NamirKatkhoudaMDFACS FASMBS

General Surgery • Los Angeles, CA

Physician

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

Fax+1 323-442-5953

Education & Training

Universite de Montpellier Faculty of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1995 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Beta Cell Restoration Through Fat Mitigation Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

150 citations
Selective nonoperative management in 1,856 patients with abdominal gunshot wounds: should routine laparotomy still be the standard of care?
George C. Velmahos, Demetrios Demetriades, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Grant Sarkisyan, Linda S. Chan
Annals of Surgery. 2001-09-01
31 citations
Magnetic sphincter augmentation with the LINX device for gastroesophageal reflux disease after U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
Jessica L. Reynolds, Joerg Zehetner, Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, Namir Katkhouda, I I Giovanni Dandekar
The American Surgeon. 2014-10-01
44 citations
Charges, outcomes, and complications: a comparison of magnetic sphincter augmentation versus laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for the treatment of GERD
Jessica L. Reynolds, Joerg Zehetner, Angela Nieh, Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, Kulmeet Sandhu
Surgical Endoscopy. 2016-08-01

Journal Articles

Impact of Gastric Banding Versus Metformin on Β-cell Function in Adults with Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Mild Type 2 Diabetes
Namir Katkhouda, Elizabeth Beale, Jun Wu, Thomas A Buchanan, Diabetes Care

Lectures

T-regulatory Cells in Omental and Not Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Inversely Associated with Fasting Glucose in Obese Adults
Los Angeles, CA - 6/16/2014

Press Mentions

Physicians Perform World’s First Robotic Surgery to Remove Kidney Cancer Extending into the Heart, Saving Patient from Risk of Sudden Cardiac DeathApril 18th, 2017
Popular Weight Loss Sleeve Surgery Update You Need to KnowAugust 7th, 2015