Giorgos Constantine Karakousis MD
Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
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3400 Civic Center BlvdPhiladelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-2737
Fax+1 215-615-3424
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Education & Training
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 2001 - 2008
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2008 - 2011
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Bio-marker Analysis Using Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients With Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
- Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade in Patients with Stage IIB/C Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2019 May 06
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Desmoplastic melanoma in the era of immune checkpoint blockade.Neha Shafique, Emily Ertmann, Gabriella Tortorello, Giorgos C Karakousis, John T Miura
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2025-04-01 - Significance of Prognostic Factors across Tumor Thicknesses in Melanoma: A National Cohort Study.Kevin Ma, Neha Shafique, Gabriella Tortorello, Anushka Dheer, Luke J Keele
The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2025-03-12 - Mohs micrographic surgery reduces the risk of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction compared to conventional ex...Daniela Frankel, Karla Valdes-Morales, Mara D Trifoi, Stephanie K Lin, Annika M Deitermann
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2025-03-11
Journal Articles
- Microsatellitosis in Patients with MelanomaRichard L White, Mark B Faries, Stanley P Leong, Andrew J Sinnamon, Dale Han, Jane L Messina, Barbara A Pockaj, Giorgos C Karakousis, Edmund K Bartlett, John T Vetto, ..., Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Exosomal PD-L1 Contributes to Immunosuppression and Is Associated with Anti-PD-1 ResponseXiaowei Xu, Haidong Dong, Tara C Mitchell, Lynn M Schuchter, Alexander C Huang, Suzanne McGettigan, Wei Xu, Giorgos C Karakousis, Xiaoming Liu, Gordon Mills, Nature
Press Mentions
Penn Medicine’s Tara Miller Melanoma Center Is a Trailblazer for Skin Cancer TreatmentJune 2nd, 2022- Penn Medicine and Wistar Secure $11.7 Million SPORE Grant for Three Melanoma Research ProjectsSeptember 22nd, 2021
Age at Diagnosis Impacts Timing and Extent of Melanoma MetastasesMay 9th, 2019- Join now to see all
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