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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

  • Defining benchmarks for total and distal gastrectomy: global multicentre analysis. Br J Surg. 2024 01 31; 111(2).. View in PubMed
  • Trends and outcomes of intraoperative esophagogastroduodenoscopy during laparoscopic Heller myotomy: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 03; 28(3):282-284.. 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
  • Hernia-to-neck ratio is associated with emergent ventral hernia repair. Surg Endosc. 2022 12; 36(12):9374-9378.. 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
  • Magnetic sphincter augmentation with hiatal hernia repair: long term outcomes. Surg Endosc. 2021 10; 35(10):5607-5612.. View in PubMed
  • Less is more: cruroplasty alone is sufficient for revisional hiatal hernia surgery. Surg Endosc. 2021 08; 35(8):4661-4666.. View in PubMed

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