News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Peter Cohenno
Public Information Officer
Southcoast Health
Office: 508-973-5280
Mobile: 774-218-5530
cohennop@southcoast.org
www.southcoast.org/news/releases/
Benjamin Abbadessa, MD, colorectal surgeon, joins Southcoast Physicians
Group
DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Southcoast® Health today announced that Benjamin Abbadessa, MD,
colorectal surgeon, has joined Southcoast Physicians Group, and will see patients at 300B Faunce Corner
Road, Dartmouth.
Prior to coming to Southcoast, Dr. Abbadessa completed his residency in colon and rectal surgery
at the Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, Fla. He is trained in the techniques of advanced laparoscopy
and robotic surgery to treat colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. Abbadessa earned his doctorate from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y.,
and then completed his residency in categorical surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, N.Y.
Dr. Abbadessa was honored as the Beth Israel Center Leon Ginzburg (Chief Resident of the Year)
Award winner in 2013, and was also honored for Beth Israel Medical Center Senior Resident Academic
Achievement, and with the Moses Nussbaum Resident Travel Award and the Gold Humanism Honor
Society Award. Additionally, he has co-authored several peer-reviewed articles pertaining to the
management of colorectal disease.
Dr. Abbadessa is a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), the
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the
Association for Academic Surgery.
Dr. Abbadessa is board certified in general surgery and has achieved Fundamentals of
Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) certification and is BLS/ACLS/ATLS certified. To schedule an appointment,
call 508-973-1020.
About Southcoast Health & Southcoast Hospitals Group
Southcoast Health is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points,
offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay,
Rhode Island. It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group — Charlton
Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty and heart
rhythm services, comprehensive cancer care, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, plastic surgery, hand
surgery, orthopedic surgery, advanced imaging services and is the only provider of maternity services in
the region.
Southcoast is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the
community to provide services. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org. Connect to
Southcoast through social media at www.southcoast.org/connect/.
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