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Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Lap Band Obesity Surgery
Description
Dr. Namir Katkhouda is a world authority in laparoscopic surgery, having pioneered the first laparoscopic vagotomy for the treatment of gastro duodenal ulcer disease.
Dr. Katkhouda came to the University of Southern California from France in 1993, and is currently Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Program. He is the Director of Laparoscopic Surgery at USC University Hospital. He serves on several committees for the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic surgeons, is a member of the Southwestern Surgical Congress, the Western Surgical Association, the European and French Society of Endoscopic Surgery, and is an honorary member of the Mexican and Asian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery. He is member of the Editorial board of several peer reviewed surgical journals. He is a Fellow of the American and French College of Surgeons.
He is foremost in his approach to advanced laparoscopic procedures, including liver surgery, aortic surgery, gastric resections, and hernia repair. His current research involves the role of laparoscopy in cancer, and the use of robotics and telesurgery for teaching new laparoscopic techniques. He has presented over 250 scientific papers and book chapters and trained more than 800 surgeons on laparoscopic techniques worldwide.
Contact
- TTW
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- Scottsdale Arizona
- United States 85259
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- +1.4807670626
