Associate Professor
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Steven R. DeMeester, MD
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Steven DeMeester practices Thoracic Surgery. She studied medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She received 4 awards: "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Super Doctor". Steven DeMeester is also a published MD. She has 99 publication published. The most recent publication is: Inter-Observer Variability in the Interpretation of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Specimens of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma : Interpretation of ER specimens. Steven DeMeester accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Inter-Observer Variability in the Interpretation of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Specimens of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma : Interpretation of ER specimens.
- The Durability of Endoscopic Therapy for Treatment of Barrett's Metaplasia, Dysplasia, and Mucosal Cancer After Nissen Fundoplication.
- Resorbable Biosynthetic Mesh for Crural Reinforcement during Hiatal Hernia Repair.
- Long-Term Quality of Life and Alimentary Satisfaction After Esophagectomy With Colon Interposition.
- High resolution manometry sub-classification of Achalasia: does it really matter? : Does Achalasia sub-classification matter?
- Impact of Crural Relaxing Incisions, Collis Gastroplasty, and Non-Cross-linked Human Dermal Mesh Crural Reinforcement on Early Hiatal Hernia Recurrence Rates.
- Acute esophageal necrosis: a case series and long-term follow-up.
- Intraoperative Assessment of Perfusion of the Gastric Graft and Correlation With Anastomotic Leaks After Esophagectomy.
- Thoracic emergencies.
- Laparoscopic Wedge Fundectomy for Collis Gastroplasty Creation in Patients With a Foreshortened Esophagus.
- Ineffective Surveillance Does Not Improve Survival in Patients With Barrett's Who Progress to Adenocarcinoma.
- Alimentary satisfaction, gastrointestinal symptoms, and quality of life 10 or more years after esophagectomy with gastric pull-up.
- Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging of Stenotic Esophageal Cancers May Be Unnecessary to Determine the Need for Neoadjuvant Therapy.
- Laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: critical steps and adjunct techniques to minimize recurrence.
- Early adoption of robotic pulmonary lobectomy: feasibility and initial outcomes.
- Diaphragmatic relaxing incisions during laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair.
- Pharyngeal pH monitoring better predicts a successful outcome for extraesophageal reflux symptoms after antireflux surgery.
- Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus in the Young.
- Antireflux surgery and the risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma: an antithetical view of the data from sweden.
- Onlay ventral hernia repairs using porcine non-cross-linked dermal biologic mesh.
- Home self-dilatation for esophageal strictures.
- Effect of Barrett's esophagus surveillance on esophageal preservation, tumor stage, and survival with esophageal adenocarcinoma.
- Management of stage 1 esophageal cancer.
- Intraluminal pH and Goblet Cell Density in Barrett's Esophagus.
- General anatomy of the esophagus.
- Laparoscopic versus Open Repair of Paraesophageal Hernia: The Second Decade.
- Thoraco-Abdominal Pressure Gradients During the Phases of Respiration Contribute to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
- Day-to-day discrepancy in Bravo pH monitoring is related to the degree of deterioration of the lower esophageal sphincter and severity of reflux disease.
- The prevalence of lymph node metastases in patients with T1 esophageal adenocarcinoma a retrospective review of esophagectomy specimens.
- Endoscopic resection and ablation versus esophagectomy for high-grade dysplasia and intramucosal adenocarcinoma.
- Loss of alkalization in proximal esophagus: a new diagnostic paradigm for patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux.
- The histologic squamo-oxyntic gap: an accurate and reproducible diagnostic marker of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Long-term follow-up after anti-reflux surgery in patients with Barrett's esophagus.
- Preface: tracheobronchial, pulmonary and mediastinal problems in general thoracic surgery.
- The impact of gastric distension on the lower esophageal sphincter and its exposure to acid gastric juice.
- Reflux, Barrett's, and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus: can we disrupt the pathway?
- Genetic variations in angiogenesis pathway genes predict tumor recurrence in localized adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
- Letter to the editor regarding "Definition of Barrett's esophagus: time for a rethink-is intestinal metaplasia dead?".
- Esophageal intraepithelial eosinophils in dysphagic patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Recurrence after esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma: defining optimal follow-up intervals and testing.
- Progressive mucosal injury in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and increasing peripheral blood eosinophil counts.
- Proximal esophageal pH monitoring: improved definition of normal values and determination of a composite pH score.
- Evaluation and treatment of superficial esophageal cancer.
- Circular stapled pyloroplasty during esophagectomy with gastric pull-up.
- The value of high-resolution manometry in the assessment of the resting characteristics of the lower esophageal sphincter.
- Questions regarding surgery to correct short-segment BE: comment on "Late results of the surgical treatment of 125 patients with short-segment Barrett esophagus&q...
- Clinical characteristics, biologic behavior, and survival after esophagectomy are similar for adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction and the distal esophagus.
- Closing the loop around esophagectomy after neoadjuvant therapy.
- Obesity and gastroesophageal reflux: quantifying the association between body mass index, esophageal acid exposure, and lower esophageal sphincter status in a large se...
