Abbas El-Sayed Abbas

Institutional Affiliation

• The Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Specialty

• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• Cairo University at Ain-Shams School of Medicine (1989)
• Cairo University at Ain-Shams General Surgery Residency (1989-1992)
• Master's degree in Endocrine Neoplasia, Cairo University at Ain-Shams School of Medicine (1993)
• Lecturer of Surgery, Cairo University at Ain-Shams (1993)
• Harrisburg Hospital Surgery Internship (1994-1995)
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Artificial Heart Program, Penn-State University College of Medicine (1995)
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Thoracic Oncology and Gene Therapy, U. of Penn. Sch. of Med. (1997-1998)
• Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, General Surgery Residency (1996-2000)
• Mayo Clinic Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship (2000-2003)
• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University (2003 to 2007)

Interests

• Lung and esophageal cancer
• Minimally invasive esophagectomy
• VATS lobectomy
• Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
• Benign esophageal disease
• Lung transplantation
• Clinical trials
• Gene therapy

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