Mario A. Masrur

About this provider

Mario A. Masrur is listed in general surgery in Chicago, IL. Reported medical education includes Medical Doctor – National University Of Cuyo, School Of Medicine, Mendoza, Argentina.

Reported procedures

• Bariatric surgery Source ↗
• general surgery Source ↗

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Education & training

• Medical Doctor – National University of Cuyo, School of Medicine, Mendoza, Argentina Source ↗
• General Surgery Residency – Italian Hospital Mendoza, Argentina Source ↗
• Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery – University of Illinois at Chicago, Advanced GI Surgery Fellowship – University of Illinois at Chicago Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Source ↗
• OSF MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Weight-Loss Outcomes After Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Tirzepatide in a Minority Cohort With Severe Obesity: Results From a Propensity Score Matched Cohort. · 2026 Source ↗
• Same-day diagnosis and robotic resection of rare primary pulmonary melanoma: a robotic bronchoscopy-guided approach. · 2026 Source ↗
• Developing proficiency in a transcatheter aortic valve replacement program: lessons from a single academic center's learning curve. · 2026 Source ↗
• Comment on: "Single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy in the United States: has increased volume impacted safety?" · 2026 Source ↗
• Impact of Tirzepatide Therapy on Thyroid Disease: Understanding Risks and Emerging Insights. · 2026 Source ↗
• Proteomic Signatures of Adiposomes Track Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction Following Bariatric Surgery. · 2026 Source ↗
• Outcomes of 1,039 Primary Robotic Gastric Bypass Procedures: A Two-Center Retrospective Cohort with Very Low Anastomotic Leak Incidence. · 2026 Source ↗
• Adiposome Lipidomic Shifts Following Bariatric Surgery in Association With Weight Loss and Cardiometabolic Benefit. · 2026 Source ↗
• Comment on: "Assessment of changes in left ventricular myocardial work using the pressure strain loop after metabolic and bariatric surgery: a prospective nonrandomized cohort study". · 2026 Source ↗
• Predictive Factors for Pulmonary Embolism in Patients Undergoing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Insights from the Latest MBSAQIP Data. · 2025 Source ↗
• Obesity-Associated Adiposomes Promote Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Hypercontractility. · 2025 Source ↗
• Perioperative safety profile of single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after sleeve gastrectomy. · 2025 Source ↗
• Adiposome Proteomics Uncover Molecular Signatures of Cardiometabolic Risk in Obese Individuals. · 2025 Source ↗
• Understanding difficulties of the use of GLP-1 analogues: patient reported obstacles. · 2026 Source ↗
• Medicare Jeopardizing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Telehealth Services: A Call for Action. · 2025 Source ↗
• Geographical Disparities in Outcomes After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Chicago: Insights from Four Major Academic Institutions. · 2025 Source ↗
• Efficacy of combined sleeve gastrectomy and nissen fundoplication for weight loss and prevention of postoperative gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients with obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• Outpatient Single Anastomosis Duodeno-ileal Bypass: Is It a Safe Option? A MBSAQIP Database Analysis. · 2025 Source ↗
• International expert consensus on the current status and future prospects of artificial intelligence in metabolic and bariatric surgery. · 2025 Source ↗
• Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Semaglutide for Weight Loss in a Severely Obese Minority Cohort: A Propensity-Matched Study. · 2025 Source ↗
• Comparison of Adiposomal Lipids between Obese and Non-Obese Individuals. · 2024 Source ↗
• Challenges in management of acute appendicitis: A narrative review. · 2024 Source ↗
• Disparities in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes: A Regional Analysis. · 2024 Source ↗
• Surgical reflections for the optimal management of acute appendicitis: From McBurney to Da Vinci. · 2024 Source ↗
• Weight a Minute: the Role of Emergent Anti-obesity Medications in the Management of Severe Obesity. · 2024 Source ↗
• Timing Considerations for Sleeve Gastrectomy in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Single Center Evaluation. · 2024 Source ↗
