Santiago Horgan

Reported procedures

• LAP-band Source ↗
• Roux-en-Y Source ↗
• vertical sleeve gastrectomy Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• the University of California San Diego Health Source ↗

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Selected publications

• How low can you go? Intraoperative microdosing of indocyanine green for fluorescence cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. · 2025 Source ↗
• More than a mechanical problem: Dysphagia and new-onset ineffective esophageal motility after LINX® placement-a case report. · 2025 Source ↗
• First use of augmented reality headset in minimally invasive general surgery: seeing is believing. · 2025 Source ↗
• Solo surgeon ambulatory magnetic-assisted robotic surgery (MARS): initial 51 cases with high patient satisfaction. · 2025 Source ↗
• Getting more than what you pay for? Managing complications of bariatric tourism at an academic center near the US-Mexico border. · 2025 Source ↗
• Correction to: Survival Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive and Open Gastrectomy in Early and Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Western Center. · 2025 Source ↗
• International multispecialty consensus statement and expert opinion of best practices in telesurgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• Proton density fat fraction for diagnosis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. · 2026 Source ↗
• Survival Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive and Open Gastrectomy in Early and Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Western Center. · 2025 Source ↗
• Defining Textbook Outcomes for Minimally Invasive Surgical Resection of Small Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) of the Stomach. · 2025 Source ↗
• Robotic sleeve gastrectomy has higher complication rates compared to laparoscopic: 8-year analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic primary bariatric surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• GLP-1 receptor agonists are a transformative prehabilitation tool for weight loss in obese patients undergoing elective hernia repair. · 2025 Source ↗
• Early Experience With a Novel Super-Hydrophilic Laparoscopic Scope Cleaning Device and Narrative Review of Available Cleaning Strategies. · 2024 Source ↗
• Robotic bariatric surgery reduces morbidity for revisional gastric bypass when compared to laparoscopic: outcome of 8-year MBSAQIP analysis of over 40,000 cases. · 2024 Source ↗
• The Long Haul to Surgery: Long COVID Has Minimal Burden on Surgical Departments. · 2024 Source ↗
• Control of Eating Attributes and Weight Loss Outcomes over One Year After Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2024 Source ↗
• Endoscopic approach for the management of a gastrogastric fistula, eroded band, and outlet stenosis after a vertical banded gastroplasty. · 2024 Source ↗
• Robotic technology in surgery; a classification system of soft tissue surgical robotic devices. · 2024 Source ↗
• Stronger control of eating 3 months after sleeve gastrectomy predicts successful weight loss outcomes at one year. · 2024 Source ↗
• Long-term outcomes of PGA-TMC absorbable synthetic scaffold in both clean and contaminated ventral hernia repairs. · 2024 Source ↗
• A Multidisciplinary Minimally Invasive Approach Is Necessary for the Contemporary Management of Esophageal Diverticula. · 2024 Source ↗
• Demonstrating the utility of fluorescence cholangiography with indocyanine green during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. · 2024 Source ↗
• Distinguishing characteristics of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and gallbladder adenocarcinoma: a persistent diagnostic dilemma. · 2024 Source ↗
• Bite by byte: can fitness wearables help bariatric patients lose more weight after surgery? · 2023 Source ↗
• The physiology of intraoperative error: using electrokardiograms to understand operator performance during robot-assisted surgery simulations. · 2023 Source ↗
• Carbohydrate Loading and Aspiration Risk in Bariatric Patients: Safety in Preoperative Enhanced Recovery Protocols. · 2023 Source ↗
• Post Sleeve Reflux: indicators and impact on outcomes. · 2023 Source ↗
• Co-Localization of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) and Peritoneal Mesothelioma: A Case Series. · 2022 Source ↗
• Despite regression of healthy lifestyle habits, weight loss after bariatric surgery is not affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. · 2023 Source ↗
