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Farshad Abir

Dr. Farshad Abir, MD

SurgeryColorectal Surgery

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OVERVIEW

An associate physician with Summit Medical Group General Surgery, Farshad Abir, MD, also is Attending Physician at Overlook Hospital 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.

PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE

Explains conditions and treatments
Takes time to answer my questions
Provides follow-up as needed
Office cleanliness

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RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Dr. Abir's Rating
33 Ratings with 3 Reviews
Patient Perspective
4.0 Explains conditions and treatments
4.0 Takes time to answer my questions
4.0 Provides follow-up as needed
Office Rating
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1 Diamond Hill Rd, Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922
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4.0 Office cleanliness
3.0 Courteous staff
4.0 Scheduling flexibility
Summit Medical Group
1 Diamond Hill Rd
Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922
3 REVIEWS
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"Dr Abir was fantastic and saved my life. He was thorough and cautious. I highly recommend him."
  • January 25, 2023
"I am so glad I found Dr. Abir, have been a patient for 6 years and he is so confident in his work, trust him immensely. Before him I was seeing Chief of staff physicians at hospitals, please don’t let a title fool you. Wish I came to him first."
  • September 6, 2022
"I showed up early for my appointment, was brought into the room by a young girl medical assistant who asked me a couple of questions and prepared me for Dr. Abir's exam. When Dr. Abir entered the room, he did not say anything to me, introduce himself or anything. Dr. Abir spent, without exaggeration, 5 seconds to exam me from behind. He removed his gloves and left-again without saying anything to me. The MA then handed me a poor looking photocopy of a single sheet that looked like it has been copied over and over since 1985. I received a bill for $942. Now after insurance paid the covered amount, I am left with almost $700 for the few seconds, a ditto sheet and a medication that is available OTC. The MA did more than the physician, but yet the whole experience was a whirlwind of how fast I was seen and shuffled out. I think the charge is outrageous especially since I was not worth Dr. Abir's time to see if I had any questions or explain his findings. I am not even sure how he wrote an ...
encounter note without hearing about my history, concern or anything. There was zero physician-patient interaction otherwise. No one should be billing $1000 for 5 seconds. No one ever communicated to me the physician’s findings, except a teenage girl who handed me a poor quality photocopy. So, is that how medical care and findings are presented to the patient? From a teenage assistant? How do I know she handed me the correct information? I was billed nearly $1000 for less than 10 seconds of his time. That translates to the physician billing $360,000 per hour at that rate. I communicated my displeasure in care/billing with the Billing Dept and the Customer Experience Dept. They decided that the care was appropriate based upon the physician’s note. I can almost guarantee that his note is a template that he had someone paste my name into. I emailed the Chief Experience Officer as well twice with no response. Now they are sending me to collections as I try to find someone who cares that I have no idea what Dr. Abir found - or maybe it wasnt Dr. Abir who examined me - I have no idea. It seems like Summit Health/City MD is now too big to offer quality patient care. It is becoming a factory. You may be better off seeking a sole practitioner that cares about his/her patients and will actually look you in the face, greet you and explain what the diagnosis is. "
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  • September 23, 2021

LOCATIONS

Summit Medical Group
Summit Health Berkeley Heights Campus
1 Diamond Hill Rd
Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
Mon8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:30 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
Summit Medical Group
Summit Medical Group General Surgery
1 Diamond Hill Rd Bensley Pav F
Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
Mon8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Tue8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Wed8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thu8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Fri8:30 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicare Accepted
1 Diamond Hill Road Bensley Pavilion, 4th floor
Berkeley Heights, NJ, 07922

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Medical School
Suny Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine
Graduated 2000

INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED  (106)

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  • UHC Navigate HMO
  • Horizon POS
  • PHCS PPO
  • First Health PPO
  • Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
  • UHC Choice Plus POS
  • Horizon OMNIA
  • CIGNA HMO
  • Emblem HIP Select PPO
  • Amerihealth Regional Pref Ntwk HMO HMO + POS
  • Multiplan PPO
  • QualCare HMO
  • QualCare PPO
  • Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
  • CIGNA Open Access Plus
  • UHC Options PPO
  • Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Amerihealth Regional Preferred Network HMO, HMO+, POS, POS+ MRF
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Aetna Choice POS Open Access
  • Amerihealth Regional Pref Ntwk EPO POS + PPO
  • Highmark Community Blue PPO
  • Horizon Direct Access
  • BCBS Blue Card PPO
  • Horizon Advantage EPO
  • Horizon PPO
  • CIGNA PPO
  • UHC Navigate POS
  • Aetna Choice POS II
  • Horizon HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Humana Choice POS
  • Horizon BCBS OMNIA - TIER1
  • Empire PPO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Harvard Pilgrim PPO
  • IBC Personal Choice PPO
  • Aetna Select
  • Empire Prism EPO Blue Priority
  • AmeriHealth HMO, POS, DPOS
  • BCBS PPO
  • PPO
  • Advantage EPO
  • AmeriHealth Advantage
  • Amerihealth Hospital Advantage
  • Empire Blue Priority NY
  • HMO Local Value
  • HMO Preferred
  • Local Value
  • Local Value Network POS+
  • MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
  • Oscar Circle
  • Oscar Circle Plus
  • PPO 6000 Series
  • Regional Preferred
  • Regional Preferred POS+
  • UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
  • IBC Keystone HMO POS
  • Amerihealth Regional Preferred
  • UHC Nexus Open Access
  • Aetna AWH NJ Choice POS II MultiTier
  • Aetna AWH NJ Choice POS II MultiTier - Maximum Savings
  • Aetna Elect Choice EPO Open Access
  • Aetna Innovation Health Aetna Premier Care Network Plus
  • Aetna Open Choice PPO
  • Aetna Premier Care Network APCN Choice POS II OAMC
  • AmeriHealth Local Value EPO
  • AmeriHealth Local Value HMO
  • AmeriHealth Local Value Network POS+
  • AmeriHealth Preferred HMO
  • AmeriHealth Regional Preferred POS+
  • BCBS WNY PPO
  • BCBSA Blue Card High Performance Network
  • BCBSA High Performance Network - Tiered
  • Highmark BCBS PPO
  • Horizon BCBS Direct Access
  • Horizon BCBS HMO
  • Horizon BCBS OMNIA
  • Horizon BCBS POS
  • Horizon BCBS PPO
  • Horizon BCBSNJ Managed Care Network
  • Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
  • MagnaCare PPO
  • Medica Choice With UHC
  • MVP Health Plan EPO/PPO
  • Aetna Savings Plus of Metro NY
  • CDPHP PPO National
  • Highmark BCBS Community Blue PPO
  • Highmark BCBS PPOBlue
  • Capital BC PPO
  • Connecticare Flex Connecticut
  • CareFirst BluePreferred PPO
  • Excellus BCBS SimplyBlue/SimplyBlue Plus
  • Emblem Health HIP Prime HMO
  • Excellus BCBS BluePPO HSA
  • Highmark BCBS Blue High Performance Network
  • Highmark BCBS Community Blue Flex PPO
  • Aetna AWH NJ Choice POS II
  • Aetna AWH NJ Open Access Managed Choice
  • Aetna CVS Health New Jersey
  • Aetna Savings Plus of New Jersey Choice POS II
  • Highmark BCBS Performance Blue
  • IBC Personal Choice Tiered
  • Connecticare Passage
  • Oscar NJ Exchange
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