Mark A. Talamini, M.D., F.A.C.Shttp://drtalamini.ucsd.edu
Professor of SurgeryChairman, Department of SurgeryUniversity of California, San Diego
Dr. Mark A. Talamini is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the Division of General Surgery at UCSD. Dr. Talamini received his Bachelor of Arts degree from The Johns Hopkins Krieger School in 1978 and went on to pursue his medical degree at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 1981, upon receiving his medical degree, he served as a surgical intern and resident, graduating from the Halsted General Surgical Training Program. Dr. Talamini currently maintains an active surgical practice focusing on gastrointestinal surgery (particularly inflammatory bowel disease) with a particular emphasis on the use of minimally invasive technology to minimize pain and scarring. He has an active laboratory pursuing the advancement of minimally invasive surgery and its applications at a number of levels. One of Dr. Talamini’s primary research projects is a study of patient outcomes, and he has collected and analyzed surgical outcome data that indicate patients recover more easily after minimally invasive operations than after traditional open surgeries. Dr. Talamini also works to develop techniques for robotic surgery and telemedicine with robotics. In addition, he studies the biology of minimally invasive surgery, learning how the body responds to the carbon dioxide gas that is routinely used to make space for the surgeon to view the organs during laparoscopic surgeries. Dr. Talamini’s other areas of interest in clinical research include inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis), gastro-esophageal reflux disease, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, and colon cancer. Dr. Talamini is widely published and is a member of many prestigious national surgical organizations, including the American Surgical Association, the Halsted Society, the Society of University Surgeons, the Southern Surgical Association, and the Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and is President-Elect of the Society of American Gastro-intestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). He also serves on numerous committees for the ACS and SAGES.
Dr. Talamini currently maintains an active surgical practice focusing on gastrointestinal surgery (particularly inflammatory bowel disease) with a particular emphasis on the use of minimally invasive technology to minimize pain and scarring.
He has an active laboratory pursuing the advancement of minimally invasive surgery and its applications at a number of levels. One of Dr. Talamini’s primary research projects is a study of patient outcomes, and he has collected and analyzed surgical outcome data that indicate patients recover more easily after minimally invasive operations than after traditional open surgeries. Dr. Talamini also works to develop techniques for robotic surgery and telemedicine with robotics. In addition, he studies the biology of minimally invasive surgery, learning how the body responds to the carbon dioxide gas that is routinely used to make space for the surgeon to view the organs during laparoscopic surgeries. Dr. Talamini’s other areas of interest in clinical research include inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis), gastro-esophageal reflux disease, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, and colon cancer.
Dr. Talamini is widely published and is a member of many prestigious national surgical organizations, including the American Surgical Association, the Halsted Society, the Society of University Surgeons, the Southern Surgical Association, and the Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and is President-Elect of the Society of American Gastro-intestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). He also serves on numerous committees for the ACS and SAGES.