- Dr. Salwa A Fam, MD
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Dr. Salwa A Fam, MD
General Surgery
- Massachusetts, Framingham
Overview
Dr. Salwa A Fam, MD works in Framingham, Massachusetts is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Boston University Med Center in 1976. Dr. Fam is affiliated with Mount Auburn Hospital, Newton - Wellesley Hospital and practicing for 48 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• Esophageal Tumor
• Fear of Getting Married
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
...
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Thoracoscopy
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
• Wrinkles
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Biopsy of Breast
• Breast Cancer
• Breast Lump
• Breast Reconstruction
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• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Colectomy
• Colorectal Cancer
• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Fistula
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision of Rectal Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Gallbladder Cancer
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Hemorrhoids
• Hidradenitis
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Incisional Hernia
• Incisional Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Lipomas
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Phlebitis and Thrombophlebitis
• Pleural Effusion
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Secondary Malignancies
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Thoracentesis
• Transendoscopic Stent Placement
• Umbilical Hernia
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 48
State License
- Massachusetts
Spoken Languages
- Arabic
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Boston University Med Center
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1976
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1976
Medical School
Tufts University School Of Medicine
Boston, MA, United States
Graduated: 1975
Boston, MA, United States
Graduated: 1975
Awards
1 ACS
2 ASBS
3 MMS
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Office Locations
Primary location
Professional Medical Associates
475 Franklin Street Suite 203
Massachusetts (MA)
Framingham
1702
Phone:(508) 879-4407
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 15 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Professional Medical Associates, 475 Franklin Street Suite 203, Framingham, Massachusetts (MA), 1702
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- BlueConnect HMO
- CHAMPVA
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Fallon Community Health Plan
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
- Health Net
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- MedHealthInsurance
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Neighborhood Health Plan
- Network Health
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Health Plans
- Tufts PPO
- UniCare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Mount Auburn Hospital
330 Mount Auburn Street
Massachusetts MA,
Cambridge,
2138
Mount Auburn Hospital is a hospital located in Cambridge, MA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 8 of 12 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 11 of 12 procedures.
Newton - Wellesley Hospital
2014 Washington Street
Massachusetts MA,
Newton,
2462
Newton - Wellesley Hospital is a hospital located in Newton, MA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 10 of 12 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 3 of 12 procedures.
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