General Surgery Medical Center
Resume:
Ruben Dario Salas Parra, M.D.
(ph.) 626-***-****
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Astoria, NY. 11102.
Education:
December 2012 • Doctor of Medicine. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Escuela de Medicina Luis Razetti. Caracas, Venezuela.
Postgraduate training:
August 2024 to
present
• Advanced Gastrointestinal - Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship. Department of Surgery. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. NY, USA. Fellow - Post- graduate year 6.
July 2023 to June
2024
• General Surgery Residency. Department of Surgery. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. NY, USA. Chief Resident - Post-graduate year 5 categorical. July 2022 to June
2023
• General Surgery Residency. Department of Surgery. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. NY, USA. Post-graduate year 4 categorical.
July 2020 to June
2022
• General Surgery Residency. Department of Surgery. Bronxcare Health System. Bronx, NY, USA. Post-graduate year 2-3 categorical.
July 2019 to June
2020
• General Surgery Internship. Department of Surgery. Bronxcare Health System. Bronx, NY, USA. Post-graduate year 1 categorical. July 2018 to June
2019
• General Surgery Internship. Department of Surgery. Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center. Bronx, NY, USA. Post-graduate year 1 preliminary.
Licensure:
• New York Medical License, Certificate No. 331806-01. Professional employment and hospital appointments: July 2023 to June
2024
• Chief Resident – Teaching Associate. General Surgery Residency. Department of Surgery. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. NY, USA.
July 2022 to June
2024.
• Surgery Residents Research Forum (SuRRF): Resident Advisory Board. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. NY, USA.
July 2017 to June
2018
• Post-Doctoral Fellow. Department of Surgery. Dr. George Miller - S. Arthur Localio Laboratory at New York University Langone Health. New York, NY, USA.
Nov 2016 to June
2017
• Research Associate and Study Coordinator. Department of Surgery. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center. Torrance, CA, USA.
Dec 2012 to Oct
2014.
• Non-accredited Emergency Physician. Centro Medico Privado San Martin de Porres. Guatire, Venezuela.
Sept 2012 to Oct
2014.
• General Practitioner. Unidad Avanzada de Urologia de Caracas. Caracas, Venezuela.
Sept 2012 to Oct
2013.
• Community physician. Hospital Dr. Francisco R. Garcia. Guarenas, Venezuela.
Committee Responsibilities:
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES): August 2024 to
present
• Technology and Value Assessment.
Additional Information:
- Professional Certifications:
• December, 2024. American Board of Surgery Certified.
• May 2024. Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET). American College of Surgeons. New York - USA.
• January 2024. Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. New York – USA.
• September 2023. Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. New York – USA.
• March 2024. Basic Life Support. American Heart Association. New York - USA.
• March 2024. Advanced Cardiac Life Support. American Heart Association. New York – USA.
• June 2021. Advanced Trauma Life Support. American College of Surgeons. New York – USA.
Professional Courses:
• SAGES Robotics Fellows Training Course: Sunnyvale, CA. January 30th 2025.
• SAGES Robotics Resident Training Course: Houston TX. May 2nd 2024.
• SAGES Robotics Resident Training Course: Atlanta, GA. March 10th 2023. Honors and Awards
• July 2024. Inductee Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. North Carolina – USA.
• June 2024. Chief Resident Award for Educational Leadership. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. New York – USA.
• June 2024. Distinction in Clinical Research Award. Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. New York – USA.
• Nov 2016. Abstract Prize Basic Science: Dyslipidemia but Not Hyperglycemia Appears as the Main Factor Damaging Muscle Derived Stem Cells and their Tissue Repair Capacity by Long-term Exposure to a Type 2 Diabetic Milieu. Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of Sexual Medicine Society of North America. Arizona – USA.
Additional Experience:
May 2017 • Visiting Observer. Department of Surgery – Division of Acute Care Surgery at University of Michigan Hospital. Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Jan 2017 to April
2017
• Observer and Non-Compensated Research Associate. Department of Surgery - Breast Clinic at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. Torrance, CA, USA.
