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Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery

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About Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

Dr. Iskandar is a board-certified general surgeon with fellowship training in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. He joined Baylor Scott & White in 2019 after spending most of his training and career in New York City. Dr. Iskandar received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut then completed general surgery residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. After obtaining a fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery from NYU-Langone in Brooklyn, he was appointed as an assistant professor of surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine where he practiced for several years.

Dr. Iskandar’s additional training allowed him to develop his skills and focus on his passion for bariatric surgery and complex abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia surgery. Under his leadership, Baylor Scott & White Center for Hernia Surgery was established for the management of simple to the more challenging complex and recurrent hernias. Dr. Iskandar’s philosophy is to achieve durable and favorable outcomes by better patient preparation for surgery and by using innovative techniques and materials including robotic surgery.

Dr. Iskandar is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery. He has several peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and presentations/abstracts in the fields of hernia and bariatric surgery and has been invited to speak at lectures on his specialty. Dr. Iskandar is fluent in English, French and Arabic.



LanguagesEnglish, French, Arabic
Ages SeenAdolescents (ages 12-18), Adults, Geriatrics
Insurance Accepted
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Aetna - Aetna Signature Administrators
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Aetna - Managed Choice
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Aetna - Open Access HMO
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Aetna - QPOS
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Aetna - Select SM
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - Baptist St Anthony Preferred HMO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Access PPO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Preferred HMO - Individual Marketplace
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Premier HMO-Group
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW Premier HMO-Individual/Family
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSW SeniorCare Advantage PPO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - BSWH Employee Network - SEQA & EQA
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - Covenant Preferred HMO
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - HMO Network-Group
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Baylor Scott & White Health Plan - McLane Group Network
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Bell County Public Health District - Bell County Public Health District
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Advantage Bronze
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Advantage Gold
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Choice Plus
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Choice PPO
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Essentials
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Federal Select PPO
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare Advantage - Oncor
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - ParPlan
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Blue Cross Blue Shield - Traditional
Brookshire Brothers - Brookshire Brothers Employee Plan (Nexcaliber)
Cigna - CAC Plan
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Cigna - Cigna Choice Fund
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Consolidated Association of Railroad Employees - Self-Insured Employee Plan
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DFW ConnectedCare - American Airlines Employee Benefit Plan
Envolve Vision - Envolve Vision
EyeMed Vision - EyeMed Vision
First Health - First Health PPO
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FirstCare Health Plans - BSW Plus HMO
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Galaxy Health Network - Galaxy Health Network
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Humana Behavioral - Tricare Members Only
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Humana - Commercial HMO Plans
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Humana - Medicare Advantage Plans
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Humana - National POS
Imagine Health - EPN
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Independent Medical Systems - IMS Network
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Medicaid - AmeriGroup
Medicaid - Oklahoma Medicaid
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Medical Development International - MDI
Medicare Railroad - Medicare Railroad
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Midland Memorial Hospital - Employee Benefit Plan
Mother Frances Hospital Regional - Self-Insured Employee Plan
OccuNet - Occupational Networks of Texas, Inc.
Optum - United Behavioral Healthcare/Optum
PHCS Network - Beech Street of Texas PPO
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PHCS Network - Private Health Care SYstem PPO
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Reny Company - Workers Comp
Rockport - Workers Comp
Sedgwick Preferred Network f/k/a Southwest Medical - Workers Comp
Superior Health Plan - Ambetter Balance Care - Silver
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Superior Health Plan - Ambetter Essential Care - Bronze
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Superior Health Plan - Ambetter Secure Care - Gold
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Superior Health Plan - CHIP
Superior Health Plan - CHIP Perinate
Superior Health Plan - Foster Care
Superior Health Plan - STAR
Superior Vision - Superior Vision
Superior - Ambetter Balance Care - Silver
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Superior - Ambetter Essential Care - Bronze
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Superior - Ambetter Secure Care - Gold
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Three Rivers Network - Three Rivers Network
Tricare - Tricare Extra
Tricare - Tricare Prime
Tricare - Tricare Select
TriWest HealthCare - VA-PCCC
United Behavioral Healthcare/Optum - United Behavioral Healthcare/Optum
UnitedHealth - AARP Medicare Complete
UnitedHealth - Charter EPO
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UnitedHealth - Charter HMO
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UnitedHealth - Charter POS
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UnitedHealth - CHIP
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UnitedHealth - Choice HMO
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UnitedHealth - Dual Complete Medicare Advantage
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UnitedHealth - PPO
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UnitedHealth - Secure Horizons
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Meet Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

