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Andreas Karachristos, MD, PhD

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Andreas Karachristos, MD, PhD

 

Assistant Professor, Surgery

Telephone:  215-707-3626

Email: andreas.karachristos@tuhs.temple.edu

 

Department of Surgery

 

Educational Background:

 

MD, University of Crete School of Medicine, Greece

 

Residency, General Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Fellowship, Organ Transplantation/Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Cincinnati

 

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clinical and reasearch Interests:

 
  • Laparoscopic liver surgery
  • Molecular analysis of liver lesions
  • Abdominal organ transplantation
  • Surgical therapy for benign and malignant diseases of the liver and bile ducts

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board certification(s):

 

American Board of Surgery

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

18277297. Karachristos AI, Seamon MJ, Bradley KM, Pathak AS, Santora TA, Goldberg AJ, The incidental Meckel's diverticulum in trauma: a case report and literature review. J Trauma 67:1(E22-4)2009 Jul

17256756. Jafri MA, Tevar AD, Lucia M, Thambi-Pillai T, Karachristos A, Trumbull L, Buell JF, Thomas MJ, Hanaway MJ, Woodle ES, Rudich SM, Temporary silastic mesh closure for adult liver transplantation: a safe alternative for the difficult abdomen. Liver Transpl 13:2(258-65)2007 Feb

16332484. Karachristos A, Scarmeas N, Hoffman JP, CA 19-9 levels predict results of staging laparoscopy in pancreatic cancer. J Gastrointest Surg 9:9(1286-92)2005 Dec

12209975. Xinarianos G, Liloglou T, Prime W, Sourvinos G, Karachristos A, Gosney JR, Spandidos DA, Field JK, p53 status correlates with the differential expression of the DNA mismatch repair protein MSH2 in non-small cell lung carcinoma. Int J Cancer 101:3(248-52)2002 Sep 20

12022923. Mouzas IA, Fragkiadakis N, Moschandreas J, Karachristos A, Skordilis P, Kouroumalis E, Manousos ON, Validation and results of a questionnaire for functional bowel disease in out-patients. BMC Public Health 2:(8)2002 May 21

10662591. Karachristos A, Liloglou T, Field JK, Deligiorgi E, Kouskouni E, Spandidos DA, Microsatellite instability and p53 mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma. Mol Cell Biol Res Commun 2:3(155-61)1999 Sep-Dec

9543567. Voulgarelis M, Chorti M, Kittas C, Karachristos A, Ikonomopoulos G, Skopouli FN, Fever and abdominal pain in a 45-year-old woman with cutaneous necrotising vasculitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 16:1(72-6)1998 Jan-Feb

7752217. Karachristos A, Linardopoulos S, Ergazaki M, Spandidos DA, Detection and analysis of hepatitis C virus by a combined RT-PCR method: variation in the 5' non-coding region of the viral genome. J Med Microbiol 42:5(367-71)1995 May

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