EricJoelDeMariaMD

General Surgery • Greenville, NC

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Professor, Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University

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Office
517 Moye Blvd
Greenville, NC 27834
Phone+1 252-744-2393

Fax+1 252-744-0013

Summary

Educated at Boston University School of Medicine, DeMaria trained in surgery at Brown University then joined the faculty of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 1990. There, he was Director of the VCU Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Center and established a fellowship training program in MIS / Bariatric Surgery. In 2003, he led the VCU Obesity Surgery Center and became Chair of General Surgery. In 2005, DeMaria went to Duke as Professor / Vice Chair and Chief of MIS/Bariatric Surgery. In 2010, DeMaria became Research Director at Surgical Review Corporation. He practiced MIS/Bariatric Surgery at WakeMed, a teaching affiliate of University of North Carolina, until returning to Virginia in 2013 as Director of Bariatric Surgery at Maryview Medical Center.
DeMaria served on the Executive Council of the ASMBS for 7 years in several leadership positions including Program Chair, Clinical Issues Chair, Bariatric Training Co-Chair, and Executive Council Member-at-large.
DeMaria trained 30 bariatric surgeons as a Bariatric Fellowship Director. He has spoken at countless conferences and published 129 articles, 30 book chapters, and 6 books. In 2007, he was invited to write a review of Bariatric Surgery for the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. He developed and validated one of the first mortality risk scores for bariatric surgery (Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score). He served as Scientific Program Chair for IFSO, and has been guest speaker at the Brazilian Bariatric Society and the Mexican General Surgery Congress. In 2010 he was honored by election to the American Surgical Association.

Education & Training

Brown UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1990
Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1983
Boston UniversityB.A., Minor-Psychology, Major-Medical Science, 1983
Brown UniversityFellowship, Surgical Critical Care

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2005 - 2025
VA State Medical License 1990 - 2020
RI State Medical License 1986 - 1991
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

President American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, 2018-2019
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Top Docs Richmond – The City Magazine, 2004
America’s Top Surgeons Consumer Guide by Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2004
Certificate of Appreciation for Devoted and Invaluable Services for Medical and Dental Education VCU Medical Center, 2002
Who’s Who as a Life Member National Registry, 2000
First Annual Arnold Salzberg Memorial Chief Residents’ Award for Excellence in Teaching First Annual Arnold Salzberg Memorial Chief Residents’ Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997
Chief Residents’ Award for Excellence in Teaching MCV Hospitals and Physicians/Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Department of Surgery, 1992
Davis and Geck Research Scholarship Award American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, 1991
Resident Teaching Award Brown University Dept of Surgery, 1990
First Place Winner - Clinical Research Award American College of Surgeons - Committee on Trauma, National Residents Paper Competition, 1987
Region I Winner (New England) American College of Surgeons - Committee on Trauma, National Residents Paper Competition, 1985
Haffenreffer Scholarship for Research in Surgery Haffenreffer Family Fund/Brown University, 1985
Scholarship for Medical Education Charles River District, 1980
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

206 citations
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery 2020 estimate of metabolic and bariatric procedures performed in the United States.
Benjamin Clapp, Jaime Ponce, Eric DeMaria, Omar Ghanem, Matthew Hutter
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2022-09-01
48 citations
Postoperative complications are not increased in super-super obese patients who undergo laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
David S. Tichansky, Eric J. DeMaria, Adolfo Z. Fernandez, John M. Kellum, Luke G. Wolfe
Surgical Endoscopy. 2005-05-05
262 citations
Baseline data from American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery-designated Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Da...
Eric J. DeMaria, Virginia Pate, Michael Warthen, Deborah Winegar
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2010-07-01

