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  • Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS

Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS

  • Professor, Surgical Sciences - Oncology
Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS

Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS

  • Professor, Surgical Sciences - Oncology
  • kvotanop@wakehealth.edu

About Me

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Director, Wake Forest Organoid Research Center (WFORCE) -  A bold effort to leverage tumor organoid technology, for the transformation of cancer care, at the level of the individual patient.

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Education
MD, Aristotle University School of Medicine, 1996
PhD, University of Athens, 2014
Residency
General Surgery, University of Athens, 2002
Baylor University Medical Center, 2007
Fellowship
Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, 2009
Memberships
Hellenic Surgical Society
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Society of Surgical Oncology
American Medical Association
Southern Surgical Assn
Association of Academic Surgery
Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society
Hellenic Society of Cancer Research
American Society of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
Society of University Surgeons
Positions
Professor, Surgical Sciences - Oncology
Departments and Affiliations
Surgical Sciences - Oncology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research

  • Publications
  • Lung Surveillance Strategy for High-Grade Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Chest X-Ray or CT Scan?. Gamboa AC, Ethun CG, Switchenko JM, Lipscomb J, Poultsides GA, Grignol V, Howard JH, Gamblin TC, Roggin KK, Votanopoulos K, Fields RC, Maithel SK, Delman KA, Cardona K. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 11; 229(5):449-457.
  • Outcomes After Adjuvant Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for High-Risk Primary Appendiceal Neoplasms After Complete Resection. Enomoto LM, Choudry MH, Bartlett DL, Totin L, Mann GN, Skitzki JJ, Perry KC, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Shen P. Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2020 Jan; 27(1):107-114.
  • Assessing the Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Primary High-Risk Truncal/Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas: An Analysis of the Multi-institutional U.S. Sarcoma Collaborative. Zaidi MY, Ethun CG, Tran TB, Poultsides G, Grignol VP, Howard JH, Bedi M, Mogal H, Tseng J, Roggin KK, Chouliaras K, Votanopoulos K, Krasnick B, Fields RC, Oskouei S, Reimer N, Monson D, Maithel SK, Cardona K. Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2019 Oct; 26(11):3542-3549.
  • Features of synchronous versus metachronous metastasectomy in adrenal cortical carcinoma: Analysis from the US adrenocortical carcinoma database. Prendergast KM, Smith PM, Tran TB, Postlewait LM, Maithel SK, Prescott JD, Pawlik TM, Wang TS, Glenn J, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Phay JE, Shirley LA, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Sicklick JK, Gad S, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Duh QY, Seiser N, Votanopoulos KI, Levine EA, Poultsides GA, Solórzano CC, Kiernan CM. Surgery. 2020 02; 167(2):352-357.
  • Recurrence patterns after resection of retroperitoneal sarcomas: An eight-institution study from the US Sarcoma Collaborative. Chouliaras K, Senehi R, Ethun CG, Poultsides G, Tran T, Grignol V, Gamblin TC, Roggin KK, Tseng J, Fields RC, Weber SM, Russell GB, Levine EA, Cardona K, Votanopoulos K. J Surg Oncol. 2019 Sep; 120(3):340-347.
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