ACS Fellow Since 1995

Lygia Stewart, MD FACS

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care
American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

Am Medical Association
Soc for Surg Alim Tract
Pacific Coast Surg Assn
Assn of VA Surg
Soc for Surg Alim Tract
Assn of Women Surgeons

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

UCSF / SF VAMC

Dept of Surgery (112)

4150 Clement Street

San Francisco, CA 94121

United States

Contact Information

Phone:415-750-6922

Biography

Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

laparoscopic gastric bypass
roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Critical Care

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

abdominal pain
anti-reflux procedures
appendectomy
esophagus perforation
feeding tubes
fundoplication
fundoplication - laparoscopic
gastric cancer
gastroesophageal reflux disease
peptic ulcer disease
peritonitis
splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

bile duct malignancies
bile duct surgery
biliary tract disease
cholecystectomy
gallbladder cancer
gallstone disease
hepatobiliary surgery
laparoscopic cholecystectomy
pancreatic cancer
pancreatic cysts
pancreatitis

Minimal Access Surgery

Minimally Invasive Procedures

laparoscopic surgery
robotic surgery
tumor ablation

Hospital Appointments

San Francisco VA Med Ctr

Attending

Moffitt-Long, UCSF

Attending

Academic Appointments

UCSF

Professor

University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

San Francisco, CA

Professor