
About Dr. Herraka
Dr. Herraka earned his degree from Aleppo University Medical School. He completed Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship training in Gastroenterology at University of Florida and Shands Hospital in Gainesville Florida.
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He is board-certified in the specialty of gastroenterology and internal medicine.
Dr. Herreka is also board-certified in Obesity Medicine .He has special interest in Liver diseases.
Dr. Herraka has been doing in-office hemorrhoid banding procedures since 2020 with hundreds of successful bandings
Board Certification
Diplomat of American Board of Internal Medicine
Diplomat of American Board of Gastroenterology
Diplomat of American Board of Obesity Medicine


About Dr. Abbas
Dr. Abbas is a Board-Certified Gastroenterologist, Interventional and bariatric endoscopist. Dr. Abbas is one among handful of fellowship-trained bariatric/advanced endoscopists nationwide who graduated from Harvard Medical School’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital. He completed his Gastroenterology fellowship at the University of South Florida after finishing Internal Medicine residency at the University of Florida-Gainesville. He earned his medical degree from Al-Kindy College of Medicine and MPH in Epidemiology from Tulane University as a Fulbright Scholar.
From 2020-2022, Dr. Abbas was an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of South Florida and the Director of Bariatric Endoscopy service. Dr. Abbas introduced several cutting-edge advanced endoscopy procedures to the USF-TGH system. Additionally, Dr. Abbas had one of the highest adenoma detection rates (68% and 54% for male and female patients respectively) for screening colonoscopy in USF-TGH system. He is providing office visits and endoscopies in our new Wesley Chapel practice and hospital GI consults & procedures at Advent Health Wesley Chapel and the new BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel.
Board Certification
Board-certified in Gastroenterology
​Board-certified in Internal Medicine
Awards & Recognition
Fulbright Scholarship
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