Gerard Abood, MD
Dr. Gerard Abood is a surgical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal and abdominal malignancies at Loyola Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. He cares for patients at the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center as well as at Ascension Alexian Brothers Cancer Care Elk Grove in Elk Grove, Illinois.
Dr. Abood is skilled in a variety of innovative surgical techniques for the treatment of foregut, hepatobiliary, and peritoneal disease, including minimally invasive and robotic surgeries. He has expertise in the use of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in combination with cytoreductive surgery for patients diagnosed with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Abood earned his medical degree at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He completed an internship and residency in General Surgery at the Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, and a fellowship in Complex Surgical Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
Following completion of his medical education and training, he accepted a position with Loyola University Health System.
Research
Dr. Abood has designed novel clinical trials for GI oncology and published extensively in peer‐reviewed journals on topics related to GI malignancy.
His recent publications include:[2]
Executive Summary of the American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria for Neoadjuvant Therapy for Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Systematic Review and Gu… Krishan R Jethwa, Ed Kim, Jordan Berlin, Christopher J Anker, Leila Tchelebi, Gerard Abood, Christopher L Hallemeier, Salma Jabbour, Timothy Kennedy, Rachit Kumar, Per…>; American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024 Apr 1
MRI-guided Real-time Online Gated Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors. Bhanu Prasad Venkatesulu, Emily Ness, Dylan Ross, Anjali L Saripalli, Gerard Abood, Ami Badami, Scott Cotler, Asha Dhanarajan, Lawrence M Knab, Brian Lee, Christopher …>; American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2023 Dec 1
Impact of sociodemographic factors on outcomes in patients with peritoneal malignancies following cytoreduction and chemoperfusion. Adriana Cantos, Emanuel Eguia, Xuanji Wang, Gerard Abood, Lawrence M Knab>; Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2022 Jun 1
