Surgical All-Star Honored by Red Sox
BIDMC Contributor
MAY 02, 2019
On most Friday nights at Fenway, BIDMC, the Official Hospital of the Boston Red Sox, has the opportunity to recognize game-changers in the field of healthcare.
On April 12, we celebrated the achievements of Dr. Scharukh Jalisi, BIDMC’s Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, who has dedicated his career to helping patients with cancer.
April marks Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month. “Most head and neck cancers are related to tobacco use, alcohol and the Human Papilloma virus (HPV),” Dr. Jalisi says. “There are things you can do to lower the risk of oral cancer.”
Dr. Jalisi champions groundbreaking robotic surgery techniques and educates the next generation of doctors. “I represent an entire team of doctors, nurses and other staff who provide extraordinary care to our patients every day,” Dr. Jalisi says.
Get to know this all-star physician outside of the operating room.
Q: Are you a baseball fan?
Dr. Jalisi: Yes, I’ve always been a fan of the Red Sox. My favorite baseball memory has to be David Ortiz’s walk-off homer in Game 4 of the ALCS against the Yankees in 2004. What a great night to be a Boston fan!
Q: Did you ever play baseball?
Dr. Jalisi: I never played baseball. I played soccer and cricket, which is the most popular sport where I grew up in Pakistan. Now I stick to golf and squash.
Q: Who did you bring with you to Fenway on April 12?
Dr. Jalisi: My wife, Moushmi, and my two sons, Omar and Zahan. We’ve been to Fenway before but never on the field. We had a really great time and I can’t thank the Red Sox and BIDMC enough for this opportunity.
About Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a leading academic medical center, where extraordinary care is supported by high-quality education and research. BIDMC is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and consistently ranks as a national leader among independent hospitals in National Institutes of Health funding. BIDMC is the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.