Feb 2015 to Oct
2016.
• Non-Compensated Research Associate. Department of Surgery. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center. Torrance, CA, USA.
Invited Lectures:
• Salas Parra RD. “International Medical Graduates in Surgery: Perspectives Beyond the American Dream”. Grand Rounds. Department of Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell, NY. May 2024. Original communications in reviewed journals:
• Arias-Espinosa L, Salas-Parra R, Tagerman D, Pereira X, Malcher F. Robotic-assisted endoscopic onlay repair (R-ENDOR) for concomitant ventral hernias and diastasis recti: initial results and surgical technique. Surg Endosc. 2024 Jul 22. doi:10.1007/s00464-024-11100-6.
• Hare M, Salas-Parra R, Neal J, Patel V. “Acute idiopathic mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus managed laparoscopically”. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Jul 3;17(7):e260253. doi: 10.1136/bcr-202*-******. PMID: 38960422.
• Cardenas Sanchez M, Kobritz M, Demyan L, Canizares S, Rodriguez Cartagena L, Baez A, Distler A, Salas Parra RD, Palacios I, Barrera R, Patel V. “Global virtual residents as teachers workshops: an international surgical education endeavor”. Global Surg Educ 2, 111 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44186-023-00191-9
• Pereira X, Lima DL, Huang LC, Salas-Parra R, Shah P, Malcher F, Sreeramoju P. “Robotic versus open lateral abdominal hernia repair: a multicenter propensity score matched analysis of perioperative and 1-year outcomes”. Hernia. 2022;10.1007/s10029-022-02713-8. doi:10.1007/s10029-022-02713-8. PMID: 36422725.
• Salas-Parra RD, Hattingh G, Shumway KR, Esposito K, Lois W, Farkas DT. “Cholecystocolonic fistula: two different presentations of this rare complication of gallstones”. J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Nov 19;2022(11):rjac520. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac520. PMID: 36415727.
• Lima DL, Salas-Parra R, C L Lima RN, Sreeramoju P, Camacho D, Malcher F. “Robotic Intracorporeal Rectus Aponeuroplasty: Early Experience of a New Surgical Technique for Ventral Hernia Repair”. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2022 Aug 25. doi: 10.1089/lap.2022.0303. PMID: 36036807.
• Diskin B, Adam S, Soto GS, Liria M, Aykut B, Sundberg B, Li E, Leinwand J, Chen R, Kim M, Salas RD, Cassini MF, Buttar C, Wang W, Farooq MS, Shadaloey SAA, Werba G, Fnu A, Yang F, Hirsch C, Glinski J, Panjwani A, Weitzner Y, Cohen D, Miller G. “BTLA+CD200+ B cells dictate the divergent immune landscape and immunotherapeutic resistance in metastatic vs. primary pancreatic cancer”. Oncogene. 2022 Aug 10. doi: 10.1038/s41388-022-02425-4. PMID: 35948648.
• McClintock NC, Ayabe RI, Salas Parra RD, Kaji AH, Orozco JIJ, Marzese DM, Samuels E, Stern SL, Dauphine C, Ozao-Choy JJ. “A Microcosm of Disparities in Breast Cancer: Comparison Between a Private Hospital and a Safety-Net County Hospital Within Los Angeles County”. Am Surg. 2022 Jul;88(7):1653-1656. doi: 10.1177/0003134821998668. Epub 2021 Feb 25. PMID: 33629873.
• Salas-Parra RD, Lima DL, Pereira X, Cavazzola LT, Sreeramoju P, Malcher F. “Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair After Prostatectomy: How to Navigate Safely”. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2021;10.1097/SLE.0000000000000997. doi:10.1097/SLE.0000000000000997. PMID: 34545032.
