Mustafa H Kabeer, MD
Location:
Orange, CA
Specialties:
Surgery, General Pediatric
Surgery, Critical Care
Research Focus:
Autologous splenic lymphoctye reinfusion, Raman spectroscopy, surgical robotics, stem cells
Languages:
Gujarati
Hindi
Published Works:
Office and Contact Information
CHOC Children's Specialists
505 S Main St
Suite 225
Orange, CA 92868
phone: (714) 364-4050
fax: (714) 364-4051
map & directions
http://www.choc.org/specialists
Physician / Researcher Bio
Dr. Kabeer attended medical school at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He completed both his internship and his residency at Indiana University. He performed a fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Michigan. He is affiliated with the American College of Surgeons and the American Pediatric Surgical Association. Dr. Kabeer is board certified in General Surgery, Surgery-Critical Care, and Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery. His philosophy of care includes treating all children as if they are his own. Dr. Kabeer also speaks Gujarati and Hindi.Research
Dr. Kabeer has a background in tumor cell vaccine and cytokine research and is interested in working with stem cells in order to grow small intestines. Over the last ten years, he has been engaged in the investigation of the use of autologous splenic lymphoctye reinfusion to augment vaccine efficacy against gram negative encapsulated organisms. He is also currently researching the use of Raman spectroscopy in the diagnosis of pediatric tumors and in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease. He has also dedicated a great deal of time and effort toward researching surgical robotics.Education
- Fellowship
Children's Hospital of Michigan - Residency
Indiana University - Internship
Indiana University - Medical School
University of Missouri, Columbia
Board Certifications
- General Surgery, Surgery-Critical Care, and Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery.
Honors and Awards
- Orange County Medical Association’s Physicians of Excellence 2010-2012
Video |
Dr. Mustafa Kabeer, CHOC Pediatric Surgeon
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Ask a Doc - What is surgery?
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CHOC Articles & Publications |
| A Tiny Scar Makes a Big Difference CHOC Children's Annual Report: FY 2011 Advancements in medical technology have resulted in a new laparoscopic technique that allows surgeons to perform some procedures through a single, small incision.... |
| SILS: Minimally Invasive Surgery Kid's Health (Archive): Fall 2011 The experts at CHOC Children’s are always looking for ways to make surgery as easy as possible for their young patients. One way they’ve done this is by using laparoscopic—or minimally invasive— s... |
| People Make Greatness Happen Change CHOC, Change the World Campaign Newsletter: Fall 2011 Dr. Mustafa Kabeer, a pediatric surgeon at CHOC Children’s, works eighty to eighty-five hours per week and performs nearly 600 operations a year. Dr. Michael Muhonen, CHOC’s director of Neurosurger... |
| CHOC Scientist Exploring Light's Possibilities For Children Physician Connection: Summer 2008 A biomedical scientist at CHOC is collaborating with several physicians to explore medical applications of light to provide non invasive diagnoses. ... |
| Pediatric Surgical Associates Physician Connection: Summer 2008 Six Orange County pediatric surgeons have formed Pediatric Surgical Associates, the only pediatric general surgery group in the county. With more than 100 years of combined experience, this group ... |
| Orange County Surgeon Offers Nuss Procedure Physician Connection: Spring 2007 If there is a less-invasive way to perform a procedure, Mustafa Kabeer, M.D., is likely to be doing it.... |
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News |
| More than 80 CHOC Children's Doctors Named "Physicians of Excellence" January 03, 2012 More than 80 CHOC Children's physicians, including specialists and pediatricians, are named "Physicians of Excellence" by the Orange County Medical Association.... |
| More than 60 CHOC Children’s Doctors Named “Physicians of Excellence” January 04, 2011 More than 60 CHOC Children’s physicians, including specialists and pediatricians, are featured as "Physicians of Excellence" in the January 2011 issue of Orange Coast magazine. The "Physicians of Exc... |
| More than 50 CHOC Children's Doctors Named "Physicians of Excellence" January 04, 2010 The Orange County Medical Association names more than 50 CHOC doctors "Physicians of Excellence."... |
Stories |
Dr. KabeerA core part of Dr. Mustafa Kabeer’s philosophy of care is to treat patients as if they are his own children. ... |
Published Works
Lieber CA, Nethercott HE, Kabeer MH. Cancer field effects in normal tissues revealed by Raman spectroscopy. Biomed Opt Express. 2010 Sep 20;1(3):975-982.
