Steven R. DeMeester, M.D., Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, focuses on benign and malignant diseases of the foregut and lungs.
His clinical interests include diaphragmatic function as it relates to
pulmonary and esophageal disorders, benign and malignant lung diseases
with a particular interest in tumors of the airway, and benign and malignant
esophageal disease. One of his research interests involves analyzing the
impact of an antireflux operation on abnormal tissue in Barrett's esophagus.
His laboratory investigation focuses on how best to utilize the diaphragm
in the surgical correction of hiatal hernia and re-establishment of a
competent lower esophageal reflux barrier. Dr. DeMeester is currently
the Director of the National
Registry for Antireflux Surgery and Barrett's Esophagus, and the
Chief of the Thoracic/Foregut service at the LAC+USC Medical Center.
Dr. DeMeester earned his medical degree from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, and subsequently completed both a general surgery residency and critical care fellowship at the University of Michigan. He then went on to complete cardiothoracic surgery training, with special emphasis on general thoracic surgery, at Barnes Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis. To gain further expertise with complex foregut problems, and to refine his skills in minimally invasive laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures, he undertook a one-year esophageal surgery fellowship at USC. He joined the USC faculty in 1997.
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