• Amin H, Salas-Parra RD, Stantley L, Rajee NK, Gowda VS. “Unusual presentation of rectal squamous cell carcinoma perforation—case report and literature review”. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2021 Jan;2021;1, 1–3. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa565. PMID: 33505657.
• Hattingh G, Salas-Parra RD, Nuzhad A, Salvador J, Farkas DT. “Duodenal Perforation in the Pediatric Population: Two Rare Cases at a Small Community Hospital”. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2020 Nov;2020(11):rjaa455. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa455. PMID: 33294157.
• Salas Parra RD, Tavares LL, Gupta R, Silletti J, Shah A. "Dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the scrotum. Case report and literature review”. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2020 Sep; 2020(9):rjaa342. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa342. PMID: 32968479.
• Diskin B, Adam S, Cassini MF, Sanchez G, Liria M, Buttar C, Salas RD, Kim M, Sekendiz Z, Li E, Nguy S, Fedele C, Ho Tang K, Wang J, Chen T, Wang W, Hundeyin M, Leinwand J, Kochen Rossi JA, Kurz E, Aykut B, Israr Ul Haq M, Karlen J, Kruger E, Wu D, Selvaraj S, Loomis C, Wong KK, Neel BG, Miller G. 2018. “PD-L1 Engagement on T cells Promotes Self-tolerance and Suppression of Neighboring Macrophages and T cells in Cancer”. Nature Immunology. 2020 Apr. 21(4):442-454. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0620-x. PMID: 32152508.
• Pechman DM, Munoz-Flores F, Kinkhabwala CM, Salas R, Berk RH, Weithorn D, Camacho DR.
“Bariatric surgery in the elderly: outcomes analysis of patients over 70 using the ACS-NSQIP database”. Surgery for obesity and related diseases. 2019 Nov. 15(11):1923-1932. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2019.08.011. PMID: 31611184.
• Barilla RM, Diskin B, Caso-Caso R, Lee KB, Mohan N, Buttar C, Adam S, Sekendiz Z, Wang J, Salas RD, Cassini MF, Karlen J, Sundberg B, Akbar H, Levchenko D, Gakhal I, Gutierrez J, Wang W, Hundeyin M, Torres-Hernandez A, Leinwand J, Kurz E, Kochen Rossi JA, Mishra A, Liria M, Sanchez G, Panta J, Loke P, Aykut B, Miller G. “Specialized Dendritic Cells Induce Tumor-Promoting IL-10+ IL-17+ FoxP3- Regulatory CD4+ T Cells in Pancreatic Carcinoma”. Nature Communications. 2019 Mar. 10(1):1424. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09416-2. PMID: 30926808.
• Masouminia M, Gelfand R, Kovanecz I, Vernet D, Tsao J, Salas R, Castro K, Loni L, Rajfer J, Gonzalez-Cadavid NF. “Dyslipidemia is a major factor in stem cell damage induced by uncontrolled long-term type 2 diabetes and obesity in the rat, as suggested by the effects on stem cell culture”. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2018 Dec. 15(12):1678-1697. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.09.019. PMID: 30527052.
Book Chapters:
• Salas-Parra RD, Smolkin C, Choksi S, Pryor AD (2024). Bariatric Surgery: Current Trends and Newer Surgeries. Popov V, Sullivan S. Advances in Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy. 609-626. Elsevier
• Salas-Parra RD, Castro-Ochoa KJ, Machado-Aranda DA (2023). Basic science statistics. Eltorai AEM, Bakal JA, Newell PC, Osband AD. Translational Surgery. 195-199. Elsevier. Other original communications:
• Salas Parra RD, Pechman D. “Moon Surgical Maestro Surgical Robotics System”. Www.Sages.org.
(2023, January 31). https://www.sages.org/publications/tavac/moon-surgical-maestro-surgical- robotics-system/
Video Presentations:
• Salas-Parra RD, Jung M, Defnet A, Bedrosian A, Gellman L, Gadaleta D. “Chronic Gastro-Gastric Fistula: Robotic Assisted Repair”. Video Poster presentation at the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, USA. June 2024.
