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Jeff Reeves

Title(s)Assistant Professor Of Clinical, Surgery
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-7438-2625 Additional info
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    UC San Diego , San Diego, CA06/2024General Surgery Residency
    UC San Diego, San Diego, CA07/2025Advanced GI / MIS Surgery
    Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NHMD06/2017Doctor of Medicine
    University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NMBS06/2013Biology

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    Jeff Reeves, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery within the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery. He utilizes laparoscopic, robotic, endoscopic and open techniques to perform bariatric and metabolic surgeries, para-esophageal hernia repair and anti-reflux surgery, and manage biliary disease, and complex abdominal wall hernias.

    Dr. Reeves also serves as the Medical Director of Peri-operative Informatics and Innovation and the Associate Medical Director of Surgical Quality for UC San Diego Health. In these roles, he leverages innovative technology such as artificial intelligence and process improvement methodologies to enhance the efficiency of peri-operative healthcare systems, cost-effectiveness, and surgical outcomes. He serves as the Director of Quality and Process Improvement for the Department of Surgery to advance surgical care delivery, inform hospital policy, and drive improvement in quality and patient safety. He also aids in the oversight of the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Institute at UC San Diego Health and co-directs the Surgical Quality and Informatics Fellowship.

    Dr. Reeves is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Informatics Association, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and is an elected member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and Arthur P. Gold Humanism Honor Society.

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    1. First use of augmented reality headset in minimally invasive general surgery: seeing is believing. Surg Endosc. 2025 Sep; 39(9):6055-6060. Broderick RC, Spurzem GJ, Jeffery Reeves J, Hollandsworth HM, Sandler BJ, Jacobsen GR, Longhurst CA, Horgan S. PMID: 40640628; PMCID: PMC12408766.
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    2. Leveraging Lean Methodology to Improve Compliance With Work-Hour Restrictions. JAMA Surg. 2025 Feb 01; 160(2):200-208. Reeves JJ, Goldhaber N, Hollandsworth H, Cox K, Dumitru AM, Zhao B, Longhurst CA, Berumen J, Berndtson AE, Jacobsen G, Clary B. PMID: 39693087; PMCID: PMC11822556.
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    3. A Team-Based American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE) Competition Improves Exam Performance. J Surg Educ. 2024 11; 81(11):1691-1698. Spurzem GJ, Reeves JJ, Berumen JA, Jacobsen GR, Berndtson AE. PMID: 39303659.
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    4. Call me Ishmael: addressing the white whale of team communication in the operating room with labelled surgical caps at an academic medical centre. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Apr 08; 13(2). Goldhaber NH, Mehta S, Longhurst CA, Malachowski E, Jones M, Clary BM, Schaefer RL, McHale M, Rhodes LP, Mekeel KL, Reeves JJ. PMID: 38589054; PMCID: PMC11015231.
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    5. Nurse and Physician Perceptions and Decision Making During Interdisciplinary Communication: Factors That Influence Communication Channel Selection. Comput Inform Nurs. 2024 Apr 01; 42(4):267-276. Nibbelink CW, Dunn Lopez K, Reeves JJ, Horman S, El-Kareh RE. PMID: 38335993.
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    6. Distinguishing characteristics of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and gallbladder adenocarcinoma: a persistent diagnostic dilemma. Surg Endosc. 2024 01; 38(1):348-355. Huang EY, Reeves JJ, Broderick RC, Serra JL, Goldhaber NH, An JY, Fowler KJ, Hosseini M, Sandler BJ, Jacobsen GR, Horgan S, Clary BM. PMID: 37783778.
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    7. A Novel Fellowship in Perioperative Administration, Quality and Informatics: A Pilot Experience for Training Surgical Leaders. J Surg Educ. 2022 Jul-Aug; 79(4):839-844. Reeves JJ, Longhurst CA, Mekeel KL, Goldhaber NH, Clay BJ, Waterman RS, Rhodes LP, McHale M, Clary BM. PMID: 35414475.
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    8. In Response. Anesth Analg. 2022 01 01; 134(1):e2-e3. Reeves JJ, Gabriel RA. PMID: 34908552.
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    9. The price is right: Routine fluorescent cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surgery. 2022 May; 171(5):1168-1176. Reeves JJ, Broderick RC, Lee AM, Blitzer RR, Waterman RS, Cheverie JN, Jacobsen GR, Sandler BJ, Bouvet M, Doucet J, Murphy JD, Horgan S. PMID: 34952715.
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    10. Efficiency Metrics at an Academic Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center: Analysis of the Impact on Scheduled End-Times. Anesth Analg. 2021 12 01; 133(6):1406-1414. Reeves JJ, Waterman RS, Spurr KR, Gabriel RA. PMID: 33229858.
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    11. The Clinical Information Systems Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):105-125. Reeves JJ, Pageler NM, Wick EC, Melton GB, Tan YG, Clay BJ, Longhurst CA. PMID: 34479384; PMCID: PMC8416224.
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    12. Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era: A Balancing Act to Avoid Harm. J Med Internet Res. 2021 02 01; 23(2):e24785. Reeves JJ, Ayers JW, Longhurst CA. PMID: 33477104; PMCID: PMC7857524.
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    13. Bringing student health and Well-Being onto a health system EHR: the benefits of integration in the COVID-19 era. J Am Coll Health. 2022 10; 70(7):1968-1974. Reeves JJ, Longhurst CA, San Miguel SJ, Juarez R, Behymer J, Ramotar KM, Maysent P, Scioscia AL, Millen M. PMID: 33180683.
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    14. Association of Electronic Surgical Consent Forms With Entry Error Rates. JAMA Surg. 2020 08 01; 155(8):777-778. Reeves JJ, Mekeel KL, Waterman RS, Rhodes LR, Clay BJ, Clary BM, Longhurst CA. PMID: 32432722; PMCID: PMC7240641.
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    15. Functional status as a marker of need for hospital admission following outpatient hernia repair. J Perioper Pract. 2021 May; 31(5):175-180. Reeves JJ, Mannix E, Burton BN, Gabriel RA, Waterman RS. PMID: 32609068.
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    16. Rapid response to COVID-19: health informatics support for outbreak management in an academic health system. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 06 01; 27(6):853-859. Reeves JJ, Hollandsworth HM, Torriani FJ, Taplitz R, Abeles S, Tai-Seale M, Millen M, Clay BJ, Longhurst CA. PMID: 32208481; PMCID: PMC7184393.
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    17. Obesity and unanticipated hospital admission following outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2021 03; 35(3):1348-1354. Reeves JJ, Burton BN, Broderick RC, Waterman RS, Gabriel RA. PMID: 32206919.
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