(631) 638-1000
- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Surgery
Upper GI & General Oncologic Surgery
- Administrative/ Clinical Title:
- Chief, Upper Gastrointestinal and General Oncologic Surgery
KEVIN T WATKINS MD
For Appointments:
(631) 638-1000
ACID REFLUX (GERD)
ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
ANTI-REFLUX SURGERY (FUNDOPLICATION)
APPENDICITIS
ESOPHAGEAL
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES
FUNDOPLICATION
GALLBLADDER DISEASE (GALLSTONES)
GASTRIC CANCER (STOMACH CANCER)
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
GENERAL SURGERY
GI SURGERY
HERNIA REPAIRS
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
LAPAROSCOPY
LIVER RESECTION
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
PANCREATIC DISEASES
SURGERY
1199NBF
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
BEECH STREET
CIGNA GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
MULTIPLAN PHCS
MULTIPLAN SAVILITY
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN
NO FAULT
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN (NYSHIP)
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UNITED OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKERS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- University of Virginia, VA (1990)
- Residency:
- General Surgery, University of Florida, FL
- Fellowship:
-
Surgical Oncology/Gastrointestinal Tumor Surgery, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, TX
Academic & Other
- Academic Rank:
- Assistant Professor
- Teaching Activity:
- Surgery (medical students, residents, fellows)
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 2004
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1990
Locations
-
SURGERY
3 EDMUND D PELLEGRINO RD,
STONY BROOK,
NY 11794-9450.
Ph.: 631-638-1000
Selected Publications
1. Botchkina IL, Rivadeneira DE, Watkins K, Karpeh MS, Botchkina GI. Clinical significance of telomerase activity in peritoneal disseminated cells: gastrointestinal cancers. Mol Med 2008;14:45-54.
2. Watkins KT, Curley SA. The role of ablative therapy for the treatment of metastatic tumors of the liver. In: McCulloch P, Karpeh M, Kerr D, Ajani J, editors. Gastrointestinal Oncology: Evidence and Analysis. New York: Informa Healthcare, 2007: 173-80.
3. Watkins KT. Laparoscopic surgery for hepatobiliary and pancreatic neoplasms. In: Pollock R, Curley S, Ross M, Perrier N, editors. Advanced Therapy in Surgical Oncology. Hamilton, Ontario: Decker, 2007: 142-50.
4. Atkins BZ, Fortes DL, Watkins KT. Analysis of respiratory complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: preliminary observation of persistent aspiration risk. Dysphagia 2007;22:49-54.
5. Learn PA, Bowers SP, Watkins KT. Laparoscopic hepatic resection using saline-enhanced electrocautery permits short hospital stays. J Gastrointest Surg 2006;10:422-7.
6. Baughman SM, Bishoff JT, Zimmerman MK, Carter MR, Kerby JD, Watkins KT. Case report: serial percutaneous cholangioscopy with laser ablation for the management of locally recurrent biliary intraductal papillary mucinous tumor. J Gastrointest Surg 2005;9:215-8.
7. Watkins KT. A novel approach to sealing the cut pancreatic duct during distal resection [abstract]. J Gastrointest Surg 2003;7:314-5.
8. Watkins KT, Espat NJ. Radiofrequency energy assisted pancreatico-duodenectomy [abstract]. J Gastrointest Surg 2003;7:318.
9. Sisk CM, Watkins KT, Hayashi PH. Appendiceal mucinous tumor. Gastroenterology 2002;122:1200, 1548.
10. Watkins KT, Curley SA. Liver and bile ducts. In: Abeloff MD, editor. Clinical Oncology. 2nd ed. New York: Churchill-Livingstone, 2000: 1681-94.
11. Espat NJ, Watkins KT, Lind DS, Weis JK, Copeland EM, Souba WW. Dietary modulation of amino acid transport in rat and human liver. J Surg Res 1996;63:263-8.
12. Plumley DA, Watkins K, Bode BP, Pacitti AJ, Souba WW. Cyclo-oxygenase blockade abrogates the endotoxin-induced increase in Na(+)-dependent hepatic amino acid transport. J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1995;19:9-14.
13. Watkins KT, Copeland EM, Souba WW. Induction of hepatic system y(+)-mediated L-arginine transport by prostaglandin E2. Am J Surg 1994;167:128-34.
14. Watkins KT, Dudrick PS, Copeland EM, Souba WW. Interleukin-6 and dexamethasone work coordinately to augment hepatic amino acid transport. J Trauma 1994;36:523-8.
15. Watkins KT, Souba WW, Bland KI. Staging for soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities. Surg Oncol Clin North Am 1993;2:537-46.
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