
Michael West, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor & Vice Chair, UCSF Dept. of Surgery
Chief of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center
Dr. Stanley Rogers is Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery in Residence, Surgical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program and Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. He received a B.A. in Zoology and Physiology from the Univeristy of Wyoming and his M.D. from the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Rogers did his surgical training, including his residency, and a fellowship in laparoscopic surgery, surgical sonography and GI endoscopy were His research interests are in the area of GI and Bariatric Surgery at UCSF. Dr. Rogers is also Co-Director Bariatric Surgery Center at UCSF Medical Center, Co-Director, Videoendoscopic Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital where he also at Attending Physician, and a member of the clinical team at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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, recently led a multidisciplinary team in performing the first two of thirty procedures scheduled at the UCSF Medical 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.