Education & Training:
| Clinical Fellowship |
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Fellowship, 2005-2006 Advanced Laparoscopic/Robotic Surgery Fellowship, 2004-2005 |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship: | Gastrointestinal Surgery and Gastrointestinal Motility, 2002-2004 Center for the Study of Gastrointestinal Mortility and Secretion, University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
| Residency: | General Surgery Residency, 1996-2001 Hospital Carlos G. Durand Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Medical School: |
Doctor of Medicine, 1990-1996 |
Clinic Locations:
|
University Medical Center- ACB |
Hospital Affiliations:
- University Medical Center-New Orleans
Committees:
National Committees:
- Member, Robotics Committee: Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
- Member, Foregut Surgery Task Force: Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
- Member, ASMBS Foundation Board of Directors
Selected Publications:
- Hage K, Cornejo J, Allotey JK, Castillo-Larios R, Caposole MZ, Iskandar M, Kellogg TA, Galvani C, Elli EF, Ghanem OM. Feasibility and Outcomes of Simultaneous Gastric Bypass with Paraesophageal Hernia Repair in Elderly Patients. Obes Surg. 2023 Jul 16. doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06726-9. Epub ahead of print.
- Karan Grover, MD, PharmD; Shravan Sarvepalli, MD; Daniel Praise; Mowoh; Leena Khaitan; Mujjahid AbbasA. Cognitive Task Analysis of Expert Surgeons Performing the Robotic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass. Accepted for publication in Surgical Endoscopy July 2023.
- Ibele AR, Nau PN, Galvani C, Roth JS, Goldberg RF, Kurian MS, Khaitan L, Gould J, Pandya YK; SAGES Foregut Taskforce. Surgeon experience with insurance barriers to offering gastric bypass as an evidence-based operation for pathologic GERD. Surg Endosc. 2023 Jul 25. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10212-9. Epub ahead of print.
- Benjamin Clapp, Samuel Cottam, Marita Salame, John D. Marr, Carlos Galvani, Jaime Ponce, Wayne J. English, Omar M. Ghanem. Comparative Analysis of Sleeve Conversions of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program 2020 Database. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 2023, ISSN 1550-7289, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2023.07.011.