Dr. Akuezunkpa O. Ude Welcome is a general surgeon in Brooklyn, New York and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including NYU Langone Hospitals and NYC Health and Hospitals-Bellevue. She received her medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Selected publications from PubMed
Management of portomesenteric vein thrombosis following bariatric surgery.
Kozato A, Hickey RM, Hindman N, Cuva D, Khondaker S, Vu AH, Sy SF, Park J, Chui P, Peacock M, Freitas D, Saunders JK, Lipman J, Orandi BJ, Massie AB, Ren-Fielding C, Ude Welcome AO, Chopra AK, Parikh M, Chhabra KR
Surg Endosc. 2026 Aug 21 doi: 10.1007/s00464-026-13148-y.
Association between time interval from bariatric surgery to pregnancy and maternal weight outcomes.
Dolin CD, Chervenak J, Pivo S, Ude Welcome A, Kominiarek MA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;34(20):3285-3291 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1683156.
Thrombophilia prevalence in patients seeking laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: extended chemoprophylaxis may decrease portal vein thrombosis rate.
Parikh M, Somoza E, Chopra A, Friedman D, Chui P, Park J, Ude-Welcome A, Saunders JK
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Jul;16(7):839-843 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.03.008.
Long-term outcomes comparing metabolic surgery to no surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes and body mass index 30-35.
Horwitz D, Padron C, Kelly T, Saunders JK, Ude-Welcome A, Schmidt AM, Parikh M
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Apr;16(4):503-508 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.01.016.
Factor VIII elevation may contribute to portomesenteric vein thrombosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a multicenter review of 40 patients.
Parikh M, Adelsheimer A, Somoza E, Saunders JK, Ude Welcome A, Chui P, Ren-Fielding C, Kurian M, Fielding G, Chopra A, Goriparthi R, Roslin M, Afaneh C, Pomp A, Chin E, Pachter HL
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 Nov;13(11):1835-1839 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2017.08.015.
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