• Weight loss outcomes are not compromised in bariatric patients using cannabis. · 2023 Source ↗
• Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome and Postsurgical Outcomes in a Bariatric Surgery Cohort. · 2022 Source ↗
• A steady stream of knowledge: decreased urinary retention after implementation of ERAS protocols in ambulatory minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair. · 2022 Source ↗
• The price is right: Routine fluorescent cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. · 2022 Source ↗
• Location of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) in the Stomach Predicts Tumor Mutation Profile and Drug Sensitivity. · 2021 Source ↗
• Esophageal Pathology in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients with Obesity Undergoing Evaluation for Bariatric Surgery. · 2022 Source ↗
• Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease-which factors are important? · 2021 Source ↗
• Experience with 10 years of a robotic surgery program at an Academic Medical Center. · 2022 Source ↗
• Minimally Invasive Paraesophageal Hernia Repair in the Elderly: Is Age Really Just a Number? · 2022 Source ↗
• Commentary: Minimally invasive esophagectomy: Steady progress. · 2021 Source ↗
• Predictors and significance of histologic response to neoadjuvant therapy for gastric cancer. · 2021 Source ↗
• Preclinical experience with a novel single-port platform for transoral surgery. · 2021 Source ↗
• Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Diverse Bariatric Surgery Population. · 2020 Source ↗
• Robotic transhiatal esophagectomy. · 2020 Source ↗
• Fluorescent cholangiography significantly improves patient outcomes for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. · 2021 Source ↗
• Endoscopic ultrasound: a powerful tool to modify treatment algorithms in opioid-induced achalasia. · 2021 Source ↗
• It's not always too late: a case for minimally invasive salvage esophagectomy. · 2021 Source ↗
• More beads, more peristaltic reserve, better outcomes: factors predicting postoperative dysphagia after magnetic sphincter augmentation. · 2021 Source ↗
• It Takes a Village: Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient with Heterotaxy Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease. · 2021 Source ↗
• Accuracy of common proton density fat fraction thresholds for magnitude- and complex-based chemical shift-encoded MRI for assessing hepatic steatosis in patients with obesity. · 2020 Source ↗
• Sleeve gastrectomy for treatment of delayed gastric emptying-indications, technique, and results. · 2020 Source ↗
• Morphology of the Esophageal Hiatus: Is It Different in 3 Types of Hiatus Hernias? · 2020 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for giant gastric lipoma in morbid obese patient. · 2020 Source ↗
• Clinical Presentation of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Prospective Study on Symptom Diversity and Modification of Questionnaire Application. · 2020 Source ↗
• Magnetic sphincter augmentation: a viable rescue therapy for symptomatic reflux following bariatric surgery. · 2020 Source ↗
• Transanal hybrid colon resection: techniques and outcomes for benign colorectal diseases. · 2020 Source ↗
• Flexible Endoscopic Zenker's Diverticulotomy with an Articulating Bipolar Energy Sealer. · 2019 Source ↗
• Paraesophageal hernia repair: a curative consideration for chronic anemia? · 2020 Source ↗
• Monitoring Fatty Liver Disease with MRI Following Bariatric Surgery: A Prospective, Dual-Center Study. · 2019 Source ↗
• Evaluation of treatment and outcomes for Hispanic patients with gastric cancer at Commission on Cancer-accredited centers in the United States. · 2019 Source ↗
• Pilot study on longitudinal change in pancreatic proton density fat fraction during a weight-loss surgery program in adults with obesity. · 2019 Source ↗
• An ERAS protocol for bariatric surgery: is it safe to discharge on post-operative day 1? · 2019 Source ↗
• The effects of provider-prescribed obesogenic drugs on post-laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study. · 2019 Source ↗
• Assessing the domino effect: Female physician industry payments fall short, parallel gender inequalities in medicine. · 2018 Source ↗
• Robotic transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) with the newest robotic surgical platform: a multi-institutional North American experience. · 2019 Source ↗
• Totally endoscopic implant to effect a gastric bypass: 12-month safety and efficacy outcomes. · 2018 Source ↗
