December 28, 2020
HORNELL, NY – From St James Hospital:
Leadership at St. James Hospital is pleased to welcome new general surgeon, Asfandyar Khan, M.D.
Based fulltime in Hornell, Dr. Khan provides broad-based general surgery services. He specializes in laparoscopic surgery for the gall bladder, hernias, thyroid, anorectal disease, colon, stomach, upper and lower endoscopy, skin cancer, port placement, and skin/soft tissue infections.
Dr. Khan earned his medical degree at Ziauddin University (Pakistan) and completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois – Metropolitan group hospitals Chicago.
“I chose to become a physician to help patients and see them get better,” said Dr. Khan. “General surgery is one of the fields in which we obtain instantaneous results and are able to see the immediate difference we have made in someone’s life. For me, this results in a special feeling and is extremely humbling.”
The addition of Dr. Khan completes the general surgery team at St. James.
“Dr. Khan joins Dr. Andrew Powers and Courtney Quinlan, P.A., our other talented general surgery providers,” said Bryan O’Donovan, president and CEO. “Dr. Ted Kaufman is also joining us as regional surgery chief. We now have a complete and highly skilled team, ready to serve the community in our state-of-the-art new surgical center.”
In addition to joining St. James Hospital fulltime, Dr. Khan also recently moved to Hornell from Chicago.
“Being able to personally take care of patients and being entrusted to provide them with surgical care is a great honor,” he said. “My philosophy is to treat each patient as if he or she was a member of my own family. I look forward to working with my patients and referring providers and being part of our local community.”
Dr. Khan’s office is located at the St. James Specialty Clinic, Suite 102, 7309 Seneca Rd., Hornell. For more information or to make an appointment call (607) 385-3820.
