Introduction
Roger A. de la Torre, M.D., FACS
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of Missouri-Columbia
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery
DePaul Health Center
Bridgeton, Missouri
Dr. Roger A. de la Torre completed his collegiate
studies with Honors from the University of Notre Dame and then went on to
graduate from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1986. He did
his Internship and Residency in General Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical
Center in Miami Beach, Florida. Upon finishing his residency in 1991,
he went into private practice where he soon became recognized for his
abilities as a laparoscopic surgeon.
Dr. de la Torre has been instrumental in training
surgeons across the country on a variety of laparoscopic operations.
Furthermore, he has been an invited speaker at hospitals and universities in
several countries in South America, Europe and Asia, where he not only
lectured on different laparoscopic procedures, but many times also performed
live telesurgeries before gatherings of distinguished surgeons. Dr. de
la Torre’s many publications range from peer reviewed journal articles to
chapters in several textbooks on surgery.
During his time in private practice, Dr. de la Torre
has also worked to develop numerous surgical devices, and he is the holder
of over 40 patents worldwide. One of these, for “Laparoscopic Access
Port for Surgical Instruments or the Hand,” has proven instrumental in
initiating a whole new field of minimally invasive surgery. His novel
approach is currently used in a variety of intra-abdominal operations,
especially different procedures to the colon, spleen, stomach and kidney.
The benefits of this “hand assisted laparoscopy” over the traditional, open
method has been directly linked to a marked increase in live kidney donors
for transplantation.
Dr. de la Torre is one of the first surgeons in the
world to have performed a Roux-en-Y divided gastric bypass laparoscopically.
He and his partner, Dr. J. Stephen Scott, developed and later published an
often-cited article on their totally intra-abdominal approach to accomplish
this operation. He has participated in nearly 4,000 bariatric
procedures, and has been designated an "American
Society for Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence surgeon."
In a continuing effort to treat the growing problem of
obesity in the U.S., Dr. de la Torre and his partner founded Satiety, Inc.
in the year 2000, with the world-renowned surgeon and inventor, Dr. Thomas
J. Fogarty. This company is working to deal with obesity via
endoscopic techniques and has been featured as one of the “Twelve Sizzling
Start-ups” of the early millennium.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Roger A. de la Torre, M.D., FACS
MEDICAL LICENSURE
State of Missouri-Active
BOARDCERTIFICATION Diplomat
of The American Board of Surgery
Recertification 2005
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
December 1998
Fellow of The American College of Surgeons
October 1995
EDUCATION:
Indiana University School
of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
Doctor of Medicine Degree 1986
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana
Bachelor of Arts Degree (with Honors) 1979
INTERNSHIP AND
RESIDENCY
Mount
Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, Florida
General Surgery
1986-1991
ACADEMIC AND HOSPITAL
APPOINTMENTS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Missouri School of Medicine
Columbia,
Missouri
2004 –
Present
Clinical
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University
of Missouri School of Medicine
Columbia,
Missouri
1996 -2004
Director
Missouri Bariatric Services
University
of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia,
Missouri
2004 -
Present
Director
of Minimally Invasive Surgery
DePaul
Health Center
Bridgeton,
Missouri
2003-Present
Clinical
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University
of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kansas City,
Missouri
2003 – 2004
Medical
Director
Crossroads
Regional Medical Center
Wentzville,
Missouri
2000 – 2003
Chief of
Surgery
Doctors Hospital/Crossroads Regional Hospital
Wentzville,
Missouri
1991-2003
Adjunct
Clinical Faculty
St. Louis University Department of Surgery
St. Louis,
Missouri
1998 -1999
Faculty
Advanced Laparoscopic Training Center
Atlanta,
Georgia
1994 – 1998
Faculty
Missouri Laser Institute
St. Louis,
Missouri
1994 - 1997
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Co-Founder and Director
Towertech Research Group, Inc.
Wentzville, Missouri
2004 -
Present
Co-Founder
Satiety, Inc.
Palo Alto,
California
2000 –
Present
Co-Founder
Midwest Bariatric Center
Wentzville,
Missouri
1996 –
Present
General
Partner
General, Laparoscopic & Vascular Surgery, L.L.C.
Wentzville,
Missouri
1996 –
Present
General
Partner
de la Torre/Scott General, Laparoscopic & Vascular Surgery
Wentzville,
Missouri
1991 - 1996
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
American Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Gainesville, Florida
1998 - present
American Society of General Surgeons
Glenview, Illinois
1996 - present
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois
1995 – Present
Missouri Chapter American College of Surgeons
Mexico, Missouri
1995 – present
American Hernia Society
Orlando, Florida
1997 – 2005
Medical
Advisory Board
C.R. Bard, Inc.
