappas TN.  Laparoscopic Pancreatic Tail Resection with Splenic Salvage.  Surgical Endoscopy, 2007; 21(12):2326-2330.

19.Harnisch MC, Portenier DD, Pryor AD; Grant JP, Petersen RP, DeMaria EJ. Preoperative

Weight Gain Does Not Predict Failure of Weight Loss or Comorbidity Resolution of

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease, 2008 May; 4(3):445-50. 

20.Prince-Petersen R, Chand B, Pryor AD.  Endoluminal Therapy for Morbid Obesity.  Bariatric Times, June, 2008:1.

21.Pryor AD.  Commentary on:  Pinheiro JS, Schiavon CA, Pereira PB, Correa JL, Noujaim P, Cohen R.  Long-long limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is more efficacious in treatment of type 2 diabetes and lipid disorders in super-obese patients.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2008 July; 4(4):  526-527

22.Manson, RJ, Pryor AD.  Bipolar sealing increases mesenteric reach during bowel transection when compared to stapled division:  clinical evidence and laboratory support in a porcine model.  Surgical Endoscopy, 2008; 22 (8):1894-8.

23.Roller JE, de la Fuente SG, Demaria EJ, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy using Hook Electrocautery: A Safe, Simple, and Inexpensive Alternative.  Surgical Endoscopy, 2009; 23(3):  602-605.

24.Brethauer SA, Pryor AD, Chand B, Schauer P, Rosenthal R, Richards W, Bessler M.  Endolumenal procedures for bariatric patients:  expectations among bariatric surgeons. Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease, March 2009 5(2):231-136. 

25.Kadera BE, Lum K, Grant J, Pryor AD, Portenier DD, DeMaria EJ. Remission of type 2 diabetes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with greater weight loss.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease, May 2009 5(3):305-309. 

26.Cha A, Brethauer SA, Pryor A, Chand B.  Update on endoluminal treatment options for morbid obesity.  Bariatric Times, June, 2009:1.

27.Falk, G, Means JR, Pryor, AD.  A case of a small bowel obstruction due to migration of polypropylene mesh with splenosis mimicking a gastric mass.   British Medical Journal Case Reports, September 27, 2009.

28.PryorAD.  Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Best Evidence for Surgical Care? in Audio-Digest:  Esophagus.  October 21, 2009, 56(20).

29.Myers CJ, Mutafyan G, Petersen RP, Pryor AD, Reynolds J, DeMaria EJ.  ‘Real-Time’ probe measurement of tissue oxygenation during gastrointestinal stapling:  mucosal ischemia occurs and is not influenced by staple height.  Surgical Endoscopy, October 2009 23(10):2345-2350.

30.Myers CJ, Mutafyan G, Pryor AD, Reynolds J, DeMaria EJ.  Mucosal and serosal changes after gastric stapling determined by a new “real-time” surface tissue oxygenation probe: a pilot study Significant Mucoal and Serosal Changes after Gastric Stapling as Determined by a New ‘Real-Time’ Non-Invasive Tissue Surface Probe Measuring Tissue Oxygenation.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease, January 2010 6(1):50-53. 

31.Pryor AD, Tushar JR, DiBernardo LR.  Single Port Cholecystectomy with the SPIDER system:  Simple and Safe.  Surgical Endoscopy, April 2010 24(4):  917-923.

32.Myers CJ, Yellen B, Evans JA, DeMaria EJ, Pryor AD.  Using external magnet guidance and endoscopically placed magnets to create suture-free gastro-enteral anastomoses.  Surgical Endoscopy, May 2010 24(5):  1104-1109.

33.Pryor AD, Bachman SL, Fisichella PM, Gamelli RL, Madan AK, Matthews BD, Matthews JB, Stefanidis D, Torquati A, Urbach DR.  A monograph for academic career development:  life planning, career planning, grant preparation, manuscript writing and manuscript review.  Surgical Endoscopy, May 2010 24(5):  1211-1212, plus on-line supplement.

34.Pugh C, Plachta S, Auyung E, Pryor A, Hungness E.  Outcome measures for surgical simulators: Is the focus on technical skills the best approach?  Surgery, May 2010 147(5): 64665.

35.Pryor AD, Yurcisin BM, Bachman S, Madan A, Stefanidis D, Torquati A.  SAGES Grant Impact on Recipient Academic Career.  Surgical Endoscopy, June 2010 24(6):  1468-1472.  Cited on MDLinx.com 1/7/10.

36.Alexis M, Clary B, Jacobs DO, Pryor A.  Duke Surgical Education and Activities Lab.  Journal of Surgical Education, September-October 2010, 67(5):338-340.

37.Villamizar N, Pryor AD. SPIDER and Flexible Laparoscopy: The Next Frontier in Abdominal Surgery.  Surg Technol Int. 2010;20:53-8.

38.Villamizar N and Pryor A.  Safety, Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Metabolic Surgery in the treatment of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.  Journal of Obesity, 2011. PMID:  21113308.

39.Park CW, Pryor AD. Single site fundoplication and foregut procedures. Dig Liver Dis. 2011 May;43(5):358-60. Epub 2011 Feb 15. Review.

40.Diesen DL, Erhunmwunsee L, Bennett K, Ben-David K, Yurcisin B, Ceppa EP, Omotosho PA, Perez A, Pryor AD.  Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Computer Simulator Versus Usage of Box Trainer for Endoscopic Surgery Training of Novices.  Journal of Surgical Education, July-August 2011, 68(4):282-289.

41.Qureshi A, Vergis A, Jimenez C, Green J, Pryor A, Schlachta CM, Okrainec A. MIS training in Canada: a national survey of general surgery residents. Surg Endosc. 2011 Sep;25(9):3057-65. Epub 2011 Apr 22.

42.Ginsberg GG, Chand B, Cote GA, Dallal RM, Edmundowicz SA, Nguyen NT, Pryor A, Thompson CC.  A pathway to endoscopic bariatric therapies.  ASGE/ASMBS Task Force on Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy. Gastrointest Endosc.  2011; 74(5): 943-953.

43.ASGE/ASMBS Task Force on Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy.  Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2011 NovDec;7(6):672-82. Epub 2011 Sep 17.

44.Lee SM, Pryor AD.  Future directions in bariatric surgery.  Surg Clin North Am. 2011 Dec;91(6):1373-95. PMID:  22054159.

45.Bates, A, Yoo, JS, Pryor AD.  Abdominal access techniques used in laparoscopic surgery.  UpToDate.  2011-2022.

46.Rawlings A, Soper NJ, Oelschlager B, Swanstrom L, Matthews BD, Pellegrini C, Pierce RA, Pryor A, Martin V, Frisella MM, Cassera M, Brunt LM. Laparoscopic Dor versus Toupet fundoplication following Heller myotomy for achalasia: results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized-controlled trial.Surg Endosc. 2012 Jan;26(1):18-26. Epub 2011 Jul 26.

47.Ceppa EP, Park CW, Portenier DD, Pryor AD.  Single-incision Laparoscopic Right Colectomy: An Efficient Technique.  Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2012 Apr;22(2):88-94.  PMID:  22487618.

48.Ross S, Rosemurgy A, Albrink M, Choung E, Dapri G, Gallagher S, Hernandez J, Horgan S,

Kelley W, Kia M, Marks J, Martinez J, Mintz Y, Oleynikov D, Pryor A, Rattner D, Rivas H,

Roberts K, Rubach E, Schwaitzberg S, Swanstrom L, Sweeney J, Wilson E, Zemon H, Zundel

6. Consensus statement of the consortium for LESS cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2012 Oct;26(10):2711-6. Epub 2012 Aug 31.

49.Pryor, AD.  Bariatric Re-operative Surgery for Gastrogastric fistulae, marginal ulcers and metabolic syndrome.  Audio-Digest General Surgery 59(20) ISSN 1047-6954.  October 21, 2012.

50.Pryor, AD.  How to choose a bariatric procedure after failed laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.  Audio-Digest General Surgery 59(20) ISSN 1047-6954.  October 21, 2012.

51.Park CW, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic repair of a large pericardial hernia.  Surg Endosc. 2013 Aug; 27(8) 2971-3. PMID: 23404150

52.Dakin G, Eid G, Mikami D, Pryor A, Chand B.  Endoluminal Revision of Gastric Bypass for Weight Regain – A Systematic Review.  Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013 May-Jun;9(3):335-42. doi:

10.1016/j.soard.2013.03.001. Epub 2013 Mar 7. Review. PMID:23561960

53.Section editor for Contemporary Updates and Controversies in Bariatric Surgery.   Current Surgery Reports. 2013.

54.Telem, DA, Pryor AD.  Google Trends: Is it a real tool to predict the future of bariatric surgery or merely a marketing landmine?  Surg Obes Relat Dis. Published Online November 22, 2103.  PMID:  24462316.

55.Gracia GJ, Pryor AD.  Abdominal access techniques used in laparascopic surgery.  UpToDate.  2013-2014.

56.Hymowitz G, Salwen J, Vivian D, Adamowicz J, Pryor A, Tuppo C, Cottell K, Kar HL.  The Stony Brook University approach to the management of morbid obesity.  The Behavior Therapist.  2014 37(2):34-42.

57.Telem DA, Altieri M, Gracia G, Pryor AD.  Perioperative outcome of esophageal fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease in obese and morbidly obese patients. Am J Surg. 2014 Aug;208(2):163-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.02.010. Epub 2014 Apr 24.  PMID:  2488101.

58.Salwen JK, Hymowitz GF, O’Leary KD, Pryor AD, Vivian D.  Childhood Verbal Abuse:  A Risk Factor for Depression in Pre-Bariatric Surgery Psychological Evaluations.  Obes Surg. 2014 Sep; 24(9):1572-5. online first, May 2014. PMID:  24858597.

59.Stefanidis D, Montero P, Urbach, D, Madan A, Qureshi A, Perry K, Bachman SL, Petersen R,

Pryor AD.  SAGES Research Agenda in Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery:  Updated Results of a Delphi Study.  Surg Endosc. 2014 Oct;28(10):2763-71, published online May 2, 2014.  PMID:  24789129.

60.Bishawi M, Pryor AD.  Should technical aptitude evaluation become part of residency selection for surgical residency?  Surg Endosc. 2014 Oct;28(10):2761-2. [2014 Jul 18, Epub ahead of print] PMID:25034380.

61.Altieri MS, Telem DA, Kim P, Gracia G, Pryor AD. Case review and consideration for imaging and work evaluation of the pregnant bariatric patient.  Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Oct 6. pii: S1550-7289(14)00366-9. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.09.025. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25620437

62.Altieri MS, Shroyer KR, Pryor A, Pagnotti GM, Ete Chan M, Talamini M, Telem DA.  The association between sleeve gastrectomy and histopathologic changes consistent with esophagitis in a rodent model. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015 Nov-Dec;11(6):1289-94. doi:

10.1016/j.soard.2015.01.012. Epub 2015 Jan 23.  PMID: 26048523

63.Verma R, Eid G, Ali M, Saber A, Pryor AD; ASMBS Emerging Technologies and Procedures Committee.  Emerging technologies and procedures: results of an online survey and real-time poll.  Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015 Jan-Feb;11(1):161-8. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.08.003. Epub 2014 Aug 12.  PMID:  25701960

64.Altieri MS, Zheng R, Pryor AD, Heimann A, Ahn S, Telem DA.  Esophageal bronchogenic cyst and review of the literature.  Surg Endosc. 2015 Feb 11. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:  25669636

65.Altieri MS, Pryor AD, Telem DA, Hall K, Brathwaite C, Zawin M.  Algorithmic approach to utilization of CT scans for detection of internal hernia in the gastric bypass patient. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015 Feb 16. pii: S1550-7289(15)00043-X. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.02.010. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:  25843399

66.Telem DA, Talamini M, Laurie Shroyer A, Yang J, Altieri M, Zhang Q, Gracia G, Pryor AD. Long-term mortality rates (>8-year) improve as compared to the general and obese population following bariatric surgery.  Surg Endosc 2015 Mar;29(3):529-36. [2014 Jul 19, Epub ahead of print] PMID:25037725.

67.Telem DA, Pryor AD Comment on: Hospital volume and outcomes for laparoscopic gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding in the modern era.  Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015 MarApr;11(2):349-50. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.11.006. Epub 2014 Nov 13. PMID: 25953715

68.Altieri MS, Tuppo C, A Telem D, Herlihy D, Cottell K, Pryor AD. Predictors of a successful medical weight loss program. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2015 Mar-Apr;11(2):431-5. doi:

10.1016/j.soard.2014.09.019. Epub 2014 Oct 2. PMID: 25620435

69.Verma R, Grechushkin V, Carter D, Barish M, Pryor A, Telem D.  Use and accuracy of computed tomography scan in diagnosing perforated appendicitis.  Am Surg. 2015 Apr;81(4):404-7. PMID: 25831188.

70.Altieri MS, Pryor AD. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease After Bariatric Procedures. Surg Clin North Am. 2015 Jun;95(3):579-591. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2015.02.010. Epub 2015 Apr 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 25965131.

71.Kim PS, Telem DA, Altieri MS, Talamini M, Yang J, Zhang Q, Pryor AD.  Bariatric outcomes are significantly improved in hospitals with fellowship council-accredited bariatric fellowships.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2015 Apr;19(4):594-7. doi: 10.1007/s11605-015-2758-7. Epub 2015 Feb 10.  PMID:  25666098

72.Telem DA, Talamini M, Gesten F, Patterson W, Peoples B, Gracia G, Yang J, Zhang Q, Altieri M, Pryor AD. Hospital Admissions Greater Than 30 Days Following Bariatric Surgery: Patient and Procedure Matter. Surg Endosc. 2015 Jun;29(6):1310-5. doi: 10.1007/s00464-014-3834-x. Epub 2014 Oct 8. PubMed PMID: 25294523.

73.Telem DA, Talamini M, Altieri M, Yang J, Zhang Q, Pryor AD.  The Effect of National Hospital Accreditation in Bariatric Surgery on Perioperative Outcomes and Long-term Mortality.  Surg Obes Relat Dis.  2015 Jul-Aug; 11(4):749-57.  [2014 May 17, Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26001555.

74.Mink R, Caputo G, Fried E, Hofkosh D, Le-Bucklin KV, McMillan J, Muchmore E, Pryor A, Vargo D, Bale J.  Delaying the Pediatric Fellowship Start Date to Improve Trainee Well-Being.

3. Peds. 2015 Aug; 167(2):222-3. PMID: 26210834

75.Wang L, Pryor AD, Altieri MS, Romeiser JL, Talamini MA, Shroyer L, Telem DA.  Perioperative rates of DVT and PE in normal weight versus obese and morbidly obese surgical patients in the era post Venous Thromboembolism prophylaxis guidelines.  Am J Surg. 2015 Nov;210(5):85963. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.01.021. Epub 2015 May 14.  PMID: 26066865.

76.Altieri MS, Yang J, Telem DA, Zhu J, Halbert C, Talamini M, Pryor AD.  Robotic approaches may offer benefit in colorectal procedures, more controversial in other areas: a review of 168,248 cases. Surg Endosc. 2016 Mar;30(3):925-33. doi: 10.1007/s00464-015-4327-2. Epub 2015 Jul 3. PMID: 26139489

77.Altieri M, Levites H, Telem D, Halbert CA, Scriven R, Thornton D, Pryor AD. Effect of Minimally

Invasive Surgery Fellowship on Residents’ Case Log. Gastroenterology 04/2015; 148(4): S1124. DOI:10.1016/S0016-5085(15)33829-4 ·  

78.Altieri MS, Yang, J, Telem DA, Meng Z, Frenkel C, Halbert C, Talamini, M, Pryor AD.  Lap band outcomes from 19,221 patients across centers and over a decade within the state of New York.  Surg Endosc. 2016 May;30(5):1725-32. doi: 10.1007/s00464-015-4402-8. Epub 2015 Jul

23. PMID: 26201412

79.Halbert C, Pagkratis S, Yang J, Meng Z, Altieri M, Parikh P, Pryor A, Talamini M, Telem D.

