Γεώργιος Τσουλφάς – Σύντομο Βιογραφικό
Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Χειρουργικής
Γνωστικό Αντικείμενο: Γενική Χειρουργική
Κλινική: Α Χειρουργική Κλινική, Α.Π.Θ., Γ.Ν.Θ. Παπαγεωργίου
Επικοινωνία: Τηλ: 6971895190 Email: tsoulfasg@gmail.com
Ο Γεώργιος Τσουλφάς αποφοίτησε από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Brown University School
of Medicine και έκανε την ειδικότητα της Γενικής Χειρουργικής στο University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics, καθώς και μία υποτροφία διάρκειας ενός έτους για έρευνα στη
Χειρουργική μεταμοσχεύσεων στο Starzl Transplant Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.
Εν συνεχεία έκανε κλινική και ερευνητική εξειδίκευση στη Χειρουργική Μεταμοσχεύσεων στο
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School και μετά πήρε θέση Επίκουρου
Καθηγητή Χειρουργικής στο Division of Solid Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary
Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Επέστρεψε στην Ελλάδα, όπου
κατέχει θέση Επίκουρου Καθηγητή Χειρουργικής στο Α.Π.Θ..
Με βραβεία όπως το Edward E. Mason για αριστεία στη χειρουργική εκπαίδευση, είναι Fellow
of the International College of Surgeons και Fellow of the American College of Surgeons και
μέλος πολλών Ιατρικών και Χειρουργικών οργανώσεων όπως το American Society of
Transplant Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, International College of Surgeons,
American College of Surgeons, International Liver Transplantation Society, Society for
Laparoscopic Surgeons and International HepaticoPancreaticoBilliary Association.
Ο Γεώργιος Τσουλφάς είναι European Federation Secretary for the International College of
Surgeons για την περίοδο 2013-2014, καθώς και μέλος του International Executive
Committee του International College of Surgeons. Επίσης, είναι μέλος της Επιτροπής
Διεθνών Σχέσεων και της Επιτροπής Εκπαίδευσης του Αμερικάνικου Κολλεγίου Χειρουργών
(American College of Surgerons, 2013-2016), μέλος της Επιτροπή Διεθνών Σχέσεων του
American HepaticoPancreaticoBiliary Association (AHPBA), καθώς και μέλος του Γραφείου
Εκπαίδευσης του Τμήματος Ιατρικής, Α.Π.Θ., μέλος της Επιτροπής Διεθνών Σχέσεων και
Συνεργασίας, και μέλος της Επιτροπής Συνεργασίας Προκλινικών και Κλινικών Ερευνητικών
Προγραμμάτων. Έχει διατελέσει μέλος της Επιτροπής Κανονισμών του American Society of
Transplant Surgeons.
Έχει λάβει την Υποτροφία International Guest Scholar από το American College of Surgeons
και το Ίδρυμα Νιάρχος για το 2013.
Κλινική και ερευνητική εξειδίκευση: Χειρουργική Ήπατος – Χοληφόρων
Κεφάλαια σε Βιβλία
1. Tsoulfas G, Breuer C: The use of small bowel transplantation in necrotizing enterocolitis.
In Gilchrist BF (ed): Necrotizing Enterocolitis, p85. Georgetown, Eurekah.com/ Landes
Bioscience, 2000.
2. Tsoulfas G, Busick N: Laparoscopic appendectomy. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner
(eds): Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p118-121.
3. Tsoulfas G: Plication of perforated peptic ulcer. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner
(eds): Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p64-65.
4. Tsoulfas G: Right hepatic lobectomy. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds):
Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p218-221.
5. Tsoulfas G: Left hepatic lobectomy. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds):
Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p222-225.
6. Tsoulfas G: Hepatic wedge resection. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds):
Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p216-217.
7. Tsoulfas G, Colvin BL, Murase N, Thomson AW: Chapter 7: Immune system and
transplant immunology. In Argenta LC (ed): Basic Science for Surgeons, a review, 2004,
W.B.Saunders, p83-102.
8. Tsoulfas G, Abt P. Cardiovascular disease in pre- and post-transplant patients. Chapter
in International College of Surgeons monograph.
9. Imvrios G, Tsoulfas G, Fouzas I. Living donor liver transplantation. Chapter in Spyroglou
K and Imvrios G (eds). Hepatic and biliary diseases in the pediatric population, 2011,
Siokis publishers, Athens, pp. 1003-21.
