Dr. Peter F. Crookes MD
Surgeon
1510 San Pablo St Suite 514 Los Angeles CA, 90033Rating
5/5
About
Peter F. Crookes, M.D., associate professor of Surgery, is the director of the USC Bariatric Program at Keck Hospital of USC, and associate chief of the foregut service at Los Angeles County+USC Medic ...
Education and Training
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1978
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The extent of Barrett's esophagus depends on the status of the lower esophageal sphincter and the degree of esophageal acid exposure.
- Node status in transmural esophageal adenocarcinoma and outcome after en bloc esophagectomy.
- The pattern of esophageal acid exposure in gastroesophageal reflux disease influences the severity of the disease.
- Outcome after laparoscopic fundoplication is not dependent on a structurally defective lower esophageal sphincter.
- Endoscopic grading of the gastroesophageal valve in patients with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
- Four-channel sleeve catheter for prolonged measurement of lower esophageal sphincter pressure.
- Re: Editorial on outcomes of treatment for GERD.
- Retinoic acid receptor-alpha messenger RNA expression is increased and retinoic acid receptor-gamma expression is decreased in Barrett's intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, adenocarcinoma sequence.
- Long-term outcome of antireflux surgery in patients with Barrett's esophagus.
- Endoscopic antireflux procedures.
- Physiologic basis for the treatment of epiphrenic diverticulum.
- Gastric cancer.
- Excellent quality of life after Nissen fundoplication depends on successful elimination of reflux symptoms and not the invasiveness of the surgical approach.
- Rhabdomyolysis of gluteal muscles leading to renal failure: a potentially fatal complication of surgery in the morbidly obese.
- Manometry of the lower esophageal sphincter: inter- and intraindividual
Awards
- Southern California Super Doctors 2010-2012
- Southern California Super Doctors 2008 2009
- Excellence in Teaching Award for Resident Bedside Teaching, Universit 1993
- CJ Berne award for excellence in teaching 1996
- USC School of Medicine award for outstanding teaching in Year III 1997
- Kaiser Permanante Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical years, US 1998
- Elected to AOA honor society, USC School of Medicine 1998
- USC Department of Surgery Award for Faculty Teacher of the Year 1997-
- USC Department of Surgery Award for Outstanding Teacher in the Clinic
- Jeanine Chalabian award for excellence in teaching, USC Department of 1998
- Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, USC School of Medicin 1999
- Faculty award for excellence in teaching, USC School of Medicine 1999
- Leonard Tow award for Humanism in Medicine 2008
- Dr. Crookes was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in . 2011
Treatments
- Obesity
- Gallstones
- Pain
- Hernia
Professional Memberships
- Member British Medical Association
- Member Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Member Dysphagia Research Society
- Member Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- Member Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- Member Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Member New York Academy of Sciences
- Member Alpha Omega Alpha
- Member American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member American Society for Bariatric Surgery
- Member Association for Surgical Education
- Member North American Association for the Study of Obesity
- Member Pacific Coast Surgical Association
- Member Surgical Biology Club III
- Member Los Angeles Surgical Society
- Member Society of Graduate Surgeons
Fellowships
- St. Vincent's Hospital, Australia 1990
- University of Southern California - Esophageal Surgery 1990
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