JohnAfthinosMD

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Attending Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgeon

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Office
131 E Market St
Smithfield, NC 27577
Phone+1 919-934-5441

Fax+1 718-830-1149

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2010 - 2011
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Surgery, 2004 - 2010
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2004

PubMed

1 citations
Bariatric Surgery Lowers Rates of Spinal Symptoms and Spinal Surgery in a Morbidly Obese Population.
Peter G Passias, Laviel Fernandez, Samantha R Horn, Yael U Ihejirika, Erik Wang
Clinical Spine Surgery. 2022-11-01
Correction to: Prior bariatric surgery lowers complication rates following spine surgery in obese patients
Peter G. Passias, Samantha R. Horn, Dennis Vasquez-Montes, Nicholas Shepard, Frank A. Segreto
Acta Neurochirurgica. 2019-12-01
Comment on: Potential mechanisms of sleeve gastrectomy for reducing body weight and improving metabolism in patients with obesity.
Adeel A. Shamim, Karen E. Gibbs, John Afthinos
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2019-09-05

Journal Articles

Prior Bariatric Surgery Lowers Complication Rates Following Spine Surgery in Obese Patients
Charles Wang, Hamid Hassanzadeh, John Afthinos, Shaleen Vira, Jason A Horowitz, Bassel G Diebo, Cyrus M Jalai, Peter G Passias, Nicholas Shepard, Daniel M Sciubba, Mic..., Acta Neurochirurgica