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Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD, MS, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
Section Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief, Temple University Health System
Surgical Director, Lung Cancer, Thoracic Malignancy and Foregut Disease Program, Temple University Health System

- Contact Information
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Contact Information
Phone
215-707-9115Fax
215-707-9131 - About Me
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Clinical Interests
- Esophageal cancer
- Robotic surgery for esophageal cancer
- Lung cancer
- Robotic surgery for lung cancer
- Benign esophageal disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernia
- Robotic surgery for Myasthenia gravis and thymic tumors
- Endoscopic esophageal and bronchial procedures, e.g. endoscopic ultrasound, endobrachial ultrasound, esophageal stents, bronchial stents, laser, cryospray, navigational bronchoscopy
- Airway surgery
Research Interests
- Gene therapy for esophageal cancer
- The microenvironment of esophageal cancer, especially the role of tumor initiating cells
- Clinical outcomes in robotic surgery
- Clinical outcomes in esophageal cancer
- Clinical outcomes in lung cancer
- Education, Training & Credentials
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Educational Background
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Thoracic Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Artificial Cardiac Support, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, 1995
- Fellowship, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2003
- Residency, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
- Internship, Pinnacle Health System, Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, PA, 1998
- MD, Ain-Shams University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, 1988
Certifications
- The American Board of Surgery, 2004
- The American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2004
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of Thoracic Surgery
- International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
- The General Thoracic Surgical Club
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Publications
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Digital Bibliography