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Ara Keshishian, MD, FACS

Operations Performed

Duodenal Switch open and lap
Adjustable Gastric Banding, Lap Band
Revision of Weight Loss Surgical Procedures

Advance Laproscopic procedures

Education

Surgical Residency
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Oakland
Pontiac, Michigan
1994- 1999

Medical School
American University of the Caribbean
901 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Suite 201
Coral Gables, FL 33134-3036
MD, April 1994

Undergraduate
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, August 1990

Professional

Private Practice
August 1999, present
1205 Garces Hwy, Suite #303
Delano, CA. 93215
(661) 725-4847

Clinical Appointments

Chair, Department of Surgery
Delano Regional Medical Center, 2003-2005

Co-Chair, Critical Care Committee Surgery
Delano Regional Medical Center, 2002

Research & Publication

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Ventral Herniorrhaphy: experience with two different biosynthetic mesh materials, Surgisis and Alloderm ,Hernia, August 2006.

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Duodenal Switch has no determental effects on hepatic function and improves hepatic steatohepatitis after 6 months.

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Duodenal Switch is a Safe Operation for Patients who have failed Other Bariatric Operations, Obesity Surgery, October 2004, V14 (9), 1187-1192

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Percentage based Bypass of small intestine results in exceptionally low protein malnutrition presented at the 20th ASBS annual meeting, June 19th 2003.

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Stapled Roux-En Y anastomosis: Illustrated technique, Obesity Surgery, June 2003, V13 (3), 450-452

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Carcinoid Tumor and Bariatric Surgery, Obesity Surgery, December 2002, 12, 874-5.

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Mini-Sternotomy For Bilateral Pulmonary Wedge Resection, Annals of thoracic Surgery, May 1999:67:1503-4

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Multiple Neoplasm’s of the aero digestive track, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, January 1998; 65:252-4
   

Professional Memberships
Certifications & Licensing

  • State of Michigan, Board of Medicine, Physicians License
  • State of California, Physicians, and Surgeons License
  • State of Nevada, Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners
  • California Medical Association
  • American Board of Surgery, Board Certified
  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • American Society For Bariatric Surgery, Member
  • American Armenian Medical Association, Member
  • Kern County Medical Society
  • American Society of cosmetic Breast Surgeons, Member
  • American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Fellow
  • Society American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
  • The Society for the surgery of the Alimentary Tract

   

Karim Zahriya, MD, FACS

Opertations Performed

Open DS, Lap. DS

Education

Medical School and Surgical Residency
Wayne State University of Medicine
Detroit, Michigan
MD, 1984- 1993

Graduate
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
M.S. Biochemistry, 1983-1984

Undergraduate
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
B.A. Biochemistry, 1979- 1983

Clinical Appointments

Delano Surgical Group 2001- Present

San Jose Medical Group 1993 -2001

Research & Publication

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4.6MB
Ventral Herniorrhaphy: experience with two different biosynthetic mesh materials, Surgisis and Alloderm ,Hernia, August 2006.
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Evaluation of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in an urban medical center. 1990
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General surgical complications in cardiac surgery patients.1991

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Duodenal Switch is a Safe Operation for Patients who have failed Other Bariatric Operations, Obesity Surgery, October 2004, V14 (9), 1187-1192

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Percentage based Bypass of small intestine results in exceptionally low protein malnutrition presented at the 20th ASBS annual meeting, June 19th 2003.

229KB
Stapled Roux-En Y anastomosis: Illustrated technique, Obesity Surgery, June 2003, V13 (3), 450-452
   

Professional Memberships
Certifications & Licensing

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • American Society For Bariatric Surgery
  • San Jose Surgical Society
  • Southern Surgical Society
  • American Board of Surgery Certified
  • Kern County Medical Society
  • Research fellowships to Lawrence Livermore laboratory 1981-1983
  • President's Scholar, San Jose State University 1982
  • Honors in Major, San Jose State University 1983
  • Graduation with "GREAT DISTINCTION", San Jose State University 1984