• Lima DL, Salas-Parra RD, Pereira X, Malcher F. “Robotic inguinal hernia repair after prostatectomy”. Video presentation at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2021 Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, USA. August-September 2021.
• Medero NA, Briones J, Salas R, Medero N, Pedron C, Cruz G. Vaporization with plasma button in bladder tumor. Description of the technique. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. Jul 2014. Oral Presentations:
• Salas-Parra RD, Jou K, Gentles C, Jung M, Defnet A, Gadaleta D, Gellman L, Bedrosian A. “Impact of a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program on Mental Health and Well-Being: A Patient- Reported Outcomes Study. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
(SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Salas Parra RD. “International medical graduates in surgery: perspectives beyond the American dream”. The American College of Academic International Medicine. New York, NY, USA. June 2024.
• Lima DL, Pereira X, Salas Parra RD, Malcher FM, Sreeramoju PV. “Robotic versus open lateral hernia repair: A multicenter propensity score matched analysis of 30-days outcomes”. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress – Scientific Forum. San Diego, CA, USA. October 2022.
• Munoz-Flores F, Pechman D, Weithorn D, Kinkhabwala C, Salas Parra R, Berk R, Camacho DR.
“Bariatric surgery in adolescents. Analysis of the ACSNSQIP database”. International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders 24th World Congress. Madrid, Spain. September 2019.
• Munoz-Flores F, Pechman D, Weithorn D, Kinkhabwala C, Salas Parra R, Berk R, Camacho DR.
“Analysis of 30 days mortality after bariatric surgery using a nationwide database”. International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders 24th World Congress. Madrid, Spain. September 2019.
• Pechman D, Munoz Flores F, Kinkhabwala C, Berk R, Salas Parra R, Weithorn D, Camacho DR.
“Bariatric surgery in patients with BMI greater than 70: analysis of the ACS-NSQIP database”. American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Weekend. Chicago, IL, USA. June 2019.
• Pechman D, Berk R, Kinkhabwala C, Salas Parra R, Weithorn D, Munoz Flores F, Camacho DR.
“Advanced Age And Frailty In Bariatric Surgery: Outcomes Analysis Using ACSNSIQ Database”. American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Weekend. Chicago, IL, USA. June 2019.
• Salas R, Medero NA, Briones J, Medero N, Cruz G. “Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with complete double collecting system”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Porlamar, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. July 2013.
• Salas R, Castro K, Vivas J. “Femoral Pseudoaneurysm, a trauma injury”. International Scientific Congress of Medical Students (FELSOCEM). Santiago de Chile, Chile. September 2012.
• Salas R, Briones J, Dieguez V, Medina M, Gonzalez G. “Buried penis, a case report; surgical management and review of literature”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Caracas, Venezuela. August 2010.
Poster Presentations:
• Salas-Parra RD, Jou K, Gentles C, Jung M, Defnet A, Gadaleta D, Gellman L, Bedrosian A. “Impact of a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program on Health and Dietary Habits: A Patient-Reported Outcomes Study”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Salas-Parra RD, Jung M, Defnet A, Gadaleta D, Gellman L, Bedrosian A. “Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the Postoperative Period: A Case Series of Bariatric Surgery Patients”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Salas-Parra RD, Beltran Del Rio M, Jou K, Fuentes N, Defnet A, Gadaleta D, Gellman L, Bedrosian A. “Emergency Department Visits Following Bariatric Surgery Conversions: An MBSAQIP Analysis”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Jou K, Salas-Parra RD, Beltran Del Rio M, Defnet A, Gellman L, Gadaleta D, Bedrosian A. “Bariatric Surgery Conversion from Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients 65 Years: An Analysis of the MBSAQIP Database 2020-2022”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Jou K, Salas-Parra R.D, Hansen L. “Consulting Dr. Google: Popular Trends for Repair of Inguinal Hernias”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Fuentes N, Mattson M, Castro-Tie A, Bates AT, Miranda V, Ryan K, Holguin W, Pechman DM, Salas R, Angelella S. “Frailty, Age, and Post-bariatric Surgical Outcome Study”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Wasserman GA, Mobbs K, Tindal E, Salas-Parra RD, Roslin M.S, Bessler M, Filicori F, Dhar VK.
