James Robert Macho MD MS, FACS

Breast, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Attending Surgeon, St. Francis Memorial Hospital; Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

Summary

James Macho, MD, is a general surgeon based in San Francisco, CA, with subspecialties in breast, colon and rectal surgery, trauma surgery, and surgical critical care, as well as minimally invasive surgery. He completed his fellowship in surgical critical care and a residency in surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, following his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Macho practices at Hyperbaric Consultants Medical Group and holds positions as an attending surgeon at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and as an emeritus professor at UCSF Medical Center. His areas of expertise include minimally invasive surgery, trauma care, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound healing. His published works cover topics like cardiac stapling and emergency thoracotomy. Dr. Macho has been recognized as a top doctor by San Francisco Magazine and Castle Connolly, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1980 - 1986
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1983 - 1984
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1980
Rutgers University-The Graduate SchoolMS, Physiology & Biophysics, 1972 - 1973
Boston CollegeBS, Biology, 1967 - 1971

PubMed

69 citations
Selective Use of Tube Cholecystostomy With Interval Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Acute Cholecystitis
Eren Berber, Kristen L. Engle, Andreas String, Adella M. Garland, George J. Chang
Archives of Surgery. 2000-03-01
26 citations
Comparison of laparoscopic ultrasonography and fluorocholangiography in 300 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Allan Siperstein, John E. Pearl, James R. Macho, Paul D. Hansen, A. Gitomirsky
Surgical Endoscopy. 1999-02-01
25 citations
Appendicitis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Timothy M. Whitney, James R. Macho, Thomas R Russell, K. Jan Bossart, F. William Heer
American Journal of Surgery. 1992-11-01

Books/Book Chapters

Schwartz's - Principles of Surgery
Chapter: Leadership in Surgery
Markowiak, S, Merrick, H, Beroukhim, S, Laukka, J, Hill, AL, Nazzal, M, Macho, JR, and Brunicardi, FCEditors: F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, Timothy R. Billiar, David L. Dunn, Lillian S. Kao, John G. Hunter, Jeffrey B. Matthews, Raphael E. Pollock.McGraw–Hill, ChicagoEdition 11th,2019
Schwartz's - Principles of Surgery
Chapter: Inguinal Hernias
Adair, M, Markowiak, S, Richardson K, Muscaro M, Merrick, H, Nazzal M, Macho, JR, and Brunicardi, F.C.Editors: F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, Timothy R. Billiar, David L. Dunn, Lillian S. Kao, John G. Hunter, Jeffrey B. Matthews, Raphael E. Pollock.McGraw–Hill, ChicagoEdition 11th,2019
Schwartz's - Principles of Surgery
Chapter: Ambulatory Surgery/Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Hill, AL, Wu, J, Girgis, M, Tillou, A, Macho, JR and Brunicardi, F.C.Editors: F. Charles Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, Timothy R. Billiar, David L. Dunn, Lillian S. Kao, John G. Hunter, Jeffrey B. Matthews, Raphael E. Pollock.McGraw–Hill, ChicagoEdition 11th,2019