• Identifying lost surgical needles with visible and near infrared fluorescent light emitting microscale coating. · 2018 Source ↗
• The NOVEL trial: natural orifice versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy-a prospective, randomized evaluation. · 2018 Source ↗
• Preventing Rescue Surgeries by Endoscopic Clipping: A Valuable Resource in the Surgeon's Toolbox. · 2018 Source ↗
• How bariatric surgery affects liver volume and fat density in NAFLD patients. · 2018 Source ↗
• Indocyanine green fluorescence-guided parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. · 2018 Source ↗
• Solving the surgeon ergonomic crisis with surgical exosuit. · 2018 Source ↗
• Peroral endoscopic myotomy after gastric bypass: An effective solution for de novo achalasia. · 2017 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic Gastropleural Fistula Repair: A Minimally Invasive Solution for a Complex Problem. · 2017 Source ↗
• Mortality after esophagectomy is heavily impacted by center volume: retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. · 2017 Source ↗
• The benefits and limitations of robotic assisted transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. · 2016 Source ↗
• Complications of robotic foregut surgery: risks and advantages. · 2017 Source ↗
• Endoscopic revision of gastric bypass: Holy Grail or Epic fail? · 2016 Source ↗
• Intraoperative Endoscopic Botox Injection During Total Esophagectomy Prevents the Need for Pyloromyotomy or Dilatation. · 2016 Source ↗
• Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) for rectal cancer: a training pathway. · 2016 Source ↗
• Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence-guided laparoscopic adrenalectomy. · 2015 Source ↗
• Increasing the Value of Healthcare: Improving Mortality While Reducing Cost in Bariatric Surgery. · 2015 Source ↗
• Long-term Outcomes of Patients Receiving a Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Device for Gastroesophageal Reflux. · 2016 Source ↗
• Phase II clinical experience and long-term follow-up using the next-generation single-incision platform FMX314. · 2016 Source ↗
• Quality and safety in obesity surgery-15 years of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass outcomes from a longitudinal database. · 2016 Source ↗
• Patients with psychiatric comorbidity can safely undergo bariatric surgery with equivalent success. · 2016 Source ↗
• Concomitant cholecystectomy should be routinely performed with laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. · 2015 Source ↗
• One-year human experience with a novel endoluminal, endoscopic gastric bypass sleeve for morbid obesity. · 2015 Source ↗
• Variation of outcome and charges in operative management for diverticulitis. · 2015 Source ↗
• Transanal minimally invasive surgery for benign and malignant rectal neoplasia. · 2014 Source ↗
• Broad clinical utilization of NOTES: is it safe? · 2013 Source ↗
• Clinical experience with a multifunctional, flexible surgery system for endolumenal, single-port, and NOTES procedures. · 2011 Source ↗
• Incisionless revision of post-Roux-en-Y bypass stomal and pouch dilation: multicenter registry results. · 2010 Source ↗
• Video. Magnetic retraction for NOTES transvaginal cholecystectomy. · 2010 Source ↗
• Natural orifice surgery: initial clinical experience. · 2009 Source ↗
• Video. NOTES: transvaginal cholecystectomy with assisting articulating instruments. · 2009 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1932297231

Insurance reported

Aetna

Anthem

AXA Assistance USA PPO

BCE Emergis (through MultiPlan )

Beech Street Capp Care PPO (through MultiPlan )

Benefits Panel Service PPO

Blue Shield of California (excluding behavioral health)

Cigna

CMN Global (Europe Assistance – Global Corporate Solutions ) PPO

Covered California

Global Excel PPO

Health Net

Health Smart Preferred PPO (Interplan)

Interplan PPO (Health Smart)

Medi-Cal

Medi-Cal and Medicare Dual-Eligible)

Medicare

Molina Healthcare

MultiPlan PPO (PHCS)

National Health Solutions PPO

National Provider Network

Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO

Pacific Foundation for Medical Care (SD Foundation) PPO

PHCS PPO (Multiplan)

Prime Health Tennessee PPO

Quality Health Management PPO

Tricare

TriWest

UC Care PPO (through Anthem)

UC Core PPO (through Anthem)

UC San Diego Student Health Insurance Plan (through Anthem)

UnitedHealthcare

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