- Re: Cardiac rather than intestinal-type background in endoscopic resection specimens of minute Barrett adenocarcinoma.
- Delayed esophagogastrostomy: a safe strategy for management of patients with ischemic gastric conduit at time of esophagectomy.
- Hiatal hernia, lower esophageal sphincter incompetence, and effectiveness of Nissen fundoplication in the spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Survival in lymph node negative adenocarcinoma of the esophagus after R0 resection with and without neoadjuvant therapy: evidence for downstaging of N status.
- Epidemiology and biology of esophageal cancer.
- An improved method of assessing esophageal emptying using the timed barium study following surgical myotomy for achalasia.
- Bravo catheter-free pH monitoring: normal values, concordance, optimal diagnostic thresholds, and accuracy.
- Predicting systemic disease in patients with esophageal cancer after esophagectomy: a multinational study on the significance of the number of involved lymph nodes.
- The number of lymph nodes removed predicts survival in esophageal cancer: an international study on the impact of extent of surgical resection.
- Plasma DNA is more reliable than carcinoembryonic antigen for diagnosis of recurrent esophageal cancer.
- High intraepithelial eosinophil counts in esophageal squamous epithelium are not specific for eosinophilic esophagitis in adults.
- The location of intestinal metaplasia within a columnar-lined esophagus.
- Vagal-sparing esophagectomy: the ideal operation for intramucosal adenocarcinoma and barrett with high-grade dysplasia.
- Plasma DNA as a molecular marker for completeness of resection and recurrent disease in patients with esophageal cancer.
- Reduction of interleukin 8 gene expression in reflux esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus with antireflux surgery.
- EMR for intramucosal adenocarcinoma of the esophagus: does one size fit all?
- Increasing cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) gene expression in the progression of Barrett's esophagus to adenocarcinoma correlates with that of Bcl-2.
- Clinical biology and surgical therapy of intramucosal adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
- Antireflux surgery normalizes cyclooxygenase-2 expression in squamous epithelium of the distal esophagus.
- The impact of reflux composition on mucosal injury and esophageal function.
- Molecular determinants in targeted therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma.
- Modern 5-year survival of resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma: single institution experience with 263 patients.
- Complications of achalasia surgery.
- Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and cardia: a review of the disease and its treatment.
- Increased CDX2 and decreased PITX1 homeobox gene expression in Barrett's esophagus and Barrett's-associated adenocarcinoma.
- Survivin, a potential biomarker in the development of Barrett's adenocarcinoma.
- Surgical therapy for Barrett's esophagus.
- Indications and technique of colon and jejunal interpositions for esophageal disease.
- Comparison of the clinical and histological characteristics and survival of distal esophageal-gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in patients with and without bar...
- Barrett's esophagus in females: a comparative analysis of risk factors in females and males.
- The mutagenic potential of duodenoesophageal reflux.
- Endoscopic mucosal resection and vagal-sparing esophagectomy for high-grade dysplasia and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
- Cardiac mucosa in the remnant esophagus after esophagectomy is an acquired epithelium with Barrett's-like features.
- Increased acid exposure in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease influences cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression in the squamous epithelium of the lower esophagus.
- En bloc vs transhiatal esophagectomy for stage T3 N1 adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus.
- Prevalence and risk factors for ischemia, leak, and stricture of esophageal anastomosis: gastric pull-up versus colon interposition.
- Preoperative lower esophageal sphincter pressure affects outcome of laparoscopic esophageal myotomy for achalasia.
- Surgical management of hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter with dysphagia or chest pain.
- Increasing esophageal length: a comparison of laparoscopic versus transthoracic esophageal mobilization with and without vagal trunk division in pigs.
- Lymph node involvement in esophageal adenocarcinoma: if you see one, have you seen them all?
- Barrett's esophagus can and does regress after antireflux surgery: a study of prevalence and predictive features.
- Editorial comment: The short esophagus: going, going, gone?
- Vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor expression in esophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett esophagus.
- Cytokeratin and DAS-1 immunostaining reveal similarities among cardiac mucosa, CIM, and Barrett's esophagus.
- Excellent quality of life after Nissen fundoplication depends on successful elimination of reflux symptoms and not the invasiveness of the surgical approach.
- Vagal-sparing esophagectomy: a more physiologic alternative.
- Absence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in a majority of patients taking acid suppression medications after Nissen fundoplication.
- Physiologic mechanism and preoperative prediction of new-onset dysphagia after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
- A multicenter study of survival after neoadjuvant radiotherapy/chemotherapy and esophagectomy for ypT0N0M0R0 esophageal cancer.
Doctors Specialties
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top Doctors:LA Area
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- Fellow (FACS)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers -
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Hospital
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Keck Hospital of USC
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1609807973 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | DEMEESTER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | STEVEN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 900335324 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Thoracic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 199.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 21.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 10.55 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1609807973 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | DEMEESTER |
| First Name Of The Provider | STEVEN |
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