Doctors of USF Health

Education

• Fellowship, Surg-Research, Mayo Clinic, 1998
• Fellowship, GI Surgery Research, Mayo Clinic, 1994
• Residency, Categorical Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals, 1993
• Internship, Categorical Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals, 1989
• MD, American University of Beirut School of Medicine, 1986

Clinical Interests

• Morbid Obesity;
• Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery;
• Diabetes;
• Foregut Disorders;
• Pancreatitis;
• Pancreatic Cancer
• GERD
• Hepatobiliary disease
• Minimally invasive surgery

Research Interests

• My clinical research covers a wide area of outcomes after bariatric surgery and emerging technology for the treatment of diabetes and obesity
• My lab research efforts are focused on an animal model of obesity and the molecular mechanism of diabetes and obesity; we are seeking answers that will lead to drug discovery and thereby translate into clinical protocol and cutting edge medicine

Professional Societies

Selected Publications

Nguyen, NT.Dakin, G.Needleman, B.Pomp, A.Mikami, D.Provost, DA.Scott, DJ.Jones, DB.Gallagher, S.Gagner, M.Murr, M.
Effect of staple height on gastrojejunostomy during laparoscopic gastric bypass: a multicenter prospective randomized trial.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 6(5) : 477-82http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20870179

Kuruba, R.Jawad, M.Karl, RC.Murr, MM.
Technique of resection of esophageal adenocarcinoma after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and literature review of esophagogastric tumors after bariatric procedures.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 5(5) : 576-81http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19640802

Gallagher, SF.Haines, KL.Osterlund, L.Murr, M.Downs, JB.
Life-threatening postoperative hypoventilation after bariatric surgery.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 6(1) : 102-4http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19560977

Kaly, P.Orellana, S.Torrella, T.Takagishi, C.Saff-Koche, L.Murr, MM.
Unrealistic weight loss expectations in candidates for bariatric surgery.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 4(1) : 6-10http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18201668

Ajami, H.Bakhos, W.Rafiei, A.Dishjekenian, M.Murr, MM.
Initial experience with two-incision laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 5(6) : 666-9http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19640805

Peng, Y.Rideout, DA.Rakita, SS.Gower, WR.You, M.Murr, MM.
Does LKB1 mediate activation of hepatic AMP-protein kinase (AMPK) and sirtuin1 (SIRT1) after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obese rats?
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 14(2) : 221-8, 2010.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19937189

Murr, M.Rafiei, A.Ajami, H.Fakhry, TK.
Overview of emerging concepts in metabolic surgery.
The Permanente journal. 14(3) : 57-62, 2010.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20844706

Berarducci, A.Haines, K.Murr, MM.
Incidence of bone loss, falls, and fractures after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity.
Applied nursing research : ANR. 22(1) : 35-41, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19171293

Shen, Z.Ajmo, JM.Rogers, CQ.Liang, X.Le, L.Murr, MM.Peng, Y.You, M.
Role of SIRT1 in regulation of LPS- or two ethanol metabolites-induced TNF-alpha production in cultured macrophage cell lines.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology. 296(5) : G1047-53, 2009.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299582

Peng, Y.Sigua, CA.Rideout, D.Murr, MM.
Deletion of toll-like receptor-4 downregulates protein kinase C-zeta and attenuates liver injury in experimental pancreatitis.
Surgery. 143(5) : 679-85, 2008.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18436016