Billerica,
Massachusetts
1994 – 2001
American Association for the Advancement of
Science
Washington, DC
1996 – 1999
New York
Academy of Science
New York,
New York
1995-1999
Who’s Who of Science and Engineering
New Providence,
New Jersey
1997-1998
Who’s Who of American Inventors
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
1996-1997
BOARD
APPOINTMENTS Board Member
Allegiant Bank
St. Peters,
Missouri
1997 – 1999
Medical Advisory Board
General Surgical Innovations
Cupertino,
California
1994 – 1999
Clinical Advisory Board
MicroSurge, Inc.
Needham,
Massachusetts 02194
1995 - 1996
Hernia Advisory Board
U.S. Surgical Corp.
Norwalk, Connecticut 06856
1993 – 1996
PUBLICATIONS
1. de la Torre, Roger A., Edelman, David
S., Sendzischew, Harry. " Basilic
Vein Thrombosis
Near an Arterial-Venous Access Graft Resulting in a Symptomatic Upper
Extremity - A
Case Report."
Vascular Surgery
1990; 524-529
2.
de la Torre, Roger A., Scott, J. Stephen, Unger, Stephen
W. " Percutaneous Endoscopic
Jejunostomy in a Patient with Previous Esophagectomy. "The
American Surgeon 1991;
57:269-70
3. Scott, J. Stephen, de la Torre, Roger A., Unger,
Stephen W. " Comparison of Operative vs.
Percutaneous Endoscopic
Gastrostomy Tube Placement in the Elderly. " The American Surgeon
1991;57:338-40
4. Fogarty, Thomas J.,
Scott, J. Stephen, de la Torre, Roger A., Denes, Bela S., Hermann,
George D. "Selected
Applications of Balloon Dissection." Surgical Technology International
III.
San Francisco:
Universal Medical Press, Inc.; 1994
5. de la Torre, Roger A.,
Scott, J. Stephen, Blumenthal, Mark F. "Management of Intra-
Abdominal Testicle
During Laparoscopic Hernia Repair: A Case Report. " Surgical Endoscopy
1995; 9:711-713
6. Read, R.C., de la
Torre, Roger A., Scott, J. Stephen. "Balloon Dissection of the Space of
Bogros via the Femoral
Canal for Total Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy.
"
Surgical Endoscopy 1997; 11:687-692
7. Khouri, R.K., de la Torre, Roger. A., de la Peńa, J.
A., Hermann, G. D., Echeverry, J.
"Endoscopic Balloon Assisted Pre-Peritoneal Repair of Abdominal Wall Laxity.
" Plastic
Surgical Forum
September 1997
8. Scott, J. Stephen,
de la Torre, Roger A., Richardson, Norbert L, Richardson, Donna T.
"Advances in Balloon
Dissection." Surgical Technology International VI. San Francisco:
Universal Medical
Press, Inc., 1997
9. de la Torre, Roger A.,
Scott, J. Stephen. "Laparoscopic Roux-ex-Y Gastric Bypass: A
Totally Intra-Abdominal
Approach. Obesity Surgery 1999;9(5):492-498
10. de la Torre, Roger A.,
Scott, J. Stephen. "Endoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Hernia Repair
with Balloon
Dissection. " Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery, Philadelphia: W.B.
Saunders
Company, 2000
11. de la Torre, Roger A.,
Scott, J. Stephen, Walen, Mary Lou, Rodgers, Patty.
"The Multi-Disciplinary Team."
Obesity Surgery 2001;11(1):98
12. de la Torre, Roger A, Scott J. Stephen.
"Gastric Bypass has a Role in the
Treatment of
Morbid Obesity."
Endocrine Today. May 2005
13. de la Torre, Roger A., Scott J. Stephen.
"Laparoscopic
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with Transgastric Anvil Placement
" Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Philadelphia,
PA; 2005:
116-122
14. de la Torre, Roger A., Johnson,
Colleen M, Johansen, Taylor, Scott J. Stephen,
"Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric
Bypass."
Surgery
for Obesity Related
Diseases.
August 2005
15. de la Torre, Roger A.,
Scott J. Stephen, Sorensen, Brent. "Incidental
Splenic Artery
Aneurysm During Laparoscopic Gastric Banding.
" Obesity Surgery Journal. January 2006
16. de
la Torre, Roger A,
Scott, J. Stephen, Fitzer, Matthew. “Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass:
Trans-gastric Circular Stapler.” Obesity Surgery: Practice and
Principles
Mcgraw-Hill
2007
17.
de la
Torre, Roger A,
Scott, J. Stephen. “Work-up of Post-operative Bariatric Patients in the
Emergency Room” SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery. Accepted for Publication
2007
18.
de la
Torre, Roger A,
Scott, J. Stephen. “The Role of Intraoperative and Postoperative Endoscopy”
SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery. Accepted for Publication 2007
19.
de la
Torre, Roger A,
Bachman, Sharon L, Wheeler, Andrew, Bartow, Kevin.