• Hemobezoar after robotic gastric bypass surgery: a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. · 2024 Source ↗
• Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease after Sleeve Gastrectomy: Effectiveness of Medical, Endoscopic, and Surgical Therapies. · 2024 Source ↗
• Strengths and weaknesses of telemedicine: Survey analysis in a single center bariatric surgery program. · 2023 Source ↗
• Robotic Cholecystectomy in a Complete Situs Inversus Totalis Patient: a Game Changer Approach. · 2023 Source ↗
• Management of Long-Segment Barrett's Esophagus. · 2023 Source ↗
• Postoperative Follow-up Compliance: The Achilles' Heel of Bariatric Surgery. · 2023 Source ↗
• Adiposomes from Obese-Diabetic Individuals Promote Endothelial Dysfunction and Loss of Surface Caveolae. · 2023 Source ↗
• Low Adherence to Bariatric Surgery Program Among Different Races. · 2023 Source ↗
• Attrition Rates Among African American Patients with Obesity Seeking Bariatric Surgery: a High-Volume Single Center Analysis. · 2023 Source ↗
• Predictors of Attrition in Hispanics/Latinos Referred for Bariatric Surgery: Tailored Strategies Are Needed to Reduce Disparities. · 2023 Source ↗
• Outcomes of same-day discharge sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis. · 2023 Source ↗
• Obesity-Associated Vitamin D Deficiency Correlates with Adipose Tissue DNA Hypomethylation, Inflammation, and Vascular Dysfunction. · 2022 Source ↗
• DNA Hypomethylation as a Potential Link between Excessive Alcohol Intake and Cardiometabolic Dysfunction in Morbidly Obese Adults. · 2022 Source ↗
• Robotic inguinal hernia repair: is the new Da Vinci single port platform providing any benefit? · 2023 Source ↗
• Is Same-Day Discharge After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Safe? A Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Database Analysis. · 2022 Source ↗
• Robotic single port anti-reflux surgery: Initial worldwide experience of two cases with a novel surgical approach to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease. · 2022 Source ↗
• Robotic single-port surgery: Preliminary experience in general surgery. · 2022 Source ↗
• May the robotic approach expand the indications for redo surgery in recurrent pNETs in Multiple Neuroendocrine Neoplasia type 1? · 2022 Source ↗
• Bariatric Surgery Conversions in MBSAQIP Centers: Current Indications and Outcomes. · 2022 Source ↗
• Long wait times for bariatric surgery: the challenge of standardized and efficient preoperative assessments. · 2022 Source ↗
• Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: an Infallible Anti-Reflux Operation? · 2022 Source ↗
• Minimally Invasive Revisional Bariatric Surgery in a MBSAQIP Accredited High-Volume Center. · 2022 Source ↗
• High attrition rates among Hispanic individuals seeking bariatric surgery: what are we doing wrong? · 2022 Source ↗
• Gender Disparities in Bariatric Surgery Among African Americans. · 2022 Source ↗
• Current Status of Robot-Assisted Revisional Bariatric Surgery. · 2022 Source ↗
• Role of Indocyanine Green (ICG)-Enhanced Fluorescence in Primary and Revisional Bariatric Surgery: Narrative Overview of Selected Literature and Intraoperative Surgical Videos. · 2022 Source ↗
• Robotic redo Heller myotomy: how I do it? · 2022 Source ↗
• Risk Factors for Readmission After Same-Day Discharge Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Database Analysis. · 2022 Source ↗
• Telehealth: Increasing Access to Bariatric Surgery in Minority Populations. · 2022 Source ↗
• Surgeon-specific outcome reports in bariatric surgery: benefits and challenges. · 2022 Source ↗
• CD147 Levels in Blood and Adipose Tissues Correlate with Vascular Dysfunction in Obese Diabetic Adults. · 2021 Source ↗
• Spontaneous Abdominal Evisceration due to COVID-19. · 2022 Source ↗
• Adipose Tissue Hypoxia Correlates with Adipokine Hypomethylation and Vascular Dysfunction. · 2021 Source ↗
• Robotic liver surgery: literature review and future perspectives. · 2021 Source ↗
• Metabolic Surgery Outcomes in U.S. Patients with Class I Obesity. · 2021 Source ↗
• DNA methylation profile of genes involved in inflammation and autoimmunity correlates with vascular function in morbidly obese adults. · 2022 Source ↗
• Simultaneous robotic kidney transplantation and bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients with end-stage renal failure. · 2021 Source ↗
• Micronutrient Deficiencies in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2020 Source ↗
• Robotic Revisional Bariatric Surgery: a High-Volume Center Experience. · 2021 Source ↗