Meet Mazen Iskandar, MD

Background

Education
  • Medical School: American University of Beirut (2008)
  • Internship: General Surgery, American University of Beirut (2010)
  • Internship: General Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center (2011)
  • Residency: Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center (2015)
  • Fellowship: Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, NYU Lutheran Medical Center (2016)
Certifications
  • General Surgery - American Board of Surgery/General Surgery
Industry Relationships

Baylor Scott & White Health’s vision is to be the most trusted name in giving and receiving safe, quality, compassionate healthcare. As part of that vision, Baylor Scott & White Health is committed to dealing honestly, fairly and with integrity in all matters to provide exemplary patient care, broaden medical knowledge, train the next generation of physicians and support outside relationships that promise public benefit.To that end, Baylor Scott & White Health physicians may collaborate with health care industry partners such as pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device companies (collectively referred to as Industry) to help develop medical breakthroughs, or provide medical expertise or education. To promote professional and commercial integrity in such matters, physicians who are employed, contracted for administrative duties or performing research with Baylor Scott & White Health seek advanced approval for certain new Industry relationships, and report their Industry relationships and activities to the Office of Corporate Compliance annually for review.

Baylor Scott & White Health publicly discloses reported payments to these physicians and their immediate family members of $5,000 or more from Industry companies with which the physicians interact as part of their professional activities. The information on this website may differ somewhat from information on other publicly available databases due to different reporting periods, definitions, or reporting requirements. Patients may visit CMS’ Open Payments Database for more information, and should feel free to speak with their physician about relationships with Industry.

As of Aug 25, 2020, Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS  has reported no outside relationship with Industry that is applicable to this listing.