Beyond the learning curve:  incidence of bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy normalize to open in the modern era.  Surg Endosc.  2015 Sep 3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26335071

80.Altieri MS, Yang J, Telem DA, Chen H, Talamini M, Pryor A.  Robotic-assisted outcomes are not tied to surgeon volume and experience.  Surg Endosc. 2015 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26487202

81.Zhu C, Pryor AD. Innovations in Bariatric Surgery. Surg Technol Int. 2015 Nov; 27:129-35. PMID: 26680389.

82.Altieri MS, Frenkel C, Scriven R, Thornton D, Halbert C, Talamini M, Telem DA, Pryor AD.

Effect of minimally invasive surgery fellowship on residents’ operative experience. Surg Endosc. 2016 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27129561

83.Telem DA, Yang J, Altieri M, Patterson W, Peoples B, Chen H, Talamini M, Pryor AD.  Rates and risk factors for unplanned emergency department utilization and hospital readmission following bariatric surgery.  Ann Surg. 2016 May;263(5):956-60. doi:

10.1097/SLA.0000000000001536. PMID: 26727087

84.Zheng R, Altieri MS, Yang J, Chen H, Pryor AD, Bates A, Talamini MA, Telem DA. Long-term incidence of contralateral primary hernia repair following unilateral inguinal hernia repair in a cohort of 32,834 patients. Surg Endosc. 2016 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 2736928

85.Altieri MS, Pagnotti G, Shroyer K, Corthals A, Pryor AD, Talamini M, Telem DA.  Autologous augmentation of hiatal hernia repair with filtered platelet concentrate improves tissue remodeling in a swine model. Surg Endosc. 2016.  Accepted July 2016.

86.Alli V, Pryor AD, Telem DA. 19 Year Trends in Incidence and Indications for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, the NY State Experience. Surg Endosc. 2016.  Accepted July 2016.

87.Frenkel C, Telem DA, Pryor AD, Altieri MS, Shroyer KR, Regenbogen E. The effect of sleeve gastrectomy on extraesophageal reflux disease. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2016 Aug;12(7):12631269. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.11.002. PMID: 26965156.

88.Mathews SN, Lamm R, Yang J, Kang L, Telem D, Pryor AD, Talamini M, Genua J. Factors associated with repeated health resource utilization in patients with diverticulitis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27613732

89.Alli VV, Yang J, Xu J, Bates AT, Pryor AD, Talamini MA, Telem DA. Nineteen-year trends in incidence and indications for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the NY State experience. Surg Endosc. 2017 Apr;31(4):1651-1658. Epub ahead of print, Sept 2016] PMID: 27604366

90.Lamm R, Mathews SN, Yang J, Kang L, Telem D, Pryor AD, Talamini M, Genua J. 20-Year

Trends in the Management of Diverticulitis Across New York State: An Analysis of 265,724

Patients. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27456012

91.Mathews SN, Lamm R, Yang J, Kang L, Telem D, Pryor AD, Talamini M, Genua J. Factors

Associated with Repeated Health Resource Utilization in Patients with Diverticulitis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27613732

92.Halbert C, Altieri MS, Yang J, Meng Z, Chen H, Talamini M, Pryor A, Parikh P, Telem DA. Long-term outcomes of patients with common bile duct injury following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2016 Oct;30(10):4294-9. doi: 10.1007/s00464-016-4745-9. PMID:26823055.

93.Obeid NR, Pryor AD. Is the Adjustable Gastric Band Dead? Ann Surg. 2016 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27798411.

94.Altieri MS, Yang J, Yin D, Frenkel C, Talamini M, Telem DA, Pryor A. Presence of a fellowship improves perioperative outcomes following hepatopancreatobiliary procedures. Surg Endosc.

2016 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27815743

95.Altieri MS, Pagnotti G, Corthals A, Shroyer K, Pryor AD, Talamini M, Telem DA. Autologous augmentation of hiatal hernia repair with filtered platelet concentrate improves tissue remodeling in a swine model. Surg Endosc. 2016 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 27924393

96.Telem DA, Yang J, Altieri M, Talamini M, Zhang Q, Pryor AD. Hospital Charge and HealthCare Quality in Bariatric Surgery. Am Surg. 2017 Feb 1;83(2):170-175.PMID: 28228204

97.Altieri MS, Yang J, Wang L, Yin D, Talamini M, Pryor AD.  Surgeons’ perceptions on industry relations:  A survey of 822 surgeons. Surgery. 2017 Feb 24. pii: S0039-6060(17)30066-1. doi:

10.1016/j.surg.2017.01.010. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28242087

98.Noll E, Shodhan S, Madariaga MC, Page CR, Santangelo D, Guo X, Al Bizri E, Pryor AD, Romeiser J, Bennett-Guerrero E. Randomized trial of acupressure to improve patient satisfaction and quality of recovery in hospitalized patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Mar 7;18(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1839-1. PMID: 28270180.

99.Lamm R, Mathews SN, Yang J, Park J, Talamini M, Pryor AD, Telem D. Patient Acuity and

Operative Technique Associated with Post-Colectomy Mortality Across New York State: an Analysis of 160,792 Patients over 20 years. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 May;21(5):879-884. doi:

10.1007/s11605-017-3393-2. Epub 2017 Mar 15. PMID: 28299620.

100. Altieri MS, Yang J, Park J, Novikov D, Kang L, Spaniolas K, Bates A, Talamini M, Pryor A.

Utilization of Body Contouring Procedures Following Weight Loss Surgery: A Study of 37,806 Patients. Obes Surg. 2017 Jun 9. doi: 10.1007/s11695-017-2732-4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28600616.

101. Spaniolas K, Bates AT, Docimo S Jr, Obeid NR, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Single stage conversion from adjustable gastric banding to sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: an analysis of 4875 patients. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 Nov;13(11):1880-1884. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2017.07.014. Epub 2017 Jul 15. PMID: 28797672.
102. Altieri MS, Yang J, Zhu C, Sbayi S, Spaniolas K, Talamini M, Pryor A. What happens to biliary colic patients in New York State? 10-year follow-up from emergency department visits. Surg Endosc. 2017 Oct 23. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5902-5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29063306.
103. Altieri MS, Yang J, Groves D, Yin D, Cagino K, Talamini M, Pryor A. Academic status does not affect outcome following complex hepato-pancreato-biliary procedures. Surg Endosc. 2017 Nov 3. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5931-0. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29101562.
104. Cagino K, Altieri MS, Yang J, Nie L, Talamini M, Spaniolas K, Denoya P, Pryor A. Effect of academic status on outcomes of surgery for rectal cancer. Surg Endosc. 2017 Dec 7. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5977-z. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29218672.
105. Abola RE, Bennett-Guerrero E, Kent ML, Feldman LS, Fiore JF Jr, Shaw AD, Thacker JKM, Gan TJ, Miller TE, Hedrick TL, McEvoy MD, Mythen MMG, Bergamaschi R, Gupta R, Holubar SD, Senagore AJ, Wischmeyer PE, Carli F, Evans DC, Guilbert S, Kozar R, Pryor A, Thiele RH, Everett S, Grocott M; Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) 2 Workgroup. American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on PatientReported Outcomes in an Enhanced Recovery Pathway. Anesth Analg. 2017 Dec 29. doi:

10.1213/ANE.0000000000002758. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29293180.

106. Hedrick TL; McEvoyMD; Mythen, MG; Bergamaschi, R; Gupta, R; Holubar, S; Senagore,

AJ; Gan, TJ; Shaw, AD; Thacker, JKM; Miller, TE; Wischmeyer, PE; Carli, F; Evans, DC;

Guilbert, S; Kozar, R; Pryor, A; Thiele, RH; Everett, S; Grocott, M; Abola, RE; BennettGuerrero, E; Kent, ML; Feldman, LS;  Fiore, JF; for the Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) 2

Workgroup. American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Within an Enhanced

Recovery Pathway for Elective Colorectal Surgery. Anesth Analg. 2017 Dec 29. doi:

10.1213/ANE.0000000000002742. [Epub ahead of print]

107. Obeid NR, Altieri MS, Yang J, Park J, Price K, Bates A, Pryor AD. Patterns of reoperation after failed fundoplication: an analysis of 9462 patients. Surg Endosc. 2018 Jan;32(1):345-350. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5682-y. Epub 2017 Jul 13. PubMed PMID: 28707016.
108. Rahman U, Docimo S, Pryor AD, Bates A, Obeid NR, Spaniolas K. Routine contrast imaging after bariatric surgery and the effect on hospital length of stay. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Jan 3. pii: S1550-7289(17)31109-7. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2017.12.023. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29428692.
109. DuCoin C, Petersen RP, Urbach D, Aggarwal R, Madan AK, Pryor AD. Update regarding the society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) grant distribution and impact on recipient’s academic career. Surg Endosc 2018 Jul;32(7):3041-3045. Epub 2018 Jan 8. PubMed PMID: 29313125.
110. Weis JJ, Goldblatt M, Pryor A, Dunkin BJ, Brunt LM, Jones DB, Scott DJ. SAGES’s advanced GI/MIS fellowship curriculum pilot project. Surg Endosc. 2018 Jun;32(6):2613-2619. Epub 2018 Jan 17. PubMed PMID: 29344791.
111. Wischmeyer PE, Carli F, Evans DC, Guilbert S, Kozar R, Pryor A, Thiele RH, Everett S, Grocott M, Gan TJ, Shaw AD, Thacker JKM, Miller TE, Hedrick TL, McEvoy MD, Mythen MG,

Bergamaschi R, Gupta R, Holubar SD, Senagore AJ, Abola RE, Bennett-Guerrero E, Kent ML,

Feldman LS, Fiore JF Jr; Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) 2 Workgroup.. American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Nutrition Screening and Therapy Within a Surgical Enhanced Recovery Pathway. Anesth Analg. 2018 Jun;126(6):1883-1895. Review. Erratum in: Anesth Analg. 2018 Nov;127(5):e95. PubMed PMID: 29369092.

112. Altieri MS, Wright B, Peredo A, Pryor AD. Common weight loss procedures and their complications. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Mar;36(3):475-479. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.11.050. Epub 2017 Dec 2. Review. PMID: 29306650
113. Pryor AD. Aurora D. Pryor, M.D. Obes Surg. 2018 Feb;28(2):291-292. doi:

10.1007/s11695-017-3081-z. PubMed PMID: 29330653.

114. Altieri MS, Yang J, Obeid N, Zhu C, Talamini M, Pryor A. Increasing bile duct injury and decreasing utilization of intraoperative cholangiogram and common bile duct exploration over 14 years: an analysis of outcomes in New York State. Surg Endosc. 2018 Feb;32(2):667-674. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5719-2. Epub 2017 Jul 19. PubMed PMID: 28726135.
115. Cairo SB, Majumdar I, Pryor A, Posner A, Harmon CM, Rothstein DH; Delivery of Surgical

Care Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery. Challenges in Transition of Care for Pediatric Patients after Weight-Reduction Surgery: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive Care. Obes Surg. 2018 Apr;28(4):1149-1174. Review.PMID: 29427120

116. Altieri MS, Pryor A, Yang J, Yin D, Docimo S, Bates A, Talamini M, Spaniolas K. The natural history of perforated marginal ulcers after gastric bypass surgery. Surg Endosc. 2018 Mar;32(3):1215-1222. Epub 2017 Aug 25. PubMed PMID: 28842805.
117. Altieri MS, Yang J, Groves D, Obeid N, Park J, Talamini M, Pryor A. Sleeve Gastrectomy: the first 3 Years: evaluation of emergency department visits, readmissions, and reoperations for 14,080 patients in New York State. Surg Endosc. 2018 Mar;32(3):1209-1214. Epub 2017 Aug 24. PMID: 28840343.
118. Watkins JR, Pryor AD, Truitt MS, Jeyarajah DR. Perception versus reality: elucidating motivation and expectations of current fellowship council minimally invasive surgery fellows.

Surg Endosc. 2018 Nov;32(11):4422-4427. Epub 2018 Apr 17. PMID: 29667041

119. Mathews SN, Lamm R, Yang J, Park J, Tzimas D, Buscaglia JM, Pryor A, Talamini M, Telem D, Bucobo JC. Factors Associated with Health Care Utilization of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in New York State. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2019 Apr;53(4):298-303. PMID: 29570171
120. Altieri MS, Yang J, Nie L, Blackstone R, Spaniolas K, Pryor A. Rate of revisions or conversion after bariatric surgery over 10 years in the state of New York. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Apr;14(4):500-507. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2017.12.019. Epub 2017 Dec 29. PMID: 29496440
121. Altieri MS, Yang J, Nie L, Docimo S, Talamini M, Pryor AD. Incidence of cholecystectomy after bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Jul;14(7):992-996. Epub 2018 Mar 30. PMID: 29724681
122. Altieri MS, Yang J, Hajagos J, Spaniolas K, Park J, Gasparis AP, Bates AT, Docimo S, Talamini M, Shroyer AL, Pryor AD. Evaluation of VTE prophylaxis and the impact of alternate regimens on post-operative bleeding and thrombotic complications following bariatric procedures. Surg Endosc. 2018 Dec;32(12):4805-4812. Epub 2018 May 15. PMID: 29766305
123. Cohn T, Pryor A, Spaniolas K. Surgical Procedures for Patients with Severe Obesity.

JAMA. 2018 May 22;319(20):2136-2137.   PMID: 29800169

124. Cairo SB, Majumdar I, Pryor A, Posner A, Harmon CM, Rothstein DH; Response to Letter to the Editor; Comments on “Challenges in Transition of Care for Pediatric Patients after

Weight-Reduction Surgery: a Systematic Review and Recommendations for Comprehensive

Care”.  Delivery of Surgical Care Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery.  Obes Surg. 2018 Sep;28(9):2914-2915. PMID: 29909516

125. Spaniolas K, Yang J, Crowley S, Yin D, Docimo S, Bates AT, Pryor AD. Association of Long-term Anastomotic Ulceration After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Tobacco Smoking. JAMA Surg. 2018 Sep 1;153(9):862-864. PMID: 29926103
126. Altieri MS, Pryor A, Bates A, Docimo S, Talamini M, Spaniolas K. Bariatric procedures in adolescents are safe in accredited centers.Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Sep;14(9):1368-1372. Epub 2018 Apr 19. PMID: 29980465
127. Altieri MS, Yang J, Bevilacqua L, Zhu C, Talamini M, Pryor AD. Women are underrepresented as top surgical performers as assessed by case volumes in the state of New York. Am J Surg. 2018 Oct;216(4):666-671. Epub 2018 Jul 19. PMID: 30049433
128. Daly S, McBride CL, Nguyen NT, Sudan R, Pryor AD, Morton JM, LoMenzo EL, Brethauer SA, Hutter MM. American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery-American Board of

Surgery Competency-Based Bariatric Curriculum: Achieving Early Autonomy.  J Am Coll Surg

2018 Oct 1; 227(4, S2, E49. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.08.14

129. Altieri MS, Yang J, Xu J, Talamini M, Pryor A, Telem DA. Outcomes after Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair: A Study of 21,565 Patients in the State of New York. Am Surg. 2018 Jun 1;84(6):902-908. PMID: 29981622
130. Groves DK, Altieri MS, Sullivan B, Yang J, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. The Presence of an Advanced Gastrointestinal (GI)/Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Fellowship Program Does Not Impact Short-Term Patient Outcomes Following Fundoplication or Esophagomyotomy. J

Gastrointest Surg. 2018 Nov;22(11):1870-1880. Epub 2018 Jul 6. PMID: 29980972

131. Altieri MS, Yang J, Jones T, Voronina A, Zhang M, Kokkosis A, Talamini M, Pryor AD. Incidence of Ventral Hernia Repair after Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Open

Aortofemoral or Aortoiliac Bypass Surgery: An Analysis of 17,594 Patients in the State of New

York.  Am Surg. 2018 Aug 1;84(8):1388-1393. PMID: 30185321

132. Docimo S Jr, Spaniolas K, Altieri M, Bates A, Talamini M, Pryor A. Pre-operative characteristics and their role in prolonged intubation following abdominal wall reconstruction. Surg Endosc. 2019 Jul;33(7):2345-2348 Epub 2018 Oct 17.  PMID: 30334163
133. Docimo S Jr, Spaniolas K, Svestka M, Bates AT, Sbayi S, Schnur J, Talamini M, Pryor AD. Increased incidence of surgical site infection with a body mass index ≥ 35 kg/m2 following abdominal wall reconstruction with open component separation.  Surg Endosc. 2019 Aug;33(8):2503-2507 Epub 2018 Oct 22.  PMID: 30350101
134. Bevilacqua LA, Obeid NR, Spaniolas K, Bates A, Docimo S Jr, Pryor A. Early postoperative diet after bariatric surgery: impact on length of stay and 30-day events. Surg Endosc Aug;33(8):2475-2478. Epub 2018 Oct 29. PMID: 30374793
135. Goldberg I, Yang J, Park J, Pryor AD, Docimo S Jr, Bates AT, Talamini MA, Spaniolas K. Surgical trainee impact on bariatric surgery safety.  Surg Endosc. 2019 Sep;33(9):3014-3025. Epub 2018 Nov 13. PMID: 30426255
136. Lu D, Altieri MS, Yang J, Yin D, Obeid N, Spaniolas K, Talamini M, Pryor AD. Investigating rates of reoperation or postsurgical gastroparesis following fundoplication or paraesophageal hernia repair in New York State. Surg Endosc. 2019 Sep;33(9):2886-2894. Epub 2018 Nov 26. PMID: 30478699
137. Altieri MS, Bevilacqua L, Yang J, Yin D, Docimo S, Spaniolas K, Talamini M, Pryor A. Cholecystectomy following percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement leads to higher rate of CBD injuries. Surg Endosc. 2019 Aug;33(8):2686-2690. Epub 2018 Nov 26. PMID: 30478694
138. Pyke O, Yang J, Cohn T, Yin D, Docimo S, Talamini MA, Bates AT, Pryor A, Spaniolas K.