Lieber CA, Kabeer MH. Characterization of pediatric Wilms' tumor using Raman and fluorescence spectroscopies. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Mar;45(3):549-54.
Klein, MD, Langenburg, SE, Kabeer, M, Lorincz, A, Knight, CG., Pediatric Robotic Surgery: Lessons From a Clinical Experience. Journal of Laparoendoscopy and Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2007, April, 17(2):265-271
Langenburg, S, Kabeer, M, Knight, C, Fleischmann, L, Auner, G, Lyman, W, Klein, M., Surgical Robotics: Creating a New Program. Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques, 2003, 7(4):415-419.
Liu, Q., Kabeer, MH., Callahan, M., Orazi, A., Pescovitz, M., Grosfeld, J., Mesocaval Shunt Inhibits Primary and Metastatic Hepatoma Growth and Enhances Apoptosis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 1998, 33(7); 1128-33.
Kogon, B., Kabeer, MH., Billings, S., Sawchuk, A., Dalsing, M., Angiosarcoma Arising from an Occluded Popliteal Artery Pseudoaneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1998, 27(5):970-3.
Kabeer, MH., Filo, RS., Milgrom, ML., Pescovitz, MD., Leapman, SB., Lumeng, L., Jindal, RM., Central Pontine Myelinolysis Following Orthotopic Liver Transplant and Association with Cyclosporine Toxicity., Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1995, 71(834):239-241
Nygard, NR., Bono, C., Brown, LR., Gorka, J., Giacoletto, KS., Schaiff, T., Graham, MB., McCourt, DW., Kabeer, MH., Braciale, VL., Braciale, TJ., Schwartz, BD., Antibody Recognition of an Immunogenic Influenzae Haemaglutinin-Human Leucocyte Antigen Class II Complex., Journal of Experimental Medicine., 1991, Vol. 174, pp.243-251.
Tollefsen, DM., Wiegel, CJ., Kabeer, MH., The Presence of Methionine or Threonine at Position 381 in Vitronectin is Correlated with Proteolytic Cleavage at Arginine-379., The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1990, Vol. 265(17), pp.9778-9781.
Musser, JM., Kroll, JS., Granoff, DM., Moxon, ER., Brodeur, BR., Campos, J., Dabernat, H., Frederiksen, W., Hamel, J., Hammond, G., Hoiby, EA., Jonsdottir, KE., Kabeer, MH., Kallings, I., Khan, WN., Kilian, M., Knowles, K., Koornhof, HJ., Law, B., Li, KI., Montgomery, J., Pattison, PE., Piffaretti, JC., Takala, AK., Thong, ML., Wall, RA., Ward, JI., Selander, RK., Global Genetic Structure and Molecular Macroepidemiology of Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae., Reviews of Infectious Disease, 1990, Vol. 12(1), pp. 75-111.
Weinberg, GA., Ghafoor, A., Ishaq, Z., Nomani, NK, Kabeer, MH., Anwar, F., Burney, MI., Qureshi, AW., Musser, JM., Selander, RK., Granoff, DM., Clonal Analysis of Haemophilus inflluenzae Isolated from Children from Pakistan with Lower Respiratory Infections., Journal of Infectious Disease, 1989, Vol. 160, pp. 634-643
Munson, RM., Kabeer, MH., Lenoir, AA., Granoff, DM., Epidemiology and Prospects for Prevention of Hamophilus influenzae Disease in Developing Countries., Reviews of Infectious Disease, 1989, Vol. 11S, pp. S588-597.
Granoff, DM, Sheetz, K., Pandey, JP., Nahm, MH., Rambeck, JH., Jacobs, JL., Musser, JM., Selander, RK., Kabeer, MH., Murphy, TV., Osterholm, MT., Host and Bacterial Factors Associated with Haemophilus influenzae Type b Disease in Minnesota Children Vaccinated with Type b Polysaccharide Vaccine, Journal of Infectious Disease, 1989, Vol. 159, pp. 908-916.
Books and Chapters
Kabeer, MH, Lam, VT, Gibbs, DG, Robotics Technology in Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery; Robotics in Surgery; edit. Faust; Nova Science Publishers, Inc; 2007
Kabeer MH, Klein MD, Acute Renal Failure in Neonates and Infants; Current Pediatric Surgery; edit. Mattei; 1st edition; Williams and Wilkins; 2002
Kabeer MH, Klein MD, Intestinal Obstruction; Acute Care Pediatric Intesive Care Unit Handbook; edit. Lieh-Lai; 2nd edition; Lippincott; 2001














