Garth R. Jacobsen, MD

Reported procedures

• Bariatric surgery Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Source ↗

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Selected publications

• First United States experience of robotic-assisted minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair using the Dexter surgical system. · 2026 Source ↗
• Advances in Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery: Advanced Techniques in Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. · 2026 Source ↗
• In vivo feasibility study of humanoid robots in surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in adolescent bariatric surgery: an MBSAQIP analysis. · 2026 Source ↗
• Comparative Precision of 3D MRE and 2D MRE for Measurement of Liver Stiffness in Adults with Severe Obesity. · 2026 Source ↗
• How low can you go? Intraoperative microdosing of indocyanine green for fluorescence cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. · 2025 Source ↗
• First use of augmented reality headset in minimally invasive general surgery: seeing is believing. · 2025 Source ↗
• The new bridge to hernia surgery: achieving preoperative weight optimization with GLP-1 receptor agonists for abdominal wall hernia repair. · 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 ↗
• Proton density fat fraction for diagnosis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. · 2026 Source ↗
• Leveraging Lean Methodology to Improve Compliance With Work-Hour Restrictions. · 2025 Source ↗
• Robotic sleeve gastrectomy has higher complication rates compared to laparoscopic: 8-year analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic primary bariatric surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• The effects of mindfulness-focused mental performance coaching on a general surgery residency program. · 2025 Source ↗
• Robotic availability, not payor status, determines access to robotic emergency general surgery hernia repair in California and Florida. · 2024 Source ↗
• GLP-1 receptor agonists are a transformative prehabilitation tool for weight loss in obese patients undergoing elective hernia repair. · 2025 Source ↗
• A Team-Based American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE) Competition Improves Exam Performance. · 2024 Source ↗
• Early Experience With a Novel Super-Hydrophilic Laparoscopic Scope Cleaning Device and Narrative Review of Available Cleaning Strategies. · 2024 Source ↗
• The Long Haul to Surgery: Long COVID Has Minimal Burden on Surgical Departments. · 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 ↗
• 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 ↗
• Distinguishing characteristics of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and gallbladder adenocarcinoma: a persistent diagnostic dilemma. · 2024 Source ↗
• What are essential laparoscopic skills these days? Results of the SAGES Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Committee technical skills survey. · 2023 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 ↗
• Wearable, noninvasive, pulsed shortwave (radiofrequency) therapy for analgesia and opioid sparing following outpatient surgery: A proof-of-concept case series. · 2023 Source ↗
• Post Sleeve Reflux: indicators and impact on outcomes. · 2023 Source ↗
• Weight loss outcomes are not compromised in bariatric patients using cannabis. · 2023 Source ↗
• Despite regression of healthy lifestyle habits, weight loss after bariatric surgery is not affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. · 2023 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 ↗
• Esophageal Pathology in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Patients with Obesity Undergoing Evaluation for Bariatric Surgery. · 2022 Source ↗
• Minimally Invasive Paraesophageal Hernia Repair in the Elderly: Is Age Really Just a Number? · 2022 Source ↗
• The Implementation of an Acute Pain Service for Patients Undergoing Open Ventral Hernia Repair with Mesh and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. · 2021 Source ↗
• Fluorescent cholangiography significantly improves patient outcomes for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. · 2021 Source ↗
• More beads, more peristaltic reserve, better outcomes: factors predicting postoperative dysphagia after magnetic sphincter augmentation. · 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 ↗
• Using a Location-Sensing Time-Keeping App to Help Track Resident Work Hours. · 2020 Source ↗
• Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Superior to Proton Pump Inhibitors for Regurgitation in a 1-Year Randomized Trial. · 2020 Source ↗
• Magnetic sphincter augmentation: a viable rescue therapy for symptomatic reflux following bariatric surgery. · 2020 Source ↗
• Paraesophageal hernia repair: a curative consideration for chronic anemia? · 2020 Source ↗
• Pilot study on longitudinal change in pancreatic proton density fat fraction during a weight-loss surgery program in adults with obesity. · 2019 Source ↗
• Monitoring Fatty Liver Disease with MRI Following Bariatric Surgery: A Prospective, Dual-Center Study. · 2019 Source ↗
• A Current Review of Hybrid Meshes in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. · 2018 Source ↗
• An ERAS protocol for bariatric surgery: is it safe to discharge on post-operative day 1? · 2019 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic magnetic sphincter augmentation versus double-dose proton pump inhibitors for management of moderate-to-severe regurgitation in GERD: a randomized controlled trial. · 2019 Source ↗
• The Use of Solicited Publishing by Academic Surgeons. · 2018 Source ↗
• Preventing Rescue Surgeries by Endoscopic Clipping: A Valuable Resource in the Surgeon's Toolbox. · 2018 Source ↗
• Association of General Surgery Resident Remediation and Program Director Attitudes With Resident Attrition. · 2017 Source ↗
• How bariatric surgery affects liver volume and fat density in NAFLD patients. · 2018 Source ↗
• Solving the surgeon ergonomic crisis with surgical exosuit. · 2018 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 ↗
• Complications of robotic foregut surgery: risks and advantages. · 2017 Source ↗
• The benefits and limitations of robotic assisted transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. · 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 ↗
• Endoscopic revision of gastric bypass: Holy Grail or Epic fail? · 2016 Source ↗
• Increasing the Value of Healthcare: Improving Mortality While Reducing Cost in Bariatric Surgery. · 2015 Source ↗
• Reading Habits of General Surgery Residents and Association With American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination Performance. · 2015 Source ↗
• Program Factors That Influence American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination Performance: A Multi-Institutional Study. · 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 ↗
• Patients with psychiatric comorbidity can safely undergo bariatric surgery with equivalent success. · 2016 Source ↗
• One-year human experience with a novel endoluminal, endoscopic gastric bypass sleeve for morbid obesity. · 2015 Source ↗
• Comparison of bariatric restrictive operations: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic gastric greater curvature plication. · 2014 Source ↗
• Concomitant cholecystectomy should be routinely performed with laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. · 2015 Source ↗
• Factors associated with general surgery residents' desire to leave residency programs: a multi-institutional study. · 2014 Source ↗
• Transanal minimally invasive surgery for benign and malignant rectal neoplasia. · 2014 Source ↗
• Transvaginal organ extraction: potential for broad clinical application. · 2014 Source ↗
• Initial experience with an innovative endoscopic clipping system. · 2012 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1265649966