Marginal ulcer continues to be a major source of morbidity over time following gastric bypass.

Surg Endosc. 2019 Oct;33(10):3451-3456. Epub 2018 Dec 12. PMID: 30543040

139. Sullivan S, Swain J, Woodman G, Edmundowicz S, Hassanein T, Shayani V, Fang JC, Noar M, Eid G, English WJ, Tariq N, Larsen M, Jonnalagadda SS, Riff DS, Ponce J, Early D, Volckmann E, Ibele AR, Spann MD, Krishnan K, Bucobo JC, Pryor A. Randomized shamcontrolled trial of the 6-month swallowable gas-filled intragastric balloon system for weight loss. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Dec;14(12):1876-1889. Epub 2018 Sep 29. PMID: 30545596
140. Altieri MS, Yang J, Yin D, Spaniolas K, Talamini M, Pryor A. Thirty days are inadequate for assessing readmission following complex hepatopancreatobiliary procedures. Surg Endosc

2019 Aug;33(8):2508-2516. Epub 2018 Dec 10. PMID: 30535541

141. Altieri MS, Yang J, Yin D, Bevilacqua LA, Spaniolas K, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Defying public expectations: Publicly reported hospital scores do not always correlate with clinical outcomes.  Surgery. 2019 May;165(5):985-989. Epub 2019 Jan 29. PMID: 30704630
142. Lin BY, Lin WD, Huang CK, Hsin MC, Lin WY, Pryor AD. Changes of gut microbiota between different weight reduction programs. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 May;15(5):749-758. Epub 2019 Jan 31. PMID: 30935838
143. Noll E, Shodhan S, Romeiser JL, Madariaga MC, Page C, Santangelo D, Guo X, Pryor AD, Gan TJ, Bennett-Guerrero E. Efficacy of acupressure on quality of recovery after surgery:

Randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019 Aug;36(8):557-565. PMID: 30985537

144. Spaniolas K, Yang J, Zhu C, Maria A, Bates AT, Docimo S, Talamini M, Pryor AD. Conversion of Adjustable Gastric Banding to Stapling Bariatric Procedures: Single- or Twostage Approach. Ann Surg. 2019 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30998539
145. Hesketh AJ, Pryor AD. Developing an Efficient Screening Tool for Alcohol Use Disorder in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Patients.  Ann Surg. 2019 Jun;269(6):1010-1011 PMID: 31082894
146. Docimo S Jr, Rahmana U, Bates A, Talamini M, Pryor A, Spaniolas K. Concomitant Hiatal Hernia Repair Is More Common in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy than During

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: an Analysis of 130,772 Cases. Obes Surg. 2019 Feb;29(2):744-746. PMID: 30536200

147. Weis JJ, Goldblatt M, Pryor A, Schultz L, Scott DJ. SAGES Advanced GI/MIS fellowship redesign: pilot results and adoption of new standards.  Surg Endosc. 2019 Sep;33(9):30563061. Epub 2019 Jun 12. PMID: 31190226
148. Goldberg I, Yang J, Nie L, Bates AT, Docimo S Jr, Pryor AD, Cohn T, Spaniolas K. Safety of bariatric surgery in patients older than 65 years. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Aug;15(8):13801387. Epub 2019 May 18. PMID: 31248793
149. Humayon S, Altieri MS, Yang J, Nie L, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. Recent trends of bariatric surgery in adolescent population in the state of New York. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Aug;15(8):1388-1393. Epub 2019 Apr 19. PMID: 31262649
150. Bhandari M, Fobi MAL, Buchwald JN; and the Bariatric Metabolic Surgery Standardization

(BMSS) Working Group: Standardization of Bariatric Metabolic Procedures: World Consensus Meeting Statement. Obes Surg. 2019 Jul;29(Suppl 4):309-345. PMID: 31297742

151. Spaniolas K, Goldberg I, Yang J, Zhu C, Docimo S Jr, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Hospital utilization 4 years after bariatric surgery: sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Sep;15(9):1465-1472. Epub 2019 Jun 27. PMID: 31358393
152. Altieri MS, Yang J, Yin D, Brunt LM, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Early cholecystectomy (≤ 8 weeks) following percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement is associated with higher morbidity. Surg Endosc. 2019 Aug 1 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31372890
153. Altieri MS, Brunt LM, Yang J, Zhu C, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Early cholecystectomy (< 72
154. h) is associated with lower rate of complications and bile duct injury: a study of 109,862 cholecystectomies in the state of New York. Surg Endosc. 2019 Aug 2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31376010
155. Altieri MS, Pryor AD, Yang J, Nie L, Talamini MA, Spaniolas K. Bariatric peri-operative outcomes are affected by annual procedure-specific surgeon volume. Surg Endosc. 2019 Aug
156. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31388803
157. Altieri MS, Salles A, Bevilacqua LA, Brunt LM, Mellinger JD, Gooch JC, Pryor AD. Perceptions of Surgery Residents About Parental Leave During Training.  JAMA Surg. 2019 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31389989
158. Kirschen GW, Altieri MS, Yelika S, Bates AT, Schnur J, Docimo S, Spaniolas K, Zhu C, Yang J, Talamini M, Pryor AD, Sbayi S. Does the adoption of an emergency general surgery service model influence volume of cholecystectomies at a tertiary care center? Surg Endosc.

2019 Aug 9 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31399949

157. Tsui ST, Yang J, Nie L, Altieri MS, Talamini M, Pryor AD, Spaniolas K. Association of revisions or conversions after sleeve gastrectomy with annual bariatric center procedural volume in the state of New York. Surg Endosc. 2019 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31435768
158. Ritter EM, Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ, Schultz L, Pryor AD, Feldman L. Video-based assessment for laparoscopic fundoplication: initial development of a robust tool for operative performance assessment. Surg Endosc. 2019 Sep 11 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31512036

Altieri MS, Yang J, Zhu C, Konstantinos Spaniolas L, Talamini MA, Pryor AD.  Preoperative anticoagulation in patients undergoing bariatric surgery is associated with worse outcomes. 

Surg Endosc. 2019 Oct 15 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31617101

160. Pryor AD, Bader A, Talamini M. Minorities in leadership: are we moving the needle?  Surg

Endosc. 2019 Dec;33(12):3875-3879. Epub 2019 Oct 31. PMID: 31673765

161. Altieri MS, Yang J, Yin D, Talamini MA, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. Patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid undergo lower rates of bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019

Dec;15(12):2109-2114. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2019.05.001. Epub 2019 May 13. PMID: 31734065

162. Docimo S Jr, Bates A, Alteri M, Talamini M, Pryor A, Spaniolas K. Evaluation of the use of component separation in elderly patients: results of a large cohort study with 30-day follow-up. Hernia. 2020 Jan 1. doi: 10.1007/s10029-019-02069-6. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31894430
163. Villamor AN, Altieri MS, Hymowitz GF, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Visual-Spatial Intelligence Is Not Predictive of the Type of Residency Selected by Medical Students. Am Surg. 2020 Mar 1;86(3): e162-e163. PMID: 32223830.
164. Altieri MS, Price KL, Yang J, Jones DB, Pryor AD. What Are Women Being Advised by Mentors When Applying to Surgery? Am Surg. 2020 Mar 1;86(3):266-272. PMID: 32223809.
165. Francis N, Dort J, Cho E, Feldman L, Keller D, Lim R, Mikami D, Phillips E, Spaniolas K, Tsuda S, Wasco K, Arulampalam T, Sheraz M, Morales S, Pietrabissa A, Asbun H, Pryor A. SAGES and EAES recommendations for minimally invasive surgery during COVID-19 pandemic. Surg Endosc. 2020 Jun;34(6):2327-2331. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07565-w. Epub 2020 Apr 22. PMID: 32323016.
166. Altieri MS, Carmichael H, Jones E, Robinson T, Pryor A, Madani A. Educational value of telementoring for a simulation-based fundamental use of surgical energy™ (FUSE) curriculum: a randomized controlled trial in surgical trainees. Surg Endosc. 2020 May 4. doi:

10.1007/s00464-020-07609-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32367446.

167. Feldman LS, Pryor AD, Gardner AK, Dunkin BJ, Schultz L, Awad MM, Ritter EM. SAGES Video-Based Assessment (VBA) program: a vision for life-long learning for surgeons. Surg Endosc. 2020 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07628-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32415370.
168. Naeem Z, Chen IL, Pryor AD, Docimo S, Gan TJ, Spaniolas K. Antiemetic Prophylaxis and Anesthetic Approaches to Reduce Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Bariatric Surgery Patients: a Systematic Review. Obes Surg. 2020 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04683-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32415635.
169. Dort J, Romanelli J, Choudhury N, Flink BJ, Lak K, Levy S, Needleman BJ, Paget CJ 3rd, Telem D, Schwarz E, Zhang LP, Sylla P, Mellinger JD, Matthews BD, Feldman L, Pryor AD,

Asbun HJ. SAGES primer for taking care of yourself during and after the COVID-19 crisis. Surg Endosc. 2020 May 20:1-7. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07631-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32435961.

170. Docimo S Jr, Spaniolas K, Yang J, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Health care disparity exists among those undergoing emergent hernia repairs in New York State. Hernia. 2020 Jun 3. doi:

10.1007/s10029-020-02244-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32495046.

171. Naeem Z, Yang J, Park J, Wang J, Docimo S, Pryor AD, Spaniolas K. A Step in the Right Direction: Trends over Time in Bariatric Procedures for Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Obes Surg. Online 2020 Jun 20. 2020 Nov;30(11):4243-4249. doi: 10.1007/s11695020-04776-x. PMID: 32562133.
172. Brown AM, Pryor AD, Docimo S Jr. Per oral pyloromyotomy utilizing a lesser curvature approach: how we do it. Surg Endosc. 2020 Nov;34(11):5168-5171. doi: 10.1007/s00464-02007802-2. Epub 2020 Jul 14. PMID: 32661714.
173. Spaniolas K, Nie L, Moller D, Tatarian T, Hesketh A, Yang J, Docimo S, Bates A, Gan TJ, Pryor A. A Comprehensive Approach for the Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting Following Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Obes Surg. Online 2020 Jun 25. 2020 Nov;30(11):4250-4257. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04795-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32583300.
174. Tsui ST, Yang J, Zhang X, Docimo S Jr, Spaniolas K, Talamini MA, Sasson AR, Pryor AD.

Development of cancer after bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Oct;16(10):1586-

1595. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.06.026. Epub 2020 Jun 27. PMID: 32737010

 

175. Brown AM, Pryor AD. Bariatric Surgery Decreases the Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease to Cirrhosis. Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):40-41. doi:

10.1097/SLA.0000000000003937. PMID: 32559048.

176. Bevilacqua LA, Altieri MS, Yang J, Zhu C, Talamini M, Pryor AD. Clinical course of patients presenting to the emergency department with small bowel obstruction in New York State. Surg Endosc. 2020 Jul 6. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07754-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32632484.
177. Wady H, Restle D, Park J, Pryor A, Talamini M, Abdel-Misih S. The role of surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic: impact on training and lessons learned from a surgical resident’s perspective. Surg Endosc. 2020 Jul 14:1-7. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07790-3. PMID: 32666253.
178. Tatarian T, Yang J, Wang J, Docimo S, Talamini M, Pryor AD, Spaniolas K. Trends in the utilization and perioperative outcomes of primary robotic bariatric surgery from 2015 to 2018: a study of 46,764 patients from the MBSAQIP data registry. Surg Endosc. 2020 Jul 31. doi:

10.1007/s00464-020-07839-3. Online ahead of print. PMID:  32737605.

179. Goldberg I, Nie L, Yang J, Docimo S, Obici S, Talamini M, Pryor A, Spaniolas K. Impact of bariatric surgery on the development of diabetic microvascular and macrovascular complications. Surg Endosc. 2020 Aug 3. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07848-2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32748271.
180. Altieri MS, Thompson H, Pryor A, Yang J, Zhu C, Talamini M, Genua J. Incidence of colon resections is increasing in the younger populations: should an early initiation of colon cancer screening be implemented? Surg Endosc. 2020 Aug 4. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07842-8. Online ahead of print. PMID:  32754828.
181. Tsui ST, Yang J, Zhang X, Spaniolas K, Kim S, Griffin T, Burke WM, Pryor AD. The risk of female-specific cancer after bariatric surgery in the state of New York. Surg Endosc. 2020 Aug 26. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07915-8. Online ahead of print. PMID:  32851468.
182. Allan M, Mahawar K, Blackwell S, Catena F, Chand M, Dames N, Goel R, Graham YN, Kothari SN, Laidlaw L, Mayol J, Moug S, Petersen RP, Pryor AD, Smart NJ, Taylor M, Toogood GJ, Wexner SD, Zevin B, Wilson MS. COVID-19 research priorities in surgery (PRODUCE study): A modified Delphi process; PRODUCE study. Br J Surg. 2020 Sep 1. doi:

10.1002/bjs.12015. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32871017

183. Altieri MS, Yang J, Zhang X, Zhu C, Madani A, Castillo J, Talamini M, Pryor A. Evaluating readmissions following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the state of New York. Surg Endosc.