Reviews (116) for Mazen Iskandar, MD, FACS

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Mar 11, 2023
Very professional and courteous
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Mar 10, 2023
Explains options well
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Mar 9, 2023
Caring, open & honest. Knew Particulars of my case
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Mar 7, 2023
Very friendly, extremely knowledgeable about my medical issue & answered all my questions.
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Mar 2, 2023
Very good
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Mar 2, 2023
Dr Iskandar was very informative and answered all our questions. We felt at ease and knew our direction we needed to take.
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Feb 23, 2023
From the moment I walked into the examining room I felt very comfortable in the room. The assistant took my vitals, ask me questions she was very professional and polite. Dr. Iskander came in the room introduced himself to me. He knew what I was there for. We talked about what procedures he would do and recovery process. He has empathy for your issues. Thank you
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Feb 23, 2023
Excellent
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Feb 14, 2023
Dr Iskander and his team are amazing. So grateful for their concern for their patients.
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Feb 14, 2023
Dr. Iskandar is a most excellent surgeon. Many other surgeons do no not have the skill nor the desire to perform a more difficult Sholdice 4 separate suture layer non-mesh inguinal hernia repair but Dr. Iskandar does. Mesh hernia repair is quick and simple but hernia mesh is not ideal for highly active people. Hernia mesh can cause serious complications even years latter if the mesh shrinks, folds, deteriorates, gets infected with a bio-film, abrades the intestines, adheres to he intestines, or if nerves grow into the mesh.
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Feb 7, 2023
Iskander did a great job explaining possible diagnosis and was kind and comforting
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Feb 5, 2023
Excellent communication skills and made sure I understood what he was explaining.
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Jan 30, 2023
Professional and friendly
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Jan 29, 2023
Physician always gives good advise and motivates me.
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Jan 27, 2023
Was very helpful and polite
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Jan 27, 2023
Very helpful and friendly.
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Jan 26, 2023
Wonderfully patient and attentive! Very informative and kind!
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Jan 25, 2023
He's a fine young doctor. Very good.
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Jan 21, 2023
Professional
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Jan 19, 2023
Dr. Iskandar came highly recommended to me from friends, and he lived up to the hype. Very helpful, courteous and knowledgeable. Very pleased.
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Jan 19, 2023
Very Pleased
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Jan 17, 2023
Had a consultation with Dr. Ishkandar who took time to review my previous images and case history before our appointment. Provided information and didn't pressure me for any additional unneeded procedures or tests.
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Jan 15, 2023
He was very infornative about the procedure and what to expect.
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Jan 12, 2023
Impressed that he had studied my entire history. Great listener. Explained everything in understandable terms.
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Jan 12, 2023
Dr Iskander always listens and is very calming to me. He has done me a world of difference. I am very grateful to him.
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Jan 12, 2023
Dr Iskandar was punctual with appointment time, provided a thorough examination and explanation. A very caring and professional Dr
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Jan 10, 2023
Dr iskandar is very professional and caring. He also did a great job on my surgical procedure.
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Jan 6, 2023
First visit
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Dec 29, 2022
Dr. Mazan Iskandar, I felt very through explaining the procedure. I found him to be very personable and knowledgeable about my up coming procedure.
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Dec 27, 2022
So caring listen concerned
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Dec 22, 2022
Very attentive to my medical needs.
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Dec 20, 2022
Excellent
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Dec 20, 2022
My entire experience was positive.
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Dec 15, 2022
Super nice. Great care
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Dec 15, 2022
Excellent
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Dec 13, 2022
Dr. Iskandar has the best "beside" manner of any doctor I've had in my entire life (66 years). Attentive, extremely knowledgeable, but also explains it in simple terms. I would highly recommend him to anyone.
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Dec 13, 2022
He and his office are very professional. Love them all. Highly recommend.
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Dec 8, 2022
He is very knowledgeable and has a good bedside manner.
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Dec 6, 2022
Very thorough with info and for my first visit knew my health information just had confirm what he knew. Left with plenty of info on my case as to what to do and expect through my process.
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Nov 22, 2022
Caring
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Nov 22, 2022
Yes, I recommend anyone with the hernia repair to see Dr.islander he is the best hernia repair surgeon in Texas. Not to mention how he listens to his patients.He's very soft spoken I am so happy that he was my doctor.. This was another blessing for me to have had him for my doctor. I am thankful and always will have a special place in my heart for him.
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Nov 10, 2022
Very professional, came full prepared & familiar with my medical history & current issues, explained very clearly, listened patiently, answered questions thoroughly kind, compassionate inspiring of confidence in me that I came to the right place.
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Nov 10, 2022
Dr. Iskander is very thorough and takes the time ti address your concerns.
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Nov 10, 2022
He is very professional and in my opinion a great surgeon
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Nov 9, 2022
His got great bedside manners. He listens to his patients and anwers their questios without rushing them. That mines alot to me as a patient.
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Nov 9, 2022
He was so informative, polite, and explained to me so I could understand
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Nov 8, 2022
Great experience from start to finish
Nov 5, 2022
He wasn't rushed, took time to understand my situation and offered a remedy. He seems knowledgable and confident in the treatment remedy offered.
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Oct 28, 2022
Thoughtful,caring,listens to your needs
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Oct 27, 2022
Seems caring & thorough.
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Oct 27, 2022
Very professional
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Oct 25, 2022
Dr. Iskander was very polite, easy to talk to & answered all my questions.
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Oct 18, 2022
I thank God for blessing people like your self to love and care for others. Like your team. May god bless each and everyone of u . Ggd bless and keep them prayers going up.
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Oct 18, 2022
Wonderful
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Oct 13, 2022
Courteous and efficient.
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Oct 13, 2022
Seemed knowledgeable, took time with me, just overall disappointed with outcome
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Oct 13, 2022
I was worried he would suggest surgery for profit. Totally relieved and impressed he said nothing needed to be done. Then he recommended a list of exercises to help correct my condition
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Oct 6, 2022
I was treated so good!
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Oct 6, 2022
Very caring
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