Fredrick Che, MD, FACS

Biography

Instructor

Clinical Science

Dr. Fredrick Che is a Southern California Permanente Medical Group surgeon, serving in the Department of General Surgery at the Downey Medical Center since 2015. Dr. Che’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and in other forums.

Education and Training

Degrees: BS, University of California, Irvine
MD, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Residency: Resident, general surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center

Fellowship: Fellow, bariatric surgery and advanced GI surgery, UCSF-Fresno

Professional Positions

Surgeon: Department of General Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center; 2015-present

Honors and Awards

Clinical Honors in Colorectal and Thoracic Foregut Surgery: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine; 2008

Clinical Honors in Surgical Intensive Care Unit: University of California, Irvine School of Medicine; 2008

Surgical Resident Excellence in Teaching Award: University of California, Irvine Medical Center; 2013-2014

Surgical Resident of the Year Award Golden Scalpel: University of California, Irvine Medical Center; 2013-2014

Best Video: Complex Type IV Hiatal Hernia Repair After Esophagectomy: Society of American GI and Endoscopic Surgeons; 2014

Scholarly Activities

Peer-reviewed research manuscripts

Hinojosa MW, Varela JE, Smith BR, Che F, Reavis KM, Nguyen NT. Resolution of Systemic Hypertension after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009 Apr;13(4):793-7.
Barleben A, Gandhi D, Nguyen XM, Che F, Nguyen NT, Mills S, Stamos MJ. Is Laparoscopic Colon Surgery Appropriate in Patients Who Have Had Previous Abdominal Surgery? Am Surg. 2009 Oct; 75(10):1015-9.
Che F, Nguyen B, Cohen A, Nguyen NT. Prevalence of Hiatal Hernia in the Morbidly Obese. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013 Nov-Dec; 9(6): 920-4.

Posters and presentations

Hinojosa MW, Varela JE, Che F, Smith BR, Reavis KM, Nguyen NT. Improvement in Gastroesophageal Reflux and Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. (Poster of Distinction; Southwestern Surgical Congress 2008)
Hinojosa MW, Varela JE, Smith BR, Che F, Reavis KM, Nguyen NT. Resolution of Systemic Hypertension after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. (Third Annual Academic Clinical Congress of the Association of Academic Surgery 2008)