2020 Sep 1. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07906-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32875412

184. Hong J, Yang J, Zhang X, Su J, Tumati A, Garry D, Docimo S, Bates AT, Spaniolas K, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Considering delay of cholecystectomy in the third trimester of pregnancy. Surg Endosc. 2020 Sep 1. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07910-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32875420.
185. Ieong K, Ardila-Gatas J, Yang J, Zhang X, Tsui ST, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. Bone mineral density changes after bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc. 2020 Sep 9. doi: 10.1007/s00464-02007953-2. Online ahead of print. PMID:  32909203.
186. Tumati A, Yang J, Zhang X, Su J, Ward CA, Hong J, Garry D, Spaniolas K, Talamini MA, Pryor AD. Pregnant patients requiring appendectomy: comparison between open and laparoscopic approaches in NY State. Surg Endosc. 2020 Sep 14. doi: 10.1007/s00464-02007911-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32926252
187. Allan M, Mahawar K, Blackwell S, Catena F, Chand M, Dames N, Goel R, Graham YN, Kothari SN, Laidlaw L, Mayol J, Moug S, Petersen RP, Pryor AD, Smart NJ, Taylor M, Toogood GJ, Wexner SD, Zevin B, Wilson MS; PRODUCE study. COVID-19 research priorities in surgery (PRODUCE study): A modified Delphi process. 2020 Oct;107(11):e538-e540. Epub PMID: 32871017.
188. Basishvili G, Yang J, Nie L, Docimo S Jr, Pryor AD, Spaniolas K. HbA1C is not directly associated with complications of bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Oct 14:S1550-

7289(20)30599-2. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.10.009. PMID: 33243668

 

189. Tsui ST, Yang J, Zhang X, Tatarian T, Docimo S, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. Health disparity in access to bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Oct 16:S1550-7289(20)30605-5. doi:

10.1016/j.soard.2020.10.015. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33249086.

190. Pagnotti GM, Haider A, Yang A, Cottell KE, Tuppo CM, Tong KY, Pryor AD, Rubin CT,

Chan ME. Postural Stability in Obese Preoperative Bariatric Patients Using Static and Dynamic Evaluation. Obes Facts. 2020;13(5):499-513. doi: 10.1159/000509163. Epub 2020 Oct 20. PMID: 33080591.

191. Brown AM, Yang J, Zhang X, Docimo S, Pryor AD, Spaniolas K. Bariatric Surgery Lowers the Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 18. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004640. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33214477.
192. Bevilacqua LA, Obeid NR, Yang J, Zhu C, Altieri MS, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. Incidence of GERD, esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus, and esophageal adenocarcinoma after bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Nov;16(11):1828-1836. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jun 17. PMID: 32711954.
193. Tsui ST, Yang J, Zhang X, Docimo S Jr, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. Hospitalizations and emergency department visits in heart failure patients after bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Mar;17(3):489-497. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.11.014. Epub 2020 Nov 20. PMID: 33376053.
194. Brown AM, Ardila-Gatas J, Yuan V, Devas N, Docimo S, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. The Impact of Telemedicine Adoption on a Multidisciplinary Bariatric Surgery Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Surg. 2020 Dec;272(6):e306-e310. doi:

10.1097/SLA.0000000000004391. PMID: 33086326.

195. Tatarian T, Nie L, McPartland C, Brown AM, Yang J, Altieri MS, Spaniolas K, Docimo S, Pryor AD. Comparative perioperative and 5-year outcomes of robotic and laparoscopic or open inguinal hernia repair: a study of 153,727 patients in the state of New York. Surg Endosc. 2021 Jan 4. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-08211-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33398566.
196. Asbun HJ, Abu Hilal M, Kunzler F, Asbun D, Bonjer J, Conlon K, Demartines N, Feldman LS, Morales-Conde S, Pietrabissa A, Pryor AD, Schlachta CM, Sylla P, Targarona EM, Agra Y,

Besselink MG, Callery M, Cleary SP, De La Cruz L, Eckert P, Evans C, Han HS, Jones DB, Gan TJ, Koch D, Lillemoe KD, Lomanto D, Marks J, Matthews B, Mellinger J, Melvin WS,

Moreno-Paquentin E, Navarrete C, Pawlik TM, Pessaux P, Ricciardi W, Schwaitzberg S, Shah

P, Szokol J, Talamini M, Torres R, Triboldi A, Udomsawaengsup S, Valsecchi F, Vauthey JN,

Wallace M, Wexner SD, Zinner M, Francis N. International Delphi Expert Consensus on Safe

Return to Surgical and Endoscopic Practice: from the Coronavirus Global Surgical

Collaborative. Ann Surg. 2020 Dec 29. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004674. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33630471

197. Dirks RC, Walsh D, Haggerty S, Kohn GP, Pryor A, Stefanidis D. SAGES guidelines: an appraisal of their quality and value by SAGES members. Surg Endosc. 2021 Feb 2. doi:

10.1007/s00464-021-08323-2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33528662.

198. Naeem Z, Nie L, Drakos P, Yang J, Gan TJ, Pryor AD, Spaniolas K. The Relationship Between Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting and Early Self-Rated Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Feb 2. doi: 10.1007/s11605-02104923-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33528788.
199. Kohn GP, Dirks RC, Ansari MT, Clay J, Dunst CM, Lundell L, Marks JM, Molena D, Rooker C, Saxena P, Swanstrom L, Wong RK, Pryor AD, Stefanidis D. SAGES guidelines for the use of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for the treatment of achalasia. Surg Endosc. 2021 Feb 9. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-08282-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33564964.
200. Docimo S, Yang J, Zhang X, Pryor A, Spaniolas K. One anastomosis gastric bypass versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a 30-day follow-up review. Surg Endosc. 2021 Feb 16. doi:

10.1007/s00464-021-08309-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33591446

201. Dirks RC, Kohn GP, Slater B, Whiteside J, Rodriguez NA, Docimo S, Pryor A, Stefanidis D; SAGES guidelines committee. Is peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) more effective than pneumatic dilation and Heller myotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg Endosc. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08353-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33655443.

 

202. McKinley SK, Dirks RC, Walsh D, Hollands C, Arthur LE, Rodriguez N, Jhang J, AbouSetta A, Pryor A, Stefanidis D, Slater BJ. Surgical treatment of GERD: systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg Endosc. 2021 Mar 2. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08358-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33651167.
203. Ieong K, Brown A, Yang J, Zhang X, Altieri MS, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. The incidence of reintervention and reoperation following Heller myotomy across multiple indications. Surg Endosc. 2021 Mar 17. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08357-6. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 33733323.
204. Mellinger JD, Feldman L, Pryor AD. Commentary on ‘Crowd-sourced Assessment of

Surgical Skill Proficiency in Cataract Surgery’. J Surg Educ. 2021 Mar 22:S1931-

7204(21)00054-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.03.001. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33766542.

205. Rogers AT, Dirks R, Burt HA, Haggerty S, Kohn GP, Slater BJ, Walsh D, Stefanidis D, Pryor A. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) guidelines development: standard operating procedure. Surg Endosc. 2021 Jun;35(6):24172427. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08469-z. Epub 2021 Apr 19.PMID: 33871718.
206. Drakos P, Volteas P, Cleri NA, Alkadaa LN, Asencio AA, Oganov A, Pryor A, Talamini M, Rubano J, Bannazadeh M, Mikell CB, Spaniolas K, Mofakham S. Acute Gastrointestinal Injury and Feeding Intolerance as Prognostic Factors in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients. J

Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Apr 27:1-10. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-05015-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33905039.

207. Slater BJ, Dirks RC, McKinley SK, Ansari MT, Kohn GP, Thosani N, Qumseya B, Billmeier S, Daly S, Crawford C, P Ehlers A, Hollands C, Palazzo F, Rodriguez N, Train A, Wassenaar E, Walsh D, Pryor AD, Stefanidis D. SAGES guidelines for the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux (GERD). Surg Endosc. 2021 Sep;35(9):4903-4917. doi:

10.1007/s00464-021-08625-5. Epub 2021 Jul 19.PMID: 34279710

208. Nelson MT, Klingensmith ME, Pryor AD, Olthoff KM, Buyske J. Parental Leave Revisited: The ABS responds. Ann Surg. 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005188. Online ahead of print.bPMID: 34433186
209. Wolbrom DH, Brunt LM, Lidor A, Jeyarajah DR, Mattar SG, Pryor A. Gender disparities in gastrointestinal surgery fellowship programs. Surg Endosc. 2021 Aug 30. doi: 10.1007/s00464-

021-08697-3. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34459975

210. Kindel TL, Dirks RC, Collings AT, Scholz S, Abou-Setta AM, Alli VV, Ansari MT, Awad Z, Broucek J, Campbell A, Cripps MW, Hollands C, Lim R, Quinteros F, Ritchey K, Whiteside J, Zagol B, Pryor AD, Walsh D, Haggerty S, Stefanidis D. Guidelines for the performance of minimally invasive splenectomy. Surg Endosc. 2021 Nov;35(11):5877-5888. doi:

10.1007/s00464-021-08741-2. Epub 2021 Sep 27. PMID: 34580773

211. Drakos P, Volteas P, Naeem Z, Asencio AA, Cleri NA, Alkadaa LN, Oganov A, Gammel T, Saadon JR, Bannazadeh M, Tassiopoulos AK, Mikell CB, Rubano J, Pryor A, Spaniolas K,

Mofakham S. Aggressive Anticoagulation May Decrease Mortality in Obese Critically Ill COVID19 Patients.Obes Surg. 2022 Feb;32(2):391-397. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05799-8. Epub 2021 Nov 24.PMID: 34816357

212. Weis JJ, Gee D, Honigsberg E, Goldblatt M, Pryor A, Scott DJ. SAGES Advanced GI/MIS Certificate Program. Surg Endosc. 2022 Jan;36(1):1-5. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08870-8. Epub 2021 Nov 30.PMID: 34846591
213. Chandra MM, Greenspan SH, Li X, Yang J, Pryor AD, Shroyer ALW, Fitzgerald JP. Raceinsurance disparities in prostate patients’ magnetic resonance imaging biopsies and their subsequent cancer care: a New York State cohort study. Am J Clin Exp Urol. 2021 Dec

15;9(6):435-455. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34993264

214. Garfinkle R, Petersen RP, DuCoin C, Altieri MS, Aggarwal R, Pryor A, Zevin B.Consensus priority research questions in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery in the year 2020: results of a SAGES Delphi study. Surg Endosc. 2022 Jan 14. doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08941-w. PMID: 35028734
215. Drakos P, Volteas P, Seeras K, Humayon S, Flink B, Yang J, Zhu C, Spaniolas K, Talamini M, Pryor A. S157-a structured early intervention program in patients with predicted poor long-

 

term outcome following bariatric surgery: a prospective randomized study. Surg Endosc. 2022 Jan 24. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09029-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35075525.

216. Polito C, Zhang X, Yang J, Spaniolas K, Pryor A, Sbayi S. Timing of cholecystectomy following cholecystostomy tube placement for acute cholecystitis: a retrospective study aiming to identify the optimal timing between a percutaneous cholecystostomy and cholecystectomy to reduce the number of poor surgical outcomes. Surg Endosc. 2022 Mar 21 online. doi:

10.1007/s00464-022-09193-y. 2022 Oct;36(10):7541-7548. PMID: 35312851.

217. Noubani M, Zhang X, Yang J, Powers K, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. The impact of bariatric surgery on the risk of coronary revascularization. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 May;18(5):610-
218. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.01.013. Epub 2022 Jan 26. PMID: 35256278
219. Collings AT, Jeyarajah DR, Hanna NM, Dort J, Tsuda S, Nepal P, Lim R, Lin C, Hong JS, Ansari MT, Slater BJ, Pryor AD, Kohn GP. SAGES 2022 guidelines regarding the use of laparoscopy in the era of COVID-19. Surg Endosc. 2022 May;36(5):2723-2733. doi:

10.1007/s00464-022-09133-w. Epub 2022 Mar 2. PMID: 35237900.

219. Docimo S Jr, Seeras K, Acho R, Pryor A, Spaniolas K. Academic and community hernia center websites in the United States fail to meet healthcare literacy standards of readability. Hernia. 2022 Jun;26(3):779-786. doi: 10.1007/s10029-022-02584-z. Epub 2022 Mar 27. PMID: 35344107
220. McCarthy E, Jao SL, Pryor AD. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Dor Fundoplication. World J Surg. 2022 Jul;46(7):1527-1530. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06569-y. Epub 2022 May
221. PMID: 35597821
222. Weis JJ, Pryor A, Alseidi A, Tellez J, Goldblatt MI, Mattar S, Murayama K, Awad M, Scott DJ. Defining benchmarks for fellowship training in foregut surgery: a 10-year review of fellowship council index cases. Surg Endosc. 2022 May 31. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09317-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35641699
223. Devas N, Guenthart A, Nie L, Joshi I, Yang J, Morris-Stiff G, Pryor A. Timing is everything: outcomes of 30,259 delayed cholecystectomies in New York State. Surg Endosc. 2022 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09251-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35768738
224. Campbell J, Pryor A, Docimo S Jr. Transcystic Choledochoscopy Utilizing a Disposable Choledochoscope: How We Do It. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2022 Oct 1;32(5):616-620. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000001079. PMID: 35960694 Review.
225. Noubani M, McCarthy E, Zhang X, Yang J, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD, Powers K. [S073]-The impact of interval appendectomy timing on follow-up adverse outcomes. Surg Endosc. 2022

Aug 12. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09517-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35962228 225.  Hanson MN, Pryor AD, Jeyarajah DR, Minter RM, Mattar SG, Scott DJ, Brunt LM, Cummings M, Vassiliou M, Feldman LS; FC EPA Pilot Working Group.

Implementation of entrustable professional activities into fellowship council accredited programs: a pilot project. Surg Endosc. 2022 Aug 16:1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09502-5. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35974253

226. Altieri MS, Pryor A, Torres MB, Miller ME, Möller MG, Diego EJ, Reyna C; Association for Women Surgeons Publications Committee and the Association for Women Surgeons He For She Committee. Support of pregnancy and parental leave for trainees and practicing surgeons. Am J Surg. 2022 Aug 15:S0002-9610(22)00502-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.08.005. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35987658
227. Anderson B, Zhan T, Swaszek L, Sanicola C, King N, Pryor A, Spaniolas K, Tholey R, Palazzo F, Beekley A, Tatarian T. Increased incidence of marginal ulceration following conversion of sleeve gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a multi-institutional experience. Surg Endosc. 2022 Aug 24. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09430-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36002686
228. Ozair A, Collings A, Adams AM, Dirks R, Kushner BS, Sucandy I, Morrell D, Abou-Setta AM, Vreeland T, Whiteside J, Cloyd JM, Ansari MT, Cleary SP, Ceppa E, Richardson W,

Alseidi A, Awad Z, Ayloo S, Buell JF, Orthopoulos G, Sbayi S, Wakabayashi G, Slater BJ, Pryor A, Jeyarajah DR. Minimally invasive versus open hepatectomy for the resection of colorectal

 

liver metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg Endosc. 2022 Nov;36(11):7915-

7937. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09612-0. Epub 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36138246
7938. Tatarian T, McPartland C, Nie L, Yang J, Spaniolas K, Docimo S, Pryor AD. Socioeconomic disparities in the utilization of primary robotic hernia repair. Surg Endosc. 2022 Sep 22. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09627-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36138250
7939. Drakos P, Volteas P, Khomutova A, Yang J, Nie L, Pryor AD, Docimo S Jr, Powers KA, Spaniolas K. The durability of revisional sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after previous adjustable gastric band. Surg Endosc. 2022 Oct 11. doi: 10.1007/s00464-02209645-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36220986
7940. Pryor AD, Lendvay T, Jones A, Ibáñez B, Pugh C. An American Board of Surgery Pilot of Video Assessment of Surgeon Technical Performance in Surgery. Ann Surg. 2023 Jan 16;. doi:

10.1097/SLA.0000000000005804. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36645875.

232. Vreeland TJ, Collings AT, Ozair A, Adams AM, Dirks R, Kushner BS, Sucandy I, Morrell D, Whiteside J, Ansari MT, Cloyd J, Cleary SP, Ceppa E, Abou-Setta AM, Alseidi A, Awad Z,

Ayloo S, Buell J, Orthopoulos G, Richardson W, Sbayi S, Wakabayashi G, Asbun H, Slater BJ, Pryor AD, Jeyarajah DR. SAGES/AHPBA guidelines for the use of minimally invasive surgery for the surgical treatment of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). Surg Endosc. 2023 Apr;37(4):2508-2516. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-09895-x. Epub 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 36810687

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234. Noubani M, Smolkin C, Yang J, Pryor AD. Demographic and practice patterns among minimally invasive surgery fellowship graduates. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct;37(10):7784-7789. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10304-6. Epub 2023 Aug 16.PMID: 37587239
235. Noubani M, Sethi I, McCarthy E, Stanley SL, Zhang X, Yang J, Spaniolas K, Pryor AD. The impact of interval cholecystectomy timing after percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy on post-operative adverse outcomes. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct 9. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10451-w. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37814166.

