Giorgos C Karakousis, MD

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The Emilie and Roland T. deHellenbranth Professor in Surgery II
Attending Staff Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Full Researcher Member, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Chair, Cancer Committee, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Site Co-Team Leader, Melanoma Disease, Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Chief, Division of Endocrine & Oncologic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery

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Division of Endocrine & Oncologic Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St., 4 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2083
Fax: 215-662-7476
Education:
BS, MS (Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)
Yale University, 1996.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001.
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Selected Publications

Vargas GM, Farooq MS, Shafique N, Lee MK, Vollmer CM, Miura JT, Karakousis GC.: Impact of Patient Income and Insurance on Postoperative Mortality After Total Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Neoplasms. J Surg Oncol Aug 2025.

Brown LM, Wilkins SG, Bansal VV, Su DG, Gomez-Mayorga J, Turaga KK, Gunderson CG, Lee B, Nash GM, Hays JL, Raghav KP, Husain AL, Kluger MD, Zauderer MG, Kindler HL, Alexander HR; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Consortium Group.: Consensus guideline for the management of peritoneal mesothelioma. Cancer 131: e35868, Jul 2025.

Butensky SD, Bansal VV, Su DG, Waheed MT, Nikiforchin A, Gomez-Mayorga JL, Olecki E, Radomski SN, Sun B, Turaga KK, Gunderson CG, Lacy J, Badgwell BD, In H, Kennedy T, Yoon HH, Greer JB, Sundar R, Woo Y; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Consortium Group.: Consensus guideline for the management of gastric cancer with synchronous peritoneal metastases. Cancer 131: e35870, Jul 2025.

Godfrey EL, Mahoney F, Bansal VV, Su DG, Hanna DN, Lopez-Ramirez F, Baron E, Turaga KK, Benson AB, Cusack J, Winer JH, Gunderson CG, Misdraji J, Shah R, Magge DR, Solsky I, Eng C, Eng OS, Shergill A, Shen JP, Foote MB; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Consortium Group.: Consensus guideline for the management of patients with appendiceal tumors, part 1: Appendiceal tumors without peritoneal involvement. Cancer 131: e35867, Jul 2025.

Su DG, Brown LM, Bansal VV, Bakkila B, Concors SJ, Turaga KK, Gunderson C, Bergsland E, Strosberg JR, Halfdanarson TR, Metz DC, Kunstman JW, Kunz PL, Gangi A; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Consortium Group.: Consensus guideline for the management of peritoneal metastases from neuroendocrine neoplasms. Cancer 131: e35871, Jul 2025.

Schultz KS, Bansal VV, Wach MM, Bhutiani N, Godley FA 4th, Wang JJ, Waheed MT, Buchheit JT, Papai E, Campbell S, Schleimer LE, Su DG, Turaga KK, Gunderson CG, White MG, Uppal A, Raghav KPS, Labow DM, Sarpel U, Shergill AP, Shen JP, Eng C, Foote MB, Baumgartner JM; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Consortium Group.: Consensus guideline for the management of colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases. Cancer 131: e35869, Jul 2025.

Godfrey EL, Mahoney F, Bansal VV, Su DG, Hanna DN, Lopez-Ramirez F, Baron E, Turaga KK, Benson AB 3rd, Setia N, Winer JH, Gunderson CG, Shah R, Magge DR, Solsky I, Eng C, Eng OS, Shergill A, Shen JP, Misdraji J, Foote MB, Luo W; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Consortium Group.: Consensus guideline for the management of patients with appendiceal tumors, part 2: Appendiceal tumors with peritoneal involvement. Cancer 131: e35874, Jul 2025.

Lo SN, Gjorup C, Chakera AH, Hölmich LR, Moncrieff M, MacKenzie Ross A, Cassell O, Ma J, Weitemeyer MB, Olofsson Bagge R, Klausen S, Calsavara VF, Duprat Neto JP, Bertolli E, Ch'ng S, Saw RPM, Shannon KF, Spillane AJ, Nieweg OE, Stretch JR, Mann GJ, Geh JLC, Haydu LE, Martin RCW, Sharon C, Karakousis GC, Kashani-Sabet M, Adigbli G, El Sharouni MA, Gershenwald JE, Scolyer RA, Thompson JF, Varey AHR.: Global Applicability of a Risk Prediction Tool for Sentinel Node Positivity in Patients With Primary Cutaneous Melanoma. JAMA Dermatol 161: 589-596, Jun 2025.

Godfrey EL, Mahoney F, Bansal VV, Su DG, Hanna DN, Lopez-Ramirez F, Baron E, Turaga KK, Benson AB 3rd, Setia N, Winer JH, Gunderson CG, Shah R, Magge DR, Solsky I, Eng C, Eng OS, Shergill A, Shen JP, Misdraji J, Foote MB, Luo W; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM) Consortium Group.: Consensus Guideline for the Management of Patients with Appendiceal Tumors, Part 2: Appendiceal Tumors with Peritoneal Involvement. Ann Surg Oncol Jun 2025.

Bansal VV, Godfrey EL, Sadjadi J, Bello RJ, Kwakman R, Abreu AA, Vudatha V, Sparkman BK, Freudenberger DC, Su DG, Turaga KK, Micic D, Malec M, Tun S, Polite B, Lambert LA, Greenbaum A, Gunderson CG, Smith TJ, Kopecky KE, Powers BD, Maduekwe UN, Ward EP; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies (PSM) Consortium Group.: Consensus Guideline for the Management of Malignant Gastrointestinal Obstruction in Patients with Peritoneal Surface Malignancies. Ann Surg Oncol Jun 2025.

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