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Raul Rosenthal, MD, General Surgery, Weston, FL, Cleveland Clinic Florida

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General Surgery • Weston, FL

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chairman, Department of General Surgery. Cleveland Clinic, Florida

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Summary

  • Raul J. Rosenthal MD,FACS, FASMBS
    Chairman, Department of General Surgery
    Director, General Surgery Residency Program
    Director, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute,
    Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Weston, FL
    Clinical Professor of Surgery at
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at
    Case Western Reserve University

    Professional Activities and Distinctions:
    Dr. Rosenthal completed his medical school and surgical residency in Rosario Argentina. In 1982 he emigrated to Germany he repeated residency and became attending surgeon at the Northwest Hospital. In 1993 Dr. Rosenthal emigrated to the USA. Three years of fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in LA were followed by another residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NY. Since 1999 he is Chief of MIS and Bariatric Surgery and director of Fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida. He is currently the Chairman of the Department of General Surgery and director of the General surgery Residency Program. Dr. Rosenthal served for 6 years in the Board of Governors of SAGES. He is currently served on several ASMBS committee’s including Clinical Issues, Emerging Technologies, Institutional Relationships, and Education Committees. He is the former and founding chair of the International Development Committee, he currently serves as Liaisons to the Council for the State Chapters and is an active member of the International, Surgical Education, Training, and Patient Safety Committee’s. He serves as ASMBS representative to IFSO and represented ASMBS on the Certified Obesity Medical Physician Taskforce. He is founding Clinical Editor of Bariatric Times, Associate Editor of SOARD and Obesity Surgery. He is Editorial Board member of Annals of Surgery, Selected Readings in General Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy. He is the current President of the Fellowship

Clinical Expertise

  • Minimally invasive surgery, General / Gastrointestinal surgery, Esophageal surgery, Gastric surgery, Bariatric surgery, Reoperations of the gastrointestinal tract, Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery

Education & Training

  • Nordwest Hospital
    Nordwest HospitalMD, Surgery, General Surgery residency, 1983
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1997 - 1999
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 1993 - 1996
  • Universidad Nacional de Rosario Faculty of Medicine
    Universidad Nacional de Rosario Faculty of MedicineClass of 1982
  • University of Cambridge
    University of CambridgeNo Degree, Lower Certificate in English, 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1999 - 2025
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Outstanding Achievement Award ASMBS, 2018
  • Master Clinician Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2018
  • Honorary Member Latinamerican Society of Endoscopic Surgeons, ALACE, 2012
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Role of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Outcomes  
    Samuel Szomstein, Raul J Rosenthal, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
  • Short-Term Multi-Organ and Metabolic Benefits of Rapid Weight Loss on Severely Obese Patients After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy  
    Samuel Szomstein, Raul J Rosenthal, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
  • Cutting Edge in Thyroid Surgery: Autofluorescence of Parathyroid Glands  
    Falco J, Dip F, Quadri P, Fuente M, J Am Coll Surg, 1/19/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

  • ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery 
    Chapter: Bleeding after gastric bypass 
    Lo Menzo E, Szomstein SEditors: Nguyen N, Blackstone R, Ponce J, Rosenthal RJ.Springer2015
  • ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery 
    Chapter: Reoperative Bariatric Surgery 
    Lo Menzo E, Szomstein SEditors: Nguyen N, Blackstone R, Ponce J, Rosenthal RJ.Springer2015
  • Prevention and Management of Complications in Bariatric Surgery 
    Chapter: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: Staple line leak 
    Lo Menzo E, Szomstein SEditors: Schauer, Rogula.Oxford University Press2015
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Safety and Efficacy of Gastric Bypass versus Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients 65 and older
    Montorfano L, Perez F, LoMenzo E, Szomstein S, Rosenthal RJ, SAGES, Boston, MA, 1/16/2016
  • Impact ofsleeve gastrectomy on GERD in a morbidly obese population undergoing bariatric surgery
    Szomstein S, LoMenzo E, Rosenthal RJ, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Nashville, TN, 1/15/2015
  • Primary closure of hiatal defects using unidirectional barbed sutures with and without use of mesh
    Szomstein S, LoMenzo E, Rosenthal RJ, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Nashville, TN, 1/15/2015
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Lectures

  • Impact of Routine Intraoperative Recognition of Parathyroid Glands on Postoperative Hypocalcemia Utilizing near-Infrared Autofluorescence Guidance in Patients Undergoi... 
    Weston, FL - 10/28/2014
  • Access to Care in Bariatric Surgery 
    Las Vegas NV - 1/23/2016
  • Colonic and Cava injury during reoperative surgery 
    Las Vegas.NV - 1/22/2016
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Authored Content

  • Short-Term Multi-Organ and Metabolic Benefits of Rapid Weight Loss on Severely Obese Patients After Laparoscopic Sleeve GastrectomyOctober 2018
  • Impact of Routine Intraoperative Recognition of Parathyroid Glands on Postoperative Hypocalcemia Utilizing near-Infrared Autofluorescence Guidance in Patients Undergoing Total ThyroidectomyOctober 2018
  • Role of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy OutcomesOctober 2018

Press Mentions

  • Finding Balance Between Weight Loss Drugs and Surgery
    Finding Balance Between Weight Loss Drugs and SurgeryApril 28th, 2023
  • Bariatric Surgery May Lower Risk of Liver Disease
    Bariatric Surgery May Lower Risk of Liver DiseaseNovember 22nd, 2021
  • Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS, Has Been Admitted into American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators™
    Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS, Has Been Admitted into American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators™October 27th, 2021
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Committees

  • President, South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 2016 - Present
  • President, American Society or Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons 2016 - 2016
  • President, The Fellowship Council 2016 - 2016

Research History

  • Chairman Department of General SurgeryIntraabdominal pressure, intracranial pressure and hemodynamics Surgical training Fluorescent guided Surgery1999 - Present

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • German, Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Raul Rosenthal, Dr. Raul Rosenthal, MD, Dr. R Rosenthal, Dr. Raul J Rosenthal