10. Hertl M., Tsoulfas G, Imvrios G. Future perspectives in immunosuppression. Chapter in
Spyroglou K and Imvrios G (eds). Hepatic and biliary diseases in the pediatric population,
2011, Siokis publishers, Athens, pp. 1055-71.
11. Τsoulfas G, Imvrios G. Vascular diseases of the liver. Chapter in Spyroglou K and
Imvrios G (eds). Hepatic and biliary diseases in the pediatric population, 2011, Siokis
publishers, Athens, pp. 840-63.
12. Tsoulfas G, Kawai T. Kidney transplantation in highly sensitized patients.
In Takoudas, Papanikolaou, Fouzas: Transplantation 2008, Current approach of special
problems. 2008, Thessaloniki, p 45-7.
13. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The role of liver transplantation in the treatment of alcoholic
liver disease. Chapter in “Trends in Alcoholic Liver disease research”. Editor I. Shimizu,
InTech 2011, pp. 205-20.
14. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The role of surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis. Chapter in
“Liver cirrhosis: causes, diagnosis and treatment”. Editor M.L. Michelli, Nova Science
Publishers 2011, pp 159-178.
15. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The evolving role of steroids in liver transplantation. Chapter in
“Steroids: biosynthesis, functions and health implications”. Editor CA Figueiredo and L
Cacao Garces, Nova Science Publishers 2012, pp 165-176.
16. Tsoulfas G, MG Pramateftakis. The treatment of metastatic liver disease of colorectal
origin. Chapter in “Current cancer treatment. Novel beyond conventional approaches”.
Editor O. Ozdemir, InTech 2011, pp 41-63.
17. Pramateftakis MG, Papadopoulos V, Michalopoulos A, Spanos K, Tepetes K, Tsoulfas
G. Rectal cancer – staging and surgical approach. Chapter in: “Advances in cancer
management”. Editor R. Mohan, In Tech 2012, pp 57-93.
18. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The role of surgery in the treatment of hepatocellular
carcinoma. Chapter in “Cancer Treatment – Conventional and Innovative Approaches”.
Editor L. Rangel, InTech 2013, pp 127-146.
19. Tsoulfas G, Papanikolaou V. Evaluation of donation practices in Greece. Chapter in
“Public Engagement in Organ Donation and Transplantation (from the ELPAT public
issues working group)”. Eds G. Randhawa and S. Schicktanz, Pabst Science Publishers,
pp 52-58.
Εργασίες δημοσιευμένες σε ξενόγλωσσα περιοδικά από Scopus
1. Hepatic Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury and Trauma: Current Concepts.
Papadopoulos D, Siempis T, Theodorakou E, Tsoulfas G.
Arch Trauma Res. 2013 Aug;2(2):63-70. Epub 2013 Aug 1. Review.
2. Role of extended lymphadenectomy in the treatment of pancreatic head adenocarcinoma:
review and meta-analysis.
Svoronos C, Tsoulfas G, Katsourakis A, Noussios G, Chatzitheoklitos E, Marakis NG.
ANZ J Surg. 2013 Oct 28. doi: 10.1111/ans.12423. [Epub ahead of print]
3. Challenges in organizing a transplantation system.
Tsoulfas G, Svoronos C.
J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2013 Sep;22(3):251-2. No abstract available.
4. Surgically engineering the future.
Tsoulfas G, Tooulias A.
J Surg Res. 2014 Jan;186(1):89-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.06.021. Epub 2013 Jun 28. No
abstract available.
5. Ischemia reperfusion injury and the immune system.
Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P.
J Surg Res. 2014 Jan;186(1):114-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.05.094. Epub 2013 Jun 19. No
abstract available.
6. Calcineurin inhibitor-free mycophenolate mofetil/sirolimus maintenance in liver
transplantation: the randomized spare-the-nephron trial.
Teperman L, Moonka D, Sebastian A, Sher L, Marotta P, Marsh C, Koneru B, Goss J,
Preston D, Roberts JP; Spare-the-Nephron Trial Liver Transplantation Study Group.
Liver Transpl. 2013 Jul;19(7):675-89. doi: 10.1002/lt.23658.
7. Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury: when NO (nitric oxide) does not always mean no.
Tsoulfas G, Svoronos C.