 

Books

Pappas T, Pryor AD, Harnisch M.  Editors of Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.  Current Medicine, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.,  2007.

Pryor AD, Pappas TL, Branch MS.  Editors of Gastrointestinal Bleeding:  A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management.  Springer, New York, NY.  2010.

Pryor AD, Pappas TL, Branch MS.  Editors of Gastrointestinal Bleeding:  A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management, 2^nd edition.  Springer, New York, NY.  2016.

Pryor AD, Shadduck P, Stain S.  The SAGES Manual: Ethics of Surgical Innovation.  Springer, New York, NY.  2016.

Hawn MT, Pryor, AD, Hughes SJ, Albo D, Sabel, MS, Brown KR, Goldberg AJ. Operative

Techniques in Surgery, Volume 2.  Associate Editor.  Wolters Kluwer. 2022

Pryor, AD.  Hawn, MT. Operative Techniques in Foregut Surgery, Volume 2.  Editor.  Wolters Kluwer. 2022

 

In Press:

Shackleford’s Surgery for the Alimentary Tract.  Co-Editor.  Elsevier. In Preparation. 2023

Selected Chapters

Pryor AD, Laparoscopic small bowel resection.  in Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.  Pappas,  Chekan and Eubanks,  ed.  Current Medicine, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.,  1999.

Pryor AD, Exploratory laparoscopy for suspected appendicitis.  in Laparoscopic Surgery of the Abdomen for Disease.  MacFayden ed.  Springer Verlag, New York, NY, 2003.

Ching DC, Pryor AD, The Acute Abdomen. In First Exposure to General Surgery.  Jacobs, DO, ed. McGraw-Hill, Columbus, OH., 2006.

Ching D, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection and Meckel’s Diverticulectomy.  In Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.  Pappas, Pryor and Harnisch, ed.  Current Medicine, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.,  2007.

Ceppa E, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Repair of Paraesophageal Hernia.  In Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.  Pappas, Pryor and Harnisch, ed.  Current Medicine, Inc, Philadelphia, PA. 2007.

De la Fuente S, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Management of Esophageal Achalasia.  In Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.  Pappas, Pryor and Harnisch, ed.  Current Medicine, Inc, Philadelphia, PA., 2007.

Pham D, Pryor AD.  Endolumenal Instrumentation and Basic Techniques.  In Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.  Pappas, Pryor and Harnisch, ed.  Current Medicine, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.,  2007.

Yoo J, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Pancreas Surgery.  In Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery.  Pappas, Pryor and Harnisch, ed.  Current Medicine, Inc, Philadelphia, PA.,  2007.

Pryor AD, DeMaria EJ.  Special Issues/Controversies:  Weight Gain and Re-operative Surgery in Obesity Surgery:  Patient Safety and Best Practices.  Jones S and Jones D, ed.  Cine-Med, Inc.  Woodbury, CT, 2008.

Hata JA, Pryor AD.  Cost-effectiveness of Screening and Surveillance for Barrett’s Esophagus. In, Esophageal Tumors: Principles and Practice.  Jobe, BA, Thomas CR and Hunter JG, ed.  Demos Medical Publishing, New York, 2009.

Lunsford K, Pryor AD.  Bleeding Small Bowel Tumors in Pryor AD, Pappas TL, Branch MS, editors.  Gastrointestinal Bleeding:  A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management.  Springer, New York, NY.  2010.

Petersen R, Pryor AD.  Management of Unstable Bleeding from an Unknown Source.  In Pryor AD, Pappas TL, Branch MS, editors.  Gastrointestinal Bleeding:  A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management.  Springer, New York, NY.  2010.

Park C, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Palliation for Pancreatic Cancer in Scott-Connor C.  The SAGES Manual.  2011.

Dickerson JD, Pryor AD.  Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery in Scott-Connor C.  The SAGES Manual.  2011.

Pryor, Aurora Dawn.  Laparoscopic Gastrectomy.  In Fischer JE, Jones DB, Pomposelli FB, Upchurch GR, editors.  Fischer’s Mastery of Surgery, 6th edition.  Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.  New York, NY. 2012.

Pryor, AD.  Laparoscopic Truncal Vagotomy with Antrectomy and Billroth I Reconstruction.  In Nussbaum, M, ed.  Master Techniques in Surgery: Gastric Surgery.  Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.  New York, NY. 2012.

Pryor AD.  Morbid Obesity – Operation.  SCORE module.  2013.

 

Klein, G, Peredo A, Pryor AD.  Bariatric Surgery for Obesity.  In McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology.  McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.  2014.

Gracia, GJ, Altieri M, Pryor AD.  OBGyn issues in Bariatric Surgery.  In Foletto M, Rosenthal RJ, ed.  The Globesity Challenge to General Surgery: A Guide to Strategy and Techniques.  Springer, Milan.  March, 2014.

Altieri M, Pryor AD.  Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in the Bariatric Surgical Patient.  In Schauer PR, Schirmer BD, and Brethauer SA, ed.  Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, 2nd edition. Springer, New York, NY.  In Press 2014.

Erhunmwunsee L, Pryor AD.  Benign Gallblader Disease:  Choledocholithiasis and Cholangitis.  In

Blazer, WG III, ed.  Contempory Surgical Management of Liver, Biliary and Pancreatic Disease.  World Scientific Publishing Company.  In Press 2014.

Lee S, Pryor AD.  Lap/Open Cholecystectomy.  In Blazer, WG III, ed.  Contempory Surgical Management of Liver, Biliary and Pancreatic Disease.  World Scientific Publishing Company.  In Press 2014.

Wakily H, Pryor AD.  The Rationale Behind Pre-Operative Weight Loss.  In Blackstone, R.  The ASMBS Textbook.  Springer, New York, NY.  2014.

Pryor AD.  The Future of Endoscopic Surgery:  Redefining Future Training and Credentialing Pathways in Jones D and Schwaitzberg S.  Operative Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery.  CRC Press, Abingdon, UK.  2015.

Bates A, Pryor AD, Telem D.  Management of the Bariatric Surgery Patient with Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department in Blackstone R, ed.  Bariatric Surgery Complications.  Springer, New York, NY.  2015.

Bates A, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy in Cameron and Cameron, ed.  Current Surgical Therapy, 12^th edition.  Elsevier, Philadelpihia, PA.  2015.

 

Selected Abstracts

Pryor AD, Campbell ME, Sullivan MJ, Kraus WE.  Altered aldolase A gene expression and promoter usage in heart failure patients.  Circulation 1994, October supplement.

Pryor AD, Bernard TS, Kraus WE.  Myocyte and differentiation responsiveness of the alternative promoters of the human Aldolase A gene.  Clinical Research 1994;42(2):167A.

Pryor AD, Increased aldolase A gene expression and altered optional promoter usage in heart failure patients.  Alpha Omega Alpha 25^th Annual Original Studies Symposium Abstracts Book.  April 1994.

Ching DC, Pryor A, Pappas T.  “The Adjuvant Use of Percutaneous Drainage of Pancreatic Necrosis Prior to Operative Drainage.”  Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2003; 7(2):  290.

Pryor AD, McMahon RL, Grant JP.  “Prevention of Gastrojejunal Leak with Routine Endoscopy.”   ASBS June 2004.

Portenier DD, Grant JP, Blackwood HS, Pryor AD, McMahon RL, DeMaria EJ.  Expectant management of the asymptomatic gallbladder at the time of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP).  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. May 2006; 2(3): 300.

Harnisch MC, Petersen R, Pryor A, Grant JP, DeMaria EJ, Portenier D.  Preoperative weight gain does not predict failure of weight loss or comorbidity resolution of gastric bypass for morbid obesity (RYGB). Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.  May 2007; 3(3): 279-280.

Roller JE, DeMaria EJ, Petersen RP, Grant JP, Pryor AD.  Can pre-operative and intra-operative assessment adequately predict significant liver disease in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for morbid obesity?  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.  May 2007; 3(3): 304.

 

Leitao VA, Mutafyan G, Haleblian GE, Pierre SA, Robinson MR, Ferrandino M, Pryor AD, Grant JP, Preminger GM.  Stone formation after Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass – a retrospective casecontrolled study of body composition and weight loss.  J Endourology. October 2007.  21: Supp 1; A249-A250.

Hata JA, Ben-David K, Pryor AD.  Laparoscopic Resection of a Duodenal Polyp.  Surgical Endoscopy, 2008; 22(supplement 1): S295.

Mutafyan G, Myers CJ, DeMaria EJ, Evans JA, Yellen B, Pryor AD.  Endolumenal Anastomosis Creation with Magnets. Surgical Endoscopy, 2008; 22(supplement 1): S237.

Myers CJ, Mutafyan G, Petersen RP, Pryor AD, Reynolds J, DeMaria EJ.  ‘Real-Time’ probe measurement of tissue oxygenation during gastrointestinal stapling:  mucosal ischemia occurs and is not influenced by staple height.  Surgical Endoscopy, 2008; 22(supplement 1): S160.

Mutafyan G, Myers CJ, Pryor AD, Reynolds J, DeMaria EJ.  Mucosal and serosal ischemia after gastric stapling as determined by a new ‘real time’ non-invasive tissue surface probe measuring tissue oxygenation.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease, May 2008; 4(3): 318.

Brethauer SA, Pryor AD, Chand B, Schauer PR, Rosenthal R, Richards WO, Bessler M.

Endoluminal procedures for bariatric patients: Expectations among bariatric surgeons.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.  May 2008; 4(3): 305-306.

Kadera B, Grant J, Pryor AD, Portenier DD, DeMaria EJ.  Is Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) really metabolic surgery? The importance of the bariatric impact of surgery.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.  May 2008; 4(3): 289.

Hata, JA, DeMaria EJ, Portenier DD, Grant JP, Pryor AD.  Marginal Ulcer After 1,792 Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB) Procedures:  Incidence, Medical and Surgical Treatment, and Complications.  Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease, May 2008; 4(3): 308-309.

Myers CJ, Yellen B, Evans JA, DeMaria EJ, Pryor AD.  Using external magnet guidance and endoscopically placed magnets to create suture-free gastro-enteral anastomoses.  Surgical Endoscopy, 2009.

Selected Poster Presentations

Pryor AD, Conn CA, Bonna R, Kielb M, Borer KT.  “Group housing accelerates growth and induces obesity in adult hamsters.”  University of Michigan Kinesiology poster sessions.  Ann Arbor, MI, Fall 1986.

Pryor AD, Campbell ME, Sullivan MJ, Kraus WE.  “Increased aldolase A gene expression and altered optional promoter usage in heart failure patients.”  Alpha Omega Alpha 25^th Annual Original Studies Symposium.  Durham, NC, April 1994.

Pryor AD, Campbell ME, Sullivan MJ, Kraus WE.  “Regulation of the alternative promoters of the human aldolase A gene.”  Clinical Research Meeting sponsored by the American Federation for Clinical Research.  Baltimore, MD, April 1994 (Trainee Investigator Award for Excellence in Scientific Research).

Pryor AD, Campbell ME, Kraus WE.  “Altered aldolase A gene expression and promoter usage in heart failure patients.”  67^th annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association.  Dallas, TX, November 16, 1994.

 

Ching CD, Pryor AD, Pappas TN.  “The Adjuvant Use of Percutanneous drainage of pancreatic necrosis prior to operative drainage.”  American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association 4^th Americas Conference, February-March 2003.

Manson RJ, Voss M, Pryor AD, Beleniski F, de la Fuente S, Lagoo S, Reynolds JD, Eubanks WS.  “Should All Referred Patients Undergo Antireflux Surgery?”  SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, March 2003.

Pryor AD, Manson RJ, Eubanks, WS.  “Efficacy of Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.”   SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, March 2003.

Pryor AD, McMahon RL, Grant JP.  “Prevention of Gastrojejunal Leak with Routine Endoscopy.”   ASBS, June 2004.

Applegate KL, Shapiro JR, Grant JP, McMahon RL, Pryor AD.  Goal Weights among Obese Treatment Seeking Patients: Do They Become More Realistic after Weight Loss Surgery? NAASO 2004 Annual Scientific Meeting, November 2004.

Fecher AM, McMahon RL, Grant JP, Pryor AD.  STEP Trocar Hernia Rate in Unclosed Fascial Defects in Bariatric Patients.  SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, April 2005.

Bonnor, RM, Pryor AD.  Nissen Fundoplication with Gastrostomy Tube in Lung Transplant Patients with Poor Esophageal Motility.  SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, April 2005.

Pryor AD, Fecher AM, Pappas TN.  Splenic Preservation During Laparoscopic Pancreas Tail Resection.  SSAT Poster Session at Digestive Diseases Week, May 2005.

Manson, RJ, Pryor AD.  Bipolar Sealing Decreases Mesenteric Tension During Bowel Transection when compared to Stapled Division:  Clinical Evidence and Laboratory Support in a Porcine Model.  SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, April 2006.

Myers C, Yurcisin B, Ben-David K, Holder-Haynes J, Prince-Petersen R, Sharp L, DeMaria EJ, Alexis M, Pryor AD.  Is Virtual Reality Worth It? A Comparison of Box Versus Virtual Reality Training.  SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, April 2009.

Pugh CM, Plachta S, Pryor AD.  Use of a Low-Cost, High Fidelity, Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Simulator to Assess Intraoperative Decision Making.  SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, April 2009.

Alexis MA, Prince-Petersen R, Jacobs DO, Clary B, Pryor AD.  Intern Boot Camp:  One Day Makes a Difference.  SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Courses, April 2009.

Boll D, Bittner M, DeCastro L, Mathias M, O’Donnell TA, Pryor AD.  Finding BALANCE in Clinical Care Redesign:  development and validation of a disease-independent predictor of hospital readmission risk.  Academic Surgical Congress SUS New Members Poster Session.  Las Vegas, NV. February 15, 2012.

Spangler K, Yoo J, Portenier DD, Pryor AD.  Excellent outcomes with combined Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with paraesophageal hernia repair.  ASMBS Annual Meeting.  San Diego, CA.  June 2012.

 

Course Directorships

“Laparoscopy and the Pancreas.”  Course Director and Instructor.  Duke University Medical Center.  February 14, 2005.

Pancreatic and Advanced Foregut Surgery.”  Course Director and Instructor.  Duke University Medical Center.  March, 2006.

“Laparoscopic Pancreas Surgery.” Course Co-Director for Advanced Foregut Surgery Course and Instructor.  Duke University Medical Center.  May, 2006.

“Endoluminal and Transgastric Surgery.”  Course Co-Director for Advanced Foregut Surgery Course and Instructor.  Duke University Medical Center.  May, 2006.

Chair.  Career Development Seminar for Women in Surgery.  Durham, NC.  March 2008.

Co-Chair and Moderator.  Masters in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery.  Orlando, FL.  March 2008.

Course Director:   Advanced Hernia.  SAGES Resident Course, Norwalk, CT.  September 25-26, 2008.

Chair.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Career Development Seminar.  Chicago, IL.  September 2008.

Course Director, “Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.”  Durham, NC.  December 15-16, 2008.

Course Director, “Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.”  Durham, NC.  January 25-26, 2009.

Course Director, “Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.”  Durham, NC.  Mar 1-2, 2009.

Course Director, “Advanced Hernia Course.”  Norwalk, CT.  Mar 12-13, 2009.

Course Director, “Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.”  Durham, NC.  April 6-7, 2009.

Course Director, “Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.”  Durham, NC.  November 8-9, 2009.

