Dr. Vasileios Kostaras MD
Transplant Surgeon
101 NICOLLS ROAD STONY BROOK NY, 11794About
Dr. Vasileios Kostaras is a transplant surgeon practicing in STONY BROOK, NY. Dr. Kostaras specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Kostaras performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Kostaras works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
Education and Training
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School 1995
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