J Surg Res. 2014 Jan;186(1):97-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.03.097. Epub 2013 Apr 17. No
abstract available.
8. The long and winding road to immune tolerance.
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Nov;185(1):e17-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.12.038. Epub 2013 Jan 10. No
abstract available.
9. Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: is there a difference between using a left or a right
kidney?
Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P, Ko D, Hertl M, Elias N, Cosimi AB, Kawai T.
Transplant Proc. 2012 Nov;44(9):2706-8. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.019.
10. Genomics and transplantation: a brave new world is (almost) here.
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Nov;185(1):e27-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.07.068. Epub 2012 Aug 15. No
abstract available.
11. Commentary on "Combined treatment with regulatory T cells and vascularized bone
marrow transplantation creates mixed chimerism and donor-specific tolerance to vascularized
composite allografts without cytoreductive conditioning".
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Nov;185(1):e37-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.07.039. Epub 2012 Aug 4. No
abstract available.
12. Commentary on: Lipid peroxidation in machine perfusion of older donor kidneys.
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Nov;185(1):e43-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.07.009. Epub 2012 Jul 21. No
abstract available.
13. Commentary on: Age-related differences in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion: gene activation,
liver injury, and protective effect of melatonin.
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Nov;185(1):e51-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.06.066. Epub 2012 Jul 15. No
abstract available.
14. Commentary on "Liver transplantation with donation-after-cardiac-death donors: a
comprehensive update".
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Oct;184(2):794-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.06.023. Epub 2012 Jul 3. No
abstract available.
15. Management of rectal cancer and liver metastatic disease: which comes first?
Tsoulfas G, Pramateftakis MG.
Int J Surg Oncol. 2012;2012:196908. doi: 10.1155/2012/196908. Epub 2012 Jun 20.
16. Commentary on "Optimizing chimerism level through bone marrow transplantation and
irradiation to induce long-term tolerance to composite tissue allotransplantation".
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Nov;185(1):e59-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.05.021. Epub 2012 May 23. No
abstract available.
17. Commentary on "Prophylaxis against HBV recurrence after liver transplantation for HBVrelated endstage liver diseases with severe hypersplenism and splenomegaly: Role of
splenectomy".
Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P.
J Surg Res. 2013 Aug;183(2):548-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.04.065. Epub 2012 May 16. No
abstract available.
18. Abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer: is the pelvic drain externalization site an
independent risk factor for perineal wound healing?
Pramateftakis MG, Raptis D, Kanellos D, Christoforidis E, Tsoulfas G, Kanellos I, Lazaridis
Ch.
Int J Surg Oncol. 2012;2012:156935. doi: 10.1155/2012/156935. Epub 2012 Mar 6.
19. Cyclosporin-A does not prevent cold ischemia/reperfusion injury of rat livers.
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2012 Jul;176(1):e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.06.012. Epub 2011 Jul 7. No
abstract available.
20. Surgical treatment for large hepatocellular carcinoma: does size matter?
Tsoulfas G, Mekras A, Agorastou P, Kiskinis D.
ANZ J Surg. 2012 Jul-Aug;82(7-8):510-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06079.x. Epub 2012
May 2. Review.
21. Commentary on "Interaction between Kupffer cells and platelets in the early period of
hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury".
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Jan;179(1):e51-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.02.004. Epub 2012 Apr 3. No
abstract available.
22. Blockade of chloride ion transport enhances the cytocidal effect of hypotonic solution in
gastric cancer cells.
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2013 Jan;179(1):e49-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.12.040. Epub 2012 Mar 27. No
abstract available.
23. Liver transplantation results in complete neurologic recovery from malignant hypertension
secondary to fulminant hepatic failure: a case report.
Tsoulfas G, Elias N, Sandberg WS, Ko DS, Kawai T, Cosimi AB, Tsitsopoulos PP, Agorastou
P, Hertl M.
Ann Transplant. 2012 Jan-Mar;17(1):117-21.
24. Pancreatic pseudocyst in a child due to blunt andominal trauma during a football game.
Giakoustidis A, Antoniadis N, Giorgakis I, Tsoulfas G, Dimitriadis E, Giakoustidis D.
Hippokratia. 2012 Jan;16(1):71-3.
25. The impact of the European financial crisis on clinical research within the European union
or "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade".
Tsoulfas G.
Hippokratia. 2012 Jan;16(1):6-10.