Journal Articles

Development and Assessment of a Systematic Approach for Detecting Disparities in Surgical Access
Jan H Wong, Eric J Demaria, Walter J Pories, Michelle R Brownstein, Maria S Altieri, Carl E Haisch, David B Leeser, JAMA Surgery
Using External Magnet Guidance and Endoscopically Placed Magnets to Create Suture-free Gastro-enteral Anastomoses
Myers C, Yellen B, Evans J, DeMaria E, Pryor A, Surg Endosc, 5/1/2010
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Position Statement on Emergency Care of Patients with Complications Related to Bariatric Surgery
Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 3/4/2010
Mucosal and Serosal Changes after Gastric Stapling Determined by a New "real-time" Surface Tissue Oxygenation Probe: A Pilot Study
Myers CJ, Mutafyan G, Pryor AD, Reynolds J, DeMaria EJ, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 1/1/2010
Updated Position Statement on Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Bariatric Procedure
Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 1/1/2010
Real-time Probe Measurement of Tissue Oxygenation during Astrointestinal Stapling: Mucosal Ischemia Occurs and Is Not Influenced by Staple Height
Myers C, Mutafyan G, Petersen R, Pryor A, Reynolds J, Demaria E, Surg Endosc, 10/1/2009
Validation That a 1-year Fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Can Eliminate the Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Ali MR, Tichansky DS, Kothari SN, McBride CL, Fernandez AZ Jr, Sugerman HJ, Kellum JM, Wolfe LG, Demaria, EJ, Surg Endosc, 6/11/2009
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Position Statement on Emerging Endosurgical Interventions for Treatment of Obesity
Emerging Technologies and Clinical Issues Committees of the ASMBS, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 5/1/2009
ASMBS Guideline on the Prevention and Detection of Gastrointestinal Leak after Gastric Bypass including the Role of Imaging and Surgical Exploration
ASMBS Clinical Issues Committee, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 5/1/2009
Management of Leak in the Bariatric Gastric Bypass Patient: Reoperate, Drain and Feed Distally
Yurcisin BM, DeMaria, EJ, J Gastrointest Surg, 3/20/2009
Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy Using Hook Electrocautery: A Safe, Simple, and Inexpensive Alternative
Roller, JE, de la Fuente, SG, DeMaria, EJ, Pryor, AD, Surg Endosc, 1/1/2009
Real-time Probe Measurement of Tissue Oxygenation during Gastrointestinal Stapling: Mucosal Ischemia Occurs and Is Not Influenced by Staple Height
Myers C, Mutafyan G, Petersen R, Pryor A, Reynolds J, DeMaria EJ, Surg Endosc, 1/1/2009
Risk Scoring Systems for Weight Loss Surgery
Portenier, DD, DeMaria, EJ, Adv in Surg, 1/1/2008
Prophylactic Measures to Reduce the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Bariatric Surgery Patients
Clinical Issues Committee of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 9/1/2007
Surgical Revision of Loop ("mini") Gastric Bypass Procedure: Multicenter Review of Complications and Conversions to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Johnson, WH, Fernanadez, AZ, Farrell, TM, Macdonald, KG, Grant, JP, McMahon, RL, Pryor, AD, Wolfe, LG, DeMaria, EJ, Surg Obes Relat Dis, 1/1/2007
Validation of the Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score in a Multi-center Study Proves It Stratifies Mortality Risk in Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obe...
DeMaria, EJ, Murr, MM, Byrne, TK, Blackstone, R, Grant, JP, Budak, Amanda, Wolfe, LG, Ann Surg, 1/1/2007
Insurance-mandated Preoperative Dietary Counseling Does Not Improve Outcome and Increases Dropout Rates in Patients considering Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Jamal M, DeMaria, EJ, Johnson J, Carmody B, Wolfe LG, Kellum J., Meador J RN, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 3/1/2006
Physical Activity Stage of Readiness Predicts Moderate-vigorous Physical Activity Participation among Morbidly Obese Gastric Bypass Surgery Candidates
Bond D, Evans R, DeMaria, EJ, Wolfe L, Meador J RN, Kellum J., Maher J., Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 3/1/2006
Physical Activity and Quality of Life Improvements before Obesity Surgery
Bond, DS, Evans, RK, DeMaria, EJ, Wolfe, L, Meador, J, Kellum, J, Maher, J, Warren, BJ, Am J Health Behav, 1/1/2006
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Treatment Delayed, Treatment Denied, a Crisis Invited
Garcia, VF and DeMaria, EJ, Obes Surg, 1/1/2006
Laparoscopic Mesh Hiatoplasty for Paraesophageal Hernias and Fundoplications: A Critical Analysis of the Available Literature
Johnson, JM, Carbonell, AM, Carmody, BJ, Jamal, MK, Maher, JW, Kellum, JM, DeMaria, EJ, Surg Endosc, 1/1/2006
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Evaluation of Postoperative Extraluminal Leaks with Upper Gastrointestinal Series
Carucci LR, Turner MA., Conklin RC, DeMaria, EJ, Kellum JM. Sugerman HJ, Radiology, 1/1/2006
Surgical Treatment of Obesity
Johnson, W. and DeMaria, EJ, Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol, 1/1/2006
Impact of Major Co-morbidities on Mortality and Complications after Gastric Bypass
Jamal, MK, DeMaria, EJ, Johnson JM, Carmody, BJ, Wolfe LG, Kellum, JM, Meador JR, Surgery For Obesity and Related Diseases, 11/1/2005
Internal Hernia after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Carmody BJ, DeMaria, EJ, Jamal M, Johnson J, Carbonell A, Kellum J, Maher J, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 11/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

