Dr. Jeffrey Shuhaiber graduated from King's College London School of Medicine in 1998 before completing a residency in General Surgery at University of Illinois from 2000 to 2004. He then completed a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center from 2004 to 2006.
Dr. Shuhaiber has one office in Massachusetts where he specializes in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery and Cardiac Surgery. Learn more.
Dr. Shuhaiber works with five doctors including Dr. Alfred Adegboyegun and Dr. Daniel Engelman.
Cardiothoracic surgery is a highly specialized field of medicine that incorporates surgical procedures to treat diseases or trauma to the organs and structures of the chest – including the heart, lungs and esophagus. Dr. Shuhaiber may perform both minimally invasive or invasive procedures ranging from angioplasty to open heart surgery or transplant surgeries.
Following rigorous and lengthy training, thoracic surgeons are uniquely qualified to perform complex surgeries on the chest, or thorax as it is sometimes called. Their focus is usually on the lungs, esophagus, and other areas of the chest, and may also include the heart. As such, Dr. Shuhaiber may see patients in Massachusetts for a wide range of surgeries, for example removing cancer causing tumors from the esophagus and chest wall, or even a lung transplant.
Heart and cardiovascular ailments, such as ischemic, rheumatic, valvular, or congenital heart disease, endocarditis and atherosclerosis, affect a large percentage of our society. Dr. Jeffrey Shuhaiber is a cardiac surgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of these common heart related illnesses in Springfield, MA. He may conduct operations such as surgical implantation of defibrillators and pacemakers, heart valve repair, heart transplant surgery, or coronary artery bypass.
King's College London School of Medicine
MD • 1998
University of Illinois
Residency in General Surgery
• 2000 - 2004
Loyola University Medical Center
Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery
• 2004 - 2006
Please Note: The information displayed below is sourced from the 2014 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier National Provider Identifier (NPI) Aggregate Report. It's important to remember that the statistics below are not inclusive of all patients treated by Dr. Shuhaiber, but only those who participate in Medicare.