Kamran Samakar

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 709 citations indexed

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Kamran Samakar is a scholar working on Surgery, Pharmacy and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kamran Samakar has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 709 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Surgery, 13 papers in Pharmacy and 11 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in Kamran Samakar's work include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (23 papers), Body Contouring and Surgery (13 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (13 papers). Kamran Samakar is often cited by papers focused on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (23 papers), Body Contouring and Surgery (13 papers) and Obesity and Health Practices (13 papers). Kamran Samakar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Kamran Samakar's co-authors include Jamil S. Samaan, John C. Lipham, Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, Nithya Rajeev, Nitin Srinivasan, Yee Hui Yeo, Kulmeet Sandhu, Evan T. Alicuben, Lauren Hawley and Joerg Zehetner and has published in prestigious journals such as Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Journal of Vascular Surgery and The American Journal of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Kamran Samakar

42 papers receiving 685 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Assessing the Accuracy of Responses by the Language Model ChatGPT to Questions Regarding Bariatric Surgery

2023 170 citations Jamil S. Samaan, Yee Hui Yeo et al. Obesity Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kamran Samakar United States	14	473	230	150	101	98	49	709
Miguel Burch United States	14	578 1.2×	194 0.8×	133 0.9×	118 1.2×	31 0.3×	51	885
Joseph Sujka United States	11	352 0.7×	44 0.2×	20 0.1×	76 0.8×	11 0.1×	93	449
Christopher R. Daigle United States	19	777 1.6×	106 0.5×	4 0.0×	117 1.2×	14 0.1×	45	961
Wee Han Ng United Kingdom	6	91 0.2×	22 0.1×	485 3.2×	45 0.4×		14	696
Laura Benner Germany	13	283 0.6×	10 0.0×	11 0.1×	23 0.2×	2 0.0×	25	420
Brendan Cord Lethebe Canada	14	162 0.3×	50 0.2×	7 0.0×	115 1.1×	2 0.0×	41	665
Omar M. Ghanem United States	13	562 1.2×	99 0.4×	1 0.0×	123 1.2×	13 0.1×	64	656
Sigrid Bjerge Gribsholt Denmark	10	263 0.6×	47 0.2×	2 0.0×	38 0.4×	5 0.1×	30	471
Colin Russell Australia	9	244 0.5×	194 0.8×		44 0.4×	95 1.0×	16	398
Brian P. Jacob United States	15	643 1.4×	38 0.2×	2 0.0×	191 1.9×	2 0.0×	37	765

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kamran Samakar

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Srinivasan, Nitin, et al.. (2025). Perspectives of Patients Seeking Bariatric Surgery: The Impact of Early Patient-Provider Communication on Bariatric Surgery Utilization. Obesity Surgery. 35(11). 4639–4651.

Patterson, Emma, Marina Kurian, Adrian G. Dan, et al.. (2025). ASMBS literature review & clinical guidelines on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 21(7). 707–718.

Samakar, Kamran, et al.. (2025). Use of obesity medications in a young pediatric patient with optic nerve hypoplasia and severe early-onset obesity: A case report. PubMed. 16. 100192–100192.

Vidmar, Alaina P., Matthew J. Martin, Stuart Abel, et al.. (2025). Semaglutide and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in an adolescent with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 19(1). 37–37.

Samaan, Jamil S., Nithya Rajeev, Wee Han Ng, et al.. (2024). ChatGPT as a Source of Information for Bariatric Surgery Patients: a Comparative Analysis of Accuracy and Comprehensiveness Between GPT-4 and GPT-3.5. Obesity Surgery. 34(5). 1987–1989. 8 indexed citations

Srinivasan, Nitin, et al.. (2024). Perceptions and Expectations Regarding the Step 1 Score Change Among Surgical and Non-Surgical Program Directors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The American Surgeon. 90(6). 1666–1681. 1 indexed citations

Samakar, Kamran, et al.. (2024). Safety of redo sleeve gastrectomy as a primary revisional procedure. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 20(11). 1084–1089.

Rajeev, Nithya, et al.. (2023). Providers’ Knowledge and Perceptions of Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review. Obesity Surgery. 33(11). 3571–3601. 6 indexed citations

Samaan, Jamil S., Nitin Srinivasan, James Mirocha, et al.. (2022). Association of Postoperative Dieting, Exercise, Dietitian, and Surgeon Follow up With Bariatric Surgery Outcomes. The American Surgeon. 88(10). 2445–2450. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Jessica, et al.. (2022). Hernia-to-neck ratio is associated with emergent ventral hernia repair. Surgical Endoscopy. 36(12). 9374–9378. 3 indexed citations

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Rajeev, Nithya, et al.. (2022). Patient and the Public's Perceptions of Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review. Journal of Surgical Research. 283. 385–406. 14 indexed citations

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Samaan, Jamil S., et al.. (2022). Factors Associated With Bariatric Surgery Referral Patterns: A Systematic Review. Journal of Surgical Research. 276. 54–75. 12 indexed citations

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Samaan, Jamil S., Yazan Abboud, Liyun Yuan, et al.. (2021). Racial disparities in bariatric surgery postoperative weight loss and patient satisfaction. The American Journal of Surgery. 223(5). 969–974. 7 indexed citations

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Samaan, Jamil S., et al.. (2021). Impact of smoking on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery: a literature review. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(11). 5936–5952. 8 indexed citations

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Samaan, Jamil S., Jasmine Zhao, Omar Toubat, et al.. (2021). Preoperative Weight Loss as a Predictor of Bariatric Surgery Postoperative Weight Loss and Complications. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 26(1). 86–93. 16 indexed citations

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Samaan, Jamil S., Omar Toubat, Chaitra Subramanyam, et al.. (2020). Effects of smoking on bariatric surgery postoperative weight loss and patient satisfaction. Surgical Endoscopy. 35(7). 3584–3591. 8 indexed citations

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Katkhouda, Namir, Evan T. Alicuben, Kulmeet Sandhu, et al.. (2020). Management of lateral abdominal hernias. Hernia. 24(2). 353–358. 9 indexed citations

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Alicuben, Evan T., Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, Kamran Samakar, et al.. (2018). Routine esophageal manometry is not useful in patients with normal videoesophagram. Surgical Endoscopy. 33(5). 1650–1653. 8 indexed citations

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Alicuben, Evan T., James M. Tatum, Nikolai A. Bildzukewicz, et al.. (2018). Regression of intestinal metaplasia following magnetic sphincter augmentation device placement. Surgical Endoscopy. 33(2). 576–579. 17 indexed citations

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Samakar, Kamran, et al.. (2013). Asymptomatic ruptured giant popliteal aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 58(4). 1090–1090. 5 indexed citations

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