Chair.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Career Development Seminar.  Miami, FL.  January 28-29, 2010.

Moderator and Section Chair, SSAT Post-Graduate Course.  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting at Digestive Diseases Week. New Orleans, LA.  May, 2010.

Course Co-Director.  Advances in Hernia Repair. Duke University Medical Center.  December 2-3, 2010.

Course Co-Director.  Masters of Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery.  Orlando, FL.  March 3-5, 2011.

Course Co-Director.  Minimizing MIS.  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  San Antonio, TX.  March 2011.

Course Director.  SAGES Career Development Seminar.  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  San Antonio, TX.  April 2011.

Course Director.  SAGES Advances Hernia Course.  Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.  April 2011.

Course Co-Director.  ASMBS Fundamentals of Bariatric Surgery Course.  Orlando, FL.  June 2011.

Course Co-Chair.  Innovation in the Era of Conflict of Interest.  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  March 7-11, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Statistics Tutor Station.   Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  March 711, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Moderator, Emerging Technologies Session.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting.  June, 2012. San Diego, CA

Intracorporeal Anastomosis Postgraduate Course.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting.  June, 2012. San Diego, CA.

Moderator, Recent physiological studies. Understanding the mechanisms, how does it work?  International Consensus Conference on Sleeve Gastrectomy.  December, 2012.  New York, NY.

Moderator, Joint Plenary Sessions with Awards Presentations.  Western Regional Meeting.  January, 2013.  Carmel, CA.

Course Co-Director, Gastric Bypass:  All You Need to Know.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Spring Meeting.  June, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

 

Course Co-Director, Laparoscopic Ventral and Inguinal Hernia Repair.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October, 2013. Washington, DC.

Moderator and Panelist:  General Surery Video Session.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October, 2013. Washington, DC.

Course Director.  Career Development Seminar.  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2014. Salt Lake City, UT.

Course Director.  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  August 8-9, 2014. Stony Brook, NY.

Course Co-Director.  Management of Bariatric Surgical Complications.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  San Francisco, CA.  October 26-30, 2014.

Moderator.  Top Papers.  Obesity Week 2014.  November 4, 2014, Boston, MA.

Course Director.  Foregut Disease in Bariatric Patients.  Obesity Week 2014.  November 6, 2014, Boston, MA.

Moderator.  Live Surgery.  Obesity Week 2014.  November 6, 2014, Boston, MA.

Program Director.  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  March 14-18, 2015. Nashville, TN.

Course Director.  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  May 1-2, 2015. Stony Brook, NY.

Course Director.  Revisional Bariatric Surgery.  May 29-30, 2015.  Stony Brook, NY.

Program Chair.  Obesity Week-End.  June 25-27.  Las Vegas, NV.

Chair, ACS Video Based Education:  Foregut and Bariatric.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October 2015, Chicago, IL.

Course Co-Director, Laparoscopic Ventral and Inguinal Hernia Repair.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October, 2015, Chicago, IL.

Program Chair.  Obesity Week.  November 2-7, 2015.  Los Angeles, CA.

Program Chair.  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference.  September 30 – October 1, 2016.  New York, NY.

Session Chair.  “Novel Interventions in Bariatric Surgery.” American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October 17, 2016.

Course Director.  “Perioperatieve Care.” American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Obesity Week.  November 1, 2016.

Moderator. Video session A.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Obesity Week.  November 3, 2016.

Co-Chair.  Band to Bypass Video Face-Off. Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  March 23, 2017.  Houston, TX.

Co-Chair.  Fellowship Council Lunch.  Ensuring Competecny Through Fellowship Training. Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  March 24, 2017.  Houston, TX.

Moderator.  Quality and Outcomes:  Can we improve safety?  AGA Institute 8^th Annual Technology Summit. April 13, 2017.  Boston, MA

Moderator Kelly and Carols Pelligrini SSAT and SAGES Luncheon Symposium:  Endoscopic Treatment of Obesity.  Digestive Disease Week.  May 9, 2017.  Chicago, IL.

Moderator.  Late Complications of Bariatric Surgery.  International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity Annual Meeting.  August 30, 2017.  London, England.

Moderator.  Complications in Gastrointestinal Surgery.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October 24, 2017.  San Diego, CA.

Co-Chair.  Balloon Endoscopy Didactics.  Obesity Week 2017.  October 29, 2017.  National Harbor,

MD

 

Co-Chair.  Access to Care.  Obesity Week 2017.  October 31, 2017.  National Harbor, MD

Moderator.  Live Surgery.  IRCAD Latin America.  December 6, 2017. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

Chair.  Devil’s in the Details:  Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.  Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 11, 2018.  Seattle, WA.

Session Chair.  Thinking Outside the Box:  new insights for bariatric surgery.  European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.  May 31, 12018.  London, England.

Chair.  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Course.  August 3-4, 2018.  Philadelphia, PA.

Moderator.  Paper Session II.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Obesity Week.  November 14, 2018.  Nashville, TN.

Foregut Chair. 19^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS).  February 26-28, 2019. Las Vegas, NV.

Session Chair. Alternatives to Fundoplication for GERD.  Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 3-6, 2019.  Baltimore, MD.

Moderator.  Scientific Session I.  Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 3-6, 2019.  Baltimore, MD.

Panelist.  Live Surgery.  XIII Congreso Internacional Cirugía Bariátrica.  May 24, 2019.  Mendoza, Argentina.

Speaker.  FDA Panel on Surgical Staplers.  May 30, 2019.  Gaithersburg, MD.

Moderator.  “Hot Debates in Bariatric Surgery.”  European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons.  June 13, 2019.  Sevilla, Spain.

Chair: “What’s New in Bariatric Surgery” European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons.  June 13, 2019.  Sevilla, Spain.

Chair: “Reflux Surgery.”  European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons.  June 14, 2019.  Sevilla, Spain.

Chair.  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference.  October 4, 2019.  New York, NY

Session Chair and Moderator.  MISS 2020 LIVE Panel:  Best of Foregut.  Virtual Meeting.  June 18, 2020.

Chair.  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference. September 26-27, 2020.  Virtual Meeting.

Chair.  Lessons from the Pandemic.  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  August 31-September 3, 2021.  Las Vegas, NV.

President.  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Annual Conference.  September 24-25, 2021.  Virtual Meeting.

Chair.  Complications of Bariatric Surgery.   The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery Annual Meeting and International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery.  Barcelona, Spain.  November 24-27, 2021.

Chair.  What’s New in Bariatric Surgery.  The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery Annual Meeting and International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery.  Barcelona, Spain.  November 24-27, 2021.

Co-Chair.  Surgery in Space.  SAGES 2022 Annual Conference.  Denver, CO.  March15-19, 2022.

 

Moderator.  Live Surgery. IRCAD Bariatric Course.  Strasbourg, France.  December 1-4, 2022.

 

 

Oral Presentations

 

“Group housing accelerates growth and induces obesity in adult hamsters.”  Women in Science Research Session.  Ann Arbor, MI.  August 1986.

“Increased aldolase A gene expression and altered optional promoter usage in heart failure patients.”  Four Schools Research Convocation.  Philadelphia, PA.  May 1994.

Duke Surgical Resident’s Conference

Liver Physiology, 10/99

Melanoma, 4/00

Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis, 8/00

Sepsis, 11/00

Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 3/03

Esophageal and Gastric Physiology 10/07

Benign Esophageal Disease 10/07

Duke Surgical Grand Rounds

Surgical Management of Hirschprung’s Disease, 11/00

Inguinal Hernia, 6/01

Achalasia, 5/03

“Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication:  Prevention and Management of Complications.”  New Hanover Regional Medical Center Residents’ Conference.  November 15, 2002.

“Weight Loss Surgery.”  Duke University Medical Center Department of Medicine Grand Rounds.  August 1, 2003.

“Weight Loss Surgery.”  Durham Regional Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds.  September 10, 2003.

“The Truth About Bariatric Surgery.”  Duke University Medical Center Department of Radiology Grand Rounds.  September 16, 2004.

“Laparoscopy and the Pancreas.”  Duke University Medical Center Division of Gastroenterology Grand Rounds.  September 30, 2004.

“Pancreatic Tail Resection.”  American Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association Post Graduate Course.  April, 2005.

“Pancreatic Tail Resection with Splenic Salvage and Vessel Division.”  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting at Digestive Diseases Week. May, 2005

“Empiric Cholecystectomy for Idiopathic Recurrent Pancreatitis.” American Gastroenterological Association Meeting.  May, 2005.

“Laparoscopic Splenectomy.”  SAGES Advanced Resident Course.  Cincinnati, OH.  October 2005.

“Gastric Pouch Creation.”  Bariatric Surgery Post-Graduate Course at the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2006.

“Patient Selection for Bariatric Surgery.”  Allied Health Post-Graduate Course at the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2006.

“How I Do It:  Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery.”  The Learning Center at the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2006.

Moderator:  Laparoscopic Hepatic and Pancreatic Surgery.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2006.

““Advanced Bariatric Surgery:  The Future of Bariatric Surgery.”  Instructor.  Duke University Medical Center.  March, 2006.

“Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.”  SAGES Resident Course.  Norwalk, CT.  June 2006.

“Surgery for Refractory Reflux Disease.”  Transcending Frontiers in Surgery, Quito Ecuador, November 2006.

 

“Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery:  The Evidence.”  Transcending Frontiers in Surgery, Quito Ecuador, November 2006.

“Bariatric Surgery for the Gastroenterologist.”  NC Gastroenterological Society Meeting.  Greensboro, NC.  March 2007.

“Bariatric Surgery:  Natural Orifice Approaches.”  Instructor.  Duke University Medical Center.  March, 2007.

Moderator:  Flexible Endoscopy – NOTES Video Session.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2007.

Moderator and Discussant.  Pancreas:  Benign.  American Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.  April, 2007.

“How I Do It:  Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery.”  The Learning Center at the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2007.

Moderator.  Video Breakfast.  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting at Digestive Diseases Week. Washington, DC.  May, 2007.

“Bariatric Surgery for the Gastroenterologist.”  Allied Health Postgraduate Course, American Gastroenterological Society Meeting.  Washington, DC.  May 2007.

“Laparoscopy for Pancreas Cancer” NC American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting.  Asheville, NC.  July 2007.

“Natural Orifice Surgery.”  North Carolina Surgical Society Fall Meeting.  Hot Springs, VA.  September 2007.

“Occult GI Bleeding:  The Surgeon’s Perspective.”  American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting.  New Orleans, LA.  October 2007.

“Why Choose Minimally Invasive Surgery?”  Career Development Seminar for Women in Surgery.  Durham, NC.  March 2008.

“Setting Up a Mentoring System.”  Career Development Seminar for Women in Surgery.  Durham, NC.  March 2008.

“How to Get Funding for Research and Other Initiatives.”  Career Development Seminar for Women in Surgery.  Durham, NC.  March 2008.

“Balancing Career and Family.”  Career Development Seminar for Women in Surgery.  Durham, NC.  March 2008.

“Gastric Pouch Creation” Masters in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery.  Orlando, FL.  March 2008.

“Endolumenal Techniques for Managing Complications” ”  Masters in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery.  Orlando, FL.  March 2008.

Moderator:  Scientific Session.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2008.

“DVT Prophylaxis:  The Evidence for Bariatric Surgery.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2008.

“How I Do It:  Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery.”  The Learning Center at the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April, 2008.

Moderator:  Bariatric Surgery for the Gastroenterologist.  American Gastroenterological Society Meeting.  San Diego, CA.  May 2008.

“Surgical Education:  Best Practices.”  Masters in Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Sonoma, CA.  July 2008.

“Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair:  Anatomy and Technique.”  SAGES Resident Course, Norwalk, CT.  September 25-26, 2008.

“Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery.”  Durham, NC.  September 15, 2008, November 10, 2008.

 

“Single Incision Foregut Surgery”..Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Course.  Norwalk, CT.  Feb 10-11, 2009.

“Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, “Advanced Hernia Course.”  Norwalk, CT.  Feb 10-11, 2009.

“Transplantation, Renal Failure and Bariatric Surgery.”  Surgery of the Foregut Symposium.  Coral Gables, FL.  February 16, 2009.

“Paraesophageal Hernia Repair:  Best Evidence for Surgical Care.”  Surgery of the Foregut Symposium.  Coral Gables, FL.  February 16, 2009.

“Balancing Career with Family and Personal Life.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April 23, 2009.

“Single Incision Cholecystectomy with the SPIDER system:  Simple and Safe.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April 24, 2009.

“Single Incision Foregut Surgery – A Report on Early Experiences”..Phoenix, AZ April 24, 2009.

“SAGES Grant Impact on Recipient Academic Career.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  April 25, 2009.

“Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery – Tips and Tricks”..Cincinnati, OH.  May 14, 2009.

“Simulation in Surgical Education” Sabiston Surgical Society, Durham, NC.  June 12, 2009.

Moderator.  Plenary Session.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.  Grapevine, TX June, 2009.

“Single Incision Foregut Surgery” Covidien Masters in Surgery Course.  Elancourt, France.  July 2009.

“Single Incision Surgery:  Tips and Tricks” Covidien Masters in Surgery Course.  Elancourt, France.  July 2009.

“New Devices for Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery.”  Masters in Minimally Invsive Surgery.  Kennebunkport, ME.  July 2009.

“Simulation in Education.”  Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Duke University, Durham, NC.  August 2009.

“Bariatric Surgery for the Gynecologist” Durham Regional OB/Gyn Grand Rounds.  Durham, NC.  September, 2009.

“Work-Life Balance.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Career Development Seminar.  Chicago, IL.  September 2009.

“The Mentor-Mentee Relationship.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Career Development Seminar.  Chicago, IL.  September 2009.

“Single Site Laparoscopy: The Future of Minimally Invasive Surgery?”  Dartmouth Department of Surgery Grand Rounds.  September, 15, 2009.

“Current Controversies in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.”  SAGES Advanced Foregut and Solid Organ Surgery Course.  Cincinnati, OH.  October, 2009.

“Platforms and Techniques for Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery” Durham Regional Hospital General Surgery Conference.  October, 2009.

“Single Port Surgery with the TransEnterix SPIDER system:  A True advance in minimally invasive surgery.”  (video) American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Chicago, IL.  October, 2009.

Discussant, Surgical Forum, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Chicago, IL.  October, 2009.

“Platforms for Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery” ACS Postgraduate Course, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Chicago, IL.  October, 2009.

 

Lab Instructor, ACS Single Incision Surgery Postgraduate Course, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Chicago, IL.  October, 2009.

“Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery.”  Olympus Booth, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Chicago, IL.  October, 2009.

“Suturing for Single Site Laparoscopic Surgery” Covidien Booth, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Chicago, IL.  October, 2009.

“Surgical Education in 2010.”  General Surgery Forum, Alta, WY January 18-22, 2010.

“Laparoscopic Hybrid Procedures.”  General Surgery Forum, Alta, WY January 18-22, 2010.

“Maximally Minimally Invasive Colon Surgery.”  General Surgery Forum, Alta, WY January 18-22, 2010.

“I Have an Idea, Now What do I do?”  General Surgery Forum, Alta, WY January 18-22, 2010.

“Advances in Single Incision Surgery:  The SPIDER Platform.”  General Surgery Forum, Alta, WY January 18-22, 2010.

“Introducing LESS into your Practice.”  General Surgery Forum, Alta, WY January 18-22, 2010.

“Work-Life Balance.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Career Development Seminar.  Miami, FL.  January 28-29, 2010.

“Setting up your Dossier.”  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Career Development Seminar.  Miami, FL.  January 28-29, 2010.

“LESS Colorectal Surgery.”  Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery Conference.  Tampa, FL.  March 9, 2010.

“LESS Hybrid Operations:  Where Are We?” Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery Conference.  Tampa, FL.  March 9, 2010.

“New Devices Designed for LESS Surgery.” Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery Conference.  Tampa, FL.  March 9, 2010.

