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Kamran Samakar

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Program Director, Keck Hospital Bariatric Surgery

Director, Bariatric Surgery Program at CHLA

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Publications

  • Achieving physiologic distensibility targets frequently requires modification of standard cruroplasty during anti-reflux surgery. Surg Endosc. 2026 Sep 28.. View in PubMed
  • Early Reinitiation of Obesity Medication After Sleeve Gastrectomy in Youths. JAMA Surg. 2026 Sep 01; 161(9):956-960.. View in PubMed
  • Toward an intergenerational model of metabolic and bariatric surgery: reframing the household as the unit of care. Int J Obes (Lond). 2026 Jun 18.. View in PubMed
  • Should we continue to follow the swallow? Limited value of routine preoperative upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series in pediatric and adolescent metabolic and bariatric surgery patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Aug; 61(8):163177.. View in PubMed
  • Short-Term Safety and Healthcare Utilization Following Intragastric Balloon Placement in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. Obes Surg. 2026 Apr; 36(4):1849-1861.. View in PubMed
  • Safety Profile of Primary Intragastric Balloon Placement in Class III Obesity: An MBSAQIP Analysis of 4,555 Patients. Obes Surg. 2026 Apr; 36(4):1757-1765.. View in PubMed
  • Invited Commentary: Bariatric Surgery as Preventive Health: A New Pathway for Men’s Health. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Mar 01; 242(3):692-694.. View in PubMed
  • Family Perceptions of Pediatric Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in a Safety-Net Obesity Clinic. Child Obes. 2026 03; 22(2):80-90.. View in PubMed
  • Beyond surgery: a multimodal framework for a pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery program in a safety-net children’s hospital. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2026 03; 22(3):336-343.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of preoperative and postoperative anti-obesity medications on early postoperative body mass index reduction after sleeve gastrectomy in pediatrics. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2026 02; 22(2):280-289.. View in PubMed

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