FaizBhoraMDFACS

Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cardiovascular Surgery

Central Region Chief of Surgery, Hackensack Meridian Health

Overview of Dr. Bhora

Dr. Faiz Bhora is a thoracic surgeon in Edison, NJ and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay and Old Bridge Medical Centers, Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, and Danbury Hospital. He received his medical degree from Aga Khan Medical College and has been in practice 24 years. Dr. Bhora accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 16 doctors at Vassar Brothers Medical Center and one of 10 doctors at Danbury Hospital who specialize in Thoracic Surgery. He also speaks multiple languages, including Hindi and Urdu. He has more than 80 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
102 James Street
Suite 302
Edison, NJ 08820
Book by Phone+1(732) 889-5812
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Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2000 - 2002
George Washington UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 2000
St Agnes HealthCareInternship, Transitional Year, 1994 - 1995
Aga Khan Medical CollegeClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2006 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2000 - 2024
CT State Medical License 2019 - 2024
WI State Medical License 2004 - 2007
DC State Medical License 1997 - 2006
PA State Medical License 2004 - 2006
MD State Medical License 1997 - 2006
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctors
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Percutaneous Localization: Open-label Registry of Thoracic Surgery Start of enrollment: 2019 Oct 10
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Factors associated with safe and successful postoperative day 1 discharge after lung operations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Martins, R., Fatimi, A., Ansari, A., Raheel, H., Latif, M., Poulikidis, K., Razi, S., Bhora, F.> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2024 Feb 14
Novel Journal Metrics in Cardiothoracic Surgery: How Different Are Contemporary Metrics From the Impact Factor?
Martins, R., Ahmed, W., Barolia, M., Weber, J., Latif, M., Poulikidis, K., Razi, S., Bhora, F.> ;Innovations. 2024 Feb 12
Personal Finance Wellness for New Attendings.
Russell Seth Martins, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Faiz Y Bhora> ;Thoracic Surgery Clinics. 2024 Feb 1
Neoadjuvant vs Adjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy for Stage II-IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Martins, R., Alnajar, A., Latif, M., Luo, J., Razi, S., Poulikidis, K., Bhora, F.> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Jan 28
Impact of facility type and volume in locally advanced esophageal cancer.
Zaid Muslim, Stephanie Stroever, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Cliff P Connery, James R Nitzkorski, Faiz Y Bhora> ;Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals. 2024 Jan 1
From emissions to incisions and beyond: the repercussions of climate change on surgical disease in low- and-middle-income countries.
Russell Seth Martins, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Syed Shahzad Razi, M Jawad Latif, Kyle Tafuri, Faiz Y Bhora> ;BMC Surgery. 2023 Nov 16
Anastomotic stenosis of bioengineered trachea grafts is driven by transforming growth factor β1-induced signaling, proinflammatory macrophages, and delayed epitheliali...
Joanna Weber, Russell Seth Martins, Zaid Muslim, Mirza Zain Baig, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Al Haitham Al Shetawi, Faiz Y Bhora> ;JTCVS Open. 2023 Sep 1
Discussion to: A novel ex vivo tracheobronchomalacia model for airway stent testing and in vivo model refinement.
Abhijit Mondal, Faiz Bhora> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 Feb 1
Commentary: I cannot breathe.
Russell Seth Martins, Faiz Y Bhora> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Sep 1
The Scan, the Needle, or the Knife? National Trends in Diagnosing Stage I Lung Cancer.
John F Lazar, Sakib M Adnan, Naomi Alpert, Shivam Joshi, Abbas E Abbas, Faiz Y Bhora, Emanuela Taioli, Charles T Bakhos> ;Innovations. 2022 Dec 20
1 citations
Treatment quality and outcomes vary with hospital burden of uninsured and Medicaid patients with cancer in early non-small cell lung cancer.
Zaid Muslim, Syed S Razi, Kostantinos Poulikidis, M Jawad Latif, Joanna F Weber, Cliff P Connery, Faiz Y Bhora> ;JTCVS Open. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Increasing Time-to-Treatment for Lung Cancer: Are We Going Backward?
Zaid Muslim, Stephanie Stroever, Syed S Razi, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Mirza Zain Baig, Cliff P Connery, Faiz Y Bhora> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Jan 1
