Swedish Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Brian Louie, MD
Brian Louie practices Thoracic Surgery. He has 2 awards "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Brian Louie has written publications. He has 52 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Donor site morbidity following vascularized fibular grafting.'
Publications
- Feasibility, safety, and short-term efficacy of the laparoscopic Nissen-Hill hybrid repair.
- Multi-institutional outcomes using magnetic sphincter augmentation versus Nissen fundoplication for chronic gastroEsophageal reflux disease.
- Inter-Observer Variability in the Interpretation of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Specimens of Esophageal AdenoCarcinoma : Interpretation of ER specimens.
- Radiologic Evaluation of Small Lepidic AdenoCarcinomas to Guide Decision Making in Surgical Resection.
- The Durability of Endoscopic Therapy for Treatment of Barrett's Metaplasia, Dysplasia, and Mucosal Cancer After Nissen Fundoplication.
- Laparoscopy with left chest collis gastroplasty: a simplified technique for shortened Esophagus.
- Patients with multiple nodules and a dominant lung adenoCarcinoma have similar outcomes and survival compared with patients who have a solitary adenoCarcinomaâ€Â
- The Effect of Concurrent Esophageal Pathology on Bariatric Surgical Planning.
- Short-Term Outcomes Using Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Versus Nissen Fundoplication for Medically Resistant GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease.
- Esophagectomy for failed endoscopic therapy in patients with high-grade dysplasia or intramucosal Carcinoma.
- Robotic Pneumonectomy.
- Lung Resection Outcomes and Costs in Washington State: A Case for Regional Quality Improvement.
- The Prevalence of Nodal Upstaging During Robotic Lung Resection in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Defining the Cost of Care for Lobectomy and Segmentectomy: A Comparison of Open, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic, and Robotic Approaches.
- The Multispot rapid HIV-1/HIV-2 differentiation assay is comparable with the Western blot and an immunofluorescence assay at confirming HIV infection in a prospective ...
- Fully Covered Self-Expanding Metal Stents Are Effective For Benign Esophagogastric Disruptions and Strictures.
- Robotic Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Thoracic techniques: robotic thymectomy for thymoma.
- Measuring the Unknown: Calculating Community Viral Load Among HIV-Infected MSM Unaware of Their HIV Status in San Francisco From National HIV Behavioral Surveillance, ...
- Outcomes in Patients Who Have Failed Endoscopic Therapy for Dysplastic Barrett's Metaplasia or Early Esophageal Cancer.
- Robotic lobectomy - the future of minimally invasive lobectomy?
- Length and Pressure of the Reconstructed Lower Esophageal Sphincter is Determined by Both Crural Closure and Nissen Fundoplication.
- Leveraging A Rapid, Round-the-Clock HIV Testing System to Screen for Acute HIV Infection in a Large Urban Public Medical Center.
- HIV voluntary counseling and testing at an abortion clinic: missed opportunities for diagnosis.
- Thoracoscopic talc versus tunneled pleural catheters for palliation of Malignant pleural effusions.
- Near-infrared fluorescence imaging can help identify the contralateral phrenic nerve during robotic thymectomy.
- A Randomized Multiinstitution Comparison of the Laparoscopic Nissen and Hill Repairs.
- Laparoscopic repair of gastric Herniation after extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma.
- Early Experience With Robotic Lung Resection Results in Similar Operative Outcomes and Morbidity When Compared With Matched Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Cases.
- Safety and Utility of Mediastinoscopy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in a Complex Mediastinum.
- Repair of symptomatic giant paraesophageal Hernias in elderly (>70 years) patients results in improved quality of life.
- Hemoptysis and thoracic fungal infections.
- Endoscopic and manometric position-related characteristics of the normal gastroEsophageal junction.
- Comparison of open and minimally invasive thymectomies at a single institution.
- Is esophagectomy the paradigm for volume-outcome relationships?
- Chronic traumatic Diaphragmatic hernia.
- Trimodality therapy for Malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- Sarcoidosis as a benign cause of lymphadenopathy in Cancer patients.
- Overwhelming pulmonary infection after a tobogganing accident.
- 2004 MacLean-Mueller prize enteral or parenteral nutrition for severe pancreatitis: a randomized controlled trial and health technology assessment.
- Laser therapy for an obstructing primary tracheal lymphoma in a patient with AIDS.
- Surveillance of the Remaining Nodules after Resection of the Dominant Lung AdenoCarcinoma is an Appropriate Follow-Up Strategy.
- Comparing robotic Lung resection with thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery cases entered into the society of thoracic surgeons database.
- Performance of Rapid Point-of-Care and Laboratory Tests for Acute and Established HIV Infection in San Francisco.
- Donor site morbidity following Vascularized fibular grafting.
- Integration of data for gene annotation using the BioMediator system.
- Frequent international travel by men who have sex with men recently diagnosed with HIV-1: potential for transmission of primary HIV-1 drug resistance.
- Treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head by free Vascularized fibular grafting: an analysis of surgical outcome and patient health status.
- Reducing surgical length of stay: quantifying the impact.
- Determination of patient quality of life following severe acute pancreatitis.
- Extrapleural pneumonectomy for primary pleural mullerian Tumor in a young woman.
Schools
University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine
University of Alberta
Alberta Hospital
McMaster University
Procedures Preformed
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
- Decortication and Pleurectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Atelectasis
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Lump
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Choice Health PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Group Health Cooperative
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Connect
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- ODS Health Plan
- Heritage Plus
- Heritage Signature
- Personal Option EPO
- Preferred Provider Network PPN
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- Wells Fargo Insurance
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill Campus
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1982767711 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LOUIE | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | BRIAN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 981043588 | |
| NPPES Provider State | WA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 64.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
Helpful Reviews
Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1982767711 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LOUIE |
| First Name Of The Provider | BRIAN |
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