Dr. Helmuth Billy specializes in laparoscopic bariatric surgery as part of a comprehensive multi-disciplinary weight-loss program. Located in Ventura, California, Dr. Billy's services include bariatric surgeries such as the lap band, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, mini bypass as well as others. Dr. Billy also provides general surgery services and revision surgeries.
Selected publications from PubMed
Truncal Vagotomy and Gastrojejunostomy Revision for Treatment of Marginal Ulcer.
Clapp B, Farsi S, Roberson L, Proksch D, Lloyd SJ, Billy HT
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2025 Oct 1;35(5):1-5 doi: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000001402.
Cost drivers of gastric sleeve procedures performed using robotic platform.
Clapp BL, Chaudry S, Billy HT, Lutfi R, Lloyd SJ, Pan IW
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2025 Jul;21(7):768-776 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2024.12.008.
Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon Criteria-An International Experts' Consensus.
Kermansaravi M, Chiappetta S, Shikora SA, Musella M, Kow L, Aarts E, Abbas SI, Aly A, Aminian A, Angrisani L, Asghar ST, Bashir A, Behrens E, Billy H, Boza C, Brown WA, Caina DO, Carbajo MA, Chevallier JM, Clapp B, Cohen RV, Jazi AHD, De Luca M, Dilemans B, Fried M, Gagner M, Neto MG, Garneau PY, Gawdat K, Ghanem OM, Al Hadad M, Haddad A, ElFawal MH, Herrera MF, Higa K, Himpens J, Husain F, Kasama K, Kassir R, Khoursheed M, Khwaja H, Kristinsson JA, Kroh M, Kurian MS, Lakdawala M, LaMasters T, Lee WJ, Madhok B, Mahawar K, Mahdy T, Almomani H, Melissas J, Miller K, Neimark A, Omarov T, Palermo M, Papasavas PK, Parmar C, Pazouki A, Peterli R, Pintar T, Poggi L, Ponce J, Prasad A, Pratt JSA, Ramos AC, Rezvani M, Rheinwalt K, Ribeiro R, Ruiz-Ucar E, Sabry K, Safadi B, Shabbir A, ShahabiShahmiri S, Stenberg E, Suter M, Taha S, Taskin HE, Torres A, Verboonen S, Vilallonga R, Voon K, Wafa A, Wang C, Weiner R, Yang W, Zundel N, Prager G, Nimeri A
Obes Surg. 2024 Sep;34(9):3216-3228 doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07395-y.
Effectiveness of bedside staplers in bariatric robotic procedures.
Clapp BL, Billy H, Lutfi RE, Pan IW
Surg Endosc. 2024 Sep;38(9):5310-5318 doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-11045-w.
Revision/Conversion Surgeries After One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass-An Experts' Modified Delphi Consensus.
Kermansaravi M, Chiappetta S, Parmar C, Carbajo MA, Musella M, Chevallier JM, Ribeiro R, Ramos AC, Weiner R, Nimeri A, Aarts E, Abbas SI, Bashir A, Behrens E, Billy H, Cohen RV, Caina D, De Luca M, Dillemans B, Fobi MAL, Neto MG, Gawdat K, ElFawal MH, Kasama K, Kassir R, Khan A, Kow L, Kular KDS, Lakdawala M, Layani L, Lee WJ, Luque-de-León E, Mahawar K, Almomani H, Miller K, González JCO, Prasad A, Rheinwalt K, Rutledge R, Safadi B, Salminen P, Shabbir A, Taskin HE, Verboonen JS, Vilallonga R, Wang C, Shikora SA, Prager G
Obes Surg. 2024 Jul;34(7):2399-2410 doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07345-8.
Welcome to the AIS Awards 2023! The event acknowledges the collective efforts of residents, surgeons, healthcare professionals, and the AIS Team in democratizing medical training through online content. With 11 awards across four categories and 45 nominees, the ceremony reflects the remarkable achievements of the AIS Community. Awards are based on real AIS Channel metrics, with two categories determined by audience votes. While celebrating winners, we also recognize the dedication of outstanding surgeons not nominated today. The prizes to be distributed will be as follows: Emerging KOLs Category Most Listened Podcast Most Viewed SOC Most Viewed ACW More Events Held KOL Category More Events Held Most Viewed OOO Live Webinar Category Most Viewed Live Surgery Greatest Social Impact Special Awards Category Best Academic Initiative Congress of the year Surgical Event of the year The virtual gathering provides a unique opportunity for professionals to connect, making the ceremony unforgettable. Join us in honoring the AIS Community's achievements this 2023!
Published
Dec 2023
ICG is an essential technology to reduce the risk of complications and improve outcomes in bariatric surgery. The session focuses on the use of ICG Technology to reduce the risk of complications for revision surgery, duodenal switch, gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and internal hernia. A step-by-step video of the initial steps to perform during the application of ICG in Ischemia and Gastric Bypass is given. The main point of ICG is that it provides the opportunity to resect and preserve the maximum amount of tissue. Delayed perfusion roux limb, when the tissue can be preserved, is also discussed. Mesentery fat shows no signs of ischemia and it is a fast process that lasts less than 30 seconds. Dr. Billy discusses the different way to start a single anastomosis duodenal switch to the essential common bile duct. For dissection, ICG is given to the patient one hour before the procedure. When it comes to new technologies, it is important to consider a dual-chip technology known as Rubina that is based on low latency and high frame rate. It is a good tool to implement because it uses white light avoiding previous dark images. This is commonly used in bariatric surgery and for SADI procedures because it has three simultaneous visual modes.
With Karl Storz
Published
Mar 2022
Fluorescence Imaging event presented by Dr. Manish Chand and Dr. Steven Wexner.
With Karl Storz
Published
Jul 2021
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