HSHS Medical Group is pleased to welcome Osman Mahdi Babikir, MD, FRCSI, general surgeon, to their medical team. Dr. Mahdi Babikir sees patients at HSHS Medical Group General Surgery - Breese, located at 9515 Holy Cross Ln., Suite 175, in Breese, Illinois. He also joins General Surgeon Ulunna MacBean, MD, MS, FACS, at HSHS Medical Group General Surgery - Greenville, 101 Healthcare Dr., Bldg. A, in Greenville, Illinois.
 
As a skilled general surgeon, Dr. Mahdi Babikir offers the following:
 

  • General surgery (with special interest in minimally invasive general surgery—abdominal reconstruction and endoscopy)

  • Appendectomy

  • Cholecystectomy

  • Hernia repair (laparoscopic and open)

  • Central venous access surgery (port A catheter, mediports)

  • Central line placement

  • Small bowel and colon resection

  • Diagnostic laparoscopy

  • Breast surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy

 

  • Upper and lower endoscopy and PEG tube placements

  • Feeding tubes: gastrostomy and jejunostomy

  • Hemorrhoidectomy

  • Chest tube placement 

  • Amputations

  • Paracentesis

  • Peritoneal dialysis catheter

  • Skin cancer

  • Wound care, wound vac management

  • Temporal artery biopsy

 Dr. Mahdi Babikir received his medical degree from University of Khartoum Sudan in Al Khurtum, Sudan. He performed a general surgery residency and fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin, Ireland. In addition, he completed a general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Mahdi Babikir is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Medical Association and Clinical Robotic Surgery Association.
 
To learn more about Drs. Mahdi Babikir and MacBean and other HSHS Medical Group specialists, visit HSHSMedicalGroup.org. For referral information, call 618-526-8430.

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HSHS Medical Group
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