Clinics in Chest Medicine
Chapter: Obesity and Bariatric Surgery
Page 539 - 553Yurcisin B, Gaddor, M and DeMaria, EJ2009
The SAGES Bariatric Manual
Nguyen, N, DeMaria, EJ, and Hutter, M2008
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
Inabet, WB, DeMaria, EJ, Ikramuddin, KLippincott Williams & Wilkins2005
Surgical Attending Rounds
Dyke, C.M. and DeMaria, EJLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 3rd,2005
Surgical Options for Obesity
Jamal, MK, DeMaria, EJGastroenterology Clinics of North America2005
ACS Surgery Online
Chapter: 14 Bariatric Procedures. 3 Alimentary Tract and Abdomen
DeMaria, EJEditors: Souba WW, Fink MP, Jurkovich, GJ et al.WebMD Inc., New York2004
Surgical Attending Rounds
Chapter: Obesity Surgery
Jamal, MK, DeMaria, EJEdition 3rd,2004
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Techniques and Outcomes
DeMaria, EJ, Latifi, R., Sugerman, H.J.Landes Bioscience, Georgetown, TX2002
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Techniques and Outcomes
Chapter: Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
Page 58 - 67Fernandez, AZ, DeMaria, EJEditors: EJ DeMaria, R. Latifi, HJ Sugerman.Landes Bioscience, Georgetown2002
Obesity Handbook
Chapter: Surgical Treatment of Obesity
Page 339 - 356Latifi R, Kellum, J, DeMaria, EJ, Sugerman HJEditors: Thomas Wadden and Albert Stunkard.Guilford Publications, Inc.2002
Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
Chapter: Open versus Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. Prospective Trial
Page 351 - 359Fernandez, AZ, DeMaria, EJSpringer, Paris2002
Scientific American
Chapter: Gastric Procedures for Morbid Obesity
Page 1 - 14DeMaria, EJ, Sugerman, HJ2000
Lifestyle Medicine
Chapter: Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Page 1061 - 1068Sugerman, HJ, DeMaria EJ, Kellum, JM, Schweitzer, MAEditors: James M. Rippe.Blackwell Science1999
Minimal Invasive Chirurgie
Chapter: Operative Therapy of Obesity: Vertical Banded Gastroplasty, Gastric Bypass or Gastric Banding?
Page 190 - 195Schweitzer, MA, Sugerman, HJ, DeMaria, EJ, Kellum, JM, Broderick, TJ1999
Surgical Attending Rounds
Chapter: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Page 73 - 86Narain, PK, DeMaria, EJLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition Seco,1999
Current Problems in Surgery
Chapter: Surgical treatment of Morbid Obesity
Kellum, J.M., DeMaria, EJ, Sugerman, HJ1998
Current Surgical Therapy
Chapter: Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Sugerman, HJ, DeMaria, EJ, and Kellum, JMEditors: Cameron, JL.BC Decker, Inc.1997
Mastery of Surgery
Chapter: Gastric Surgery for Morbid Obesity
Page 982 - 991Sugerman, HJ, and DeMaria, EJEditors: Nyhus, LM, Baker, RJ, and Fischer, JE.Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, MA1996
Cytokines in Hemorrhagic Shock and Trauma
Chapter: Cytokine Antagonists following Hemorrhage
DeMaria, EJ and Pellicane, J.V.R.G. Landes Col1996
Cytokines in Hemorrhagic Shock and Trauma
Chapter: Bacterial Translocation following Trauma
DeMaria, EJ and Dalton, J.M.R.G. Landes Co.1996
Cytokines in Hemorrhagic Shock and Trauma
Editors: DeMaria, EJ and Sugerman, H.J..R.G. Landes Co., Austin, TX1996
Critical Care Medicine: Principles of Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Traumatic Shock: Non-surgical Management
Reines, H.D. and DeMaria, EJEditors: J.E. Parrillo and R.C. Bone.Mosby Year Book, Inc., Philadelphia, PA1995
American Urological Society's Update Series
Chapter: Monitoring the Acutely Ill Patient
Reines, HD, and DeMaria, EJ1993
Evaluation and Treatment of the Elderly Trauma Victim
Chapter: Evaluation and Treatment of the Elderly Trauma Victim
Page 461 - 471DeMaria, EJEditors: Retchin, S.M..1993
Social and Economic Issues in Trauma in Problems in General Surgery
Chapter: Trauma Care for the Elderly?
DeMaria EJ, Kenney PR, Gann DS1990
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Abstracts/Posters

Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity
DeMaria, EJ, Clinical Therapeutics Series, New England Journal of Medicine, 1/1/2007
The Optimal Surgical Management of the Super-obese Patient: The Debate
DeMaria, EJ, Schauer P, Patterson E, Nguyen NT, Jacob BP, Inabnet WB, Buchwald H, Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Surgical Innovation, Hollywood FL, USA, 6/1/2005

