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Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD (he/him/his)

Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, United States

Dr. Karakousis is a Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Chief of the Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as Chair of the Cancer Committee of the Abramson Cancer Center. He is Co-Leader of the Melanoma Disease team at PennMedicine Cancer Service Line and represents Penn Melanoma at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) meetings. He is member of multiple national surgical societies and is Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Sentinel Lymph Node Working Group. Dr. Karakousis has been involved in numerous multicenter national and international collaborative studies and has served as investigator or co-investigator for a multitude of clinical trials. Scientifically, he has authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications, as well as numerous book chapters, and currently serve on the editorial board for four journals, including the Annals of Surgical Oncology. He has made significant contributions to identifying predictors of SLN biopsy in melanoma and continues to contribute to understanding the role of neoadjuvant immune checkpoint therapy in surgically resectable earlier stage melanoma as principal investigator of a clinical trial in stage II melanoma.

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