Ali Tavakkoli MD
Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Chief, Division of General and GI Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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75 Francis StBrigham And Womens HospitalBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-6337
Fax+1 617-734-0336
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Education & Training
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2005 - 2006- Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2005
Barts and The London SOM & DentClass of 1993
Certifications & Licensure
RI State Medical License 2021 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2004 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2021 - 2025
NH State Medical License 2021 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Image-guided Lymphadanectomy in AMIGO Start of enrollment: 2017 Nov 01
- Role of Dietary Habits in Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery - Study B Start of enrollment: 2021 May 25
- Role of Dietary Habits in Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery - Study A Start of enrollment: 2018 Dec 06
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Neoadjuvant Semaglutide, Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss, and Overall Outcomes.Vasundhara Mathur, Katherine Wasden, Thomas H Shin, Pourya Medhati, Abdelrahman A Nimeri
JAMA Surgery. 2025-03-05 - Invited commentary: pyloric impedance planimetry during endoscopic peroral pyloromyotomy guides myotomy extent.Thomas H Shin, Ali Tavakkoli
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2025-03-01 - National trends in using revisional surgeries post-sleeve gastrectomy due to reflux and weight recurrence: a matched case-control analysis.Thomas H Shin, Pourya Medhati, Vasundhara Mathur, Abdelrahman Nimeri, Eric G Sheu
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2025-03-01
Journal Articles
- Metabolic Reprogramming of Natural Killer Cells in Obesity Limits Antitumor ResponsesAli Tavakkoli, Michael B Brenner, Kevin Wei, Ashley Vernon, Nature
- Original Investigation Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Risk in Obese PatientsNavkaranbir S Bajaj, Ron Blankstein, Sharmila Dorbala, Ankur Gupta, Deepak L Bhatt, Viviany R Taqueti, Ali Tavakkoli, ScienceDirect
Press Mentions
Telemedicine Has Expanded to Access to Care Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, but Health Disparities RemainJanuary 18th, 2022- Telemedicine Expanded Access to Surgical Care During COVID-19 Pandemic, but Disparities RemainJanuary 14th, 2022
- Wangensteen Scientific Forum Dedicated to Dr. Stanley W. AshleyOctober 25th, 2021
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