Breast & General Surgeon
Rabia Z. Bhatti, MD
Specialization
Breast Biopsy
Breast Cancer
Breast Cyst Aspiration
Breast Problems
Genetic Counseling
Hidden Scar Surgery
In-Office Surgical Procedures
Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
On-Site Ultrasound
Risk Assessment for Breast Cancer
Sentinel Node Biopsy
Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsy
New Patients
Request
Appointment
Existing Patients
Access
Patient Portal
Professional Profile
Board Certified General Surgeon
1999 – Present
Director of Breast Cancer Program
Resurrection Medical Center
2014 – Present
Director of Breast Center
Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center
2014 – 2020
Director of Breast Center
West Suburban Medical Center
2014 – Present
Chairman of Surgery
Resurrection Medical Center
2016 – Present
Academic Positions
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery – Midwestern University
2016 – Present
Affiliate Faculty
Loyola University Medical Center
2003 – 2014
Assistant Program Director
At Metropolitan Group Hospitals Residency in General Surgery (Mercy
Hospital)
2001 – 2003
Site Coordinator
At Mercy Hospital for medical students from the University of Illinois at Chicago
1988 – 1989
Set up the comprehensive Breast Imaging Center
Resurrection Medical Center
2007
Education & Residency
Metropolitan Group Hospitals
Residency in General Surgery – Chicago, Illinois
1992 – 1998
Loyola University Medical Center
Surgical Research Associate – Maywood, IL
St. Mary’s Hospital
Surgical Research Fellow – London, U.K.
Aga Khan University Hospital
Intern – Karachi, Pakistan
1988 – 1989
Aga Khan University Medical College
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS – equivalent to MD)
1983 – 1988
Committees
Cancer Committee
Resurrection Medical Center
2007 – Present
Breast Cancer Committee
Resurrection Medical Center
2007 – Present
Credentials Committee
Resurrection Medical Center
2010 – 2014
Department Head of Vascular Surgery
Resurrection Medical Center
2010 – 2014
Memberships
American Society of Breast Surgeons
2004 – Present
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
2009 – 2012
American Cancer Society
Regional Board Member
2010 – 2012
Publications & Presentations
Featured on ABC Channel 7 with Sylvia Perez Health Beat on “Inflammatory Breast Cancer”
October 2007
Featured on WGN Channel 9 Interview and Live Phone Call In, “Stories of Hope”
October 2007
Featured on WLIT 93.9 Radio, Interview on Breast Cancer
October 2007
Breast cancer arising in accessory breast tissue in a patient with polymastia
Bhatti RZ, Perez- Tamayo AM, Kacey DJ, Bonomo SR. Poster presented at the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, October 19, 2001
Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A review of natural history and report of six new cases
R. Bhatti, M.P. Cunningham. Presented at the Scientific Symposium held at the 25th Anniversary of the University of Illinois, June 1996
Effect of lipid components of total parenteral nutrition regimens on lymphocyte activation via the phosphatidylcholine/lipid ratio
S.S. Somers, Rabia Pirzada, J.F. Dye, P.J. Guillou. British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 78, No. 6, June 1991
Manifestations of Behcet’s Syndrome from Pakistan
Wasim Jaffery, A. Soonawala, Rabia Pirzada. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 1990, 93, 357-359
Health attitudes and beliefs of working women
Journal of Social Sciences, November 1990, Vol. 31, No. 9, 1029-1033
Radiological Findings in tracheo-bronchial foreign body aspiration
Sarwat Hussain, Rabia Pirzada, Imtiaz Rizvi. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, December 1988
Overview of undescended testicles in Karachi, Pakistan
Zeba Attar, Farhat Moazam, Rabia Pirzada, Nizam-ul-Hasan. Presented at the National congress of Pediatric Surgeons of Pakistan in Karachi, November 1990
Endobroncial foreign bodies in the pediatric age group. The Aga Khan University Hospital and Liaquat National Hosital Experience
Zeba Attar, Farhat Moazam, Rabia Pirzada, Nizam-ul- Hasan. Presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Surgeons of Pakistan, December 1989
Short Gut Syndrome
Presented at the 5th International Pediatric Surgical Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 1989
