Basem Azab, M.D.

• Dr. Basem Azab, MD is an internal medicine specialist in Staten Island, NY and has been practicing for 16 years.
• He graduated from Cairo U in 1999 and specializes in internal medicine and general surgery.

Awards & Honors:

• Healthgrades Honor Roll

Publications:

1. Novel Ergonomic Approach (Split-leg) for Transinguinal Groin Hernia Repair.
2. Hypoalbuminemia in colorectal cancer prognosis: Nutritional marker or inflammatory surrogate?
3. Usefulness of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Short- and Long-Term Mortality in Breast Cancer Patients.
4. The value of the pretreatment neutrophil lymphocyte ratio vs. platelet lymphocyte ratio in predicting the long-term survival in colorectal cancer.
5. The value of the pretreatment albumin/globulin ratio in predicting the long-term survival in colorectal cancer.
6. Value of platelet/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of all-cause mortality after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
7. Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes of Acute Pancreatitis.
8. Mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio as a predictor of long-term mortality after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
9. Long-term mortality in minimally invasive compared with sternotomy coronary artery bypass surgery in the geriatric population (75 years and older patients).
10. Elevated preoperative neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of increased long-term survival in minimal invasive coronary artery bypass surgery compared to sternotomy.