Mustafa Kabeer, MD, FACS, FAAP is a CHOC Specialists Pediatric Surgeon, board certified by the American Board of Surgery in Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Kabeer attended medical school at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He completed both his internship and his residency training at Indiana University. He served his fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He is affiliated with the American College of Surgeons and the American Pediatric Surgical Association.

Dr. Kabeer is dedicated to investigating new and innovative ways to treat patients. Over the last ten years, he has been engaged in the investigation of the use of autologous splenic lymphoctye reinfusion to augment vaccine efficacy against gram negative encapsulated organisms. He has a background in tumor cell vaccine and cytokine research and is interested in working with stem cells in order to grow small intestines. He is currently researching the use of Raman spectroscopy in the diagnosis of pediatric tumors and in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease. He has dedicated a great deal of time and effort toward researching surgical robotics.

Dr. Kabeer performed the first robotic surgery at CHOC in 2003. Additionally, he performed the world’s first robotic pediatric lung resection and has performed many robotic tumor resections. Dr. Kabeer’s other research interests include immunology and cytokine response to injury. He serves on the CHOC Board of Directors. His philosophy of care is treating all children as if they are his own. Dr. Kabeer speaks fluent Gujarati and Hindi.

Dr. Kabeer’s favorite aspect of the physician-patient relationship is trust. “It is humbling to know and realize that parents entrust their most valuable possession to you in their time of greatest need.” – Dr. Mustafa Kabeer

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Lieber CA, Nethercott HE, Kabeer MH. Cancer field effects in normal tissues revealed by Raman spectroscopy. Biomed Opt Express. 2010 Sep 20;1(3):975-982.

Lieber CA, Kabeer MH. Characterization of pediatric Wilms’ tumor using Raman and fluorescence spectroscopies. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Mar;45(3):549-54.

Klein, MD, Langenburg, SE, Kabeer, M, Lorincz, A, Knight, CG., Pediatric Robotic Surgery: Lessons From a Clinical Experience. Journal of Laparoendoscopy and Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2007, April, 17(2):265-271

Langenburg, S, Kabeer, M, Knight, C, Fleischmann, L, Auner, G, Lyman, W, Klein, M., Surgical Robotics: Creating a New Program. Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques, 2003, 7(4):415-419.

Liu, Q., Kabeer, M., Callahan, M., Orazi, A., Pescovitz, M., Grosfeld, J., Mesocaval Shunt Inhibits Primary and Metastatic Hepatoma Growth and Enhances Apoptosis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1998, 33(7); 1128-33.

Kogon, B., Kabeer, MH., Billings, S., Sawchuk, A., Dalsing, M., Angiosarcoma Arising from an Occluded Popliteal Artery Pseudoaneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1998, 27(5):970-3.

Kabeer, MH., Filo, RS., Milgrom, ML., Pescovitz, MD., Leapman, SB., Lumeng, L., Jindal, RM., Central Pontine Myelinolysis Following Orthotopic Liver Transplant and Association with Cyclosporine Toxicity., Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1995, 71(834):239-241

Nygard, NR., Bono, C., Brown, LR., Gorka, J., Giacoletto, KS., Schaiff, T., Graham, MB., McCourt, DW., Kabeer, MH., Braciale, VL., Braciale, TJ., Schwartz, BD., Antibody Recognition of an Immunogenic Influenzae Haemaglutinin-Human Leucocyte Antigen Class II Complex., Journal of Experimental Medicine., 1991, Vol. 174, pp.243-251.

Tollefsen, DM., Wiegel, CJ., Kabeer, MH., The Presence of Methionine or Threonine at Position 381 in Vitronectin is Correlated with Proteolytic Cleavage at Arginine-379., The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1990, Vol. 265(17), pp.9778-9781.

Musser, JM., Kroll, JS., Granoff, DM., Moxon, ER., Brodeur, BR., Campos, J., Dabernat, H., Frederiksen, W., Hamel, J., Hammond, G., Hoiby, EA., Jonsdottir, KE., Kabeer, MH., Kallings, I., Khan, WN., Kilian, M., Knowles, K., Koornhof, HJ., Law, B., Li, KI., Montgomery, J., Pattison, PE., Piffaretti, JC., Takala, AK., Thong, ML., Wall, RA., Ward, JI., Selander, RK., Global Genetic Structure and Molecular Macroepidemiology of Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae., Reviews of Infectious Disease, 1990, Vol. 12(1), pp. 75-111.

Weinberg, GA., Ghafoor, A., Ishaq, Z., Nomani, NK, Kabeer, MH., Anwar, F., Burney, MI., Qureshi, AW., Musser, JM., Selander, RK., Granoff, DM., Clonal Analysis of Haemophilus inflluenzae Isolated from Children from Pakistan with Lower Respiratory Infections., Journal of Infectious Disease, 1989, Vol. 160, pp. 634-643

Munson, RM., Kabeer, MH., Lenoir, AA., Granoff, DM., Epidemiology and Prospects for Prevention of Hamophilus influenzae Disease in Developing Countries., Reviews of Infectious Disease, 1989, Vol. 11S, pp. S588-597.

Granoff, DM, Sheetz, K., Pandey, JP., Nahm, MH., Rambeck, JH., Jacobs, JL., Musser, JM., Selander, RK., Kabeer, MH., Murphy, TV., Osterholm, MT., Host and Bacterial Factors Associated with Haemophilus influenzae Type b Disease in Minnesota Children Vaccinated with Type b Polysaccharide Vaccine, Journal of Infectious Disease, 1989, Vol. 159, pp. 908-916.

Books and Chapters

Kabeer, MH, Lam, VT, Gibbs, DG, Robotics Technology in Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery; Robotics in Surgery; edit. Faust; Nova Science Publishers, Inc; 2007 Kabeer MH, Klein MD, Acute Renal Failure in Neonates and Infants; Current Pediatric Surgery; edit. Mattei; 1st edition; Williams and Wilkins; 2002

Kabeer MH, Klein MD, Intestinal Obstruction; Acute Care Pediatric Intesive Care Unit Handbook; edit. Lieh-Lai; 2nd edition; Lippincott; 2001

Physician’s Profile

David Gibbs, MD, FACS, FAAP, is President of the Medical Staff at CHOC and is the CHOC Children’s Specialists Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Gibbs is board certified in Pediatric Surgery and General Surgery.

Dr. Gibbs attended medical school at Ohio State University. He completed both his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston followed by serving his fellowships at the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center in San Francisco; Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Schneider Children’s Hospital/Pediatric Surgery in New Hyde Park, New York.

Dr. Gibbs is affiliated with American College of Surgeons, and the Orange County Medical Association. Honors include the Marshall Bartlett Research Fellowship and the Medical Staff award at Ohio State University. His clinical interests include pediatric laparoscopic surgery. He is actively involved in patient care advocacy within the community and at the state level. Dr. Gibbs speaks fluent Spanish.

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