Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD, MS, FACS
Clinical Locations
Primary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
About
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma TRDG Member
Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief and Surgical Director of Thoracic Malignancy and Foregut Disease Programs, Temple University Health System
Professor and Vice Chair, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Specialties
Key Awards
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery
Education and Training
Educational Background
- MS, Surgery, Ain-Shams University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, 1991
- BS, Medicine and Surgery, Ain-Shams University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, 1989
- MPH, Clinical Investigation, Ain-Shams University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, 1987
Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) cadre member
- President, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society (ECTSS)
- Eastern Cooperative Cancer Group (ECOG)
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Society of Thoracic Surgery
- Thomas Bond Society of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Honors & Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2017-18
- America's Top Doctors®, 2016-17
- Best Doctors in Louisiana, 2009-11
Research Profile
Research Interests
- Clinical trials
- Transplant immunology
- Gene therapy in esophageal cancer
2 PATIENT COMMENTS
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5.0
February 13, 2018
Best surgeon ever! Great care. Follow-up visit, everything explained to me and clear explanation of illness, prognosis, treatment, etc. I know Dr. Abbas is very busy, but he always makes me feel like I am the only patient he is treating, and that means a lot.
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5.0
January 31, 2018
(Very good).
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