26. Role of living donor liver transplantation in the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection.
Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P.
Hepat Mon. 2011 Jun;11(6):427-33.
27. HCC influence on patient survival after liver transplantation for HDV cirrhosis.
Imvrios G, Vrochides D, Papanikolaou V, Fouzas I, Antoniadis N, Giakoustidis D, Ntinas A,
Kardassis D, Akriviadis E, Vasiliadis T, Goulis I, Katsika E, Moutsianos G, Patsiaoura K,
Tsoulfas G, Takoudas D.
Hepatogastroenterology. 2011 Sep-Oct;58(110-111):1654-8. doi: 10.5754/hge10096.
28. Commentary on "Preemptive therapy with steroids but not macrolides improves gas
exchange in caustic-injured donor lungs".
Tsoulfas G.
J Surg Res. 2011 Dec;171(2):e175-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.07.042. Epub 2011 Aug 23. No
abstract available.
29. Management of concurrent colorectal cancer and vascular disease in the endovascular
era.
Spanos CP, Tsoulfas G, Georgantis G, Melas N, Saratzis N, Ktenidis K, Lazaridis I, Mekras
A, Syrakos T, Kiskinis D.
Tech Coloproctol. 2011 Oct;15 Suppl 1:S55-8. doi: 10.1007/s10151-011-0732-2.
30. Third WHO Global Consultation on Organ Donation and Transplantation: striving to
achieve self-sufficiency, March 23–25, 2010, Madrid, Spain.
WHO; Transplantation Society (TTS); Organizatión Nacional de Transplantes (ONT).
Transplantation. 2011 Jun 15;91 Suppl 11:S27-8. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182190b29. No
abstract available.
31. The critical pathway for deceased donation: reportable uniformity in the approach to
deceased donation.
Domínguez-Gil B, Delmonico FL, Shaheen FA, Matesanz R, O'Connor K, Minina M, Muller E,
Young K, Manyalich M, Chapman J, Kirste G, Al-Mousawi M, Coene L, García VD, Gautier S,
Hasegawa T, Jha V, Kwek TK, Chen ZK, Loty B, Costa AN, Nathan HM, Ploeg R, Reznik O,
Rosendale JD, Tibell A, Tsoulfas G, Vathsala A, Noël L.
Transpl Int. 2011 Apr;24(4):373-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01243.x. Review.
32. Surgical treatment of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer.
Tsoulfas G, Pramateftakis MG, Kanellos I.
World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2011 Jan 15;3(1):1-9. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v3.i1.1.
33. Successful, combined long-term treatment of cerebral aspergillosis in a liver transplant
patient.
Tsitsopoulos PP, Tsoulfas G, Tsonidis C, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Giakoustidis D,
Marinopoulos D, Takoudas D, Tsitsopoulos PD.
Virulence. 2010 Sep-Oct;1(5):465-7. doi: 10.4161/viru.1.5.13110.
34. Long-term experience with liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Tsoulfas G, Kawai T, Elias N, Ko SC, Agorastou P, Cosimi AB, Hertl M.
J Gastroenterol. 2011 Feb;46(2):249-56. doi: 10.1007/s00535-010-0302-9. Epub 2010 Aug
14.
35. High mortality in orthotopic liver transplant recipients who require hemodialysis.
Zand MS, Orloff MS, Abt P, Patel S, Tsoulfas G, Kashyap R, Jain A, Safadjou S,
Bozorgzadeh A.
Clin Transplant. 2011 Mar-Apr;25(2):213-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01238.x.
36. Hepatitis C and liver transplantation.
Tsoulfas G, Goulis I, Giakoustidis D, Akriviadis E, Agorastou P, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V.
Hippokratia. 2009 Oct;13(4):211-5.
37. The evolution of the role of liver transplantation in treating alcoholic cirrhosis in Greece.
Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Tsoulfas G, Vasiliadis T, Kardassis D, Papagiannis A, Goulis I,
Giakoustidis D, Antoniadis N, Fouzas I, Patsiaoura K, Ntinas A, Ouzounidis N, Vrochides D,
Katsika E, Diplaris K, Miserlis G, Takoudas D.
Transplant Proc. 2008 Nov;40(9):3189-90. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.038. Epub
2008 Oct 18.
38. Impact of double-j ureteric stent in kidney transplantation: single-center experience.
Giakoustidis D, Diplaris K, Antoniadis N, Papagianis A, Ouzounidis N, Fouzas I, Vrochides D,
Kardasis D, Tsoulfas G, Giakoustidis A, Miserlis G, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Takoudas D.
