More Information About Dr. Dahiya Shyam

Education

* Graduate School
Chapman University: Degree MBA
Orange, California, May 1998

* Fellowship
Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research
Houston, Texas, Surgical Oncology
1984-1986

* Residency
Sinai Hospital of Detroit (affiliated with Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine)
General Surgery, 1972-1976

* Internships
Illinois Masonic Medical Center
1971 – 1972

* Medical School
Medical College Rohtak; Degree of M.B.; B.S.
1965 – 1970

* College
Government College Rohtak, Punjab University
India 1963-1965

Academic Experience

Instructor, Surgical Residency Program
Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 1980 – 1982

License

* Michigan, 1974
* California, 1983
* Texas, 1984

Board Certification

* American Board of Surgery, 1977, 1986 (re-certification)
* Royal College of Surgeons (Canada), 1978

Private Practice

* Detroit, Michigan 1976 – 1984
* Long Beach, California 1986 – Present

Administrative Position

Chairman, Department of Surgery 1995 – Present
St. Mary Medical Center
Long Beach, California

Professional Societies

* Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1979
* Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada), 1978
* Michigan State Medical Society, 1976 – 1986
* Wayne County Medical Society, 1976 – 1986
* Detroit Academy of Surgery, 1979 – 1986
* Sinai Hospital Alumni Association, 1976
* Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1987
* California Medical Association, 1987
* American Society of Bariatric Surgeons, 2001

Publications

* Cancer of the Breast, A Ten Year Study of Partial Mastectomy.
Surg Gynecol Obstet. 165; 191-198, 1987
* Multi Centricity of Breast Carcinoma – A Case Against Partial Mastectomy.
Int. Surg. 64 (5), 1979
* Delayed Rupture of the Spleen. Int Surg, 61 (5), 1976
* Surgical Management of Thyroid Carcinoma. Sinai Bulletin. 24 (1), 1976
* Cervical Thymoma. Int. Surg. 60 (5), 1975

Presentations

* "Thyroid Carcinoma; Surgical Management" presented at the 59th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 1973
* "Multi Centricity of Breast Carcinoma; A Case Against Partial Mastectomy" presented to the Sinai Hospital Alumni Association, June 1975, and to the Detroit Surgical Association, October 1976
* "Effects of Methionine Enkephalins of Canine Cardiovascular System" presented at Collar Day, 1983, at the University of Michigan

Awards and Achievements

* Resident of the Year, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 1976
* Third Prize for paper presented at the Scientific Session, Alumni Day, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 197
* Honorable Mention for paper presented at the Scientific Session, Alumni Day, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 1976