Physician

General Surgery

Doctor Steven S. Rakita, MD practices General Surgery. He graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine. University of South Florida College of Medicine has a rank of 79 in research and a 85 in primary care Steven Rakita is also a published doctor. He has 14 paper published. The most recent paper is: Diet-induced obesity associated with steatosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation in liver.

Publications

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• Roux-en-Y gastric bypass alters tumor necrosis factor-α but not adiponectin signaling in immediate postoperative period in obese rats.
• Does LKB1 mediate activation of hepatic AMP-protein kinase (AMPK) and sirtuin1 (SIRT1) after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obese rats?
• Diet-induced obesity associated with steatosis, oxidative stress, and inflammation in Liver.
• Results after laparoscopic fundoplication: does age matter?
• Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication offers high patient satisfaction with relief of extraesophageal symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
• Esophagography predicts favorable outcomes after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for patients with esophageal dysmotility.
• Age affects presenting symptoms of achalasia and outcomes after myotomy.
• Laparoscopic Heller myotomy provides durable relief from achalasia and salvages failures after botox or dilation.
• Esophagotomy during laparoscopic Heller myotomy cannot be predicted by preoperative therapies and does not influence long-term outcome.
• Downregulation of adiponectin/AdipoR2 is associated with steatohepatitis in obese mice.
• Survival and variceal rehemorrhage after shunting support Small-diameter prosthetic H-graft portacaval shunt.
• Outcomes promote reoperative Heller myotomy for symptoms of achalasia.
• BMI affects presenting symptoms of achalasia and outcome after Heller myotomy.

Schools

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• University of South Florida College of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open

Conditions Treated

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• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendicitis
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Colorectal Cancer
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• University of South Florida
• Greenville Hospital System - University of South Carolina
• University of South Florida College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Memorial Hospital of Tampa
• Tampa General Hospital

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