Dr. Rami Lutfi, MD
Dr. Rami Lutfi, MD is a bariatric surgery specialist in Chicago, IL. He is affiliated with Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He is accepting new patients and telehealth appointments.
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3000 N Halsted St Ste 703 Chicago, IL 60657Make an Appointment
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"My practice philosophy is to emphasize and exhaust all non-surgical treatment options before considering surgery. When surgery is necessary, we utilize the latest technological advances and minimally invasive surgery to assure patients are receiving...read morebiography
Rami Lutfi, MD, FACS is nationally and internationally known as a leader in Bariatric Surgery. He is a pioneer of many ground-breaking techniques and procedures, including being the first surgeon to perform a sleeve gastrectomy in Illinois and...read moreBariatric Surgery
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Colorectal Surgery
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Vanderbilt University Hospital
Fellowship HospitalUniversity Of Damascus, Faculty Of Medicine
Medical SchoolUniversity Of Illinois Hospital
Internship Hospital, 1998
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Is Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery the Most Effective Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Morbidly Obese Patients?, Nov 2005
Three years experience doing the Stretta procedure; does it really make a difference?, Feb 2005
Resolution of metabolic syndrome after gastric bypass surgery: Multivariate analysis, May 2005
Predictors of early quality-of-life improvement after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, April 2007
Endoscopic Treatment Modalities for Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Sept 2004
Heller myotomy vs Heller myotomy plus Dor fundoplication: cost-utility analysis of a randomized trial, March 2006
Current Treatment of Achalsia, 2005
Endoscopic evaluation of the gastrojejunostomy in laparoscopic gastric bypass A series of 340 patients without postoperative leak, Dec 2005
The Stretta Procedure, 2004
Predictors of success after laparoscopic gastric bypass: a multivariate analysis of socioeconomic factors, 6/ 2006
Heller Myotomy versus Heller Myotomy with Dor Fundoplication for Achalasia: a Prospective Randomized Double-blind Clinical Trial, Sept 2004
Laparoscopic lysis of adhesions, 2004
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Comparison of two techniques of gastrointestinal anastomosis, May 2005
NBC Better Health PodCast with Dr. Sandy Goldberg, 2/18/2008
The Endoscopic Radiofrequency Approach to Management of GERD, June 2004
Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS) Scholarship Award, 2003
Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS) Scholarship Award, 2004
Resident Achievement Award; University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003
SAGES Research Grant Award; “Acid Clearance Physiology after Collis-Nissen Gastroplasty, Nissen Fundoplication, and In Healthy Individuals.”, 2005
SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons) Best Laparoscopic Fellows oral presentation, 2004
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- Wed: 1:00pm - 5:30pm
- Thu: 9:00am - 5:00pm
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- Sat: 8:00am - 12:00pm
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hospital awardsView all awardsAmerica's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2023)
Top 5% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality
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85%Patients said they were given information about recovering at home1% higher than the national average
77%Patients said that nurses always listened to them and explained things well2% higher than the national average
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