Dr. Abraham Shashoua is Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gynecologic Surgery at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is an Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois. Dr. Shashoua has been a Castle Connolly Top Doctor from 2000-2019 and was featured in Chicago Magazine as a Chicago Top Doctor for Women in the January 2011, June 2019 and February 2021 issues.
Dr. Shashoua specializes in minimally invasive procedures and advanced laparoscopy for the management of chronic pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and heavy menstrual bleeding.
Dr. Shashoua was the first gynecologist in Chicago to perform robotic surgery in 2005. He teaches robotic surgery locally, regionally and nationally. He performed the first Single Incision Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Chicagoland in 2008 and the first Single Incision Robotic Hysterectomy in 2009. He is a specialist in advanced laparoscopy for pelvic pain and endometriosis.
Dr. Shashoua is originally from Chicago, attended the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed residency at the University of Chicago in 1996. He is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois.
3000 North Halsted Street
Suite 405
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Phone: 773-296-7300
Fax: 773-296-7390
Email: ashashoua@fibroid.com
Education
B.S. (cum laude graduate), 1988
University of Miami, Miami, Florida
M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, 1992
Miami, Florida
Residency (obstetrics and gynecology), University of Chicago, 1992-1996
Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois
Administrative Chief Resident, University of Chicago Hospitals, 1996
Specialty Certifications
Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1998
Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialty Training
da Vinci Robotic Surgeon
Advanced Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Licensure
Illinois 036-090086, 1992
University & Public Service
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 8/07 – present
- Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gynecologic Surgery
- Women’s Center for Continence and Pelvic Medicine
University of Illinois – Chicago, 10/07 – present
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Assistant Professor, 1996-2007
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Director, Resident and Student Activities
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1996-2007
- Chairman, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002-2007
- Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Medical Staff President-Elect, 2007
Committees:
Quality Assurance, 1997-2007
Medical Executive Committee, 1997-2007
Leadership Committee, 2000-2007
Ravenswood Physician Associates, 2002-2004
Board of Directors
Professional Activities
Awards and Honors
National Faculty Award, Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Medical, 1996
Student Education
Castle Connolly Top Doctors, Chicago Metro Area, 2000-2011
Chicago Magazine Top Doctors for Women, 2011
Professional Societies
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Chicago Gynecological Society
AAGL American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Invited Lectures and Presentations
History of obstetric forceps, 1996
- Grand Rounds, University of Chicago
- Chicago, Illinois
Cervical ripening agents, 2002
- Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital
- Chicago, Illinois
Family-centered maternity care, 2003
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Chicago, Illinois
Minimally invasive approach to abnormal uterine bleeding, 2005
- Grand Rounds, St. Mary’s Hospital
- Chicago, Illinois
Minimally invasive approach to abnormal urinary incontinence
- Grand Rounds, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
- Chicago, Illinois
Polycystic ovarian syndrome, metabolic syndrome, and abnormal bleeding, 2006
- Grand Rounds, Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- Chicago, Illinois
Robotics in Gynecology – An Update, 11/07
- Chicago Gynecologic Society
- Chicago, Illinois
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery in Gynecology and Urogynecology, An Update for Primary Care Providers and OB/GYNs, 01/08
- CME Program Director
- Chicago, Illinois
Robotics in Gynecology and Urogynecology – An Update, 03/08
- Grand Rounds, Resurrection Medical Center
- Chicago, Illinois
Hereditary cancer syndromes in gynecology – a review, 06/08
- Grand Rounds, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
- Chicago, IL
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Annual Scientific Meeting, 09/08
- Faculty – Laparoscopic Simulation
- Chicago, IL
Robotics in Gynecology and Urogynecology – An Update, 11/08
- ACOG – Buenos Aires Section and University of Chicago
- Innovations in Obstetrics and Gynecology New Frontiers
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Robotics in Gynecology and Urogynecology – An Update
- Grand Rounds, Thorek Memorial Hospital, 01/09
Robotic Applications in Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair, 07/09
- National Medical Association Annual Meeting
- Urology division
- Las Vegas, NV
Multiple other local and national invited lectures – list available
Bibliography/Journal Articles
- Hibbard JU, Shashoua AR, Adamczyk C, Ismail M: Cervical ripening with prostaglandin gel and hygroscopic dilators. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 6:18-24, 1998
- Shashoua AR, Stringer NH, Pearlman JB, Behmaram B, Stringer EA: Ischemic uterine rupture and hysterctomy 3 months after uterine artery embolization. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 9:217-220, 2002
- Shashoua AR, Gill D, Barajas R, August C, Kirschenbaum GL, Escuardro L: Casseating Granulomata caused by hemostatic agent posing as metastatic leiomyosarcoma. JSLS (2009) 13: 226-228.
- Shashoua AR, Gill D, Locher SR: Robotic-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus conventional total laparoscopic hysterectomy. JSLS (2009) 13:364-369.
- Witkowski K, Shashoua AR: Treatment of cesarean scar ectoptic pregnancy with systemic methotrexate. Central Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology poster presentation, October, 2009.
- Shashoua, AR, Levine, E: Radiofrequency volumetric thermal ablation of uterine leiomyoma: Description and comparison of alternative treatment methods. Central Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology poster, October, 2017. Winner best poster.
- Shashoua, AR, Berman, JM: Reproductive outcomes after laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation of symptomatic myomas. Poster accepted for ACOG Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Shashoua, AR: Radiofrequency Volumetric Thermal Ablation of Uterine Leiomyoma: Description and Comparison with Alternative Treatment Methods. AAGL Global Congress, General Session presentation, 11/201
- Castelli, Anthony, Shashoua, AR et al: Cross Specialty Instrument for Rectal Cancer in the Female Pelvis. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2019; 62.