Clinical Focus

• Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
• Surgical Oncology
• Tumors and diseases of the pancreas, liver, bile ducts, adrenal glands, stomach, and retroperitoneum
• General Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Instructor in Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2008 - 2009)

Honors and Awards

• Ludwig J. Pyrtek, MD Prize for Clinical and Scientific Capabilities, Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2007)
• Henry Mannix, Jr, MD Award for Clinical and Academic Excellence, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2007)
• 3rd Prize, Paper Competition, New England Surgical Society 88th Annual Meeting (2007)
• Andrew Canzonetti, MD Award, Outstanding 4th Year Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2006)
• Charles Polivy, MD Memorial Award, Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine (2005)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Epidemiology
• Surgery

Current Research Interests

Clinical trials of experimental therapeutics and outcomes analysis following combined modality treatment of hepatic, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal malignancies.

Publications

• Histopathologic basis for the favorable survival after resection of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm-associated invasive adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Poultsides GA, Reddy S, Cameron JL, Hruban RH, Pawlik TM, Ahuja N, Jain A, Edil BH, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Schulick RD, Wolfgang CL. Ann Surg. 2010; 251 (3): 470-6
• Outcome of primary tumor in patients with synchronous stage IV colorectal cancer receiving combination chemotherapy without surgery as initial treatment. Poultsides GA, Servais EL, Saltz LB, Patil S, Kemeny NE, Guillem JG, Weiser M, Temple LK, Wong WD, Paty PB. J Clin Oncol. 2009; 27 (20): 3379-84
• Image of the month. Left paraduodenal hernia. Poultsides GA, Zani S, Bloom GP, Tishler DS. Arch Surg. 2009; 144 (3): 287-8
• Epigenetic regulation of hTERT promoter in hepatocellular carcinomas. Iliopoulos D, Satra M, Drakaki A, Poultsides GA, Tsezou A. Int J Oncol. 2009; 34 (2): 391-9
• Angiographic embolization for gastroduodenal hemorrhage: safety, efficacy, and predictors of outcome. Poultsides GA, Kim CJ, Orlando R, Peros G, Hallisey MJ, Vignati PV. Arch Surg. 2008; 143 (5): 457-61