Faculty

Nabil Wasif, M.D.

Location

Phoenix, Arizona

Contact

wasif.nabil@mayo.edu Clinical Profile

SUMMARY

Nabil Wasif, M.D., is interested in cancer research, specifically cancer care delivery and comparisons of treatment effectiveness. He uses large cancer databases to look at quality of care, care disparities and outcomes following treatment.

Focus areas

Dr. Wasif studies:

  • The policy implications of complex cancer surgery by geographic region.
  • Approaches to make complex cancer surgery safer.
  • Quality-of-life considerations and competing risks influencing decision-making in older patients.

Significance to patient care

As the population ages, it's getting harder to balance the risks and benefits of surgery for older patients with multiple illnesses. Cancer care research at the national level can help answer many important questions about clinical management. Studies like those of Dr. Wasif also can help streamline the effective delivery of cancer-related care for individual patients.

Professional highlights

  • Mentor for Mohamed R. Aly, M.B., B.Ch., second and third places, Commission on Cancer (CoC) Annual Cancer Research Paper Competition, 2023.
  • Mentor for Kristen M. Jogerst, M.D., first place, Resident Paper Competition, Arizona Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 2021.
  • Mentor for Syed Nabeel Zafar, M.D., M.P.H., Outstanding Resident Research Award, Academic Surgical Congress, Association for Academic Surgery, 2017.
  • J. Bradley Aust Award for Best Paper by a New Member, Western Surgical Association, 2017.
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO):
    • Mentor for Lee J. McGhan, M.D., Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Merit Award, 2012.
    • Mentor for Lee J. McGhan, M.D., Breast Cancer Symposium Merit Award, 2011.
    • Annual Meeting Merit Award, 2009.
    • Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Merit Award, 2009.
    • Breast Cancer Symposium Merit Award, 2009.
    • Breast Cancer Symposium Merit Award, 2008.

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

Primary Appointment

  1. Consultant, Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery
  2. Associate Chair of Education, Department of Surgery

Administrative Appointment

  1. Chair, Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery

Academic Rank

  1. Professor of Surgery

EDUCATION

  1. MPH Harvard School of Public Health
  2. Clinical Fellowship - Surgical Oncology John Wayne Cancer Institute, Saint John's Health Center
  3. Research Fellowship UCLA Center for Surgical Outcomes, University of California
  4. Resident - General Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital
  5. Research Fellowship Laboratory for Gene Therapy Research, Weill Cornell Medical College
  6. Research Fellowship Laboratory for Wound Healing and Tissue Culture, Weill Cornell Medical College
  7. MB BS Aga Khan University Medical College
  8. AA - A levels; Physics, Biology and Chemistry/ Administered by the University of London Lahore College for Arts and Sciences

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