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Department of Surgery

Mohamed R. Ali, M.D.

Mohamed R. Ali

Clinical/Research Interests

Mohamed Ali specializes in the application of minimally invasive surgical techniques to conventional surgery, surgery of the foregut including reflux and achalasia, and laparoscopic bariatric surgery. He focuses his research on studying long-term outcomes and co-morbidity reduction in bariatric surgery, applying emerging technology and robotics to laparoscopy, and investigating the genetic and hormonal bases for obesity.

Title:

Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Professor

Specialty:

Surgery - Gastrointestinal, Surgery - Bariatric

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center - Cypress Building
2221 Stockton Blvd., Suite Suite E
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-2680

Education:

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
M.D. 1995

University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
B.S. 1991

Internships:

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston , South Carolina
1995-96
Surgery

Residency:

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
1996-2001
Surgery

Fellowships:

Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
2001-02
Surgery

Board Certifications:

American Board of Surgery, 2001

Professional Memberships:

American College of Surgeons
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Medical Association
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

Select Recent Publications:

Hebra A, Strange P, Egbert JM, Ali MR, Mullinax A, Buchanan E. Intracellular Cytokine Production by Fetal and Adult Monocytes. Journal Pediatric Surgery 2001; 36(9): 1321-6.

Hebra A, Strange PB, Egbert JM, Ali MR, Evans J, Othersen HB. Cytokine Expression in Catastrophic Burn Injury. Surgical Forum Volume LI 2000.

Ali MR, Hills JS, Cook JA, Hebra A. The Effects of Anti-inflammatory Mediators on the Cytokine Expression Profiles of Peripheral Mononuclear Cells in Critically-ill Patients. Proposal to Institutional Review Board of the Medical University of South Carolina, approved February 1998.

Ali MR, Hills JS, Ogawa M, Hebra A. Interleukin-11 Upregulates Cytokine Expression. Surgical Forum Volume XLIX 1998; 49: 97-9.

Ali MR, Norcross ED, Brothers TE. Iliac and femoral artery occlusion by thromboemboli from an abdominal aortic aneurysm in the setting of blunt abdominal trauma. Journal of Vascular Surgery 1998; 27(3): 545-8.

Ali MR, Johnson JT, Cook JA, Hebra A. The Role of Interleukin-11 in Endotoxin Tolerance Following Hemorrhage. Grant proposal to Office of Naval Research, July 1997.

Ali MR, Hills JS, Staruch R, Cook JA, Hebra A. The Effects of Anti-inflammatory Mediators on the Endotoxin Induced Production of Cytokines in Healthy Adults. Proposal to Institutional Review Board of the Medical University of South Carolina, approved September 1997.

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