Transplant Proc. 2008 Nov;40(9):3173-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.064.
39. Common iliac artery lying posterior to psoas major identified during kidney transplantation.
Jain A, Patil VP, Horton P, Patel N, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G, Orloff M, Bozorgzadeh A.
Transplantation. 2008 Aug 27;86(4):623-4. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181826bf3. No abstract
available.
40. The cumulative effects of cold ischemic time and older donor age on liver graft survival.
Cassuto JR, Patel SA, Tsoulfas G, Orloff MS, Abt PL.
J Surg Res. 2008 Jul;148(1):38-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.018. Epub 2008 Apr 8.
41. Stratifying risk of biliary complications in adult living donor liver transplantation by
magnetic resonance cholangiography.
Kashyap R, Bozorgzadeh A, Abt P, Tsoulfas G, Maloo M, Sharma R, Patel S, Dombroski D,
Mantry P, Safadjou S, Jain A, Orloff M.
Transplantation. 2008 Jun 15;85(11):1569-72. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31816ff21f.
42. Pharmacokinetics of mycophenolic acid in live donor liver transplant patients vs deceased
donor liver transplant patients.
Jain A, Venkataramanan R, Sharma R, Kwong T, Abt P, Orloff M, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G,
Bozorgzadeh A.
J Clin Pharmacol. 2008 May;48(5):547-52. doi: 10.1177/0091270008315317.
43. Minimizing morbidity of organ donation: analysis of factors for perioperative complications
after living-donor nephrectomy in the United States.
Patel S, Cassuto J, Orloff M, Tsoulfas G, Zand M, Kashyap R, Jain A, Bozorgzadeh A, Abt P.
Transplantation. 2008 Feb 27;85(4):561-5. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181643ce8.
44. Pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in living donor liver transplant and deceased donor liver
transplant recipients.
Jain A, Venkataramanan R, Sharma R, Kwong T, Orloff M, Abt P, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G,
Batzold P, Williamson M, Bozorgzadeh A.
Transplantation. 2008 Feb 27;85(4):554-60. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181642c95.
45. Long-term outcome of a cuffed expanded PTFE graft for hemodialysis vascular access.
Tsoulfas G, Hertl M, Ko DS, Elias N, Delmonico FL, Romano L, Fernandes I, Schoenfeld D,
Kawai T.
World J Surg. 2008 Aug;32(8):1827-31. doi: 10.1007/s00268-008-9514-z.
46. Potential immunological advantage of intravenous mycophenolate mofetil with tacrolimus
and steroids in primary deceased donor liver transplantation and live donor liver
transplantation without antibody induction.
Jain A, Sharma R, Ryan C, Tsoulfas G, Orloff M, Abt P, Kashyap R, Batzold P, Sauberman
L, Safadjou S, Graham M, Bozorgzadeh A.
Liver Transpl. 2008 Feb;14(2):202-9. doi: 10.1002/lt.21348.
47. Polysubstance abuse in liver transplant patients and its impact on survival outcome.
Nickels M, Jain A, Sharma R, Orloff M, Tsoulfas G, Kashyap R, Bozorgzadeh A.
Exp Clin Transplant. 2007 Dec;5(2):680-5.
48. Living-donor liver transplantation in the United States: identifying donors at risk for
perioperative complications.
Patel S, Orloff M, Tsoulfas G, Kashyap R, Jain A, Bozorgzadeh A, Abt P.
Am J Transplant. 2007 Oct;7(10):2344-9.
49. Survival outcomes in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma, comparing impact
of hepatitis C versus other etiology of cirrhosis.
Bozorgzadeh A, Orloff M, Abt P, Tsoulfas G, Younan D, Kashyap R, Jain A, Mantry P,
Maliakkal B, Khorana A, Schwartz S.
Liver Transpl. 2007 Jun;13(6):807-13.
50. Pharmacokinetics of mycophenolic acid in liver transplant patients after intravenous and
oral administration of mycophenolate mofetil.
Jain A, Venkataramanan R, Kwong T, Mohanka R, Orloff M, Abt P, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G,
Mack C, Williamson M, Batzold P, Bozorgzadeh A.
Liver Transpl. 2007 Jun;13(6):791-6.
