Amir Fathi, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Surgery - Fresno
School of Medicine
Amir Fathi, M.D.
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Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Director of HPB Surgery, Community Regional Medical Center Specialty: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery & General Surgery Amir Fathi, M.D. is a board certified surgeon and specializes in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.
He is an HS Assistant Clinical Professor of University of California San Francisco at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research.
Dr. Fathi received his integrated bachelors and medical degree from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. He has completed a Research Clerkship in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Division at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore. Subsequently, he attended Case Western Reserve University, where he received his Post-Doctoral Research Scholarship prior to his residency. Dr. Fathi has completed his general surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University. He then completed his Fellowship in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Fathi is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Fathi has been a faculty member in the Department of Surgery since 2015. In his role as teaching faculty, he educates, supervises and lectures medical students and residents in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. He holds an Adjunct Professorship with Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine in Tabriz, Iran.
Dr. Fathi’s clinical interests include foregut malignancies, tumors of the liver, biliary tree, and pancreas. He also specializes in complex abdominal wall reconstruction and minimally invasive hernia surgery.
In addition to his educational role, Dr. Fathi serves on the Cancer Services Operations Task Force for Community Medical Centers in Fresno. He is the surgeon champion for National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program for Community Regional Medical Center.
He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, and the Fresno Madera Medical Society.
Awards
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- Borba Faculty Research Award, UCSF Fresno, 2020
- Faculty of the Year, UCSF Fresno Department of Surgery, 2020
- Fresno 40 Under 40, Business Street Media, 2019
- Henry J. Kaiser Award Nominee, UCSF Fresno, 2019
Education & Training
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- Fellowship Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin 2015
- Residency General Surgery Case Western Reserve University 2014
- Research Clerkship Orthopedic Surgery Spine Division John Hopkins University Hospital 2006
- M.D. Integrated BS and MD Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2005
Interests
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- primary and metastatic tumors of the Liver
- Pancreas
- complex abdominal wall reconstruction
- Gallbladder
- Stomach and foregut
- minimally invasive hernia repair as well as General Surgerical procedures
- biliary tree
- surgical management of acute and chronic pancreatitis
Websites
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- Cancer Patient Experience Blog-Together, We are Strong (blog.universitymds.com)
- UCSF Fresno Foregut Cancer Program (universitymds.com)
- Central Valley Surgical Collaboration (facebook.com)
Publications (7)
Top publication keywords:
UmbilicusPhyllodes TumorNurse's RoleGastrointestinal NeoplasmsNurse CliniciansNeoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and SerousPatient Outcome AssessmentInterdisciplinary CommunicationNeuroendocrine TumorsTumor BurdenHernia, UmbilicalOncology NursingOrgan Sparing TreatmentsAnatomy, RegionalPatient Navigation
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Predicting Aggressive Behavior in Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors With Emphasis on Tumor Size Significance and Survival Trends: A Population-Based Analysis of 1787 Patients.
The American surgeon 2020 Fathi AH, Romanyshyn J, Barati M, Choudhury U, Chen A, Sosa JA -
Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Model: A Positive Association Between Oncology Nurse Navigation and Improved Outcomes for Patients With Cancer.
Clinical journal of oncology nursing 2018 Muñoz R, Farshidpour L, Chaudhary UB, Fathi AH -
Extended Perioperative Antibiotic Coverage in Conjunction with Intraoperative Bile Cultures Decreases Infectious Complications after Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
HPB surgery : a world journal of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery 2016 Fathi AH, Jackson T, Barati M, Eghbalieh B, Siegel KA, Siegel CT -
Organ-sparing pancreatectomy for synchronous pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
The American surgeon 2014 Fathi AH, Uhm S, Hardacre JM -
Giant recurrent phyllodes tumors of the breast: treatment dilemmas and literature review.
The breast journal 2014 Fathi AH, Julieta Zutel M, Joseph NE -
Surgical anatomy and morphologic variations of umbilical structures.
The American surgeon 2012 Fathi AH, Soltanian H, Saber AA -
Assessment of secondary cleft rhinoplasty using resorbable plates at the age of primary school.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery 2009 Gosain AK, Fathi AH