H. Joseph Naim, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Department of Surgery
General Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
Bariatric Surgery/ Gastric Bypass & Lap-Band
Diplomate, American College of Surgeons
Fellowship trained in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
Member, American Society of Bariatric Surgeons
Education
College Los Ángeles Valley College; Van Nuys, CA
Jan 89- Jul 91
Major in Biology
University University of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA
Aug 91- Dec 93
Bachelor of Science in Biology with Departmental Honors
Medical School Mount Sinai School of Medicine; New York, NY
Aug 94- Apr 98
Medical Degree with distinction in Research
Residency
General surgery
PGY I-IV New York Methodist Hospital; Brooklyn, NY
Cornell University Medical College
07/01/98- 06/30/02
Including:
Thoracic, Vascular, Pediatric, Critical Care, Orthopedic, Urology,
Gynecology, Plastic, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine
Total Major Cases 1089
Chief Resident - New York Methodist Hospital; Brooklyn, NY
Cornell University Medical College
07/01/02- 06/30/03
Total Major Cases 225
Rotations
Trauma Surgery - King's County Hospital; Brooklyn, NY
SUNY Down State Medical Center
04/01/2001- 05/30/2001
Transplant Surgery - Westchester Medical Center; Valhalla, NY
New York Medical College
04/01/2000- 04/30/2000
Burn - New York Presbyterian Hospital; New York, NY
The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
07/01/2000- 07/30/2000
Cardiac Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital; New York, NY
The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
10/01/1999- 10/31/1999
Fellowship
Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery
University Medical Center at Princeton; Princeton, NJ
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
07/01/03- 06/30/04
Experience in 300 cases including:
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Open Gastric Bypass
Revision of Gastric Bypass
Lap-Band placement
Preceptor: Dr. Robert E. Brolin, MD; www.njbariatricspc.com
Former President of American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS)
Experience & Hospital Staff Appointments
Beverly Hills Institute for Bariatric Surgery; Beverly Hills, CA
Attending Surgeon
July 2004- 2005
Medical Staff Membership
Cedar -Sinai Medical Center. Los Angeles, CA
General Surgery/ Bariatric Surgery
Century City Doctors Hospital. Century City, CA
General Surgery/ Bariatric Surgery
Brotmen Medical Center. Culver City, CA
General Surgery/ Bariatric Surgery
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Los Angeles, CA
General Surgery/ Bariatric Surgery
Medical Licenses
New Jersey State # 25MA07583500 (Inactive) Issue Date: 05/02/03
New York State # 219621 (Inactive) Issue Date: 09/31/00
California State # A81554 Issue Date: 01/01/03
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery
Clinical Research & Publications
1. A. Philippe Chahinian, John P. Mandeli, Harry Gluck, Houshmand Naim, Alvin
S. Teirstein, James F. Holland. Effectiveness of Cisplatin, Paclitaxel, and
Suramin against Human Malignant Mesothelioma Xenografts in Athymic
Nude Mice.
Department of Neoplastic Diseases, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Journal of Surgical Oncology. 1998; 67(2):104-111
2. H. Joseph Naim, Bashar Fahoum. Meckel's Diverticulum.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
Applied Radiology. 2002; 31(7): 35-36
3. H. Joseph Naim, Moshe Schein.
No operative Management of an Abdominal
Nail-Gun Injury.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
Surgical Rounds. 2003; 26(4): 185-187
4. Sonal G. Gandhi, Ian K. Komenaka, H. Joseph Naim.
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis
Syndrome after Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 2003; 48(4): 302-305
5. H. Joseph Naim, Piotr J. Gorecki. Fournier's Gangrene.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
Resident & Staff Physician. 2003; 49(1): 43&58
6. H. Joseph Naim, David Korst.
VATS for Excision of Mediastinal Ectopic
Parathyroid Adenoma.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
Surgical Rounds 2003; 26(9): 438-440
7. H. Joseph Naim, Robina Smith, Piotr J. Gorecki.
Emergent Laparoscopic
Reduction of Acute Gastric Volvulus with Anterior Gastropexy.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Tech. 2003; 13(6): 389-91
8. H. Joseph Naim, Piotr J. Gorecki, Leslie Wise.
Early Lap-Band Erosion
Associated with Colonic Inflammation: Case Report and review of literature.
Department of Surgery; New York Methodist Hospital
Journal of Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. 2004; 9:102-104
9. H. Joseph Naim, Piotr J. Gorecki.
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
Patient Care. June 2004; 67
10. Ninh T. Nguyen, J. Esteban Varela, Allen Sabio, Joseph Naim, Michael Stamos,
Samuel Wilson.
Reduction in Prescription Costs after Laparoscopic Gastric
Bypass.
Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
The American Surgeon. October 2006; 72:853-856
Submitted Publications
1. Ninh T. Nguyen, H. Joseph Naim, Samuel E. Wilson.
Anti-Obesity Surgery and its complications.
Department of Surgery, UCI Medical Center
Submitted for publication
Presentation
1. H. Joseph Naim, Piotr J. Gorecki, Leslie Wise. Early Lap-Band Erosion
Associated with Colonic Inflammation: Case Report.
