From Fargo, North Dakota, multitalented healthcare professional Sabha Ganai MD Ph.D., MPH, FACS, FSSO is a board-certified Surgical Oncologist and a GI Surgical Oncologist at Sanford Health.
Sabha Ganai MD works with Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems operating in the United States. Its mission is to integrate healthcare delivery, senior care, global clinics, genomic medicine, affordable insurance, and research. In her role with the organization, Dr. Ganai operates in the Department of Surgical Oncology as a GI Surgical Oncologist with expertise in gastrointestinal malignancies, peritoneal carcinomatosis, and hepato-pancreaticobiliary. She is also presently serving as an Attending at the Sanford Medical Center.
Dr. Ganai holds professional memberships in multiple organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Public Health Association, the Association of Women Surgeons, the Pancreas Club, the American Medical Association, the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, and the Surgical Outcomes Club, to name a few. She is also Board-Certified in Public Health and General Surgery.
Alongside her clinical work, Sabha Ganai, MD, is an academic surviving as the Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Here, her academic work includes ethics, surgical education, rural cancer disparities, health geographics, and translational research, examining the biology of metastasis. She is also an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the Association for Academic Surgery, and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. As a cancer disparities researcher, she works hard to serve her patients and promote health equity across the United States, particularly in rural areas. Additionally, Dr. Ganai is a Clinical Investigator through Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
As a healthcare professional, Sabha Ganai MD sees herself as not only a Cancer Surgeon but also an Ethicist and an Educator who is committed to service and excellence in all aspects of her career.
For her professional accomplishments, Sabha Ganai MD has received notable honor and acclaim. She is a recipient of the Gold Foundation Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and the SSAT Health Care Disparities Award. She has also been awarded the Research Mentor Award, Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, excellence in Resident Teaching, and the Junior Researcher of the Year Award through the SIU School of Medicine Department of Surgery.
