Rami E Lutfi, MD

Reported procedures

• Gastric sleeve Source ↗
• gastric bypass Source ↗
• duodenal switch Source ↗
• revisional bariatric surgery Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED SURGERY Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Duodeno-ileal magnetic compression anastomoses in metabolic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. · 2026 Source ↗
• Surgical Options for Refractory Anastomotic Ulcer after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Narrative Review of the Literature. · 2026 Source ↗
• A Comprehensive Review of Sleeve Gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass, Duodenal Switch, and SADI-S: Very Long-Term Outcomes at 10 Years and Beyond. · 2026 Source ↗
• Optimizing Safety and Outcomes in Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery: A Conceptual Framework for Staged Minimally Invasive Treatment. · 2026 Source ↗
• Freedom of Choice in the United States: Patient Autonomy Is Driving Decision-Making in Bariatric Surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• Cost drivers of gastric sleeve procedures performed using robotic platform. · 2025 Source ↗
• Effectiveness of bedside staplers in bariatric robotic procedures. · 2024 Source ↗
• Evaluating metabolic and bariatric surgery fellows' attitudes toward their training. · 2024 Source ↗
• Classification of Slippage Following Laparoscopic BariClip Gastroplasty. · 2023 Source ↗
• Evolving Technique of Laparoscopic Vertical Gastric Clip Placement. · 2023 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery in patients with previous COVID-19 infection. · 2021 Source ↗
• When to perform bariatric surgery after COVID-19 infection. · 2021 Source ↗
• The First Modified Delphi Consensus Statement for Resuming Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in the COVID-19 Times. · 2021 Source ↗
• The first modified Delphi consensus statement on sleeve gastrectomy. · 2021 Source ↗
• Impact of fellowship training on surgical outcomes after appendectomies: a retrospective cohort study. · 2021 Source ↗
• Obesity and Ventral Hernia Repair: Is There Success in Staging? · 2020 Source ↗
• The Interest of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in a New Bariatric Center. · 2020 Source ↗
• Comment on: cost analysis of assisted robotic sleeve gastrectomy compared to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in a single academic center: debunking a myth. · 2019 Source ↗
• A Review of the Role of Robotics in Bariatric Surgery: Finding Our Future? · 2020 Source ↗
• Strategies for diagnosing and managing gastric diverticulum in sleeve gastrectomy. · 2019 Source ↗
• HIV Infection Is Not a Contraindication to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity. · 2018 Source ↗
• Is a "retained fundus" seen on postoperative upper gastrointestinal series after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy predictive of inferior weight loss? · 2017 Source ↗
• Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty: are we burning bridges? · 2017 Source ↗
• The role of bariatric endoscopy in the management of obesity. · 2017 Source ↗
• Benefits of intraoperative endoscopy: case report and review of 300 sleeves gastrectomies. · 2015 Source ↗
• Unusual cause of bowel obstruction after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. · 2014 Source ↗
• Comment on: Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for the placement of an adjustable gastric band: a large cohort comparison. · 2013 Source ↗
• Hand-sewn cystogastrostomy using the novel single-incision laparoscopy with flexible-tip laparoscope. · 2010 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1447237425

Insurance reported

Aetna

Anthem

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Buckeye Community Health Plan

Carefirst Blue Cross Blue Shield

Cigna

Commercial Insurance Company

Coventry Health Care

First Health

Health Net

Humana

Midwest Health Plan

Multiplan

UnitedHealthcare

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