PascalGabrielBortzMD

General Surgery • La Jolla, CA

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

General and Bariatric Surgery

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Office
9850 Genesee Ave
Ste 570
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone+1 858-405-2650

Education & Training

Maimonides Medical CenterFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2019 - 2020
Riverside University Health System/University of California RiversideResidency, Surgery, 2015 - 2019
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Surgery, 2013 - 2014
Saba University School of MedicineClass of 2012
University of California San DiegoBS, Human Biology, Minor in Political Science, 2002 - 2006

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2019 - 2021
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

First Place UCR Podium Presentation, 2018
Academic Excellence UCR Surgery Department, 2016
Dean's List UCSD, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Long-Term Outcomes of Ventral Hernia Repair: An 11-Year Follow-Up.
Nikita Kadakia, Ross Mudgway, Jonathan C. Vo, Vinson Vong, Tiffany Seto
Cureus. 2020-08-02

Abstracts/Posters

Analyzing outcomes of truama patients transferred from a trauma center to an HMO hospital, Is it safe? An EAST multicenter trial
Pascal G Bortz MD, Jonathan C Vo MD, Matthew Firek, Edmund Burke MD, John Agapian MD, Dr. Ludi, ACS, 1/24/2017
A Novel Approach Using Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for a Large Retrosternal Mass in a High Risk Surgical Patient
Pascal Bortz MD, John Agapian MD, Afshin Molkara MD, UCR Research Symposium, 1/10/2017
Evidence Based Analysis of Technical Variations in the Repair of Umbilical Hernias
Pascal G Bortz MD, Jonathan C Vo MD, Bishoy Zachary, Edmund Burke MD, UCR Research Symposium/ACS, 1/23/2017
The Diagnostic Value of Pre-operative Total Bilirubin in Gastrointestinal Perforation
Peter Joseph Edpao MD, Pooja Desai, Francisco Vega MD, Kevin Chiang MD, Pascal Bortz MD, Jose Alfaro MD, Ben Fegale MD, John Agapian MD
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