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Luke Putnam

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Clinician Educator)

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Education and Training

  • Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico — MD — Medicine
  • University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX — General Surgery Residency
  • University of Texas, Houston, Houston, TX — MS — Clinical Research
  • University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA — General Surgery Residency
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA — Fellowship in Upper Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery

Research Keywords

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Laparoscopic and Robotic Hernia Repair
  • Laparoscopic, Endoscopic, and Robotic Reflux Surgery

Publications

  • Impact of Obesity on Surgical Approach and Outcomes in Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: An ACS-NSQIP Analysis. Am Surg. 2026 Apr 24; 31348261443338.. View in PubMed
  • The Tissue Systems Pathology Test Predicts Risk of Progression in Patients With Barrett’s Esophagus: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2026 Apr 01; 60(4):299-308.. View in PubMed
  • A Comparative Analysis of the Accuracy and Readability of Popular Artificial Intelligence-Chat Bots for Inguinal Hernia Management. Am Surg. 2025 Oct; 91(10):1729-1734.. View in PubMed
  • Impact of postoperative complications on clinical outcomes after gastrectomy for cancer: multicentre study. Br J Surg. 2025 03 28; 112(4).. View in PubMed
  • Expert consensus for key components of a high-quality ventral hernia repair operative note. Surgery. 2025 05; 181:109169.. View in PubMed
  • Trends and predictors of laparoscopic compared with open emergent inguinal hernia repair. Surgery. 2024 12; 176(6):1661-1667.. View in PubMed
  • Reconstruction Techniques and Associated Morbidity in Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy for Cancer: Insights From the GastroBenchmark and GASTRODATA databases. Ann Surg. 2024 Nov 01; 280(5):788-798.. View in PubMed
  • Utility of the mFI-5 as a predictor of post-operative outcomes following gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an ACS-NSQIP analysis. Surg Endosc. 2024 10; 38(10):5922-5928.. View in PubMed
  • Cruroplasty as a standalone treatment for recurrent hiatal hernia repair. Hernia. 2024 10; 28(5):1817-1822.. View in PubMed
  • Short term safety of magnetic sphincter augmentation vs minimally invasive fundoplication: an ACS-NSQIP analysis. Surg Endosc. 2024 04; 38(4):1944-1949.. View in PubMed

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