Peter F. Crookes, MD

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Title:

  • Associate Professor of Surgery

Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Bariatrics/Weight Management
  • Foregut Surgery

Sub-specialties:

  • Upper GI Surgery
  • Endoscopy
  • Bariatric Surgery

Background:

Peter F. Crookes, M.D., associate professor of Surgery, is the director of the USC Bariatric Program at Keck Hospital of USC, and associate chief of the foregut service at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. He also has a special interest in medical and surgical education and is the recipient of numerous awards from the department and the Keck School of Medicine for his contributions in that area. He is the director of the Student Clerkship for the Keck School of Medicine. His research interests include a wide variety of problems related to morbid obesity and diseases of the esophagus and stomach. He has published extensively on the metabolic changes associated with different types of bariatric surgery, as well as the physiology of GERD and achalasia. He also has a lively interest in the history of surgery and frequently lectures and writes on historical topics. His CV includes over 80 peer-review publications in addition to 30 chapters and numerous invited lectures and presentations in these areas. Dr. Crookes received his medical degree from Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he also completed a specialized qualification in pathology. During his internship and residency at Royal Victoria Hospital, Dr. Crookes gained extensive exposure to surgery, training from 1978 to 1989 before traveling to Melbourne, Australia, where he was a research fellow in the Department of Surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital. In 1990, Dr. Crookes traveled to Creighton University in Omaha to serve as a research fellow with Tom R. DeMeester, M.D. He completed his fellowship at USC, and joined the faculty in 1994.


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Education:

  • Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, Queen's University, North Ireland, 1978

Internships:

  • Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast N. Ireland, Surgery, 1978 - 1979

Residencies:

  • Royal Victoria Hospital, North - General Surgery, 1978 - 1989

Fellowships:

  • St. Vincent's Hospital, Australia, 1990 - 1990
  • University of Southern California - Esophageal Surgery, 1990 - 1992

Professional Society Memberships:

  • British Medical Association
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Dysphagia Research Society
  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Society for Bariatric Surgery
  • Association for Surgical Education
  • North American Association for the Study of Obesity
  • Pacific Coast Surgical Association
  • Surgical Biology Club III
  • Los Angeles Surgical Society
  • Society of Graduate Surgeons

Awards:

  • Excellence in Teaching Award for Resident Bedside Teaching, University of Southern California, 1993
  • CJ Berne award for excellence in teaching, 1996
  • USC School of Medicine award for outstanding teaching in Year III, 1997
  • Kaiser Permanante Excellence in Teaching Award for Clinical years, USC School of Medicine, May 1998
  • Elected to AOA honor society, USC School of Medicine, 1998
  • USC Department of Surgery Award for Faculty Teacher of the Year 1997-8
  • USC Department of Surgery Award for Outstanding Teacher in the Clinic 1997-8
  • Jeanine Chalabian award for excellence in teaching, USC Department of Surgery, 1998
  • Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, USC School of Medicine 1999
  • Faculty award for excellence in teaching, USC School of Medicine, 1999
  • Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, USC School of Medicine, 2001
  • Leonard Tow award for Humanism in Medicine 2008
  • Dr. Crookes was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in 2011.

Languages:

  • English