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Vivian Sanchez, MD

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Surgery

MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
BA, Harvard University

Dr. Sanchez joined the BUSM community as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in January 2010. She is Director of Bariatric Surgery and a staff surgeon at VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS). She also serves as surgery program site director for BMC surgical residents as well as program director for anesthesia interns in surgery. Dr. Sanchez participated in the Student Promotion and Evaluation Committee at BUSM.

Dr. Sanchez received her BA from Harvard and her medical degree from University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She completed her residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a research fellowship in surgical oncology at the National Institutes of Health and clinical fellowships in laparoscopic surgery at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and in bariatric surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Assistant Dean
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Student Affairs

Director
VA Boston Healthcare System
Bariatric Surgery

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Spechler SJ, Hunter JG, Jones KM, Lee R, Smith BR, Mashimo H, Sanchez VM, Dunbar KB, Pham TH, Murthy UK, Kim T, Jackson CS, Wallen JM, von Rosenvinge EC, Pearl JP, Laine L, Kim AW, Kaz AM, Tatum RP, Gellad ZF, Lagoo-Deenadayalan S, Rubenstein JH, Ghaferi AA, Lo WK, Fernando RS, Chan BS, Paski SC, Provenzale D, Castell DO, Lieberman D, Souza RF, Chey WD, Warren SR, Davis-Karim A, Melton SD, Genta RM, Serpi T, Biswas K, Huang GD. Randomized Trial of Medical versus Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heartburn. N Engl J Med. 2019 10 17; 381(16):1513-1523.View Related Profiles.

Mashimo, Hiroshi
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 31618539

Stolarski AE, Kim NE, O'Neal P, Sanchez V, Whang E, Kristo G. Implementation of an Intraoperative Instructional Timeout Just Prior to Stapler Use Improves Proficiency of Surgical Stapler Usage by Surgery Residents. J Surg Educ. 2019 Nov - Dec; 76(6):1622-1628.View Related Profiles.

Stolarski, Allan
Whang, Edward Eunkee
Kristo, Gentian
O'Neal, Patrick
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 31239232

Nelson B, Na Eun K, Sullivan B, O'Neal P, Sanchez V, Whang E, Kristo G. Playing the Surgical Technologist Role by Surgery Residents Improves Their Technical and Nontechnical Skills. J Surg Res. 2019 06; 238:57-63.View Related Profiles.

Whang, Edward Eunkee
Kristo, Gentian
O'Neal, Patrick
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 30738359

Nudel J, Sanchez VM. Surgical management of obesity. Metabolism. 2019 03; 92:206-216.View Related Profiles.

Nudel, Jacob
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 30576688

Shankar DA, Itani KMF, O'Brien WJ, Sanchez VM. Factors Associated With Long-term Outcomes of Umbilical Hernia Repair. JAMA Surg. 2017 May 01; 152(5):461-466.View Related Profiles.

Shankar, Divya Anjana
Itani, Kamal
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 28122076; PMCID: PMC5831449; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.5052;

Funk LM, Gunnar W, Dominitz JA, Eisenberg D, Frayne S, Maggard-Gibbons M, Kalarchian MA, Livingston E, Sanchez V, Smith BR, Weidenbacher H, Maciejewski ML. A Health Services Research Agenda for Bariatric Surgery Within the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Apr; 32(Suppl 1):65-69. PMID: 28271434; PMCID: PMC5359154; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3951-4;

Elwy AR, Itani KM, Bokhour BG, Mueller NM, Glickman ME, Zhao S, Rosen AK, Lynge D, Perkal M, Brotschi EA, Sanchez VM, Gallagher TH. Surgeons' Disclosures of Clinical Adverse Events. JAMA Surg. 2016 Nov 01; 151(11):1015-1021.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Rosen, Amy
Bokhour, Barbara
Brotschi, Erica
Itani, Kamal
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 27438083; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1787;

Abi-Haidar Y, Sanchez V, Williams SA, Itani KM. Revisiting percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis based on a 10-year experience. Arch Surg. 2012; 147(5):416-22.
Sanchez V, Itani KMF. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. Hernia Repair in the Setting of Contamination and Infection. 2012.

Al Natour RH, Saund MS, Sanchez VM, Whang EE, Sharma AM, Huang Q, Boosalis VA, Gold JS. Tumor size and depth predict rate of lymph node metastasis in colon carcinoids and can be used to select patients for endoscopic resection. J Gastrointest Surg. 2012 Mar; 16(3):595-602.View Related Profiles.

Whang, Edward Eunkee
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 22143420; DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1786-1;

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Sanchez VM, Abi-Haidar YE, Itani KM. Mesh infection in ventral incisional hernia repair: incidence, contributing factors, and treatment. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2011 Jun; 12(3):205-10.View Related Profiles.

Itani, Kamal
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 21767146; DOI: 10.1089/sur.2011.033;

Abi-Haidar Y, Sanchez VM, Itani KMF. Risk Factors and Outcomes of Acute Versus Elective Groin Hernia Surgery. JACS. 2011.
Sanchez V, Itani KMF. Clinical Scenarios in General Surgery. Ventral Incisional Hernia. 2011.

Pratt JS, Lenders CM, Dionne EA, Hoppin AG, Hsu GL, Inge TH, Lawlor DF, Marino MF, Meyers AF, Rosenblum JL, Sanchez VM. Best practice updates for pediatric/adolescent weight loss surgery. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 May; 17(5):901-10.View Related Profiles.

Meyers, Alan
Lenders, Carine
Sanchez, Vivian

PMID: 19396070; PMCID: PMC3235623; DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.577;

Sanchez VM, Itani K. Optimizing Medical Student Education in the OR: Bridging the Gap between Observation and Active Participation. ASE Focus. 2008.
Mun E, Sanchez V, Jones DB. Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery (Shauer P ed.). Post-Operative Assessment, Documentation and Follow-up of Bariatric Roux en Y Surgical Patients. Springer. 2007.
Blackbum G, Sanchez V. Contemporary Endocrinology, Treatment of the Obese Patient (Ian RF ed.). Surgical Approaches and Outcomes in the Treatment on the Obese Patient. Humana Press. 2007.
Sanchez V, Schneider BE, Mun E. Up To Date. Complications of Bariatric Surgery. 2006.
Sanchez V, Schneider BE, Mun E. Up To Date. Surgical Management of Severe Obesity. 2006.
Sanchez V, Demaria E, Provost D, Blackbum G, Jones DB. Handbook of Reoperative General Surgery (Callery ME ed.). Re-operative Bariatric Surgery. Blackwell Press. 2005.
Schneider BE, Sanchez V, Jones DB. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band. Contemporary Surgery. 2004; 60(4):256-264.
Sanchez V, Bailey R. Management of Laparoscopic Surgical Complications (LeBlanc, K ed.). Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy, Its Complications, and Management. CRC Press. 2004; 63-88.

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Bar chart showing 22 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2011