JohnScottRothMDFACS(He/Him)

General Surgery • Lexington, KY

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Professor of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine Division Chief, General, Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Office
800 Rose St
Lexington, KY 40536
Phone+1 859-323-6346

Fax+1 859-323-6840

Summary

Division Chief for General/Endocrine/Metabolic Surgery & Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs at UK focusing my practice in abdominal wall hernias and Foregut disorders (hiatal hernia/GERD/achalasia/reoperations)

Education & Training

University of Kentucky College of MedicineFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 1998 - 1999
University of Kentucky College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1993 - 1998
Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 1993
William & MaryBS, Biology, 1985 - 1989

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 1994 - 2025
NC State Medical License 1999 - 2025
MD State Medical License 2003 - 2009
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Rebound Hernia Repair Device Mesh Trial Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Unknown status
Phase 4
A Retrospective Study With Prospective Follow-Up of Complex Ventral Hernia Repair Utilizing the AlloMax Surgical Graft Start of enrollment: 2010 Sep 01
Completed
A Prospective, Observational Study Utilizing Phasix™ Mesh During Ventral and Incisional Hernia Repair Surgery Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
Completed
Primary Fascial Closure With Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Absorbable mesh in a contaminated field: hernia repair outcomes.
Victoria Wagner, Brittany E Levy, Jennifer T Castle, Margret Plymale, John S Roth
Updates in Surgery. 2023-08-01
20 citations
Primary Fascial Closure During Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Improves Patient Quality of Life: A Multicenter, Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.
Karla Bernardi, Oscar A. Olavarria, Julie L. Holihan, Lillian S. Kao, Tien C Ko
Annals of Surgery. 2020-03-01
57 citations
Economics of abdominal wall reconstruction
Curtis Bower, J. Scott Roth
The Surgical Clinics of North America. 2013-10-01

Committees

Advisor Representative for SAGES, CPT 2014 - Present

Professional Memberships