Overview
Omar Barakat is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Barakat and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Cholecystitis, Gallstones, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Barakat is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 19 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Pancreatectomy.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans
- Community Health
- UnitedHealthcare
- Humana
Locations
1919 Old Spanish Trail, O’Quinn Medical Tower at McNair, Houston, TX 77054
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
MD Anderson
Naruhiko Ikoma is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ikoma and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Stomach Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Gastrectomy, and Pancreatectomy.
MD Anderson
Ching-wei Tzeng is a Surgical Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Tzeng and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatectomy, and Hepatectomy.
MD Anderson
Michael Kim is a Surgical Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kim and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Pancreatectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.
Areas of Expertise
When evaluating expertise, MediFind pulls from factors such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
To learn more about how MediFind determines the expertise levels, check out our expert tiers page.
- Advanced
- Cholecystitis
- Choledocholithiasis
- Familial Pancreatic Cancer
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallstones
- Pancreatectomy
- Experienced
- Accessory Pancreas
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Ampullary Cancer
- Bile Duct Stricture
- Biliary Dyskinesia
- Cellulitis