About Us
Meet the Team
Conditions & Procedures
Patient Stories
Patient Center
Appointments & Referrals
- Request an Appointment
- Refer a Patient
- New Patient Questionnaire
- Patient Eligibility
- Location & Directions
Center of Excellence
- Why UCSF for Bariatric Surgery
Patient Resources
- Patient Education
- Videos
- Bariatric Surgery Support Group
Education & Training
GI/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
- Program Description
- Clinical Fellows
Research
News & Events
Stanley James Rogers, M.D.
- Professor and Interim Division Chief
- Division of General Surgery
- Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Director, Bariatric Surgery Center, Liver Tumor Ablation Program, and Minimally Invasive Surgery
- His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX Distinguished Professor of Global Surgery
- Ruth M. Dunn Endowed Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Contact Information
Academic Office
Campus Box 0790
San Francisco, CA 94143-0790
(415) 476-0762 Phone
(888) 726-0822 Fax
[email protected]
Patient Clinics
(415) 353-2161 UCSF Medical Center
(415) 206-8673 SFGH
Campus Box 0790
San Francisco, CA 94143-0790
(415) 476-0762 Phone
(888) 726-0822 Fax
[email protected]
Patient Clinics
(415) 353-2161 UCSF Medical Center
(415) 206-8673 SFGH
Education
- 1983-87, University of Wyoming, B.A. in Zoology and Physiology
- 1987-91, University of Utah School of Medicine, M.D.
Fellowships
- 1996-97, University of California, San Francisco / UCSF Mt. Zion Medical Center, Fellow Laparoscopic Surgery, Surgical Sonography, GI Endoscopy
Clinical Expertise
- Achalasia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Bile Duct Injuries
- Bile Duct Strictures
- Choledochal Cyst Disease
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gall Bladder Disease
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (Lap-Band)
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Liver Cysts
- Liver Metastases
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Obesity
- Revisional Bariatric Surgery
- Tumor Ablation
Biography
Stanley James Rogers, MD is Professor and Interim Division Chief of the Division of General Surgery, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX Distinguished Professor of Global Surgery, and the Ruth M. Dunn Endowed Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Dr. Rogers is also Director of the Bariatric Surgery Center, Liver Tumor Ablation Program, and Minimally Invasive Surgery as well as Director of Videoendoscopic Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. He serves as a member of the clinical team at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Rogers received a BA in zoology and physiology from the University of Wyoming and an MD from the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Rogers completed his surgical training at UCSF, including his general surgery residency, as well as fellowships in laparoscopic surgery, surgical sonography and GI endoscopy. His research interests are in the areas of liver tumor ablation and GI and bariatric surgery in particular studying minimally invasive surgery.
Awards & Honors
Award
Confired By
Date
Research & Funding
Data provided by UCSF Profiles, powered by CTSI
- Effects of Sleeve Gastrectomy on Calcium Metabolism and the SkeletonSponsor: NIHSponsor ID: R01DK107629Funding Period:Mar 2016-Feb 2021Co-Investigator
- Prebiotic Intervention to Improve Calcium Absorption After Gastric Bypass SurgerySponsor: NIH/NIDDKSponsor ID: R21DK112126Funding Period:Jul 2017-Mar 2019Co-Investigator
- Effects of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Calcium Metabolism and the SkeletonSponsor: NIHSponsor ID: IK2CX000549Funding Period:Apr 2011-Jun 2016Co-Investigator
- Treatment of IPF with Laparoscopic Anti-reflux SurgerySponsor: NIH/NHLBISponsor ID: UM1HL119089Funding Period:Aug 2013-May 2016Co-Investigator
- EVALUATION OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERYSponsor: NIH/NIDDKSponsor ID: K08DK002607Funding Period:Sep 1999-Aug 2005Principal Investigator
Clinical Trials
Data provided by UCSF Profiles, powered by CTSI
- Study ID: NCT05574465Start Date: Jul 2025Estimated Completion Date: Dec 2027Condition(s): Motility Function
- Study ID: NCT02476474Start Date: Feb 2020Estimated Completion Date: Dec 2020Condition(s): Obesity
- Study ID: NCT02661386Start Date: Jan 2016Estimated Completion Date: Dec 2019Condition(s): Motility Function, Anesthesia
- Study ID: NCT02078934Start Date: Apr 2015Estimated Completion Date: Jul 2017Condition(s): Obesity, Weight Loss, Hernia
- Study ID: NCT01871896Start Date: Jan 2014Estimated Completion Date: Dec 2020Condition(s): Obesity, Weight Loss
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 34
Data provided by UCSF Profiles, powered by CTSI
- Wu KC, Cao S, Weaver CM, King NJ, Patel S, Kim TY, Black DM, Kingman H, Shafer MM, Rogers SJ, Stewart L, Carter JT, Posselt AM, Schafer AL. Intestinal Calcium Absorption Decreases After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Despite Optimization of Vitamin D Status. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 01 17; 108(2):351-360. View in PubMed
- Lyo V, Stroud A, Wood S, Macht R, Carter J, Rogers S, Husain F. Reoperations after sleeve gastrectomy: a dual academic institutional experience. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 05; 18(5):641-649. View in PubMed
- Wu KC, Cao S, Weaver CM, King NJ, Patel S, Kingman H, Sellmeyer DE, McCauley K, Li D, Lynch SV, Kim TY, Black DM, Shafer MM, Özçam M, Lin DL, Rogers SJ, Stewart L, Carter JT, Posselt AM, Schafer AL. Prebiotic to Improve Calcium Absorption in Postmenopausal Women After Gastric Bypass: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 03 24; 107(4):1053-1064. View in PubMed
- Ross JT, Liang NE, Lebares CC, Carter JT, Harris HW, Cello JP, Rogers SJ, Lin MYC. Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in an Academic General Surgical Program: Implications for Acute Care Surgeons. Surg Innov. 2020 Dec; 27(6):669-674. View in PubMed
- Tovikkai P, Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Mckay RE. Intraoperative lidocaine infusion and 24-hour postoperative opioid consumption in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Aug; 16(8):1124-1132. View in PubMed
- View All Publications
In the News
- UCSF Department of Surgery - September 01, 2020It is with deep gratitude that we announce Dr. Hobart Harris will be stepping down as Chief of the Division of General Surgery, effective August 31, 2020. Dr. Harris has served as Chief of General Surgery with distinction since 2002. He also served in the capacity of Vice-Chair of the Department from 2002-2008 and 2013-2018. He will continue as a Professor of Surgery and active faculty member. Dr. Harris has received regional and national recognition for his clinical expertise, as evidenced [...]
