The practice is organized around six surgical areas. The first three are grouped by anatomy. Hepatobiliary surgery covers the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts. Pancreatic and upper GI surgery covers the pancreas, esophagus, and stomach. Colorectal and abdominal oncology covers the colon, rectum, anal canal, and appendix, along with related benign conditions such as diverticulitis.
The other three areas are grouped by how patients describe their needs. Anti-reflux and benign foregut care includes GERD, hiatal hernias, and achalasia. Specialized surgical oncology covers sarcoma, breast cancer, skin cancer, adrenal tumors, and spleen tumors. General and complex abdominal surgery covers hernia repair, abdominal wall reconstruction, and several other general abdominal procedures.
Hepatobiliary Surgery
Operations on the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts. This covers liver tumors (primary cancers and metastases from colorectal cancer), bile duct cancers, gallbladder cancer, biliary reconstruction, and complicated gallstone disease. Dr. Jabbar’s advanced fellowship was in this area.
Pancreatic & Upper GI Surgery
Operations on the pancreas, esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. This covers pancreatic adenocarcinoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, IPMN and other pancreatic cysts, ampullary and duodenal cancers, gastric and esophageal cancers, gastric neuroendocrine tumors, GIST, and small intestine cancer. Many of these operations may be performed robotically when the disease, anatomy, and patient factors make that approach appropriate.
Anti-Reflux & Benign Foregut Care
Surgical management of chronic acid reflux (GERD), hiatal and paraesophageal hernias, and achalasia. Surgery may be considered after objective testing confirms the diagnosis and when symptoms, complications, anatomy, or patient preferences support an operation. The operations covered on this page include Nissen and Toupet fundoplication, paraesophageal hernia repair, and Heller myotomy.
Colorectal & Abdominal Oncology
Operations for colon, rectal, anal, and appendiceal cancers, plus benign conditions such as diverticulitis and bowel obstruction. Dr. Jabbar handles both oncologic resections and anorectal procedures, with open, laparoscopic, or robotic approaches selected according to the disease, anatomy, and patient factors.
Specialized Surgical Oncology
Surgical treatment of cancers that do not sit neatly under one organ system. This includes soft tissue and retroperitoneal sarcoma, breast cancer (DCIS, lobular, and ductal), male breast cancer, skin cancer (melanoma, squamous cell, and basal cell), spleen tumors and splenic lymphoma, and adrenal tumors including pheochromocytoma. Most of these diagnoses involve a coordinated plan with medical oncology, radiation oncology, or both.
General & Complex Abdominal Surgery
Hernia repair across the full range, from straightforward inguinal hernias to large recurrent incisional hernias requiring abdominal wall reconstruction with mesh and component separation. This area also covers appendectomy, small bowel resection, and supportive procedures such as port placement for chemotherapy access, staging laparoscopy for cancer evaluation, and feeding tube placement.