Department of Surgery; New York Methodist Hospital
Oral Presentation. 12th International Congress and Endo Expo
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Aug 2003
Honorable Mention/Awarded certificate of Merit
2. Piotr Gorecki, H. Joseph Naim, Ajay Chopra, Lilian Katz, Leslie Wise.
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in surgical residency program. The
prospective analysis of the first 100 cases.
Department of Surgery; New York Methodist Hospital
Oral Presentation. SAGES 2004
3. Ninh T. Nguyen, J. Esteban Varela, Allen Sabio, H. Joseph Naim, Michael
Stamos, Samuel E. Wilson. Reduction in Prescription Cost after Laparoscopic
Gastric Bypass.
Department of Surgery, University of California Irvine School of Medicine,
Irvine, California
American College of Surgeons, Southern California chapter, 2006 Annual
Meeting
4. H. Joseph Naim, Bariatric Surgery and Gastric Banding.
Department of Surgery, UCI Medical Center
Surgery Grand Rounds, May 2006
5. H. Joseph Naim, Minimally Invasive GI Surgery
Encino-Tarzana Medical Center Jan 2007
6. H. Joseph Naim, MD. Options of Weight Loss Surgery
Diar TV International, Diar TV Studios
Feb 07/March 07/ May 07/July 07/Aug 07/Sep 07
7. H. Joseph Naim, MD. New advances in Weight Loss Surgery
Tapesh TV International, Tapesh TV Studio
June 24 07
8. H. Joseph Naim, MD, FACS. Lap-Band for Weight Loss
KRIN Radio 670 AM
August 11th 07, August 18th 07
Posters
1. George Wu, H. Joseph Naim, Mareb Krikhely, Truc Ly, Michael Dolan. Adult
Intussusception.
Department of Surgery; New York Methodist Hospital
Resident Poster Presentation. May 22, 2002
2. H. Joseph Naim, Robina Smith, Piotr J. Gorecki. Emergent Laparoscopic
Reduction of Acute Gastric Volvulus with Anterior Gastropexy.
Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital
Poster Presentation. 12th International Congress and Endo Expo/ Society of
Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Aug 2003
3. J. Esteban Varela, Joseph Naim, Ninh T. Nguyen. Outcomes of Laparoscopic
Gastric Restrictive Procedures in Academic Centers.
Department of Surgery. UCU Medical Center
Poster Presentation, ASBS Conference, San Francisco. June 2006
Video
Ninh T. Nguyen, J. Esteban Varela, H. Joseph Naim. Laparoscopic Ivery Lewis
Esophagectomy
Department of Surgery. UCI Medical Center
Video Presentation, ASBS Conference, San Francisco. June 2006
Awards
1. Oceanographic Associates Award, Hancock Institute of Marine Biology at USC Wrigley's Science Center; Catalina Island, CA. 1992
2. Hadassah Exchange Program Scholarship, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hadassah Medical Center; Jerusalem, Israel. 1997
3. Resident Achievement Award, The Society of Laparoendoscopicscopic Surgeons - New York Methodist Hospital; Brooklyn, N.Y. 2003
4. The Highest Research Productivity Award, Department of Surgery New York Methodist Hospital; Brooklyn, N.Y. 2003
5. Faculty Certificate of Recognition for Scientific Presentation, SLS 12th International Congress and Endo Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada. 2003
Basic Science Research
1. V. A. Hospital; Sepulveda, CA
May 90- Apr 91
Optimizing Quantitation of Interleukin II using HPLC
Preceptor: Ken Tachiki, PHD
2. Wrigley's Science Center; Catalina Island, CA
Jan 92-Apr 92
Role of Sea Water Calcium in Fertilization of Sea Urchin
Independent Research. Catalina Science Semester
3. Mount Sinai Medical Center; New York, NY
May 94- Aug 96
Combination Chemotherapy for Malignant Mesothelioma
Preceptor: Philippe Chahinian MD
Honors
1. Deans List
University of Southern California/ Los Angeles Valley College
2. Departmental Honors Program
USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. University of Southern California
3. Honors Research Track
Mount Sinai Medical Center. Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Society Affiliations
1. American College of Surgeons - Member
2. American Society of Bariatric Surgery - Member Surgeon
3. The Society of Laparoendoscopicscopic Surgeons - Member
4. New York State Society of Surgeons - Member
5. IFSO, the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity - Member
Continuing Medical Education
1. Specialty Review in General Surgery Chicago, IL.
Aug 2002. 78 Hrs
2. Master Class in Laparoscopic General Surgery SLS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas.
Sep 2003. 8 Hrs
3. Surgery Board Review Course Dallas, Texas
Feb 2004. 30 Hrs
4. Essentials of Bariatric Surgery ASBS Annual meeting. San Diego
Jun 2004
5. Physician's Recognition Award American Medical Association.
Jul 2001-Jul 2004
6. Advanced Bariatric Surgery ASBS Annual meeting, Orlando, Florida
June 2005
7. Pacific Rim Robotics Conference
UCI, Orange, CA
January 2006
8. The 6th Annual Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium Vail, Colorado
February 2006
9. Advanced Bariatric life Support ASBS Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA
June 2006