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

145 citations
The Feasibility of Real-Time Intraoperative Performance Assessment With SIMPL (System for Improving and Measuring Procedural Learning): Early Experience From a Multi-i...
Jordan D. Bohnen, Brian C. George, Reed G. Williams, Mary C. Schuller, Debra A. DaRosa
Journal of Surgical Education. 2016-11-01
12 citations
The relationship of preoperative versus postoperative hyperglycemia on clinical outcomes after elective colorectal surgery.
Edmund B. Chen, Michael J. Nooromid, Irene Helenowski, Nathaniel J. Soper, Amy L. Halverson
Surgery. 2019-07-24
196 citations
The 2018 ISDE achalasia guidelines
Giovanni Zaninotto, Cathy Bennett, Guy E. Boeckxstaens, Mario Costantini, Mark K. Ferguson
Diseases of the Esophagus. 2018-09-01

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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