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Huzaifa A. Shakir, MD, MHA, FACS, FCCP
BACKGROUND
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Rutgers/New Jersey Medical School
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, RWJBarnabas Health System, Northern Region
2019-PRESENT
Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Prime Healthcare, Northern NJ Region
2014-2019
Director, Lung Cancer Center
Centrastate Medical Center/Atlantic Health System, Freehold, NJ
2008-2011
OTHER INTERESTS
Off-Pump/On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass SurgeryAortic Valve SurgeryMitral Valve SurgeryEndoscopic vein / artery harvestLaser Lead ExtractionMediastinal Malignancies/TumorsMinimally Invasive Thoracic SurgeryInterventional BronchoscopyDialysis Access (Basilic Vein Transposition)Cardiothoracic Critical CareHealth Care/Human Resource Management Certificate in HR Mangament – The Wharton School of Business (U. Penn.), 2009Member, Society of Thoracic SurgeonsMember, American College of Healthcare Executives
RESEARCH
Executive Board Member, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
Member, New York Society of Thoracic Surgery
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Certified, American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2008)
Certified, American Board of Surgery (2005)
Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ (Cardiothoracic Residency 2004-2007)
NYU School of Medicine-North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY (General Surgery Residency 1999-2004)
Boston University School of Medicine (BA/MD 1999)
The Hill School (High School 1992)