La Paz Regional Hospital adds new general surgery physician in Parker
Parker patients now have another local option for bariatric, hernia and general surgery care as La Paz Regional Hospital adds Dr. Mostafa Jabassini.
La Paz Regional Hospital has added Mostafa Jabassini, MD, to its general surgery roster, giving Parker patients a closer option for procedures that often send La Paz County residents to Phoenix or other regional centers. His clinical interests include bariatric and weight-loss surgery, complex hernia repair and gastrointestinal procedures, and the hospital lists the general surgery office at 928-669-7223.
Jabassini completed medical school and his first surgical training in Syria before moving to the United States. He finished his general surgery residency at Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital in Glendale, where he served as chief resident, and the hospital says his training included work at several high-volume surgical centers. La Paz Regional Hospital says he came to the organization to practice community-based medicine and work closely with patients and care teams. The profile also notes that he is training for an Ironman triathlon.
The addition fits a county where Parker is the largest town and La Paz Regional Hospital serves as the main acute-care center for Parker, Quartzsite, Bouse and Ehrenberg. The 25-bed critical access hospital sits on the Colorado River and says it is about 150 miles from both Phoenix and Las Vegas. Its specialty clinic already brings general and vascular surgery to Parker on a rotating basis, along with orthopedics, rheumatology, ENT and nephrology, and the broader clinic network includes Quartzsite, Salome and Bouse. For patients needing bariatric care, hernia repair or gastrointestinal surgery, a local surgeon can cut travel time, keep pre-op visits and follow-up appointments in Parker, and reduce the chance that care gets split between multiple offices and hospitals.
The hospital says it has served La Paz County for more than 40 years and reports substantial community investment, including $133,753 for health-professionals education and recruitment, $5,084,306 for community health improvement and health service expansion, and $29,382,351 in subsidized health services. It also says its cath lab operates five days a week, a reminder that specialty care in Parker extends beyond surgery. In a county of 16,557 people in the 2020 census, with a more recent estimate of about 16,664, one more surgeon can affect access in a way that is hard to miss.
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