Medical Expertise

Division of Trauma, and Critical Care Surgery

Hospital Affiliation

University Hospital, Newark

INSURANCE PARTICIPATION

Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable)
The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and insurance companies.

AmeriGroup

America's Choice Provider Network (ACPN)

Amerivantage Dual Coordination

Clover Health Plans

Devon Health Services/ULLICO

Horizon NJ Health

Horizon NJ Total Care(HNJH)

Medicaid

Medicare

MultiPlan

Prime Health Services, Inc.

Three Rivers Provider Network

United Healthcare Community Plan (formerly AmeriChoice of NJ, Inc.)

WellCare Health Plans

Overview

Dr. Sheikh is one of our new trauma and critical care surgeons in the Department of Surgery. She is an RBHS Instructor in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery and an Attending at University Hospital (UH). As a surgery resident, Dr. Sheikh trained at multiple institutions including Mayo Clinic Arizona, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, and graduated from the general surgery program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She also completed a two-year research fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. Most recently, she was a surgical critical care fellow at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine in Honolulu, HI.

Education

MD, 2009, Ross University, School of Medicine
BS, 2003, Rutgers, The State University

Licensure & Certification

Medical Licensure
New Jersey

Relevant Publications

Bostock IC, Sheikh F, Millington TM, Finley DJ, Phillips JD. Contemporary outcomes of surgical management of complex thoracic infections. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 10 (9):5421-5427. September 2018

Gray S, Sheikh F, Shiber J. Complex hepatic injury involving a liver transplant recipient: a case report and review of the literature. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 28:282-284. October 2016

Sheikh F, Akinkuotu AC, Clark SJ, Zamora IJ, Cass DL, Olutoye OO, Lee TC. Assessment of quality of life outcomes using the pediatric quality of life inventory survey in prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 51 (4): 545-8. April 2016

Olutoye OA, Sheikh F, Zamora IJ, Yu L, Akinkuotu AC, Adesina AM, Olutoye OO. Repeated isoflurane exposure and neuroapoptosis in the mid-gestation fetal sheep brain. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 214 (4): 542.e1-8. April 2016

Sheikh F, Akinkuotu A, Olutoye OO, Pimpalwar S, Cassady C, Fernandes CJ, Ruano R, Lee TC, Cass DL. Prenatally diagnosed neck masses: long-term outcomes and quality of life. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 50 (7): 1210-3. July 2015

Sheikh F, Fallon S, Bisset G, Podberesky D, Zheng J, Falcone R, Naik-Mathuria B.Image- guided prediction of pseudocyst formation in pediatric pancreatic trauma. Journal of Surgical Research. 193 (2): 513-8. February 2015

Sheikh F, Gray RJ, Ferrara J, Foster K, Chapital A. Disparity between actual case volume and the perceptions of case volume needed to train competent general surgeons. Journal of Surgical Education. 67(6):371-5. November 2010

Areas Of Interest

Trauma

critical care

surgical resident education