51. Pediatric liver and kidney transplantation with allografts from DCD donors: A review of
UNOS data.
Abt P, Kashyap R, Orloff M, Jain A, Tsoulfas G, Bozorgzadeh A, Olthoff K.
Transplantation. 2006 Dec 27;82(12):1708-11.
52. Hydrodynamic plasmid DNA gene therapy model in liver transplantation.
Tsoulfas G, Takahashi Y, Liu D, Yagnik G, Wu T, Murase N, Geller DA.
J Surg Res. 2006 Oct;135(2):242-9. Epub 2006 Aug 22.
53. Laparoscopic surgery for the prevention, palliation, and cure of gastrointestinal
malignancies.
Torres JE, Tsoulfas G, Hamdy K, Scott-Conner CE.
Med Clin North Am. 2005 Jan;89(1):187-209, ix.
54. Role of NF-kappaB on liver cold ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Takahashi Y, Ganster RW, Gambotto A, Shao L, Kaizu T, Wu T, Yagnik GP, Nakao A,
Tsoulfas G, Ishikawa T, Okuda T, Geller DA, Murase N.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2002 Nov;283(5):G1175-84.
55. Blockade of the L-arginine/NO synthase pathway worsens hepatic apoptosis and liver
transplant preservation injury.
Yagnik GP, Takahashi Y, Tsoulfas G, Reid K, Murase N, Geller DA.
Hepatology. 2002 Sep;36(3):573-81.
56. Activation of the lipopolysaccharide signaling pathway in hepatic transplantation
preservation injury.
Tsoulfas G, Takahashi Y, Ganster RW, Yagnik G, Guo Z, Fung JJ, Murase N, Geller DA.
Transplantation. 2002 Jul 15;74(1):7-13.
57. NF-kappaB in transplantation: friend or foe?
Tsoulfas G, Geller DA.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2001 Dec;3(4):212-9. Review.
58. Protective role of the L-arginine-nitric oxide synthase pathway on preservation injury after
rat liver transplantation.
Geller DA, Chia SH, Takahashi Y, Yagnik GP, Tsoulfas G, Murase N.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2001 May-Jun;25(3):142-7.
Κριτής σε περιοδικά
1. Faculty Advisor for the Journal of the University of Rochester School of Medicine &
Dentistry in the field of Surgery, 2006- present.
2. Reviewer for MedEdPortal, a web-based tool that promotes collaboration across
disciplines and institutions by facilitating the exchange of peer reviewed educational
materials, knowledge, and solutions. Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington D.C., 2007-present.
3. Reviewer for the ASTS Awards Committee for the ASTS-Roche Presidential Student
Mentor Award, 2008.
4. Reviewer for the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2008-present.
5. Reviewer for the Journal “Hippokratia”, 2009 – present.
6. Reviewer for Journal of Clinicoeconomics and outcomes research, 2010-present.
6. Reviewer for the Journal of Surgical Research, 2011 – present.
7. Reviewer for theEuropean Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2012- present.
8. Editorial Board member for Journal of Gastrointestinal and Digestive System 2011present.
9. Editor for the Cancer Reports, 2011- present.
10. Reviewer for the European Journal of Pharmacology, 2012- present.
11. WebmedCentral Faculty Lead Surgery reviewer 2011- present.
12. Reviewer International Journal Surgical Oncology, 2012 – present.
13. Reviewer for International Surgery, 2012- present.
14. Reviewer for Journal of Cancer Research and Therapy, 2012- present.
15. Reviewer for the Journal of Contemporary Medical Education, 2012- present.
16. Editorial Board member of the Journal of Contemporary Medical Education, 2012present.
17. Regional Editor for the American Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences, March 2013present.
18. Reviewer for the Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, March 2013present.
19. Reviewer Case Reports in Medicine, April 2013- present.
20. Reviewer Patient Preference and Adherence, April 2013 – present.
Reviewer Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, May 2013 – present.
Reviewer Minerva Chirurgica, June 2013 –present.
Reviewer Yonsei Medical Journal, June 2013 – present.
Reviewer for the Italian NIH, Ministry of Health, November 21, 2013.
Editorial Board Journal of Surgical Research, November 2013 – present.
Editorial Board Journal of Gastro, Pancreatology and Liver Diseases, November 2013 –
present.
27. Reviewer Proteosome Science, January 2014 – present.
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