Matthew Lublin, MD, FACS
CURRICULUM VITAE

Hospital Privileges
St. John’s Health Center; Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center; Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica Surgery Center; Santa Monica, California

Surgical Residency Training
7/03 – 6/04      Cedars-Sinai Hospital Minimally Invasive Surgical Fellowship
                        (advanced laparoscopy and bariatric surgery)
7/01 – 6/03      Mount Sinai Hospital General Surgery Residency Program
7/99 – 6/01       NIH/NCI Surgical Oncology Fellowship
7/96 – 6/99       Mount Sinai Hospital General Surgery Residency Program

Bariatric Training
Laparoscopic Bariatric Fellows Course at the Ethicon Surgical Institute, 5/2004

American Society for Bariatric Surgery - Essentials Course in Bariatric Surgery, 6/2004.

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (Lap-Band®) Course, 2005
Operative Lap-Band Certification, 5/09/05.

                                                                                                                     
Education
1994 – 1996 UCLA School of Medicine
                   M.D. 6/96
1992 – 1994 Sackler School of Medicine
1987 – 1991 University of Pennsylvania
                   B.A. 5/91 in United States History

Honors and Awards
1993 Sackler School of Medicine Academic Award for Excellence
(#1 student in class)

2003 Mount Sinai Hospital David A Dreilling Award for Academic Achievement

Certification
American Board of Surgery, 5/04/2004.
National Board of Medical Examiners, Part I. June 1994: 220.
National Board of Medical Examiners, Part II. August 1995: 204.
National Board of Medical Examiners, Part III. May 1997: 187.
Advanced Trauma Life Support, July 2001.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, February 2005.

Professional Organizations
Candidate Member of American College of Surgeons
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American Society of Bariatric Physicians

Positions Held
Research Assistant. UCLA School of Medicine. June to August 1994.
Research Assistant. UCLA School of Medicine. June to August 1993.
Research Assistant. Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital. July 1991 to January 1992.

Publications

Journals
Dolgin S, Lublin M, Shlasko E. Maximizing Ovarian Salvage
when Treating Idiopathic Adnexal Torsion. J Pediatr Surg 35:624-626, 2000.

Lublin M, Danforth DN. Iatrogenic Gallbladder Perforation:
Conservative Management by Percutaneous Drainage and Cholecystostomy. Am Surg 67:760-3, 2001.

Lublin M, Schwartzentruber D, et al. Principles for the Surgical Management of Patients
with Proteus Syndrome and Patients with Overgrowth not Meeting Proteus
Criteria. J Pediatr Surg. 2002 Jul;37(7):1013-20.

Lublin M, Bartlett D, Danforth DN. Hepatic Abscess in Patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease. Ann Surg 235(3):383-91, 2002.

Lublin M, Reis E. Easier Stitch Insertion for Crural Closure. Contemp Surg 59 (11):534, 2003.

Lublin M, Chauvin S, et al. Delayed Colonic Stricture and Obstruction Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Trauma 57(1):193-5, 2004.

Lyass S, Khalili TM, Cunneen S, Fujita F, Otsuka K, Chopra R, Lahmann B, Lublin M, Furman G, Phillips EH. Radiological studies after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: routine or selective? Am Surg 70(10):918-21, 2004.

Lublin M, Crawford DL, Hiatt JR, Phillips EH. Symptoms before and after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones. Am Surg (10):863-6, 2004.

Lublin M, Lyass S, Lahmann B, Cunneen SA, Khalili TM, Phillips EH. Leveling the Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Surg Endosc 19(6): 845-848, 2005.

Lublin M, Phillips EH. Laparoscopic Management of the Difficult Gallbladder: a technique of transverse gallbladder transection. Submitted to Contemp Surg.

Lublin M, McCoy M, Waldrep DJ.  Perforating marginal ulcers after laparoscopic gastric bypass.Surg Endosc 20(1):51-4, 2006. 

Chapters
Lublin M, Schwartzentruber D. Bowel Obstruction. Principles and Practice of Supportive Oncology, 2nd edition. Eds. Berger AM, Portenoy RK, Weissman DE. Lippincott-Raven, 2002.

Presentations
Hsu C, Lublin M, Yang J, Rosenberg SA, and Hwu P. Therapy of B16 Melanoma Using the p15e Antigen. Poster Presentation. Immunology Interest Group Retreat. National Institutes of Health, 1999.

Lublin M, Schwartzentruber D, et al. Proteus Syndrome: A Paradigm for the Surgical Management of a Mosaic Disorder. Poster Presentation. AAP National Conference and Exhibition, 2001.

Lublin M, MD, Crawford DL, MD, Phillips EH. Pre- and Post-Operative Pain and Non-Pain Symptoms after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Gallstone Disease. Southern California Chapter ACS Meeting, January, 2004.

Lublin M, Lyass S, Lahmann B, Cunneen SA, Khalili TM, Phillips EH. Leveling the Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, February, 2004.

Lyass S, Higa K, Lahmann B, Lublin M et al. Surgical complications of laparoscopic Roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity. American Society of Bariatric Surgery  Meeting, June, 2004.

Lectures, Courses
“Reverse Immunology;” Presented at the Mount Sinai Medical Center Surgical
Grand Rounds, New York City, NY, February 26, 2003.

“Morbid Obesity and Weight Loss Surgery.” Presented at Los Robles Regional Medical Center Grand Rounds, Thousand Oaks, CA, March 18, 2005.

“Morbid Obesity and Weight Loss Surgery.” Presented at Simi Valley Hospital Grand Rounds, Simi Valley, CA,  August 18, 2005.

“Laparoscopic Colon Surgery” Presented at Los Robles Regional Medical Center Grand Rounds, Thousand Oaks, CA, February 10, 2006.

“What’s New in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery” Presented at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Grand Rounds, Northridge, CA, March 7, 2006.

“The Skinny on Morbid Obesity.” Presented at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center Grand Rounds, Encino, CA,  March 27, 2006.