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Medical Expertise
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General 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.
Fariha Sheikh, MD FACS is an Assistant Professor at the Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School Department
of Surgery, specializing in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery. She is a
Rutgers alum having received a BA in Biology from Rutgers College in New Brunswick. She then gained a
wide breadth of training across the country, graduating from General Surgery residency from Dartmouth in
Lebanon, New Hampshire followed by Surgical Critical Care fellowship from the University of Hawaii in
Honolulu. Additionally, she completed two surgical research fellowships, at Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix,
Arizona and Baylor, Texas Children???s Hospital in Houston. She has over 30 publications and has an
interest in surgical education and mentorship.
Education
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship 2019 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
General Surgery Residency 2018 Geisel School of Medicine Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire
MD, 2009, Ross University, School of Medicine
BA, 2003, Rutgers University
Licensure & Certification
Medical Licensure
New Jersey
Hawaii
Certification
American Board of Surgery ??? General Surgery
American Board of Surgery ??? Surgical Critical Care
Education
MD, 2009, Ross University, School of Medicine BS, 2003, Rutgers, The State University
Licensure & Certification
Medical Licensure New Jersey
Certification American Board of Surgery - Trauma (Surgery Board)
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
