Salim Salaheddin Abunnaja, MD

Reported procedures

• Diagnostic Upper Endoscopy with Biopsy Source ↗
• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Source ↗
• Upper Endoscopy with Biopsy Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Source ↗
• Internal Medicine, Bariatric Medicine Source ↗
• Surgery, American Board of Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• Wvu Medicine J.w. Ruby Memorial Hospital Source ↗
• Wvu Medicine United Hospital Center Source ↗
• Wvu Medicine - Uniontown Hospital Source ↗
• WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CORPORATION Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Evaluation of the Educational Impact of a Laparoscopic Bowel Anastomosis Simulator. · 2026 Source ↗
• Physical, chemical, and structural properties of human gastric organoid-derived mucus. · 2026 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Using a Fluorescence-Guided Gastric Calibration Tube. · 2026 Source ↗
• Correction: Fluorescence-guided sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass: first-in-human trial using novel gastric calibration tube. · 2025 Source ↗
• Bowel Anastomosis Training Simulator: Initial Validity Testing With Video Review Intervention. · 2025 Source ↗
• Assessing Caregiver Burden in Patients Pursuing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery with Dual Roles as Patients and Caregivers. · 2025 Source ↗
• Fluorescence-guided sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass: first-in-human trial using novel gastric calibration tube. · 2025 Source ↗
• Electronic Data Capture of Patient-Report Questionnaire in Patient Management in a Rural Population. · 2025 Source ↗
• Metabolic and bariatric surgery versus glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy: A comparison of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with obesity. · 2025 Source ↗
• Incidental GIST in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review of Incidence and Management. · 2025 Source ↗
• Survey of Bariatric Surgeon Calibration Tube Use in Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2024 Source ↗
• Sociodemographic factors related to bariatric follow-up appointment attendance and weight outcomes. · 2024 Source ↗
• Observations of Ramadan fasting in the initial year after bariatric surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Marginal Ulcers Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Expect the Unexpected: a Video Case Series. · 2024 Source ↗
• The role of anxiety and depression in understanding the relationship between coping and weight loss 24 months after bariatric surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Psychometric Properties of the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory Among Patients Pursuing Bariatric Surgery. · 2024 Source ↗
• Intrapersonal coping predicts greater weight loss 24 months after bariatric surgery. · 2023 Source ↗
• Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality After Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Obesity. · 2023 Source ↗
• How Soon Do Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Improve after Bariatric Surgery? · 2023 Source ↗
• Preoperative Weight Loss as a Predictor of Short and Midterm Postoperative Weight Loss in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery. · 2023 Source ↗
• Preoperative and early adjuvant weight loss medications in bariatric surgery patients with body mass index over 60 or suboptimal initial response to surgery. · 2023 Source ↗
• Binge eating in patients pursuing bariatric surgery: understanding relationships with food insecurity and adverse childhood experiences. · 2023 Source ↗
• Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Psychological Symptoms Among Bariatric Patients. · 2023 Source ↗
• The Roles of Depression and Binge Eating in the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Obesity. · 2022 Source ↗
• Anxiety predicts reduced weight loss 30 months after bariatric surgery. · 2022 Source ↗
• Metabolic bone disease and fracture risk after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy: comparative analysis of a multi-institutional research network. · 2022 Source ↗
• Hunger mediates the relationship between food insecurity and binge eating among bariatric surgery candidates. · 2022 Source ↗
• Prior Bariatric Surgery is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Poor Outcomes in COVID-19: Propensity Matched Analysis of a Large Multi-institutional Research Network. · 2022 Source ↗
• The use of an activity tracker to objectively measure inpatient activity after bariatric surgery. · 2021 Source ↗
• The role of body appreciation, weight bias internalization, and disordered eating behaviors among presurgical bariatric patients. · 2021 Source ↗
• Disinhibition and Subjective Hunger as Mediators Between Weight Bias Internalization and Binge Eating Among Pre-Surgical Bariatric Patients. · 2021 Source ↗
• Emergency Laparoscopic Repair of an Iatrogenic Gastric Perforation in a Hiatal Hernia following a Failed Endoscopic Closure. · 2020 Source ↗
• Emergency laparoscopic partial resection of the excluded stomach and gastric pouch in a gastric bypass patient with acute gastrogastric fistula bleeding. · 2020 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic revision of a transected silastic vertical gastric bypass (Fobi pouch) with totally hand sewn gastrojejunostomy for complicated marginal ulcer. · 2020 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic Removal of Angelchik Prosthesis Followed by Interval Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2019 Source ↗
• Endoscopic closure of gastrocolic fistula using clips and detachable ligatures. · 2018 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1699903401

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