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Lygia Stewart, M.D.

Lygia Stewart, M.D.

  • Professor of Surgery
  • Division of General Surgery
  • Chief of Surgery, San Francisco VA Medical Center
  • Associate Director, General Surgery Residency Program

Contact Information

415-750-2057
[email protected]
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Education

  Institution  
  Degree    
  Dept or School    
  End Date    
  • University of California, San Francisco, CA
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
  • 2018
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • Clinical Fellowship

  • Board Certifications

    • American Board of Surgery, 1991; renewed 2000
    • American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, 1993; renewed 2003

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 42
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    1. Wu KC, Cao S, Weaver CM, King NJ, Patel S, Kim TY, Black DM, Kingman H, Shafer MM, Rogers SJ, Stewart L, Carter JT, Posselt AM, Schafer AL. Intestinal Calcium Absorption Decreases After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Despite Optimization of Vitamin D Status. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 01 17; 108(2):351-360. View in PubMed
    2. Wu KC, Cao S, Weaver CM, King NJ, Patel S, Kingman H, Sellmeyer DE, McCauley K, Li D, Lynch SV, Kim TY, Black DM, Shafer MM, Özçam M, Lin DL, Rogers SJ, Stewart L, Carter JT, Posselt AM, Schafer AL. Prebiotic to Improve Calcium Absorption in Postmenopausal Women After Gastric Bypass: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 03 24; 107(4):1053-1064. View in PubMed
    3. Leach JR, Manoukian B, Stewart L. Mesh on the move: a case report of total transmural surgical mesh migration causing bowel obstruction. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2021 Feb; 14(1):136-140. View in PubMed
    4. Wisneski AD, Carter J, Nakakura EK, Posselt A, Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Arain M, Kirkwood KS, Hirose K, Stewart L, Corvera CU. Ampullary stenosis and choledocholithiasis post Roux-En-Y gastric bypass: challenges of biliary access and intervention. HPB (Oxford). 2020 10; 22(10):1496-1503. View in PubMed
    5. Zobel MJ, Stewart L. Hyponatremia is associated with more severe biliary disease. World J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Feb 27; 12(2):45-54. View in PubMed
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    In the News

    • UCSF General Surgery Residency Program Ranked No. 1 in Western U.S. in Annual Doximity Survey

      Department of Surgery - Richard Barg - August 23, 2018
      The UCSF General Surgery Residency was ranked No. 1 in research output and by reputation among sister programs in California and across the western U.S. in the Doximity 2018-19 annual survey. Nationally, the program placed in the 99th percentile for research output.  The residency program is led by Department Chair Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., M.A., FACS, Program Director Linda M. Reilly, M.D., Associate Directors Ryutaro Hirose, M.D., Kenzo Hirose, M.D., and Lygia Stewart, M.D., and Administrative [...]

    • UCSF Naffziger Society Symposium to be Held May 11th with Harvard Professor Gerard M. Doherty as Featured Guest Lecturer

      UCSF Department of Surgery - Richard Barg - May 03, 2018
      The UCSF Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society, the alumni society for graduates of the the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program and associate members, will hold its 2nd annual "Naffziger Society Day" symposium on Friday May 11th in San Francisco.  Naffziger Society Day brings together multiple generations of UCSF surgeons including former chief residents, surgeons in academic medicine, those with community practices, and retired surgeons. The symposium generates substantive discussion of the [...]

     

     
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