An associate physician with Summit Medical Group General Surgery, Farshad Abir, MD, also is Attending Physician at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey. His expertise is colorectal surgery.

Before joining Summit Medical Group, Dr. Abir was Associate Physician with Piedmont Colorectal Associates in Atanta, Georgia. He has delivered local, national, and international invited presentations primarily devoted to endoscopic and laparoscopic surgical techniques. He is the author or coauthor of articles and abstracts, which are published in prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Surgical Oncology, American Journal of Surgery, and Archives of Surgery.

Dr. Abir is the recipient of more than 13 honors and awards, including the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Award and Clarence Dennis Award for outstanding Clinical Performance in Surgery.

Dr. Abir's expertise includes:

• Anal cancer surgery 
• Anal fistulotomy 
• Anal tag surgery
• Anal wart surgery 
• Colon cancer surgery 
• Colostomy
• Colostomy reversal
• Colonoscopy 
• Colon resection (diverticulitis) 
• Cottonseed oil injections for hemorrhoids 
•  Cyst excision 
• Fissurectomy 
• Hemicolectomy
• Hemmorhoidectomy 
• Lipoma excision
• Pilonidal cyst excision 
• Laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy 
• Perirectal abscess surgery
• Proctectomy
• Rubber band ligation for hemorrhoids 
• Seton plug placement
• Seton plug removal
• Thrombosed hemmorhoid excision
•  Umbilical hernia surgery