Dr. Rabie Stephan Joins Surgical Clinic through Synergy Surgicalists Partnership
Carthage Area Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Rabie N. Stephan to its Surgical Clinic team as a general surgeon, effective this week. Dr. Stephan joins the medical staff as the third general surgeon now seeing patients in the hospital-based clinic that provides 24-hour surgical coverage.
A Buffalo resident, Dr. Stephan comes to Carthage from Kalieda Health’s Upper Allegheny Health System, Olean, N.Y., where he also practiced as a general surgeon.
“I look forward to working in a smaller, personal environment and delivering great care to the area,” he said. “The size of the hospital and the community was a big factor in my decision to practice here.”
Dr. Stephan specializes in a wide range of laparoscopic and advanced laparoscopic surgical procedures, including treatment of the gallbladder and appendix — cholecystectomy and appendectomy — ventral hernia repair and advanced laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, among others.
“Dr. Stephan adds considerable depth to our surgical team, bringing nearly three decades of quality experience in a diverse range of procedures,” said Rich Duvall, Carthage Area Hospital CEO. “We are excited to introduce Dr. Stephan to the North Country and appreciate that he chose Carthage as a place to practice surgery.”
A native of Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Stephan graduated with honors from the University of Bonn School of Medicine, Bonn, Germany, in 1982. He was an assistant surgical resident from 1983 to 1985 at Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut. From 1985 to 1986, he was a Winchester Fellow in the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Surgery, New Haven, Conn. Following his experience at Yale, Dr. Stephan spent a year as a research associate in the Michigan State University Department of Surgery, East Lansing. In 1990, he completed a surgical residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. In 1993, he completed a renal/pancreas transplant fellowship at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Stephan is Board Certified in general surgery and surgical critical care and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Stephan and his wife, Eugena, have two grown children, Jules, 26, a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass, where he studies chemistry, and Christine, 23, a graduate student at Cornell University, Ithaca, where she studies applied economics. Outside of practice, Dr. Stephan enjoys tennis and is an avid downhill skier and cyclist.
About the Carthage Area Hospital Surgical Clinic
The hospital’s Surgical Clinic began operations in June 2008. In October 2017, the clinic moved to a remodeled clinical suite on the main hospital campus. Carthage Area Hospital partnered with Synergy Surgicalists to provide specialized 24-hour on-call surgical coverage. The clinic move and this partnership welcomed additional surgeons to the medical staff, expanded patient access to surgical care, and reduced wait times for many elective procedures.
A general surgeon is always on call for emergency procedures at the hospital. Visit carthagehospital.com/service/general-surgery for a complete list of common procedures our surgeons perform.
The surgical clinic participates with most insurance programs, including TRICARE, Martin’s Point, Medicare and Medicaid. Clinic hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. All patients are welcome to the Surgical Clinic by self-referral or by obtaining primary care referral. Call (315) 493-0110 for information how to obtain a referral today.
About Carthage Area Hospital
Carthage Area Hospital was established as a not-for-profit rural community hospital in 1965. It operates today as a fully accredited 25-bed Critical Access Hospital, serving approximately 83,000 residents in Jefferson, northern Lewis and southern St. Lawrence counties. The hospital formed a clinical affiliation with Crouse Health, Syracuse, in 2017.
The hospital also operates a network of community-based clinics, including its Philadelphia Medical Center, Family Health Center, Pediatric Clinic and Women’s Way to Wellness and provides a range of specialty care, including general surgery, orthopedics, podiatry, urology, neurosurgical care, physical therapy and behavioral health.