KamranSamakarMDMA, FACS, FASMBS

General Surgery • Los Angeles, CA

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Director Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Program

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Office
1450 San Pablo St
Ste 6200
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone+1 323-442-9062

Fax+1 323-442-6279

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2013 - 2014
Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2013
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2009 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2013 - 2014
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Outstanding Surgeon of the Year, "Golden Scalpel Award" Loma Linda University Department of General Surgery, 2015
Chief Resident of the Year Loma Linda University Medical Center, 2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

96 citations
Assessing the Accuracy of Responses by the Language Model ChatGPT to Questions Regarding Bariatric Surgery.
Jamil S Samaan, Yee Hui Yeo, Nithya Rajeev, Lauren Hawley, Stuart Abel
Obesity Surgery. 2023-06-01
19 citations
Racial disparities in complications and mortality after bariatric surgery: A systematic review.
Gregory Stone, Jamil S. Samaan, Kamran Samakar
American Journal of Surgery. 2021-07-27
24 citations
Racial disparities in bariatric surgery postoperative weight loss and co-morbidity resolution: a systematic review.
Jasmine Zhao, Jamil S. Samaan, Yazan Abboud, Kamran Samakar
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2021-06-15

Journal Articles

Removing the Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Device: Operative Management and Outcomes
James M. Tatum, Evan Alicuben, Kamran Samakar, Nikolai Bildzukewicz, John C. Lipham, Surgical Endoscopy

Press Mentions

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches Pediatric Bariatric Surgery ProgramMarch 26th, 2024

Committees

Conflict of Interest Task Force, SAGES 2014 - Present
Membership Committee, ASMBS

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

Spanish, Farsi

External Links

USChttp://www.drsamakar.com