“Tips and Tricks for Starting an Academic Career.”  Resident Conference.  University of Tornoto, Toronto, CA.  April 8, 2010.

“Bariatric Surgery:  Bad Idea or Best Practices?”  The John Palmer Lectureship.  University of Tornoto, Toronto, CA.  April 9, 2010.

“Innovations in Stapling.”  Covidien Booth Presentation.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  National Harbor, MD.  April 14, 200.

“Stapling in Bariatric Surgery.”  Covidien Industry Night Presentation.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  National Harbor, MD.  April 15, 2010.

Moderator, SAGES Scientific Session.  Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  National Harbor, MD.  April 16, 2010.

“Simulation and Surgical Education.”  Society for Black Academic Surgeons, Durham, NC.  April 30, 2010.

“Bariatric Surgery:  Why?  What?  Who? How?”  9^th AnnualMedTech Investing Conference.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  May 19, 2010.

Innovations in Bariatric Surgery Debate:  Is LESS More.  Pro.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV June 24, 2010.

Moderator, Top 10 Papers.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV June 24, 2010.

“Laparoscopic Solid Organ Surgery.” Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Introductory Resident Course.  Cincinnati, OH August 5, 2010.

 

“Challenges in Paraesophagel Hernia – Obesity, Short Esophagus, Recurrence.” Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Advanced Resident Course.  St. Louis, MO August 20, 2010.

Debate: Mesh vs No Mesh for Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.  Con. Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Advanced Resident Course.  St. Louis, MO August 20, 2010.

“Pre-Loaded Absorbable Staple Line Reinforcement in Gastric Pouch Creation.”  International Fedaration for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders World Congress.  Long Beach, CA.  September 5, 2010.

“Endoscopic Removal of an Eroded Gastric Band.”  Bariatric Summit, Charleston, SC.  September 11-13, 2010.

“Revisional Bariatric Surgery:  Who?  What?  Why?  How?”  Bariatric Summit, Charleston, SC.  September 11-13, 2010.

Faculty Panel:  Difficult Cases.  Bariatric Summit, Charleston, SC.  September 11-13, 2010.

“Endolumenal Bariatric Surgery – A Reality?”  Bariatric Summit, Charleston, SC.  September 11-13, 2010.

“Revisional Bariatric Surgery:  Who?  What?  Why?  How?”  Advanced Bariatric Surgery Course, Durham, NC.  September 16-17, 2010.

“Endolumenal Bariatric Surgery – A Reality?”  Advanced Bariatric Surgery Course, Durham, NC.  September 16-17, 2010.

“The Realities About Pediatric Obesity.”  100 Black Women Walk-a-Thon.  Raleigh, NC.  September 18, 2010.

Single Port Access – the Next Frontier in Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Tarheel Chapter Meeting.  Chapel Hill, NC.  October 18. 2010.

“Single Port Cholecystecomy with the SPIDER system – A true advnce in minimally invasive surgery.”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Washington, DC.  October 2010.

“Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystecomy” – Video.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Washington, DC.  October 2010.

“Paraesophageal Hernia Repair:  Updates and Technique.”  Advances in Hernia Repair.  Duke University Medical Center.  December 2, 2010.

“Single Site Surgery: Platforms and Techniques.”  Innovations in Surgery Teleconference.  December 3, 2010.  Hosted by the Cleveland Clinic.

Moderator:  Sleeve Gastrectomy Summit.  New York, New York December 4, 2010.

“Abdominal Wall Reconstruction:  The Next Frontier in Ventral Hernia Repair?”  Grand Rounds at University of California, Irvine.  January 27, 2011

“Platforms for Single Site Surgery.”  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  San Antonio, TX.  March 2011.

“A Novel Platform for Single Site Bariatric Surgery.”  European Bariatric Meeting.  Saalfeden, Austria.  April, 2011.

“I Have an Idea:  Now What Do I Do?”  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  San Antonio, TX.  April 2011.

“How to Manage a Leak.”  ASMBS Fundamentals of Bariatric Surgery Course.  Orlando, FL.  June 2011.

Moderator, Sleeve Gastrectomy.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.  June 2011.

Moderator, Fundamentals Course.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.  June 2011.

 

“5 years out:  Lessons Learned.”  12^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Fundamentals Conference.  Sedona, AZ.  August 17-21, 2011.

“How to Succeed as a Fellow.”  12^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Fundamentals Conference.  Sedona, AZ.  August 17-21, 2011.

“Work Life Balance.”  12^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Fundamentals Conference.  Sedona, AZ.  August 17-21, 2011.

“Sleeve Gastrectomy Pearls.”  Chinese Surgical Week.  Beijing, China.  September 8, 2011.

“Single Incision Surgery:  What’s the Data?”  Chinese Surgical Week.  Beijing, China.  September 9, 2011.

“Bariatric Surgery:  An Update.”  Stony Brook University Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds.  November 9, 2011.

“Bariatric Surgery For Emergency Physicians.”  Stony Brook University Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds.  December 7, 2011.

“Bariatric Surgery:  What’s Hot and What’s Not in 2012.”  Frontiers in Endoscopy meeting.  Orlando FL, February 3-4, 2012.

“How to Choose a Bariatric Procedure After Failed LAGB.”  Surgery of the Foregut Symposium.  Coral Gables, FL.  February 19-22, 2012.

“Update on Minimal Access and Single Site Surgery.”  Surgery of the Foregut Symposium.  Coral Gables, FL.  February 19-22, 2012.

“Overview of Revisional Bariatric Surgery.”  IRCAD-AITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  T’aichung, Taiwan.  February 24-25, 2012.

“Single Site and Minimal Access Bariatric Surgery.”  IRCAD-AITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  T’aichung, Taiwan.  February 24-25, 2012.

“Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.”  IRCAD-AITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  T’aichung, Taiwan.  February 24-25, 2012.

“Diagnosing and Treating a Leak.”  IRCAD-AITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  T’aichung, Taiwan.  February 24-25, 2012.

“How to Work with Industry.”  Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.  March 7-11, 2012. San Diego, CA.

“Bariatric Surgery for the OB/Gyn.”  OB/Gyn Grand Rounds.  Stony Brook University Hospital.  March 14, 2012.

“My Story.”  Women in Medicine Research Day.  Stony Brook University Hospital.  April 24, 2012.

Learning Center Proctor.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting.  June, 2012. San Diego, CA.

“Overview of Revisional Bariatric Surgery.”  SOBRACIL Annual Meeting.  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  July 18-21, 2012.

“Single Site and Minimal Access Bariatric Surgery.” SOBRACIL Annual Meeting.  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  July 18-21, 2012.

“Immunoflourscent Cholangiography – A New Solution for an Old Problem.”  Novadaq Investor Day.  New York, NY.  September 24, 2012.

“Immunoflourscent Cholangiography – A New Solution for an Old Problem.”  Chicago, IL.  October 2, 2012.

“Stenting for the Bariatric Surgeon.”  Hands on Session.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Fall Event.  Las Vegas, NV.  October 26, 2012.

“Single Site and Minimal Access Bariatric Surgery.”  IRCAD-AMITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  Barretos, Brazil.  November 4-5, 2012.

 

“Diagnosing and Treating a Leak.” IRCAD-AMITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  Barretos, Brazil.  November 4-5, 2012.

State of the Art Speaker.  Western Regional Meeting.  January, 2013.  Carmel, CA.

“Revision from Previous Foregut Surgery.”  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Spring Meeting.  June, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

“Intra-operative Leak Testing:  Should We?  How?”  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Spring Meeting.  June, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

Flexible Endoscopy Lab Instructor.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Spring Meeting.  June, 2013. New Orleans, LA.

“Strategies to Effectively Negotiate Your Job, Resources, and Programatic Support.”  Assciation for Academic Surgery Fall Courses.  October 5, 2013.  Washington, DC.

“Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair:  What’s the Evidence?”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October, 2013. Washington, DC.

“What to do when Weight is Weighing Heavy on Your Mind.”  Stony Brook Women’s Health Day.  October 19, 2013.  Melville, NY.

“Endoscopic Management of Bariatric Complications.”  Obesity Week.  November 2013.  Altanta, GA

“Adjuncts for Laparoscopic Suturing.”  Obesity Week.  November 2013.  Altanta, GA

Debate:  Robotics in General Surgery:  Pro.  Society of University Surgeons Annual Meeting.  February 4, 2014.  San Diego, CA.

“Decision Making for Revisional Bariatric Surgery.”  Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium.  March 1, 2014.  Las Vegas, NV.

Moderator NY Chapter of ASMBS Annual Meeting.  Recent Advances in Bariatric Surgery.  May 1-2 2014.  New York, NY.

“Mesenteric Defect Closure:  Yes or No.”  International Federation for the Study of Obesity Latin American Chapter Meeting.  May 2014.  Mendoza, Argentina.

“Memorable Complications.”  International Federation for the Study of Obesity Latin American Chapter Meeting.  May 2014.  Mendoza, Argentina.

“Bariatric Surgery with Unusual Esophageal Pathology.”  International Federation for the Study of Obesity Latin American Chapter Meeting.  May 2014.  Mendoza, Argentina.

“Anatomy and Technique for Hiatal Hernia Repair.”  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  August 8-9, 2014. Stony Brook, NY.

Moderator for Panel Case Discussion on Paraesophageal Hernia.  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  August 8-9, 2014. Stony Brook, NY.

“Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair:  Patient Selection and Technique”.  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  August 8-9, 2014. Stony Brook, NY.

“Managing Reflux in Bariatric Surgery Patients.”  IRCAD-AMITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  Barretos, Brazil.  October 16-18, 2014.

“Evaluation and Procedure Choice for Revisional Bariatric Surgery.”  IRCAD-AMITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  Barretos, Brazil.  October 16-18, 2014.

“The History of Metabolic Surgery.”  IRCAD-AMITS Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Course.  Barretos, Brazil.  October 16-18, 2014.

“Management of the Bariatric Patient Presenting to the Emergency Department with Abdominal Pain.”  Management of Bariatric Surgical Complications.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  San Francisco, CA.  October 26-30, 2014.

“Hospital Charge is not Associated with Outcomes for Bariatric Surgery.”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Paper Session.  San Francisco, CA.  October 26-30, 2014.

“Procedures for Metabolic Surgery.”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  San Francisco, CA.  October 26-30, 2014.

“Careers in Surgery:  You can have it all!”  Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Webinar.  December 9, 2014.

“Foregut Pathology Before and After Bariatric Procedures.” Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium.  February 28, 2015.  Las Vegas, NV.

“Anatomy and Technique for Hiatal Hernia Repair.”  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  May 1-2, 2015. Stony Brook, NY.

Moderator for Panel Case Discussion on Paraesophageal Hernia.  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  May 1-2, 2015. Stony Brook, NY.

“Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Reepair:  Patient Selection and Technique”.  Residents Hernia Management Symposium.  May 1-2, 2015. Stony Brook, NY.

“New Devices for Metabolic Surgery.”  New York Chapter meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.  May 8, 2015.  New York, NY.

“Novel Endolumenal Devices for Weight Loss Surgery.”  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract State of the Art lecture.  May 17, 2015.  Washington, DC.

“Surgical Management of Bariatric Complications”.  AGA seminar at Digestive Diseases Week.  May 18, 2015.  Washingtn, DC.

“Converting a Band for Inadequate Weight Loss.”  Revisional Bariatric Surgery.  May 29-30, 2015.  Stony Brook, NY.

“Assessing a Patient for Weight Loss Failure.” Revisional Bariatric Surgery.  May 29-30, 2015.  Stony Brook, NY.

“Managing a Complicated Sleeve.” Revisional Bariatric Surgery.  May 29-30, 2015.  Stony Brook, NY.

“Optimization of the Sleeve Gastrectomy: How to Deal with Reflux.” American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Spring Meeting.  June, 2015. Las Vegas, NV.

“Teamwork/Unity/Diversity.” Stony Brook University Medical Center Department of Surgery Leadership Curriculum.  September 9, 2015. Stony Brook, NY.

“Bariatric Surgery Outcomes in NY State.” Quarterly Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative Meeeting.  October 2, 2015. Detroit, MI

“Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair, What are the Data?”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October 2015. Chicago, IL.

“The Evolving Field of Metabolic Devices.”  Stony Brook University Medical Center Department of Surgery Grand Rounds.  November 11, 2015.  Stony Brook, NY.

“Dealing with Challenges in Hiatal Hernia Repair.”  16th Annual Visiting Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery.  November 18, 2015.  McGill University. Quebec, Canada.

“Quantifying Outcomes in Surgery Patients: Assessing Readmission.”  16th Annual Visiting Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Grand Rounds.  November 19, 2015.  McGill University. Quebec, Canada.

“Options for Bariatric Management in 2015.”  Nassau Surgical Society’s Annual Clinic Day.  Brooklyn LI Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.  December 2, 2015.  Uniondale, NY

“History & Future Directions in Bariatric/Metabolic Devices.” Baystate Medical Grand Rounds.  January 28, 2016.  Springfield, MA.

“Primary Endoluminal Bariatric Procedures.”  Evolving Strategies in Minimally Invasive Surgery Course with Ohio State University.  January 29, 2016.  New Orleans, LA.

“Technical Strategies for Safe Cholecystectomy.”  Evolving Strategies in Minimally Invasive Surgery Course with Ohio State University.  January 29, 2016.  New Orleans, LA.

 

“Dysphagia, Bloating and Recurrent GERD Following Fundoplication.”  Evolving Strategies in Minimally Invasive Surgery Course with Ohio State University.  January 29, 2016.  New Orleans, LA.

“Surgical Management of the Morbidly Obese Woman.” Stony Brook University Medical Center Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine Grand Rounds.  February 10, 2016.  Stony Brook, NY.

“Devices and Innovations in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.”  Keynote speaker at Illinois Surgical Society Annual Spring Meeting.  May 1-2, 2016.  Evanston, IL.

“What in an MIS Fellowship?”  Surgical Fellowship Fair.  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting at Digestive Diseases Week. San Diego, CA.  May 21, 2016.

“Managing Obesity with Innovative Technology” American Gastroenterological Association Annual Meeting at Digestive Diseases Week. San Diego, CA.  May 22, 2016.

“The Logistics of Incorporating New Technology into Practie.” American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Obesity Weekend.  June 25, 2016. Las Vegas, NV.

“Optimizing the Sleeve Gastrectomy.” MIS Fellows Course. August 26-28, 2016. Tampa, FL.

“New Technology for Bariatric Surgery.” MIS Fellows Course. August 26-28, 2016. Tampa, FL.

“Surgeons’ Perspectives on Industry Relationships.”  The Halsted Society 90^th Annual Meeting.  September 9, 2016.  Denver, CO.

“How I Built my Network of Sponsors and Mentors.” Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference.  September 30 – October 1, 2016.  New York, NY.

“Family Planning.” Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference.  September 30 – October 1, 2016.  New York, NY.

“Home/Life Balance.” Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference.  September 30 – October 1, 2016.  New York, NY.

“Conversion of Band to Sleeve Gastrectomy.” American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Obesity Week.  October 31, 2016.

“Endoscopic Stenting.” Video lecture.  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Obesity Week.  November 1, 2016.

“A 6-month Swallowable Balloon System results in sustainable weight loss at 1 year: results from a prospective, randomized sham-controlled trial.”  American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Obesity Week.  November 4, 2016.

“Is Revisional Bariatric Surgery a Subspecialty in Bariatric Surgery?”  2^nd International Consensus Sessions of Revisonal Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery.  February18, 2017.  Boca Raton, FL. “Use of ICG in Bariatric and Foregut Surgery.  February 24, 2017.  San Diego, CA.

“SAGES Stories:  Reflux After Bariatric Surgery.” Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  March 23, 2017.  Houston, TX.

“Management of recurrent Marginal Ulcer after Bariatric Surgery.” Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  March 24, 2017.  Houston, TX.

“Indications and Contraindications for re-do AntiReflux Surgery.” Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  March 24, 2017.  Houston, TX.

