JohnScottRothMDFACS(He/Him)

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

33 citations
Cost of ventral hernia repair using biologic or synthetic mesh.
Crystal F. Totten, Daniel L. Davenport, Nicholas D. Ward, J. Scott Roth
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2016-06-15
44 citations
Ventral hernia repair with poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh
Margaret A. Plymale, Daniel L. Davenport, Adam Dugan, Amanda Zachem, John Scott Roth
Surgical Endoscopy. 2018-04-01
24 citations
Prospective, multicenter study of P4HB (Phasix™) mesh for hernia repair in cohort at risk for complications: 3-Year follow-up.
John Scott Roth, Gary J. Anthone, Don J. Selzer, Benjamin K. Poulose, Richard A. Pierce
Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2021-01-01