# Dennis Fowler

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'''Dennis L. Fowler''' is the Vice President and Medical Director for Perioperative Services at [NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital](/source/NewYork-Presbyterian_Hospital)/[Columbia University Medical Center](/source/Columbia_University_Medical_Center). He is a pioneer in the field of [endoscopic](/source/endoscopic) surgery and has been the first to perform numerous innovative [laparoscopic](/source/laparoscopic) surgical procedures, never before accomplished (NYP). Fowler was also the first general surgeon to use the [Harmonic Scalpel](/source/Harmonic_scalpel) (NY Magazine), a device that uses wave frequency (instead of electric current) to divide the tissue and vibration to coagulate blood vessels (Outpatient Surgery Magazine).

== Innovative surgical procedures, not previously accomplished laparoscopically==
*Laparoscopic [Sigmoid Resection](/source/Bowel_resection), 1990
*Laparoscopic [Gastroenterostomy](/source/Gastroenterostomy), 1991
*Laparoscopic Truncal [Vagotomy](/source/Vagotomy), Antrectomy, and [Billroth II](/source/Billroth_II), 1991
*Laparoscopic Resection of Benign Submucosal Gastric Tumor, 1991
*Laparoscopic Transduodenal Sphincteroplasty of the Minor Papilla, 1998

==Selected publications==
* Comparison of Two Composite Meshes using Two Fixation Devices in a Porcine Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Model. Duffy AJ, Hogle NJ, LaPerle KM, Fowler DL. ''Hernia'', 2004. 
* More than a numbers game: credentialing for minimally invasive procedures. Fowler DL, Bailey R, Ikramuddin S, Wexner S. Published as a symposium, Fowler DL as moderator. ''Cont Surg'', 60: 103–112, 2004. 
* In-Vivo Stereoscopic Imaging System with 5 Degrees-of-Freedom for Minimal Access Surgery. Miller A, Allen P, Fowler DL. MMVR 12 (Proceedings), 234–240. IOS Press, 2004.

== External links==
*[https://www.sehealthcarequalityconsulting.com/dennis-l-fowler-m-d/ Dennis L. Fowler at SE Healthcare]
*[http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/facdb/profile_list.asp?uni=dlf91&DepAffil=Surgery Dr. Dennis L. Fowler at Columbia University Department of Surgery]
*[http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/ Columbia University Medical Center]

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070607180313/http://www.nyp.org/masc/about.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070607180313/http://www.nyp.org/masc/about.htm]
*[https://nymag.com/bestdoctors/articles/02/kindestcut/3.htm http://nymag.com/bestdoctors/articles/02/kindestcut/3.htm]
*[http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/2002/os09/f5.shtml http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/2002/os09/f5.shtml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091130/http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/2002/os09/f5.shtml |date=2007-09-29 }}

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