Bariatric Surgery Research

Current research projects include:

1. Probiotic Obesity Study
2. Peripheral Blood Cells, Inflammation and Weight Loss Study
3. Is Angiogenesis the Link in the Obesity-Breast Cancer Connection (MTA study)
4. VLOCK Recharge
5. Correlation between non-invasive oscillometric blood  pressure and invasive arterial blood pressure in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery
6. Gastrointestinal tissue acquisition in subjects undergoing gastric bypass surgery
7. Principal Investigator for Multi-center Empower Clinical Trial: Vagal Blocking for Obesity Control (VBLOC)- Randomized Enteromedics  - April 2010 to current
8. Principal Investigator for Multi-center SILS Cholecystectomy Post-Market Study Randomized. Covidien- September 2009

Tayne S, Merrill C, Shah S, Kim J, Mackey W. Modifiable risk factors for 30-day readmissions and modifying post-operative care following gastric bypass surgery. J Am Coll Surgeons. 2014 May 20.

Marks JM, Phillips MS, Tacchino R, Roberts K, Onders R, DeNoto G, Gecelter G, Rubach E, Rivas H, Islam A, Soper N, Paraskeva P, Rosemurgy A, Ross S, Shah S. Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with improved cosmesis scoring at the cost of significantly higher hernia rates: 1-year results of a prospective randomized, multicenter, single-blinded trial of traditional multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy vs single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Jun;16(6):1037-47; discussion 1047-1048. J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Jun;216(6):1037-47; discussion 1047-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.02.024. Epub 2013 Apr 23.

Phillips MS, Marks JM, Roberts K, Tacchino R, Onders R, DeNoto G, Rivas H, Islam A, Soper N, Gecelter G, Rubach E, Paraskeva P, Shah, S. Intermediate results of a prospective randomized controlled trial of traditional four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2012 May;26(5):1296-303. doi: 10.1007/s00464-011-2028-z. Epub 2011 Nov 15.

Marks J, Tacchino R, Roberts K, Onders R, Denoto G, Paraskeva P, Rivas H, Soper N, Rosemurgy A, Shah S. Prospective randomized controlled trial of traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: report of preliminary data. Am J Surg. 2011 Mar;201(3):369-72; discussion 372-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.012.