Dr. Roger Perry Tatum MD
Surgeon
1660 S Columbian Way S-112-Gs Seattle WA, 98108About
Dr. Tatum is a general surgeon with a particular interest in minimally invasive surgery, especially of the foregut. He has advanced training in esophageal motility and is a UW associate professor of surgery ...
Education and Training
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1995
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Esophageal solid bolus transit: studies using concurrent videofluoroscopy and manometry.
- Operative manometry and endoscopy during laparoscopic Heller myotomy. An initial experience.
- Esophageal sensitivity and symptom perception in gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Manometric heterogeneity in patients with idiopathic achalasia.
- Reduced tLESR elicitation in response to gastric distension in fundoplication patients.
- Achalasia treatment: improved outcome of laparoscopic myotomy with operative manometry.
- Barrett's esophagus: prevalence and incidence of adenocarcinomas.
- High-resolution manometry.
- Surgical treatments for esophageal cancers.
Treatments
- Obesity
- Hiatal Hernia
- Acid Reflux
- Pain
- Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
Fellowships
- Medical School - Northwestern Univ Med School
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