- UCSF Bariatric Surgery - - December 26, 2017UCSF Medical Center has been reaccredited as a "Comprehensive Center" for bariatric surgery by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). The UCSF Bariatric Surgery Center offers a full range of surgical weight-loss options, including laparoscopic and open Roux-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic and open revisional [...]
- UCSF Bariatric Surgery Program - - December 19, 2017Sandhya Kumar, M.D., MIS/Bariatric Surgery clinical fellow at UCSF, presented her "Top 10" paper, Is laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy safer than laparoscopic gastric bypass? A comparison of complications and mortality using the MBSAQIP data registry, at the 34th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) during "Obesity Week". Kumar was the lead-off presenter in the ASMBS abstracts 2017 paper sessions on October 31st. Dr. Kumar's paper headlined a strong [...]
- UCSF Gastorintestinal Surgery - - October 02, 2017The first advanced laparoscopic course in Northern California, dedicated to the training of Minimally Invasive Surgery fellows and surgical senior residents, was held at the UCSF Anatomy Learning Center on Saturday, August 12, 2017. The course, jointly developed by UCSF and Stanford, and co-chaired by Matthew Lin, M.D. and John Morton, MD respectively, provided a one-day comprehensive experience for senior trainees that included a formal didactic curriculum as well as a hands-on cadaver [...]
- UCSF Bariatric Surgery - January 28, 2016Stanley J. Rogers, M.D., Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of Bariatric Surgery Programat University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has been invited to join the International Editorial Board of Siriraj Medical Journal, a prestigious journal which has been in existence for over six decades. The invitation, at the behest of Professor Thawatchai Akaraviputh, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, will include reviewing manuscripts and articles, and writing editorials. About [...]
- UCSF Surgical Innovations Program - October 23, 2015Two (2) Department of Surgery research teams were awarded seed funding totaling $40,000 to accelerate their medical device innovations. The Roboimplant device, an expandable rod for orthopaedic surgery applications, took top honors, with the Sentinel Bandage, a non-invasive technology for wound monitoring, taking second place. The awards were given at the UCSF Surgical Innovations Program's inaugural Shark Tank competition on September 24th at UCSF Mission Bay. Four teams of finalists pitched [...]
- UCSF Bariatric Surgery - - July 08, 2014The December 2013 issue of San Francisco Medicine, the Journal of the San Francisco Medical Society, reportes on the pioneering work of Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D. and Stanley J. Rogers, M.D., who are among those pioneering an incisionless endoscopic procedure called endoluminal suturing for patients who either have either: 1) gained weight 2) or failed to lose sufficient weight following bariatric surgery. This describes a phenomenon know as WR/IWL that occurs in 1 in 5 or 20% of bariatric surgery [...]
- U.S. News - February 22, 2013A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine touts a new medical device for the treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) as an alternative to standard therapy, long-term proton-pump inhibitors or Nissen Fundoplication.The new treatment is a surgical procedure in which a small band of magnetic beads is surgically implantedto augment the lower esophageal sphincter, the valve between the esophagus and stomach. But Stanley J. Rogers, M.D.Associate Professor of Surgery at [...]
- UCSF Bariatric Surgery - September 27, 2011UCSF has been accredited by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) as a Level 1 Accredited Bariatric Center (ACS BSCN). The American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program (ACS BSCN) accredits facilities in the United States that have undergone an independent, voluntary and rigorous peer evaluation in accordance with nationally recognized bariatric surgical standards. This adds to the prestige of the program which previously also earned the Blue [...]
- UCSF Bariatric Surgery - March 05, 2009UCSF News reports on the "TOGA" study led by Stanley Rogers, MD, FACS, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery and Co-Director of the UCSF Bariatric Surgery Center, and John Cello, MD, Professor of Medicine and Surgery, and Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery Center. The investigational procedure, transoral gastroplasty, or "TOGA" for short, is being tested in a clinical trial. UCSF is one of nine U.S. trial sites. Drs. Rogers and Cello are principal investigators on the study. A team of [...]
Patient Stories
- James Dials
Man Loses 200 Pounds With Surgery and Lifestyle Changes
Unless you weigh more than 400 pounds, it’s difficult to imagine walking a mile in James Dials’ shoes. In fact, for most of his life, he couldn’t do that either. The gregarious 62-year-old limousine driver made friends easily, escorting musicians and athletes all over town. Sometimes they would shower him with choice tickets to concerts and sporting events. But Dials always had to turn them down. Not because of a company policy or because he didn’t enjoy public events. Not too long ago, Dials weighed 434 pounds, and he couldn’t walk 10 feet without having to stop and catch his breath.[...]