NathanielSoperMD

General Surgery • Phoenix, AZ

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

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Office
1441 N. 12th St.
#1064
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone+1 602-521-5978

Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 1986 - 1988
University of Utah HealthResidency, Surgery, 1980 - 1986
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

ID State Medical License 1982 - Present
AZ State Medical License 2020 - 2025
IL State Medical License 2003 - 2020
IA State Medical License 1982 - 2001
MN State Medical License 1986 - 1988
UT State Medical License 1981 - 1988
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Inaugural Member ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, 2019
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014, 2016-2019
President SSAT, 2016
Andrew Warshaw Master Educator SSAT, 2015
President Central Surgical Association, 2010
President International Society of Digestive Surgery, 2002
President SAGES, 2001
Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
St. Louis Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2001
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Per-Oral Endoscopic Esophagomyotomy (POEM) Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

What are essential laparoscopic skills these days? Results of the SAGES Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Committee technical skills survey.
Neal E Seymour, Dmitry Nepomnayshy, Suvranu De, Erika Banks, Daniel M Breitkopf
Surgical Endoscopy. 2023-10-01
2 citations
Risk factors associated with venous thromboembolism in laparoscopic surgery in non-obese patients with benign disease.
Daiji Kano, Chengcheng Hu, Caitlin J Thornley, Cecilia Y Cruz, Nathaniel J Soper
Surgical Endoscopy. 2023-01-01
Mexico: the Inaugural International Chapter of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.
Eduardo E Montalvo-Jave, Edwin A Ayala-Moreno, Nathaniel J Soper, Stanley W Ashley, Steven Stain
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2022-03-01

Lectures

Multi-Port Approach
Chicago, IL - 10/27/2014

Other

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Techniques
Soper NJ, Malladi P
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/laparoscopic-cholecystectomy-techniques
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-09

Press Mentions

UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Announces New Endowed Chair of SurgeryFebruary 23rd, 2021
Surgery Without External Scars Is Gaining Traction: Organ Removal Through Body’s Orifices Is Minimally Invasive Approach to SurgeryMarch 12th, 2011
Department of Surgery NorthwesternOctober 9th, 2020

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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