Moalem Joins Division of Surgical Oncology

Jacob Moalem, M.D.

Jacob Moalem, M.D., a well-regarded surgeon, teacher and researcher, has been appointed assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology. He is the only fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon in the region.

He is one of six new surgical faculty joining the Department of Surgery. The recruits cut across and further strengthen the main priorities of the Medical Center’s Strategic Plan, according to Jeffrey H. Peters, M.D., Seymour I. Schwartz Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery.

Moalem's clinical and research concentrations focus on cancerous and benign lesions and disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, as well as endocrine tumors of the pancreas. He brings expertise in minimally invasive thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy, in addition to laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Moalem received a bachelor’s degree in applied anatomy and physiology and a master’s in interdisciplinary natural science from the University at Buffalo. He completed his medical degree at the SUNY Downstate. His general surgery residency was completed at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he served as executive chief resident. He recently completed a fellowship in endocrine surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.