Dr. Shadi Aboudi, MD, FACS, FASMBS, DABOM

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Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Shadi Aboudi, who serves patients in Kokomo, Indiana.

Dr. Aboudi is a highly trained general surgeon who offers his patients exceptional outcomes at Ascension Medical Group – St. Vincent – Kokomo Primary Care. His clinical focus is colon cancer, trauma and acute care surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, incisional and inguinal hernia repair, hiatal hernia repair, and antireflux surgery.

The surgical care team at Ascension Medical Group – St. Vincent – Kokomo Primary Care includes board-certified surgeons performing inpatient and outpatient surgery. These surgeons specialize in laparoscopic and minimally invasive procedures for general surgical procedures and orthopedic surgery. They provide personalized care for patients, from pre-surgery testing and patient education, to providing a comfortable recovery environment, to post-surgery rehabilitation when needed.

The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began after he earned his medical degree from the University of Damascus, Faculty of Medicine in Syria. He then went on to complete his internship at the Indiana University School of Medicine, followed by his residency at Yousef Al-Azmeh Hospital.

Dedicated to clinical excellence, Dr. Aboudi is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care. 

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