Blair Rowitz, MD
Physician in Bariatrics and General Surgery
Phone: (217) 326-5054
Email: Blair.Rowitz@carle.com
Research Interests
- Metabolic effects and clinical outcomes following bariatric surgery
- Perioperative risk modification
- Intestinal stents for the treatment of small bowel perforations
- Obesity in trauma
Education and Training
- Residency, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg, PA, 1993-1997
- MD, Rush Medical College of Rush University, Chicago, IL, 1993
Publications
- Molina-Castro M, Seyedsadjadi N, Nieto D, Leggio L, Rowitz B, Pepino MY. The Glucagon-like Peptide-1 and Other Endocrine Responses to Alcohol Ingestion in Women With Versus Without Metabolic Surgery. Addict Biol. 2024 Oct;29(10):e13441. doi: 10.1111/adb.13441. doi: 10.1111/adb.13441. PMID: 39380341; PMCID: PMC11461901.
- Robinson K, Rowitz B, Teran-Garcia M. One Year Later: Are Dietary Changes Maintained Following Sleeve Gastrectomy? Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 Oct; 13(10 Suppl): S202.
- Osborne Z, Rowitz B, Moore H, Oliphant U, Butler J, Olson M, Aucar J. Obesity in Trauma: Outcomes and Disposition Trends. Am J Surg. 2014 Mar;207(3):387-92; discussion 391-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.10.013. Epub 2013 Dec 19. PubMed PMID: 24581763.
Academic (or Faculty) Appointments
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Clinical Professor