Victoria M. Gershuni, MD, DABOM, FACS

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Specializes in

Robotic and minimally invasive surgery, bariatric surgery, revisional and reoperative bariatric surgery, roux-en-y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, complex foregut surgery, paraesophageal hernia repair, antireflux surgery, nissen and toupet fundoplication, heller myotomy for achalasia, benign gastric resection, flexible endoscopy, metabolic health, surgical nutrition and perioperative nutritional optimization. Other foregut surgeries: Surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatal hernia, esophageal diverticulum.

Appointments

Hospital Affiliations

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Experience

Board Certifications

  • Surgery
  • Obesity Medicine

Academic Title(s)

Associate Professor, Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Section Chief of Foregut & Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery

Research Interests

Obesity and metabolic health, metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes, surgical nutrition and perioperative nutritional optimization, body composition and imaging-based assessment of surgical risk, gut microbiome, nutrition and metabolism, health equity and access to bariatric surgery, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence in surgery, identification of nutritional risk and malnutrition in surgical patients, postoperative complications and surgical outcomes, and translational research at the intersection of surgery, nutrition and metabolism

Publications & Research

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Education

Fellowship: Advanced Gastrointestinal/Minimally Invasive Surgery

2022 WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Residency: General Surgery

2021 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Master of Science in Translational Research

2019 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Medical Degree

2014 WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Master of Science in Global Medicine

2009 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

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