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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

  • Magnetic sphincter augmentation: laparoscopic or robotic approach? Dis Esophagus. 2023 Jun 15; 36(Supplement_1). Maharsi S, Lipham JC , Houghton CC . View in PubMed
  • Use of magnetic sphincter augmentation as an adjunct procedure in paraesophageal hernia repair. Dis Esophagus. 2023 Jun 15; 36(Supplement_1).. View in PubMed
  • Impact of Robotic Approach on Post-Anastomotic Leaks After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer. Am Surg. 2022 Oct; 88(10):2499-2507.. View in PubMed
  • Lower Rates of Unplanned Conversion to Open in Robotic Approach to Esophagectomy for Cancer. Am Surg. 2023 Jun; 89(6):2583-2594.. View in PubMed
  • Gastric electric stimulator versus gastrectomy for the treatment of medically refractory gastroparesis. Surg Endosc. 2022 Oct; 36(10):7561-7568.. View in PubMed
  • The Impact of Ineffective Esophageal Motility on Patients Undergoing Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation. Ann Surg. 2023 04 01; 277(4):e793-e800.. View in PubMed
  • Response to the Comment on “Objective Evidence of Reflux Control After Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation: One Year Results From a Post Approval Study”. Ann Surg. 2021 12 01; 274(6):e666-e667.. View in PubMed
  • Loosening the belt on magnetic sphincter augmentation indications: does body mass index matter? Surg Endosc. 2022 07; 36(7):4878-4884. James TJ, Burke JF, Putnam LR , Pan J, Bildzukewicz NA, Bell R, L . View in PubMed
  • Understanding the GERD Barrier. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2021 07 01; 55(6):459-468.. View in PubMed
  • Letter to the editor by the American Foregut Society Bariatric Committee on Combined Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation and Bariatric Surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 05; 17(5):1034-1035.. View in PubMed

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