Dr. Suhail Sharif MD

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Get to know Surgical Oncologist Dr. Suhail Sharif, who serves patients in Fort Worth, Texas.

As the only fellowship-trained surgical oncologist in Tarrant County, Dr. Sharif specializes in the surgical management of advanced colorectal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, melanoma/sarcoma, breast, and GI tract malignancies. He is also trained in the da Vinci Surgical System and is an expert in minimally invasive surgical management of cancers.

A believer that comprehensive patient care with his personal touch is instrumental to his success, Dr. Sharif serves patients at his private practice – Sharif Surgical Oncology – in Fort Worth, Texas. He also holds many leadership positions in the Fort Worth and Arlington area hospitals, including Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth, Medical City Fort Worth, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, and Medical City Arlington. . This enables him to define and establish state-of-the-art cancer care locally. 

On the subject of his educational background, Dr. Sharif earned his medical degree from the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He then went on to complete his internship and residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois – Metropolitan Group Hospitals in Chicago, Illinois, followed by his fellowship in surgical oncology at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.  

Thereafter, he became board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery, an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

Dr. Sharif is a member of several professional organizations, including the Tarrant County Medical Society, the Fort Worth Surgical Society, the American Medical Association, the Southwestern Surgical Congress, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association, and the Texas Medical Association.

Well recognized in the community and amongst his peers, Dr. Sharif was named America’s Top Surgeons by the Consumers’ Research Council of America in 2007, 2008, and 2009. He was also chosen as a Super Doctor Rising Star by Texas Monthly Magazine in the years 2014 and 2015 and 2019 as well as featured as a Top Doc in the 360 West Magazine in 2017, among others. 

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