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery demonstrates a lower rate of conversion to thoracotomy than video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for complex lobectomies.
Mirza Zain Baig, Syed S Razi, Stephanie Stroever, Zaid Muslim, Joanna Weber, Luis J Herrera, Faiz Y Bhora, Agyabeng-Dadzie, K.> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Aug 3
2 citations
Conversion to Thoracotomy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Risk Factors and Perioperative Outcomes.
Zaid Muslim, Stephanie Stroever, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Joanna F Weber, Cliff P Connery, Luis J Herrera, Faiz Y Bhora> ;Innovations. 2022 May 2
5 citations
Successes and Failures in Tracheal Bioengineering: Lessons Learned.
Joanna F. Weber, Sadiq S. Rehmani, Mirza Zain Baig, Yamna Jadoon, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Oct 1
Social determinants and facility type impact adherence to best practices in operable IIIAN2 lung cancer.
Zaid Muslim, Stephanie Stroever, Mirza Zain Baig, Joanna F. Weber, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Aug 19
4 citations
Social determinants and facility type impact adherence to best practices in operable IIIAN2 lung cancer.
Zaid Muslim, Stephanie Stroever, Mirza Zain Baig, Joanna F. Weber, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Aug 19
Invasive thymoma - Which patients benefit from post-operative radiotherapy?
Zaid Muslim, Mirza Zain Baig, Joanna F. Weber, Frank C. Detterbeck, Cliff P. Connery, John A Spera, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals. 2021 May 11
4 citations
Lobectomy Demonstrates Superior Survival Than Segmentectomy for High-Grade Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The National Cancer Database Analysis.
Mirza Zain Baig, Syed S. Razi, Zaid Muslim, Joanna F. Weber, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;The American Surgeon. 2021 Apr 20
7 citations
Novel composite trachea grafts using 3-dimensional printing.
Joanna F Weber, Sadiq S Rehmani, Mirza Zain Baig, Robert Lebovics, Wissam Raad, Cliff Connery, Faiz Y Bhora> ;JTCVS Open. 2021 Mar 1
4 citations
Travelling to a High-Volume Center Confers Improved Survival in Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Zaid Muslim, Mirza Zain Baig, Joanna F. Weber, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
5 citations
Optimal treatment strategies for stage I non-small cell lung cancer in veterans with pulmonary and cardiac comorbidities.
Keith Sigel, Chung Yin Kong, Sadiq S. Rehmani, Susan E. Bates, Michael K. Gould, Kimberly Stone, Minal Kale, Yeun-Hee Park, Kristina Crothers, Faiz Y. Bhora, Juan P. W...> ;Plos One. 2021 Mar 18
6 citations
Anatomic resection has superior long-term survival compared with wedge resection for second primary lung cancer after prior lobectomy.
Mirza Zain Baig, Syed S. Razi, Stephanie Stroever, Joanna F. Weber, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2021 May 8
2 citations
Patient-specific 3-dimensional lung modelling: next-generation imaging helps guide precise surgical resection
Mirza Zain Baig, Zaid Muslim, Joanna F. Weber, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Apr 8
9 citations
Lobectomy is superior to segmentectomy for peripheral high grade non-small cell lung cancer ≤2 cm
Mirza Zain Baig, Syed S. Razi, Joanna F. Weber, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Y. Bhora> ;Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2020 Nov 8
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Lectures

Credentialing and Certification
New York, NY - 10/25/2014
Thoracic Surgery Written Review Course
The Osler Institute, Washington, Dist Of Col - 10/11/2013
Thoracic Surgery Written Review Course
The Osler Institute, Washington, Dist Of Col - 10/11/2013

Press Mentions

Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center Now Offers the Most Advanced Robotic Bronchoscopy Technology in Central New JerseyDecember 13th, 2022
American Lung Association Aims to Curb Vaping Epidemic Among YoungSeptember 6th, 2020
Vassar Brothers' New Building to Open Spring 2020; Residency Programs BeginningMay 30th, 2019
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Professional Memberships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - STS
Member
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Other Languages

Hindi, Urdu

Hospital Affiliations

Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay and Old Bridge Medical CentersPerth Amboy, New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Medical CenterEdison, New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel, New Jersey
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie, New York
Danbury HospitalDanbury, Connecticut

Insurance Accepted

CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
GHI PPO
Healthfirst New York
HIP of New York - Select PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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