NadeemRAbu-RustumMD

Gynecologic Oncology

Chief, Gynecologic Oncology Service Professor Weill Cornell Medical College

Overview of Dr. Abu-Rustum

Dr. Nadeem Abu-Rustum is an obstetrician/gynecologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He received his medical degree from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 27 years. Dr. Abu-Rustum accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 37 doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who specialize in Obstetrics & Gynecology. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
160 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
Book by Phone+1(661) 426-2873

Education & Training

Greater Baltimore Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1990 - 1994
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

DE State Medical License Current
CA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2001 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1992 - 2008
IL State Medical License 1997 - 2002
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynecologic Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2008-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2003-2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002, 2005-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2006-2013
New York Magazine: Top Minimally Invasive Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Clinical Trials

Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Patients Who Have Had Major Open Gynecologic Surgery Start of enrollment: 2004 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Thermal Spread Into the Interstitial Portion of the Fallopian Tubes Using the Ligasure Device at Time of Hysterectomy Start of enrollment: 2008 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Narrow Band Imaging (NBI): A Novel Imaging Modality in Minimally Invasive Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 14
Completed
Not Applicable
A Study Assessing Circulation Around Surgical Incisions at the Time of Laparotomy Closure Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 15
Completed
Not Applicable
Choosing Ovarian Preservation or Removal Before Surgery for Endometrial Cancer Start of enrollment: 2020 Sep 23
Recruiting
Roles: Contact
Observational Study of Women With Endometrial Cancer Who Receive the Standard Treatment for Their Disease Start of enrollment: 2020 Feb 26
Recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
A Study of Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging With ICG During Reconstructive Gynecologic Surgery Start of enrollment: 2021 Sep 24
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasm: Patient outcomes and clinical pearls from a multidisciplinary referral center.
Ying L Liu, Aaron M Praiss, Sarah Chiang, Kelly Devereaux, James Huang
Gynecologic Oncology. 2024-12-13
Lymph node metastases in endometrial carcinoma: A modern assessment in the era of sentinel lymph node mapping and molecular subtyping.
Aaron M Praiss, Christian Dagher, Qin Zhou, Alexia Iasonos, Eric Rios-Doria
Gynecologic Oncology. 2024-12-01
Concurrent POLE hotspot mutations and mismatch repair deficiency/microsatellite instability in endometrial cancer: A challenge in molecular classification.
Sara Moufarrij, Andrea Gazzo, Satshil Rana, Pier Selenica, Nadeem R Abu-Rustum
Gynecologic Oncology. 2024-12-01

Lectures

Fluorescent Lymphatic Mapping in Gynecology
New York, NY - 10/27/2014

Other

Treatment and prognosis of uterine leiomyosarcoma
Abu-Rustum NR, Hensley ML
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-and-prognosis-of-uterine-leiomyosarcoma
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-11

Press Mentions

Fallopian Tube Removal for Ovarian Cancer Prevention: Benefits, Risks and RecoveryMarch 29th, 2023
New NCCN Guidelines Help Patients Better Understand and Participate in the Care of Their Cervical CancerDecember 14th, 2021
Nadeem Abu-Rustum, MD, on Cervical Cancer: Evolving Treatment StrategiesApril 1st, 2016
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Professional Memberships

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - SLS
Member
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Fellow
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
QualCare HMO
QualCare PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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