Graham J Spurzem
UC San Diego Health System, University of California San Diego
Papers
4
Total Citations
41
H-Index
3
About
Graham J Spurzem is a pioneering bariatric and minimally invasive surgeon whose research is reshaping the safety and accessibility of robotic metabolic surgery. His most impactful work leverages large-scale national databases to compare robotic and laparoscopic approaches, with a landmark 2024 study analyzing over 40,000 cases from the MBSAQIP database. This research demonstrated that robotic revisional gastric bypass significantly reduces morbidity compared to laparoscopic techniques—a critical finding for high-risk reoperative patients. Conversely, his parallel analysis of primary sleeve gastrectomy revealed higher complication rates with the robotic approach, providing nuanced, evidence-based guidance for surgical decision-making. With over 40 citations across his top papers, Spurzem has also defined "Textbook Outcomes" for minimally invasive gastric GIST resections, establishing standardized quality metrics. Most notably, he is advancing the frontier of solo-surgeon ambulatory surgery through magnetic-assisted robotic surgery (MARS), reporting high patient satisfaction in his initial 51-case series. His work directly informs the ongoing debate about optimal surgical platforms, balancing innovation with rigorous outcomes analysis to improve patient care in metabolic and gastrointestinal surgery.
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