Newswise — Red Bank, NJ - Meridian Cancer Care proudly welcomes Ghulam Abbas, M.D., MCHM, FACS, a fellowship trained cardiothoracic and minimally invasive thoracic and foregut surgeon. Dr. Abbas joins Meridian Cancer Care as the Director of minimally invasive thoracic surgery. In this position, Dr. Abbas will advance and broaden the program’s minimally invasive thoracic surgery capabilities, including robotic and video assisted approaches to the lung, chest and esophageal regions.
For the past eight years, Dr. Abbas has served as an assistant professor of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center. He completed fellowship training in minimally invasive thoracic and foregut surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and cardiothoracic surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Prior to his fellowship training, Dr. Abbas completed his general surgery residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. He also holds a master’s degree in health care management from Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Abbas has a wide-range of clinical interests including robotic-assisted thoracic surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery as well as CyberKnife. Throughout his career, Dr. Abbas has held a number of administrative appointments including chairman of the Department of Surgery for UPMC Passavant, in Pittsburgh, and chief of general thoracic surgery at UPMC Mckeesport and Passavant. Additionally, Dr. Abbas is an active member in the American College of Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Chest Physicians, Society of Robotic Surgery and American College of Physician Executives. He has also contributed to more than 30 medical publications, and has lectured nationally and internationally.
According to Mark J. Krasna, M.D., corporate medical director, Meridian Cancer Care, “We are proud to welcome Dr. Abbas to our expanding multi-disciplinary team of experts. Dr. Abbas’ extensive expertise and veteran leadership further reinforce Meridian Cancer Care as a leading oncology program committed to providing the best, most advanced care for our community.”
As a member of the Meridian Cancer Care Team, Dr. Abbas will be based at Riverview Medical Center and Bayshore Community Hospital, while also maintaining privileges throughout Meridian Cancer Care, including Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Ocean Medical Center in Brick and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin. As a system partner of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Meridian Cancer Care is committed to providing the highest-quality cancer care, including sophisticated diagnostics, the latest techniques in surgery, the best technology in radiation therapy, genetic counseling, and clinical research for tomorrow’s most promising treatments. The multi-disciplinary team of specialists provides timely diagnoses, treatment and support in a full range of disease areas, including breast, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, neuro-oncology, melanoma, thoracic and gynecologic oncology. In 2012, the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons granted its Outstanding Achievement Award to Meridian Cancer Care for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients.
About Meridian Cancer CareMeridian Health is the only system partner of the prestigious Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-CCC). The coveted NCI-CCC designation is only awarded to 41 centers in nation. They investigate and share the nation’s very latest treatments and most promising clinical trials.
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