RobertBruceYatesMD

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Office
1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone+1 206-616-1711

Fax+1 206-543-8136

Dr. Yates is a board certified surgeon with advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive (laparoscopic and endoscopic) surgery. His clinical interests include the management of hernias, including inguinal/groin, ventral, incisional and hiatal hernias, and the surgical management of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with a particular focus on disorders of the esophagus and stomach. He is a surgeon in the University of Washington Department of Surgery and the UW Medicine Hernia Center at Northwest Hospital. Dr. Yates received his medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his internship and residency training in general surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He then completed an advanced minimally invasive surgery fellowship at the Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery at the University of Washington.

University of WashingtonFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2013 - 2014
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2013
Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 2008

PubMed

80 citations
Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (WRAP-IPF): a multicentre, randomised, controlled phase 2 trial
Ganesh Raghu, Carlos A. Pellegrini, Eric Yow, Kevin R. Flaherty, Keith C. Meyer
The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2018-09-01
17 citations
The impact of bariatric surgery on esophageal function
Salvatore Tolone, Edoardo Savarino, Robert B. Yates
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2016-10-01
4 citations
Lack of evidence for a remote effect of renal ischemia/reperfusion acute kidney injury on outcome from temporary focal cerebral ischemia in the rat.
Robert B. Yates, Huaxin Sheng, Hiroaki Sakai, Daniel T. Kleven, Noelle A. DeSimone
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2013-02-01

Member, Northwest Hospital Surgical Quality Committee 2016 - Present
Surgeon Consulting Member, Northwest Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee 2016 - Present
Member, Northwest Hospital Continuing Medical Education Committee 2015 - Present