Steven Bowers, MD

Reported procedures

• Dr. Steven Bowers Source ↗
• MD Source ↗
• performs a range of bariatric procedures to help patients achieve sustainable weight loss and improve obesity-related health conditions. His bariatric expertise includes bariatric surgery Source ↗
• gastrectomy Source ↗
• and adjustable gastric banding. He develops individualized treatment plans that focus on safe Source ↗
• effective weight loss while improving overall health and quality of life. Source ↗

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Reported credentials

• American Board of Surgery Source ↗
• Board Certified in General Surgery Source ↗
• Surgery Source ↗

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Reported affiliations

• MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE Source ↗

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Selected publications

• Clinical outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: a propensity score-matched study. · 2026 Source ↗
• Clinical presentation and outcomes of revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after failed gastric banding: direct versus sleeve-assisted approach. · 2026 Source ↗
• Weight Loss Outcomes and Comorbidity Resolution After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Failed Primary Adjustable Gastric Banding and Sleeve Gastrectomy. · 2026 Source ↗
• Anatomic Features Associated with Operative Strategy in Minimally Invasive Gastric GIST Resection: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. · 2026 Source ↗
• Paraconduit hernia after esophagectomy: Impact of operative technique on its incidence and recurrence. · 2026 Source ↗
• Long-term quality of life, financial toxicity, and decision regret following therapeutic and prophylactic gastrectomy for cancer. · 2026 Source ↗
• Outcomes of 1,039 Primary Robotic Gastric Bypass Procedures: A Two-Center Retrospective Cohort with Very Low Anastomotic Leak Incidence. · 2026 Source ↗
• Balancing operative risk and symptom relief: Outcomes of open versus laparoscopic release for median arcuate ligament syndrome: A retrospective study. · 2026 Source ↗
• Recurrent Weight Gain after Sleeve Gastrectomy: Is Conversion to Duodenal Switch Superior to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass? · 2025 Source ↗
• Elements of Complexity in the Surgical Anatomy of Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release. · 2026 Source ↗
• Does a prior conversion from adjustable gastric banding to sleeve gastrectomy impact the outcomes of subsequent conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass? · 2026 Source ↗
• Surgical management of marginal ulcer sequelae after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a single-center retrospective cohort study. · 2025 Source ↗
• Outcomes of esophagectomy in patients with previous foregut surgery: a matched retrospective cohort study. · 2025 Source ↗
• Is Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy an adequate anti-reflux operation after esophagogastric myotomy? · 2025 Source ↗
• Post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Challenges: Gastrogastric Fistula After Marginal Ulcer Development. · 2025 Source ↗
• Strategies for Resection of Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Submucosal Tumors. · 2025 Source ↗
• Robotic versus laparoscopic revision to Toupet fundoplication for failed Nissen fundoplication: a single-center experience. · 2024 Source ↗
• Acute cholecystitis treated with urgent cholecystectomy achieves higher rate of critical view of safety when compared to interval cholecystectomy after tube cholecystostomy. · 2025 Source ↗
• Primary Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Concurrent Paraesophageal Hernia Repair in Obese Patients. · 2025 Source ↗
• Peroral endoscopic myotomy as a treatment for Killian-Jamieson diverticulum (KJ-POEM). · 2024 Source ↗
• Oxygen Saturation Endoscopic Imaging as a Novel Alternative to Assess Tissue Perfusion During Esophagectomy. · 2024 Source ↗
• Institutionalized Adoption of a Protocol for the Management of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Correlates with Improved Surgical Outcomes. · 2025 Source ↗
• Can Risk-Based Thromboprophylaxis Practice Guidelines be Safely Used in Esophagectomy Cases? Experience of an Academic Health System. · 2023 Source ↗
• Redo fundoplication vs. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass conversion for failed anti-reflux surgery: which is better? · 2023 Source ↗
• Combined Sleeve Gastrectomy with Liver Transplant in Patients with Obesity: a Feasibility Study. · 2022 Source ↗
• Proton Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy for Thoracic Esophageal Cancer: Toxicity, Disease Control, and Survival Outcomes. · 2023 Source ↗
• Outcomes of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols Versus Conventional Management in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery. · 2022 Source ↗
• Preoperative high respiratory quotient correlates with lower weight loss after bariatric surgery. · 2020 Source ↗
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Lichen Planus of the Esophagus. · 2020 Source ↗
• Strategies for surgical remediation of the multi-fundoplication failure patient. · 2019 Source ↗
• The Spectrum of Surgical Remediation of Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication-Related Failures. · 2018 Source ↗
• Short-Term Outcomes Predict Long-Term Satisfaction in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation. · 2019 Source ↗
• Guiding Patients Toward the Appropriate Surgical Treatment for Obesity: Should Presurgery Psychological Correlates Influence Choice Between Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy? · 2017 Source ↗
• Correction to: Endoscopic and surgical management of nonampullary duodenal neoplasms. · 2018 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic repair of giant paraesophageal hernia: are there factors associated with anatomic recurrence? · 2018 Source ↗
• Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity in Patients After Orthotopic Liver Transplant: a Matched Case-Control Study. · 2018 Source ↗
• The argument for peroral endoscopic myotomy in treatment of achalasia. · 2018 Source ↗
• Endoscopic and surgical management of nonampullary duodenal neoplasms. · 2018 Source ↗
• Black and White Esophagus: Rare Presentations of Severe Esophageal Ischemia. · 2017 Source ↗
• POEM vs Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Fundoplication: Which Is Now the Gold Standard for Treatment of Achalasia? · 2017 Source ↗
• Esophageal motility disorders. · 2015 Source ↗
• Revisional surgery after failed esophagogastric myotomy for achalasia: successful esophageal preservation. · 2016 Source ↗
• "iTrainers"--novel and inexpensive alternatives to traditional laparoscopic box trainers. · 2014 Source ↗

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Professional identifier

NPI: 1396760773

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