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John C. Lipham, MD

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division Chief of Upper GI and General Surgery

Director, Foregut Cancer Program

Chief of USC Affiliated Academic Programs at Hoag Memorial Hospital

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John C. Lipham, M.D. is Chief of the Division of Upper GI and General Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Lipham also served as the Foregut Cancer Program Director and Chief of USC Affiliated Academic Programs at Hoag. He was instrumental in establishing the Hoag-USC Surgical Center for Digestive Diseases. He focuses on benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus and stomach. His clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of GERD, hiatal hernias, Barrett’s esophagus, esophageal motility disorders, achalasia, malignant diseases of the esophagus and stomach, and gastroparesis. His current research interests include developing minimally invasive methods of diagnosing and treating gastroesophageal reflux disease, Barrett’s, esophageal cancer and gastric cancer.

Publications

  • The prevalence of lymph node metastases in patients with T1 esophageal adenocarcinoma a retrospective review of esophagectomy specimens. Ann Surg. 2011 Feb; 253(2):271-8.. View in PubMed
  • Endoscopic resection and ablation versus esophagectomy for high-grade dysplasia and intramucosal adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jan; 141(1):39-47.. View in PubMed
  • Esophagectomy for cancer in octogenarians. Dis Esophagus. 2010 Nov; 23(8):666-9.. View in PubMed
  • Laparoscopic sphincter augmentation device eliminates reflux symptoms and normalizes esophageal acid exposure: one- and 2-year results of a feasibility trial. Ann Surg. 2010 Nov; 252(5):857-62.. View in PubMed
  • Loss of alkalization in proximal esophagus: a new diagnostic paradigm for patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Nov; 14(11):1653-9.. View in PubMed
  • Long-term follow-up after anti-reflux surgery in patients with Barrett’s esophagus. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Oct; 14(10):1483-91.. View in PubMed
  • The impact of gastric distension on the lower esophageal sphincter and its exposure to acid gastric juice. Ann Surg. 2010 Jul; 252(1):57-62.. View in PubMed
  • Recurrence after esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma: defining optimal follow-up intervals and testing. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Apr; 210(4):428-35.. View in PubMed
  • Progressive mucosal injury in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and increasing peripheral blood eosinophil counts. Arch Surg. 2010 Apr; 145(4):363-6.. View in PubMed
  • Proximal esophageal pH monitoring: improved definition of normal values and determination of a composite pH score. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Mar; 210(3):345-50.. View in PubMed

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