Educational Qualifications:
Program
Director: Namir Kathouda, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles,
California
July
1997- June 2001: General Surgery Residency
Kaiser
Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
- 2000-2001:
Chief Resident
- Rotations
at USC, Cedars-Sinai and Kaiser
July
1996-June 1997: General Surgery Internship
July
1992-may 1996: Doctor of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia,
Richmond,
Virginia
1988-1989:
Undergraduate Study Abroad Program, University of Costa Rica, San
Pedro, Costa
Rica
1986-1991:
Bachelor of Science in Biology with Honors, College of William and
Marry,
Williamsburg, Virginia
Honors
and Awards
Residency
Resident
Research Presentation Award, 4/99 Physicians Recognition Award-AMA
Medical
School
President
of the MCV chapter of the American Medical Student Association Chairman
Heart
to Heart Program
Undergraduate
School
1986-1991:
Menlo Park Rotary Club Scholarship
1990:
Outstanding College Students of America
Phi
Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honorary Societies
Phi
Sigma Biologic Honor Society
Ferguson
Scholarship for Undergraduate Research (Honor Thesis)
Secondary
School
Eagle
Scout
California
Scholarship Federation lifetime member
Personal
Memberships
American
Society for Metabolic and
Bariatric Surgery
Fellow
Society
of the American College of
Surgeons
Fellow
Induction
Ceremony October 2005
Society
of American
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Member
American
Society of Bariatric
Surgeons (ASBS)
Member
Academic
Appointments
Clinical
Instructor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, USC 2001-2002
Hospital
Appointments
Assistant
Unit Chief,
Emergency Surgery Services
Los
Angeles County General Hospital
Faculty
Fellow Staff, Division
of Surgery
USC/Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
Faculty
fellow Staff
University
Hospital, USC
Staff
July
2002- January 2006: Kaiser Permanente, South San Francisco Medical
Center
Staff
March
2006-June 2008: Sacred Heart Medical Center
Provisional
Staff
July
2008-Present: Desert Springs Hospital
Medical Center
Licensure
& Certifications:
Medical
Board of California
Physician
and Surgeon
Medical
Board of Oregon
Physician
and Surgeon
Fluoroscopy
Supervisor and
Operator
Committees
1999-2001:
Institutional Graduate Education Committee,
Resident representative, Kaiser,
Los Angeles Medical Center
2001:
Quality Assurance Committee, Los Angeles County Hospital
2002-2006:
Continuing Medical Education Committee, Kaiser South San Francisco
2005:
Credentials and Privileges Committee, Kaiser South San Francisco
Publications
Umbach,
TW, Dorazio DA, Primary resection and anastomosis for perforated left
colon
lesions. Am Surgeon 1999, 65 (10), 931-3
Katkhouda
N, Khalil M, Manhas S, Grant SW, Velmahous G, Umbach TW
Kaiser
A: Andre Toupet: A surgeon technician. Ann Surg 2002, In press
Kaiser
A, Umbach TW, Katkhouda N, Laparoscopic Splenectomy, J Laparoendosc Adv
Surg
Tech A 2001, Dec; 11 (6): 383-90
Kaiser
A, Umbach TW, Katkhouda N: Predictors of outcome following Laparoscopic
Splenectomy. Problems in General Surgery
Abstracts
Umbach,
TW, Guenther JM: Effect of Temporal Artery Biopsy on the Treatment of
Presumed
Temporal Arteritis. Kaiser Permanente Surgery Symposium, March 1997
Presentations
Given
Hirschsprung’s
Disease. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanent Los
Angeles Medical
Center, August 1999
Invasive
Breast Cancer. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanent
Los
Angeles Medical Center, August 2000
Difficult
Permanent Hemodialysis Access. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery,
Kaiser
Permanent Los Angeles Medical Center, March 2001
Advantages
in the Management of Ventral Hernias, Lecture and laboratory
instruction,
University of Southern California, April 2002
Courses
Attended
August
1997: SAGES Resident
Workshop
June
1999: Advanced
Minimal Access, American Pediatric Surgical Association
October
1999: The
Comprehensive Laparoscopic Skills Integration Program
June
2001: Advanced
Foregut Laparoscopic Surgery, SAGES
August
2001: Fellowship
Fundamentals Conference, WL Gore
September
2001:
Maximizing the Impact and Effectiveness of Your Bariatric Program
September
2002: A
Multi-disciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Morbid Obesity and
Complications of the Bariatric Surgery
June
2004: Annual
Meeting American Society for Bariatric Surgery
December
2004: Successful
Peritoneal Dialysis Access
April
2005: Approach to
Bariatric Revision Surgery
October
2006: Bariatric
Surgery Conference of the Cascades
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