Lectures

Outcomes of Gastric Banding
Chicago, IL - 10/11/2009
Weight Loss Plays Key Role in Diabetes Improvement
Phoenix, AZ - 4/24/2009
Lap-Band(R) Adjustable Gastric Banding System
Atlanta, Georgia - 3/27/2009
ICSSG-2
Miami, FL - 3/19/2009
New Frontiers and Practical Solutions to Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Lake Buena Vista, FL - 3/5/2009
Bleeding Complications of Bariatric Surgery
2/1/2006
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
2/1/2006
Risk Assessment: Scoring Systems
Dallas - 1/1/2006
Safe Implementation of New Technology in the Operating Room
American College of Surgeons San Francisco - 1/1/2006
Technical Mastery of Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
Dallas, TX - 1/1/2006
Breakthroughs in Computer Mediated Bariatric Surgery
Beaver Creek, CO - 2/24/2005
Rationale for Obesity Surgery, Grand Rounds
University of Miami, Miami, FL - 2/24/2005
Rationale for Obesity Surgery
Kapolei, Hawaii - 1/28/2005
The OR of the Future
American College of Surgeons New Orleans - 1/1/2005
The Operating Room of the Future
American College of Surgery, New Orleans, LA - 10/11/2004
Obesity Surgery
Chicago, IL - 10/19/2003
Bariatric Surgery
American College of Gastroenterology, Baltimore, MD - 10/13/2003
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: MCV Series
Richmond, VA - 5/1/2003
Bypass Procedures
Orlando, FL - 5/1/2003
Lecture on Obesity and Wound Healing
Richmond Convention Center, Richmond, VA - 3/1/2003
Laparoscopic Restrictive Procedures
Los Angeles, CA - 3/1/2003
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery and the Adolescent Patient
Los Angeles, CA - 3/1/2003
Postoperative Follow-up and Nutrient Management, Principles of Bariatric Surgery, Telesurgery with UPMC
Norwalk, CT - 2/1/2003
Linear Anastomosis & Antegastric vs. Retrogastric
Norwalk, CT - 12/1/2002
Gastric Bypass Bariatric Surgery
Charlottesville, VA - 11/1/2002
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Other

Endoscopic Closure of a Gastrojejunal Anastomic Leak (With Video)
Evans, JA, Branch, MS, Pryor, AD, DeMaria, EJ
1/1/2007
Linear Staple Technique for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: An Evolution in Improved Outcomes
Profeta, BC, DeMaria, EJ, Pucci, RA, Wolfe, LG
San Diego, CA - 6/1/2004
Combined Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
DeMaria, EJ, ACS Video Library
1/1/2004
Laparoscopic Conversion from a Toupet-Fundoplication to a Proximal Gastric Bypass
Fernandez, Jr., AZ, Tichansky, DS, DeMaria, EJ
Chicago, IL - 10/1/2003
Laparoscopic Revision of a Gastrogastric Fistula after a Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Fernandez, Jr., AZ, McBride, CL, DeMaria, EJ
3/1/2003
Laparoscopic Revision of a Failed Open Nissen Fundoplication
Tichansky, DS, Fernandez, Jr., AZ, DeMaria, EJ
3/1/2003
Pushing the Limit: Technical Aspects of Laparoscopic Roux En-Y Gastric Bypass in Massively Obese Patients
Tichansky, DS, Fernandez, Jr., AZ, DeMaria, EJ
3/1/2003
A New Technique Using a Transoral Circular Stapler to Create the Gastrojejunal Anastomosis during Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: A New Technique
McBride, CL, Fernandez, Jr., AZ, DeMaria, EJ
3/1/2003
Techniques in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Laparoscopic Repair of Gastrojejunal Leak after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Ali, MR, DeMaria, EJ, Sugerman, HJ
6/1/2002
Techniques in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Stapled and Hand-sewn Side-to-side Gastrojejunostomy
Ali, M, Sugerman, HJ, DeMaria, EJ
10/1/2001
Laparoscopic Conversion of Gastric Band to Gastric Bypass
DeMaria, EJ, Kothari, SN, Sugerman, HJ, Kellum, JM, Meador, J, Wolfe, L
6/1/2001
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
DeMaria, EJ, Schweitzer, MA, Broderick, TJ, and Sugerman, HJ, American College of Surgeons. Cine Clinics Program
San Francisco, CA - 10/1/1999
Combined Laparo-endoscopic Stapled Pseudocyst-gastrostomy
Broderick, T, DeMaria, EJ, Wassef, W., and Bagwell, C, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
San Diego - 1/1/1997
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Press Mentions

Robot Surgery ResearchAugust 15th, 2024
In Memoriam, Dr. Harvey SugermanSeptember 1st, 2020
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Care Pathway for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy☆January 24th, 2020
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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