Dr. Steven Ryan Demeester MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
4805 NE GLISAN ST PORTLAND OR, 97213About
Steven DeMeester, M. D., Professor of Surgery, is board certified in General Surgery as well as Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He is an acknowledged international leader in the field of esophage ...
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Multivariate analysis of factors predicting outcome after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
- Occult esophageal adenocarcinoma: extent of disease and implications for effective therapy.
- Determinants of intestinal metaplasia within the columnar-lined esophagus.
- Medical vs surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux.
- Colon interposition following esophagectomy.
- Physiologic mechanism and preoperative prediction of new-onset dysphagia after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
- Lymph node involvement in esophageal adenocarcinoma: if you see one, have you seen them all?
- Barrett's esophagus.
- Endoscopic mucosal resection as a staging technique to determine the depth of invasion of esophageal adenocarcinoma.
- Reoperative chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Indications and technique of colon and jejunal interpositions for esophageal
- Surgical therapy for Barrett's esophagus.
- Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and cardia: a review of the disease and its treatment.
- Endoscopic mucosal resection and vagal-sparing esophagectomy for high-grade dysplasia and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
- Increasing cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) gene expression in the progression of Barrett's esophagus to adenocarcinoma correlates with that of Bcl-2.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2010-2012 Southern California Super Doctors
- Faculty Award for Excellence in the Clinical Sciences
- 2011 list of America's Top Doctors, compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Lt
Treatments
- Foregut (upper Gi) Surgery, Lung Cancer, Acid Reflux (gerd) And More
Professional Memberships
- Member American College of Chest Physicians
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Member American Gastroenterological Association
- Member International Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists
- Member International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
- Member Los Angeles Surgical Society, O.E.S.O.
- Member Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
- Member Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- Member The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Fellowships
- Keck School of Medicine of USC - Esophageal Surgery 1996
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