Philip R. Schauer, MD

Mary Kay and Terrell Brown/Harris J. Chustz Endowed Chair
Professor

Department/Laboratory:
  • Clinical Metabolic Surgery Lab
Phone:
(225) 763-3122 		Fax:
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EDUCATION

MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1986
BS, Texas A & M University, 1982

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Schauer's clinical interests include obesity, diabetes and metabolic surgery. He has performed more than 8,000 operations for severe obesity and diabetes. His research interests include the pathophysiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes, and outcomes of metabolic surgery.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Huang H, Aminian A, Hassan M, Dan O, Axelrod CL, Schauer PR, Bretahhauer SA, Kirwan JP. Gastric Bypass Surgery Improves the Skeletal Muscle Ceramide/S1P Ratio and Upregulates the AMPK/SIRT1/PGC-1g Pathway in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats. Obes Surg. 2019 Feb 26. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-019-03800-z. PMID: 30809769

Ardila-Gates J, Sharma G, NorHanipah Z, Tu C, Brethauer SA, Aminian A, Tolle L, Schauer PR. Bariatric surgery in patients with interstitial lung disease. Surg Endosc. 2018 Oct 26. Doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6475-7. PMID: 30367295

Hanipah ZN, Mulcahy MJ, Sharma G, Punchai S, Steckner K, Dweik R, Aminian A, Schauer PR, Brethauer SA. Bariatric surgery in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Oct;14(10):1581-1586. Doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2018.07.015. PMID: 30449514.

Meister KM, Hufford T, Tu C, Khorgami Z, Schauer PR, Brethauer SA, Aminian A. Clinical Significance of Perioperative Hyperglycemia in Bariatric Surgery: Evidence for Better Perioperative Glucose Management. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Aug 18. Pii: S1550-7289(18)30463-5. Doi:10.1016/j.soard.2018.07.028. PMID: 30245036

Ardila-Gates J, Sharma G, Lloyd SJ, Khorgami Z, Tu C, Schauer PR, Brethauer SA, Aminian A. A National Safety Analysis of Discharge on the First Postoperative Day After Bariatric Surgery in Selected Patients. Obes Surg. 2018 Sep 17. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3489-0. PMID: 30225550

Benlice C, Antoine HJ, Schauer PR. Laparoscopic Conversion of a Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to a Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Morbidly Obese Patient with a Complicated Medical History. Obes Surg. 2018 Sep 20. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3513-4. PMID: 30238214

Rogula T, Leifer D, Petrosky JA, Liu X, Janik M, Zeer V, Fiedorczuk P, Baczek J, Schauer PR. Stapler-Less Robotic Partial Gastrectomy: a Safety and Feasability Experimental Study. Obes Surg. 2019 Feb;29(2):721-728. Doi:10.1007/s11695-018-03634-1. PMID: 30565104

Punchai S, Nor Hanipah Z, Sharma G, Aminian A, Steckner K, Cywinski J, Young JB, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Heart Failure Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device. Obes Surg. 2019 Feb 5. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3570-8. PMID: 30723879

Feng X, Andalib A, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR, Aminian A. How safe is bariatric surgery in patients with class 1 obesity (body mass index 30-35 kg/m2)? Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 Dec 6. Pii: S1550-7289(18)31104-3. Doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2018.12.006. PMID: 30713117

Benlice C, Antoine HJ, Schauer PR. Laparoscopic Conversion of a Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to a Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Morbidly Obese Patient with a Complicated Medical History. Obes Surg. 2018 Dec;28(12);4095. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3513-4. PMID: 30238214

Young L, NorHanipah Z, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR, Aminian A. Long-term impact of bariatric surgery in diabetic nephropathy. Surg Endos. 2018 Sep 24. Doi: 10/1007-s00464-018-6458-8. PMID: 30251143

Aleassa EM, Hassan M, Hayes K, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR, Aminian A. Effect of revisional bariatric surgery on type 2 diabetes mellitus. Surg Endosc. 2018 Oct 19. Doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6541-1. PMID: 30341657

Hanipah ZN, Punchai S, McCullough A, Dasarathy S, Brethauer SA, Aminian A, Schauer PR. Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension. Obes Surg 2018 Aug 14. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3372-z. PMID: 30109667

Landreneau JP, Strong AT, Rodriguez JH, Aleassa EM, Aminian A, Brethauer S, Schauer PR, Kroh MD. Conversion of Sleeve Gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obes Surg 2018 Aug 9. Doi:10.1007/s11695-018-3435-1. PMID: 30094577

Nor Hanipah Z, Schauer PR. Reply Letter to the Editor “The Outcome of Bariatric Surgery in Patients Aged 75 Years and Older”. Obes Surg 2018 Aug 9. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3457-8. PMID: 30094576

Sharma G, Hanipah ZN, Aminian A, Punchai S, Bucak E, Schauer PR, Brethauer SA. Bariatric Surgery in Patients on Chronic Anticoagulation Therapy. Obes Surg 2018 Aug;28(8);2225-2232. Doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3120-4. PMID: 29455405

Le Roux CW, Schauer PR. Prevention is Better Than Cure: The Next Frontier for Bariatric Surgery? Ann Intern Med; 2018 Aug 7. Doi: 10.7326/M18-2114. PMID: 30083758

Goh GB, Schauer PR, McCullough AJ. Considerations for bariatric surgery in patients with cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Jul 28;24(28):3112-3119. Doi:10.3748.wjg.v24.i28.3112. PMID: 30065557


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