Namir Katkhouda
Expert in minimally invasive surgery, especially laparoscopic techniques
Professor of Surgery
Director and Section Chief, USC Bariatric Surgery program
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Contact at: (323) 442-6868, (323) 442-5831 or Namir.Katkhouda@med.usc.edu
Expertise:
- laparoscopic treatment of adrenal
and splenic disease
- laparoscopic spine surgery
- gastrointestinal surgery
- minimally invasive treatment of
gastroesophageal reflux disease
- minimally invasive surgery of biliary
tract
- laparoscopic /open hernia repair
- robotics in surgery - telemedicine
- minimally invasive weight-loss surgery
Additional Information:
- Author: Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery: Basic and Advanced
Techniques (1995), Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery: Techniques
& Tips (1997 and 2010), 180 papers and book chapters in field of laparoscopic surgery
- Editorial Board Member: Surgical Endoscopy, Hernia and Laparoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery and Allied Technologies
- Knight of The French Legion of Honor, bestowed by President Jacques Chirac in 2007
- Past President, California Chapter of American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- Past Member, Board of Governors of SAGES
Foreign Languages:
French, German
More:
For more information go to:
http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/nontrauma/pioneer%20in%20mis.html
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