Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Nebraska Medical Center
983280 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA
Phone: (402) 559-6592
Fax: (402) 559-6749
Graduate: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency:
North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Fellowship:
Minimally Invasive & Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship, UNMC, Omaha, NE
Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery General Surgery
Academic Appointment:
Associate Professor of Surgery
Sub-Specialty:
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
General Surgery
Most Recent Publications:
- Pokala B, Samuel S, Yanala U, Armijo P, Kothari V. Elective robotic-assisted bariatric surgery: Is is worth the money? A national database analysis. Am J Surg. 220(6);1445-1450. 2020 Dec. Abstract
- Armijo PR, Pokala B, Flores L, Leon MA, Oleynikov D, Kothari V. Patients undergoing intragastric balloon achieve approximately 50% of their target weight loss in the first month postoperatively: an MBSAQIP analysis. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 15(12); 2060-2065. 2019 Dec. Abstract
- Pokala B, Flores L, Armijo PR, Kothari VM, Oleynikov D. Robot-assisted cholecystectomy is a safe but costly approach: A national database review. Am J Surg. 218(6); 1213-1218. 2019 Dec. Abstract
- Reid, W. L., Cox, J. L., Pennington, K. L., McCarthy, P., Kothari, V. M., & Cohen, S. M. Small bowel obstruction exacerbated by barium sulfate administration. Human Pathology: Case Reports. 17:200315. 2019 September. Abstract
- Pratap, A., Pokala, B., Vargas, L. M., Oleynikov, D., & Kothari, V. Laparoscopic endoscopic combined surgery for removal of migrated coil after embolization of ruptured splenic artery aneurysm. J Surg Case Rep. 2018(2):rjx242. 2018 February. Abstract
- Pratap, A., Oleynikov, D., & Kothari, V. Real time ultrasound guided insertion of Veress needle in obese patients. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 100(2):158-159. 2018 February. Abstract
- Kindel, T.L., Krause, C., Helm, M.C., McBride, C.L., Oleynikov, D., Thakare, R., Alamoudi, J., Kothari, V., Alnouti, Y. & Kohli, R. Increased glycine-amidated hyocholic acid correlates to improved early weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy. Surg Endosc. 32(2):805-812. 2018 February. Abstract
- Xie, W., Lewis, W.M., Kaser, J., Welch, C.R., Li, P., Kothari, V., et al. Design and Validation of a Biosensor Implantation Capsule Robot. J Biomech Eng. 139(8). 2017 August. Abstract
- Li P, Kreikemeier-Bower C, Xie W, Kothari V, Terry BS. (2017) Design of a Wireless Medical Capsule for Measuring the Contact Pressure Between a Capsule and the Small Intestine. J Biomech Eng. 139(5). 2017 May. Abstract
- Tadaki, C., Lomelin, D., Simorov, A., Jones, R., Humphreys, M., Kothari, V., et al. Perioperative outcomes and costs of laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair. Hernia. 20(3):399-404. 2016 June. Abstract
- Kindel, T. L., Lomelin, D., McBride, C., Kothari, V., & Oleynikov, D. Plateaued national utilization of adolescent bariatric surgery despite increasing prevalence of obesity-associated co- morbidities. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 12(4):868-873. 2016 May. Abstract
- Kindel, T., Lomelin, D., McBride, C., Kothari, V., & Thompson, J. The time to weight-loss steady state after gastric bypass predicts weight-loss success. Obes Surg. 26(2):327-31. 2016 February. Abstract
- Li, P., Kothari, V., & Terry, B. S. Design and Preliminary Experimental Investigation of a Capsule for Measuring the Small Intestine Contraction Pressure. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 62(11):2702-8. 2015 November. Abstract
- Xie, W., Kothari, V., & Terry, B. S. A bio-inspired attachment mechanism for long-term adhesion to the small intestine. Biomed Microdevices. 17(4):68. 2015 August. Abstract
- Li, P., Kothari, V., & Terry, B. S. Processing and analysis of small intestine pressure signal based on empirical mode decomposition. J Med Devices, 9(2). 2015 March. Abstract
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