“Bariatric Surgery Options in 2017.”  Tulane University Surgery Grand Rounds.  May 19, 2017.  New Orleans, LA.

“Approach to GERD after Sleeve Gastrectomy.”  International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity Annual Meeting.  August 30, 2017.  London, England.

“Setting Goals and Objectives.”  International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity Annual Meeting.  September 1, 2017.  London, England.

 

Panelist:  “Can we have it all?  Meeting Career Goals.”  International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity Annual Meeting.  August 30, 2017.  London, England.

“Endolumenal Alteration in Absorption.”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October 25, 2017.  San Diego, CA.

“Swallowable Intragastric Balloons Tips and Tricks.”  Obesity Week 2017.  October 29, 2017.  National Harbor, MD

“Choosing Academic Medicine.”  Obesity Week 2017.  October 30, 2017.  National Harbor, MD

“Debate:  Band versus Balloon.”  Obesity Week 2017.  November 1, 2017.  National Harbor, MD

“Identifying and Seizing Leadership Opportunities.”.  Michigan Women in Surgery Leadership Development Conference.  November 10-11, 2017.  Ann Arbor, MI.

“SAGES Fiscal Literacy.”  SAGES Leadership Development and Health Care Policy for Surgeons Conference.  November 18, 2017.Boston, MA.

“Decision Marking in Revisional Bariatric Surgery.”  IRCAD Latin America.  December 7, 2017. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

“Band to Bypass Techniques and Outcomes.” IRCAD Latin America.  December 7, 2017. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

“Reflux after Sleeve Gastrectomy.” IRCAD Latin America.  December 7, 2017. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

“Management of Complications – video presentations.” IRCAD Latin America.  December 7, 2017. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

“Challenge in Periopeative Management – Enhances Recovery.”  February 1, 2018. Kuwait City, Kuwait.

“Role of Deep Neuromuscular Blockade in Improving Surgical Conditions.”  February 1, 2018. Kuwait City, Kuwait.

“Challenge in Periopeative Management – Enhances Recovery.” February 2, 2018. Kuwait City, Kuwait.

“Role of Deep Neuromuscular Blockade in Improving Surgical Conditions.” February 2, 2018. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

“Role of Deep Neuromuscular Blockade in Improving Surgical Conditions.” February 3, 2018. Dubai, UAE.

“Role of Deep Neuromuscular Blockade in Improving Surgical Conditions.” February 4, 2018. Doha, Qatar.

“Management of the Obese Woman.” Stony Brook ObGyn Grand Rounds.  February 14, 2018. Stony Brook, NY.

“Minorities in Leadership:  Are we Moving the Needle?” Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 13, 2018.  Seattle, WA.

“Video Assessment to Confirm Readiness for Practice:  Ready for Prime Time?” Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 13, 2018.  Seattle, WA.

“Imaging Techniques for Safe Cholecystectomy.”  Digestive Diseases Week.  June 5, 2018.  Washington, DC.

“Enhancing Diversity.”  Montefiore Grand Rounds.  June 8, 2018.  Bronx, NY.

“Organizational Strategiew to Reduce Burnout.”  ASMBS Weekend.  June 16, 2018.  New York, NY

“Collective Intelligence – What? Why?  How?”  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Course.  August 34, 2018.  Philadelphia, PA.

“Setting Yourself Up For Academic Success:  Setting Goals and Finding Opportunities?”  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Course.  August 3-4, 2018.  Philadelphia, PA.

“Partnering with SAGES.” ALACE Biannual meeting.  August 29-31, 2018.  San Jose, Costa Rica.

 

“Revisional Bariatric Surgery.” ALACE Biannual meeting.  August 29-31, 2018.  San Jose, Costa Rica.

“Reflux after Bariatric Surgery.” ALACE Biannual meeting.  August 29-31, 2018.  San Jose, Costa Rica.

“Controversies in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.” Donahue Lectureship, Thomas Jefferson University.  September 20, 2018.  Philadelphia, PA.

“Controversies in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.” Grand Rounds, Mount Sinal Hospital.  September 26, 2018.  New York, NY.

“Revision for Weight Loss Failure.” Advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Celebration, FL.  October 13, 2018.

“Debate:  One Stage Revision is Preferred in Band to Bypass Conversion.” Advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Celebration, FL.  October 13, 2018.

“Reflux after Sleeve Gastrectomy.” Advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Celebration, FL.  October 13, 2018.

“Revising a Complicated Sleeve.” Advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Celebration, FL.  October 13, 2018.

Discussant.  Landmark Papers in Surgery.  Association of Women Surgeons Annual Meeting.  October 20, 2018. Boston, MA

“How to Introduce Flexible Endoscopy in My Practice.”  American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting.  October 23, 2018.  Boston, MA.

“Controversies in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.” Grand Rounds, Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University. October 24, 2018.  Boston, MA.

“Adolescent Bariatric Surgery.” Peruvian Society of Endoscopic Surgery XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY.  Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2018.  Lima, Peru.

“Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies.” Peruvian Society of Endoscopic Surgery XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY.  Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2018.  Lima, Peru.

“Future Direction in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.” Peruvian Society of Endoscopic Surgery XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY.  Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2018.  Lima, Peru.

“GERD after Bariatric Surgery.” Peruvian Society of Endoscopic Surgery XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY.  Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2018.  Lima, Peru.

“Hiatal Hernia During Bariatric Surgery.” Peruvian Society of Endoscopic Surgery XI

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY.  Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2018.  Lima, Peru.

“Collective Intelligence.” Grand Rounds.  Loyola University Medical Center.  Chicago, IL.  November 7, 2018.

“Starting in Practice.” MIS/Bariatric Fellows Career Development Course.  November 9-10, 2018.  Cleveland, OH.

“Controversies in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.” Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical Center, November 28, 2018.  Chicago, IL.

“Enhancing Collaboration.” Oregon Health Sciences University.  December 18, 2018. Portland, OR.

“Video Assessmnent for Funddoplication.” 19^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS).  February 26-28, 2019. Las Vegas, NV.

“Dealing with the Tough Hiatus.” 19^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS).  February 26-28, 2019. Las Vegas, NV.

“Reflux after Sleeve Gastrectomy.” 19^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS).  February 26-28, 2019. Las Vegas, NV.

 

“Band to Bypass:  One or Two Stages?” 19^th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium (MISS).  February 26-28, 2019. Las Vegas, NV.

“Introduction of the President.”  Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 3-6, 2019.  Baltimore, MD.

“What Leaders are Looking for/Expect from YOU.”  Society of American Gsastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  April 3-6, 2019.  Baltimore, MD.

“Challenges in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.”  Grand Rounds Soeal National University Hospital.  April 23, 2019. Soeul, Korea.

“Reflux after Bariatric Surgery.”  Korean Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons.  April 26, 2019.  Soeul, Korea.

“There is still a role for the multidisciplinary evaluation in bariatric patients.”  XIII Congreso Internacional Cirugía Bariátrica.  May 23, 2019.

“Options for Managing Fistula after Sleeve Gastrectomy.”  Mendoza, Argentina. XIII Congreso Internacional Cirugía Bariátrica.  May 23, 2019.  Mendoza, Argentina.

Speaker.  FDA Panel on Surgical Staplers.  May 30, 2019.  Gaithersburg, MD.

“Endolumenal Bariatric Procedures.”  European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons.  June 13, 2019.  Sevilla, Spain.

“Which New Reflux Procedure Seems Most Promising?”  European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons.  June 14, 2019.  Sevilla, Spain.

“Controversies in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.” Drapnas Lecture.  University at Buffalo.  June 21, 2019.  Buffalo, NY.

Graduation Speaker.  University at Buffalo.  June 21, 2019.  Buffalo, NY.

“Embracing your Academic Career.”  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference.  October 4, 2019.  New York, NY

The Callbladder Speaker and Panelist.  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October 28, 2019. San Francisco, CA.

“Use of mesh for Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  October 29, 2019. San Francisco, CA.

“How to build and develop diversity and inclusion (pathways to leadership)?”  Obesity Week.  November 8, 2019. Las Vegas, NV.

“Revision of Herniated Fundoplication to RYGB.” 16th Annual International Bariatric Endoscopic Surgery Trends (B.E.S.T.)  Conference.  December 6, 2019.  New York, NY.

“Revision of Sleeve to RYGB.” Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES) Annual Meeting.  February 7-9, 2020.  Guwahati, India.

Dr. T. E. Udwadia Oration.  Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (IAGES) Annual Meeting.  February 7-9, 2020.  Guwahati, India.

“Surgical Innovation.”  Ellison Lectureship at the Medical College of Wisconsin.  February 19, 2020.  Milwaukee, WI.

“Idea to Clinical Prototype.”  SAGES Next Big Thing Summit.  February 21, 2020.  Houston, TX.

“Adolescent Bariatric Surgery.”  Suffolk County Pediatric Society Meeting.  March 11, 2020.  Smithtown, NY.

“SAGES Recommendations for COVID-19.”  SAGES COVID-19 Rapid Response Team Webinar.

April 8, 2020.

“The Responsibility of General Surgery Societies.”  Leadership During COVID-19 Webinar.  Advances in Surgery Channel.  April 17, 2020.

 

“The Impact of COVID-19 on Post-Operative Complications.”  IBC Oxford Hot Topics in Surgery Webinar: COVID-19 & Implications in Obesity, Diabetes, Metabolic & Cancer Surgery.  April 21, 2020.

“Returning During COVID-19:  ABCs for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.” Webinar.  June 11, 2020.

“Falciform Flap – What’s That?” MISS 2020 LIVE Panel:  Best of Foregut.  Virtual Meeting.  June 18, 2020.

“Foregut Surgery:  Past, Today and the Future.” MISS 2020 LIVE Panel:  Best of Foregut.  Virtual Meeting.  June 18, 2020.

“Leading Innovation.”  Oklahoma University Grand Rounds.  June 24, 2020.

“Bariatric Volumes and Outcomes”.  MISS 2020 LIVE Panel:  Best of Bariatric.  Virtual Meeting.  June 24, 2020.

“Thinking on Your Feet: Lessons learned from being a coach.”  SAGES’ Presidential Address.   SAGES Virtual Annual Meeting.  August 12, 2020.

“Intragastric Balloon Therapy in 2020.”  SAGES Virtual Annual Meeting.  August 11-15, 2020.

“Redo Bariatric Surgery.”  Korean Society of EndoLaparoscopic Surgery Virtual Meeting.  August 2729, 2020.

“Leading in Innovation.”  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Conference. September 26-27, 2020.  Virtual Meeting.

“Endoscopy Training in the US.”  Indo UK Surgicon Virtual Meeting.  October 15, 2020.

“Controverises in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.”  Rutgers University Department of Surgery Grand Rounds.  October 14, 2020.

“Where Have All The Acadmic Jobs Gone?” Fellowship Council Program Directors’ Summit.  Virtual Meeting.  November 7, 2020.

“Options for Management of Reflux Disease.” Chinese University of Hong Kong Virtual Meeting.  December 11, 2020.

“Nutrition, Absorption and Nutritional Considerations in Revisional Bariatric Surgery.”  Advances In Surgery Network Barcelona Virtual meeting.  December 9, 2020.

Video Based Assessment for the ABS.”  American Board of Surgery Retreat.  Virtual.  January, 2021.

“Obesity: Etiology and Epidemiology.”  Virtual Bariatric University India. Webinar February 1, 2021.

“Video Based Assessment in Surgery.”  The Eugene Bricker Visiting  Lecture in Surgery and Fireside Chat.  Washington University in St. Louis.  April 14, 2021.

“Video Based Assessment in Surgery.”  University of Virginia Grand Rounds.  April 28, 2021.

“Video Based Assessment in Surgery.”  Stony Brook University Department of Surgery Grand Rounds.  May 12, 2021.

“Video Based Assessment in Surgery.”  “Video Based Assessment in Surgery.”  The Thomas Dent Lecture on Minimally Invasive Surgery.  Abington Grand Rounds.  May 13, 2021.

“The Failed Wrap:  Causes and Management Strategies.”  Kelly and Carols Pelligrini SSAT/SAGES Symposium.  Digestive Diseases Week 2021.  Virtual Meeting.  May 23, 2021.

“The Impact of Funding on Surgical Fellowships.”  Foundation for Surgical Fellowships reception. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  August 31September 3, 2021.  Las Vegas, NV.

“How to Approach a Difficult Crural Closure.” Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting.  August 31-September 3, 2021.  Las Vegas, NV.

Keynote Address: “Revision Strategies of Bariatric Surgery.”  Digestive Disease Institute Clevelnad Clinic Abu Dhabi Annual Symposium.  Virtual.  September 18, 2021.

 

“Innovations Due to COVID-19.”  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Annual Conference.  Virtual. September 24-25, 2021.

“Reflux after Sleeve Gastrectomy.”  NY ASMBS Annual Meeting.  Virtual.October 8-9, 2021.

“Alternatives During a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.”  The American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Virtual. October 2021.

“Paraesophageal Hernia.” The American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Virtual. October 2021.

“The Role of Video in Future ABS Continuous Certification.” The American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  Virtual. October 2021.

“How to be a Good Sponsor to Lift Female Surgeons.” The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery Annual Meeting and International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery.  Barcelona, Spain.  November 24-27, 2021.

“What’s New in Bariatric Surgery?” The European Association of Endoscopic Surgery Annual Meeting and International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery.  Barcelona, Spain.  November 24-27, 2021.

“Video Assessment in Surgery.”  University of Arizona Grand Rounds.  December 9, 2021.

“Video Assessment in Surgery.”  University of New Mexico Grand Rounds.  January 14, 2022.

“Surgical Training and Supporting the Parenting Trainee.”  AIS Session on Pregnancy, Parenting and Parity, Supporting Surgeons Personally and Professionally.  January 25, 2022.

“Leadership Styles.” Women in Surgery Career Program.  Clearwater, FL. March 4-6, 2022.

“Video Based Assessment for the ABS.”  SAGES 2022 Annual Conference.  Denver, CO.  March1519, 2022.

Panelist.  Surgical Complications.  SAGES 2022 Annual Conference.  Denver, CO.  March15-19, 2022.

“Developing a Foregut Fellowship.”  SAGES 2022 Annual Conference.  Denver, CO.  March15-19, 2022.

“Adolescent Bariatric Surgery.”  ASGE Bariatric Endoscopy Course.  San Diego, CA.  May 20, 2022.

“Leading within a Surgical Society.”  Women’s Leadership in Surgery Society Annual Conference.  September 10-11, Philadelphia, PA.

“Innovating in Foregut Surgery.”  The Innaugural Barbara and Daniel Dempsey Lectureship in GI Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.  Philadelphia, PA.  October 3, 2022.

“Hiatal Hernia and GERD.” IRCAD Bariatric Course.  Strasbourg, France.  December 1-4, 2022.

“Trends in Bariatric Surgery:  What’s State of the Art?” IRCAD Bariatric Course.  Strasbourg, France.  December 1-4, 2022.

“Metabolic Surgery.” IRCAD Bariatric Course.  Strasbourg, France.  December 1-4, 2022.

“Optimizing the JJ Anastomosis and Managing Mesenteric Defects.”  ASMBS Bariatric Fellows Virtual Seminar.  December 22, 2022.

 

Video Case Presentations

Wilkiemeyer MB, Pappas TN, Pryor AD.  “Laparoscopic Management of a Peri-pancreatic Cyst.”  American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.  New Orleans, LA.  October 2004.

Ben-David K, Portenier DD, Pryor AD.  “Laparoscopic Antrectomy with Bilroth I Reconstruction.”  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting at Digestive Diseases Week. Washington, DC.  May, 2007.

 

Omotosho, PA, Yoo JS, Pryor AD.  “Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection with Trans-Rectal Specimen Extraction and Intracorporeal Anastomosis.”  Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Annual Meeting at Digestive Diseases Week. New Orleans, LA.  May, 2010.

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