L.AlbertWetterMDMBBS, FRCSed, FACS

General Surgery • Burlingame, CA

Bariatric Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Attending Minimally Invasive General and Foregut Surgery

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Office
1501 Trousdale Dr
5th Floor
Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone+1 650-652-8787
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Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1991 - 1994
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1992 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2022 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2024 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

12 citations
Endoscopic technique for subfascial perforating vein interruption.
Roy L. Tawes, L. Albert Wetter, George D. Hermann, Thomas J. Fogarty> ;Journal of Endovascular Surgery. 1996 Nov 1
9 citations
Heat ablation of the normal gallbladder in pigs.
Beverly D.L. Aagaard, L. Albert Wetter, Carolyn K. Montgomery, Roy L. Gordon> ;Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 1994 Mar 1
28 citations
The Ultrasonic Dissector Facilitates Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
L. Albert Wetter, John H. Payne, Gerald Kirshenbaum, Eileen F. Podoll, Thomas Bachinsky, Lawrence W. Way> ;Archives of Surgery. 1992 Oct 1
194 citations
Thoracoscopic esophagomyotomy. Initial experience with a new approach for the treatment of achalasia.
Carlos A. Pellegrini, L. Wetter, Marco G. Patti, Rhoda Leichter, Gil Mussan, Toshiyuki Mori, Geoffrey Bernstein, Lawrence Way> ;Annals of Surgery. 1992 Sep 1
17 citations
Controlled trial of polyglycolic acid versus catgut and nylon for appendicectomy wound closure
L. A. Wetter, M. D. Dinneen, M. D. Levitt, R. W. Motson> ;The British Journal of Surgery. 2005 Dec 8
13 citations
Surgical therapy for gallstone disease.
L A Wetter, L W Way> ;Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 1991 Mar 1
70 citations
Differential diagnosis of sclerosing cholangiocarcinomas of the common hepatic duct (Klatskin tumors).
L. Albert Wetter, Ernest J. Ring, Carlos A. Pellegrini, Lawrence W. Way> ;American Journal of Surgery. 1991 Jan 1
11 citations
Operative choledochoscopy: common bile duct exploration is incomplete without it.
R W Motson, L A Wetter> ;The British Journal of Surgery. 2005 Dec 8
39 citations
Differences in outer membrane characteristics between gallstone-associated bacteria and normal bacterial flora
L.A. Wetter, R.M. Hamadeh, J. McL Griffis, A. Oesterie, B. Aagaard, Lawrence W. Way> ;Lancet. 1994 Feb 19
Traumatic indirect inguinal hernia: a seat belt injury.
Dinneen, M. D., Wetter, L. A., Orr, N. W.> ;Injury. 1989 May
Urethral strictures and aortic surgery. Suprapubic rather than urethral catheters.
Dinneen, M. D., Wetter, L. A., May, A. R.> ;Eur J Vasc Surg. 1990 Oct
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Hospital Affiliations

El Camino HealthMountain View, California
Mills-Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, California
San Mateo Medical CenterSan Mateo, California