Dr. Giorgos Constantine Karakousis MD
Surgeon
3400 Spruce St 4 Silverstein Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Giorgos Karakousis is a general surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Karakousis specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Karakousis provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 2001
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 2001
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 2001
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sartorius transposition during inguinal lymphadenectomy for melanoma.
- Morbidity and mortality of cytoreduction with intraperitoneal chemotherapy: outcomes from the ACS NSQIP database.
- Racial disparities in the use of outpatient mastectomy.
- Hypoxia induces phenotypic plasticity and therapy resistance in melanoma via the tyrosine kinase receptors ROR1 and ROR2.
- Clark level risk stratifies patients with mitogenic thin melanomas for sentinel lymph node biopsy.
- Prognosis of patients with melanoma and microsatellitosis undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy.
- Preoperative radiation for retroperitoneal sarcoma is not associated with increased early postoperative morbidity.
- Early discharge and readmission after colorectal resection.
- Morbidity and mortality after total gastrectomy for gastric malignancy using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database.
- Intraperitoneal chemotherapy at the time of surgery is not associated with increased 30-day morbidity and mortality following colorectal resection.
- Postdischarge occurrences after colorectal surgery happen early and are associated with dramatically increased rates of readmission.
- The rise in metastasectomy across cancer types over the past decade.
- Current staging and prognostic factors in melanoma.
- Development and implementation of a clinical pathway approach to simulation-based training for foregut surgery.
- Age-Related Morbidity and Mortality with Cytoreductive Surgery.
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Lipoma
- Vascular Disease
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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