“Hemostasis and Hemostatic Agents
in Minimally Invasive Surgery” Zymogenetics Sponsored Supplement for SURGERY
Handbook. 2007
PRESENTATIONS
1.
"Appendicitis in the Elderly"
Southeastern Surgical Society, 1989
2.
"Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy" Society of American
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
Surgeons, 1989
3.
"Appendicitis in the Elderly versus Non-elderly" American College of
Surgeons, Greater
Miami Chapter, 1990
4. "Indications for
Angiography After Thrombectomy Vascular Access" South Florida Society
for Vascular Surgery,
1990
5. "Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy in the Morbidly Obese Patient" Society of American
Gastrointestinal
Endoscopic Surgeons. 1991
6. Jornada Internacional de
Hernioplastia Laparoscopica International Congress. "Laparoscopic
Herniorrhaphy." Santiago, Chile, August 1994
7. "Comparison of
Anesthesia Modalities in Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy"
American College of
Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois. October 1994
8. "Laparoscopic Treatment
of Abdominal Wall Hernias" New England Medical Center,
Boston, Maine, April
1995
9. "Theory and Practice of
Video & Endoscopic Surgery" Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons
of Rio de Janeiro, Course I, May 1995
10. "Extraperitoneal
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair for Recurrent Inguinal Hernia" American
College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana. October
1995
11. "Insufflation Via the
Femoral Canal for Total Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic
Herniorrhaphy"
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 5th
World
Congress, March 1996
12. "Anesthetic
Alternatives in Endoscopic Hernia Repair" Poster. Missouri Chapter American
College of Surgeons, 1996
13. "Inguinal Herniorrhaphy" 21st
National Congress of the College of International Surgeons,
Rio de Janeiro, April 1996
14. "Anesthetic Alternatives
for Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy: A Surgeon’s Perspective" American
College of Surgeons, San Francisco, California. October 199
15. "Endoscopic Hernia Repair
Using Local Anesthesia With Sedation Poster Presentation, Poster #069.
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, San Diego, March
1997
16.
"Laparoscopic Partial (Toupet)
Fundoplication for Treatment of GERD" Abstract. Missouri
Chapter American
College of Surgeons 1997 Annual Professional Meeting, June 1997
17.
"Comparisons in Primary vs. Recurrent
Hernias After Endoscopic Hernia Repair" Abstract-
Missouri College of
Surgeons 1997 Professional Meeting, June 1997
18.
"Advances in Endoscopic Surgery" American College of Surgeons Chicago,
Illinois
October 1997
19.
"Endoscopic Repair of Ventral Incisional
Hernia – Subfascial Approach" American Hernia
Society, Miami,
Florida. February 1998
20
"Causes of Recurrence After Open Hernia
Repair"
American Hernia Society, Miami, Florida.
February 1998
21.
"Endoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernia -
Subfascial Approach"
Suvretta II Symposium,
Switzerland. March 1998
22.
"Complications of Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair" Suvretta II Symposium, Switzerland.
March 1998
23.
"SEPS for Treatment of Venous Stasis
Disease"
Society of American Gastrointestinal
Endoscopic Surgeons,
Seattle, Washington. April 1998
24.
"Endoscopic Retro-Muscular Mesh Repair
of Ventral Hernia" Missouri Chapter of American
College of Surgeons
(Poster) June 1998
25.
"Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Procedures –
Where and When"
Missouri Chapter of American
College of Surgeons.
Poster. June 1998
26.
"Medical and Surgical Management of the Morbidly Obese Patient
Endo-Surgery." Miami
University,
Miami, Florida. June 2000
27.
"Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Totally
Intra-Abdominal Approach" American
Society of
Bariatric Surgery. Memphis, Tennessee. June 2000
28.
"Morbid Obesity – Surgical Management and Postoperative Care" Society of Spanish Surgeons
for Obesity,
Tenerife, Canary Islands. May 2001
29.
"Laparoscopic
Assists ERCP: A Novel Technique to Treat Choledocholithiasis Diagnosed
after
Laparoscopic Roux En-Y Gastric Bypass"
SAGES. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2005
(Poster Presentation)
30.
"Incidental Splenic Artery Aneurysm During Laparoscopic Gastric
Banding"
American
Society of Bariatric Surgery. Orlando, Florida.
June 2005.
31.
"Preoperative Hypercapnia as a Risk Marker for
Postoperative Respiratory Failure in
The Patient with Sleep Apnea: A Report of Two Cases"
American Society of Bariatric
Surgery. San Francisco, California. June 2006
32. “Hemostasis and Hemostatic Agents in Minimally
Invasive Surgery.” ZymoGenetics 2nd Annual Surgical Hemostasis
Symposium, Seattle, Washington, September 2006
33.
“New Approaches to Surgical Weight Loss.” Surgery
Sumposium, University of Missouri Health Care. Columbia, Missouri. September
2006