• Hyperhomocysteinemia and Low Folate and Vitamin B12 Are Associated with Vascular Dysfunction and Impaired Nitric Oxide Sensitivity in Morbidly Obese Patients. · 2020 Source ↗
• Robotic resection of a large ovarian leiomyoma. · 2020 Source ↗
• Robotic hepaticojejunostomy: surgical technique and risk factor analysis for anastomotic leak and stenosis. · 2020 Source ↗
• Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Surgery: Introduction, General Principles, and Potential Applications. · 2020 Source ↗
• Vitamin D Improves Nitric Oxide-Dependent Vasodilation in Adipose Tissue Arterioles from Bariatric Surgery Patients. · 2019 Source ↗
• Factors Associated with Weight Loss After Metabolic Surgery in a Multiethnic Sample of 1012 Patients. · 2020 Source ↗
• Robotic-Assisted Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Learning Curve Assessment Using Cumulative Sum and Literature Review. · 2019 Source ↗
• Educational step-by-step surgical video about operative technique in robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC): 17 steps standardized technique-Lessons learned since the first worldwide RPD performed in the year 2001. · 2020 Source ↗
• Near-Infrared Indocyanine Green-Enhanced Fluorescence and Evaluation of the Bowel Microperfusion During Robotic Colorectal Surgery: a Retrospective Original Paper. · 2019 Source ↗
• Are optical trocars free of complications? · 2019 Source ↗
• Robotic Adrenalectomy: Are We Expanding the Indications of Minimally Invasive Surgery? · 2019 Source ↗
• Comparison of Different Techniques of Pancreatic Stump Management in Robot-Assisted Pancreaticoduodenectomy. · 2019 Source ↗
• Near-Infrared Indocyanine Green-Enhanced Fluorescence and Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery: Review of the Literature. · 2018 Source ↗
• Affordable Laparoscopic Camera System (ALCS) Designed for Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Feasibility Study. · 2018 Source ↗
• Robotic right colonic resection. Is the robotic third arm a game-changer? · 2020 Source ↗
• Snapshot in surgery: How do you approach this 12-year-old girl? · 2018 Source ↗
• Surgical technique in robotic right colonic resection. How we do it: operative steps and surgical video. · 2020 Source ↗
• Operative technique in robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC): 17 steps standardized technique : Lessons learned since the first worldwide RPD performed in the year 2001. · 2018 Source ↗
• Conversion to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy after failure of laparoscopic gastric band: A systematic review of the literature and cost considerations. · 2018 Source ↗
• Trans-gastric pancreaticogastrostomy reconstruction after pylorus-preserving robotic Whipple: a proposal for a standardized technique. · 2018 Source ↗
• Risk Factors for Open Conversion in Minimally Invasive Cholecystectomy. · 2017 Source ↗
• Minimally invasive treatment of difficult bleeding lesions of the small bowel. · 2016 Source ↗
• Robotic Heller myotomy for achalasia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a case report and literature review. · 2016 Source ↗
• Bariatric surgery outcomes in ethnic minorities. · 2016 Source ↗
• Management of laparoscopic adjustable gastric band erosion. · 2017 Source ↗
• Impact of Obesity on Robot-Assisted Distal Pancreatectomy. · 2016 Source ↗
• Minimally invasive treatment of difficult bleeding lesions of the small bowel. · 2016 Source ↗
• Totally replaced right hepatic artery in pancreaticoduodenectomy: is this anatomical condition a contraindication to minimally invasive surgery? · 2016 Source ↗
• Surgical management of super-super obese patients: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus sleeve gastrectomy. · 2016 Source ↗
• Does Age Influence Bariatric Surgery Outcomes? · 2015 Source ↗
• Is <i>Helicobacter Pylori</i> Associated with an Increased Complication Rate after Sleeve Gastrectomy? · 2015 Source ↗
• Effectiveness of gastric neurostimulation in patients with gastroparesis. · 2014 Source ↗
• Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescent cholangiography during robotic cholecystectomy: results of 184 consecutive cases in a single institution. · 2014 Source ↗
• Robot-assisted resection of a retrocaval peridiaphragmatic mass. · 2014 Source ↗
• Adjustable gastric banding: a comparison of models. · 2014 Source ↗
• Robot-assisted subtotal pancreas-preserving duodenectomy. · 2012 Source ↗

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