Get to know General Surgeon Dr. M. Asem Bakkar, who serves patients in Canon City, Colorado.

Dr. Bakkar is a general surgeon who can be found on staff at St. Thomas More Physician Group – General Surgery in Canon City, Colorado. On the subject of his educational background, Dr. Bakkar received his premed requirements at Arapahoe Community College and Shoreline Community College. He then went on to earn his medical degree from the University of St. Eustatius School of Medicine. Upon graduation, he completed his clinical rotations at the Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. He was then off to his surgical residency with the Maricopa Integrated Health Systems in Phoenix, Arizona. There, his training and specialties included open appendectomies, colon and rectal surgeries, various hernia repairs, thyroidectomies, as well as gallbladder and stomach surgeries.

Mohammad Asem Bakkar, MD, attended the University of St. Eustatius School of Medicine, where he received his medical degree and finished the Hyperbaric Medicine and the Under Sea Hyperbaric Program. Then, he served his internship at the Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Furthermore, he conducted his residency in general surgery at the Maricopa Integrated Health Systems in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition, Dr. Bakkar received board certification in general surgery from the American Board of Surgery. In addition to his medical degree, he completed his premed requirements at Arapahoe Community College and Shoreline Community College. Dr. Bakkar dedicates his spare time to hunting, fishing, listening to music, and playing guitar and bass. For more information about Dr. M. Asem Bakkar, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1765235-Mohammad-Bakkar-Surgeon.