“Comparisons Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Approaches in Bariatric Surgery Conversions: An MBSAQIP Analysis”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Wasserman GA, Mobbs K, Tindal E, Salas-Parra RD, Roslin MS, Bessler M, Filicori F, Dhar VK.
“Factors Associated with Anastomotic Leak in Conversion Bariatric Surgery: An MBSAQIP Analysis”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Arias-Espinosa L, Shyu E, Rodriguez-Quintero H, Pereira X, Romero-Velez G, Huang L.-C, Sevdalis A, Salas-Parra R, Damani T, Malcher F. “Barbed Sutures in Ventral Hernia Repair: A Propensity- matched Analysis of the ACHQC”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
(SAGES) 2025 Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. March 2025.
• Salas-Parra RD, Beltran Del Rio M, Pryor A. “Bariatric surgery conversions after sleeve gastrectomy: Analysis of the recent trends and outcomes using the MBSAQIP database”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2024 Annual Meeting. Cleveland, OH, USA. April 2024.
• Sabido S, Salas-Parra RD, Xie J, Hansen L. Simple, Annotated, Video-based Instruction Augments General Surgery Residents' Robotic Surgical Skills and Satisfaction Compared to Traditional Rote Practice”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2024 Annual Meeting. Cleveland, OH, USA. April 2024.
• Distler A, Salas-Parra RD, Huang X, Patel VM,Barrera R, Hansen L. “Emergency general surgery and the frail patient: open vs minimally invasive approach for emergency hernia repairs”. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. Boston, MA, USA. October 2023.
• Salas-Parra RD, Lima DL, Pereira X, Malcher F. “Robotic inguinal hernia repair after prostatectomy: outcomes of a small series”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2021 Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, USA. August-September 2021.
• Salas-Parra RD, Riera-Gonzalez C, Stantley L, Nader G, Sultan M, Gowda VS. “Changes in pattern of presentation of acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic”. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2021 Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, USA. August-September 2021.
• Salas-Parra RD, Zorbas K, Hanssen D, Tavares LL, Nuzhad A, Furman M. “Barriers to timely completion of oncologic treatment after initial consultation for gastric cancer”. The Society of Surgical Oncology – International Conference on Surgical Cancer Care. Virtual Meeting. March 18-19, 2021.
• Salas-Parra R, Amin H, Stantley L, Madonick J, Makadia M. “Preoperative weight trends in a bariatric surgery program during COVID-19 pandemic”. The Obesity Society Annual Meeting – Obesity Week. Interactive meeting, USA. November 2020.
• Needham V, Pechman D, Salas-Parra R, Camacho D. “Abdominal exploration following Roux-en- Y gastric bypass: adhesions and internal hernia in predominantly female patients”. Obesity week 2019. Las Vegas, NV, USA. November 2019.
• Munoz-Flores F, Pechman D, Salas Parra R, Palacios Diaz F, Cupello G, Moran-Atkin E, Choi M, Camacho D. “Insulin therapy in Type 2 diabetic patients 2 years after bariatric surgery”. Obesity week 2019. Las Vegas, NV, USA. November 2019.
• Pechman D, Munoz-Flores F, Needham V, Salas Parra R, Cupello G, Palacios Diaz F, Camacho D.
“Alexis wound retractor in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: reducing surgical site infection associated with circular stapler use”. Obesity week 2019. Las Vegas, NV, USA. November 2019.
• Pechman DM, Munoz-Flores F, Weithorn D, Salas Parra R, Kinkhabwala C, Berk R, Camacho D.
“Venous thromboembolism in bariatric surgery – Assessment of risk factors using the ACS-NSQIP database”. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. San Francisco, CA, USA. October 2019.
• Weithorn D, Pechman DM, Kinkhabwala C, Berk R, Munoz-Flores F, Salas Parra R, Camacho D.
“Prolonged operation time adversely affects outcomes in bariatric surgery”. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. San Francisco, CA, USA. October 2019.
• Munoz-Flores F, Pechman DM, Weithorn D, Salas Parra R, Kinkhabwala C, Berk R, Camacho D.
“Risk factors of surgical site infections for patient who underwent bariatric surgry. A revision of ACS-NSQIP database”. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. San Francisco, CA, USA. October 2019.
• Munoz-Flores F, Pechman DM, Cheema F, Salas RD, Mehta V, Weithorn D, Camacho DR.
“Bariatric surgery in elderly patients. 30 days morbidity in a high-volume Institution”. International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders 24th World Congress. Madrid, Spain. September 2019.
• Pechman DM, Salas R, Kinkhabwala CM, Weithorn D, Camacho DR. “Bariatric surgery in patient with BMI greater than 70 and/or age greater than 70: outcome analysis”. Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. Baltimore, MD, USA. April 2019.
• McClintock NC, Ayabe RI, Salas RD, Kaji AH, Orozco J, Marzese DM, Dauphine C, Ozao-Choy JJ.
“Are we winning the battle but losing the war in breast cancer? Consideration of a Los Angeles county hospital patient population”. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association. Tuscon, AZ, USA. February 2019.
• Ozao-Choy J, Chen K, Ayabe R, Salas R, Veliz-Urzua J, Hari D, Dauphine C. Avoiding
“Lymphadenectomies for Breast Cancer: Does Z0011-Eligibility Make a Difference at Los Angeles County Hospital?”. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Orlando, FL, USA. May 2018.
• Masouminia M, Vernet D, Tsao J, Gelfand R, Loni L, Salas R, Castro K, Aboagye J, Rajfer J, Gonzalez-Cadavid NF. “Dyslipidemia but Not Hyperglycemia Appears as the Main Factor Damaging Muscle Derived Stem Cells and their Tissue Repair Capacity by Long-term Exposure to a Type 2 Diabetic Milieu”. Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of Sexual Medicine Society of North America. AZ, USA. November 2016.
• Briones J, Salas R, Dieguez V, Medina M, Gonzalez G. “Ultrasound guided prostate biopsies during 2004 – 2010 in Urological Unit Dr. José Gregorio Hernández”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Caracas, Venezuela. August 2010.
• Briones J, Salas R, Dieguez V, Medina M, Gonzalez G. “Saturation biopsies in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Analysis of predictors”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Caracas, Venezuela 2010. August 2010.
• Gonzalez G, Salas R, Briones J, Medina M, Dieguez V. “Treatment of urinary incontinence with TVT technique, 3 year experience”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Caracas, Venezuela. August 2010.
• Medina M, Salas R, Briones J, Gonzalez G, Dieguez V. “Extracorporeal lithotripsy in Urological Unit Dr. José Gregorio Hernández”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Caracas, Venezuela. August 2010.
• Moreno J, Salas R, Briones J, Dieguez V, Medina M, Gonzalez G. “Effect of nutritional treatment with potassium citrate supplementation in patients with obstructive urolithiasis recurrence of Urological Unit Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Caracas, Venezuela. August 2010.
• Salas R, Briones J, Gonzalez G, Medina M, Dieguez, V. “Laser ureteroscopy for the treatment of pelvic lithiasis. Description of first 24 cases of Urological Unit Dr. José Gregorio Hernández”. National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Society of Urology. Caracas, Venezuela. August 2010.
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