Pagkratis Spyridon General Surgeon

Board Member

• Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract – SSAT

• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeon-SAGES

• Αmericas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association-AHPBA

• Society of Surgical Oncology-SSO

• Hellenic Surgical Society

Professional Experience

• Surgeon, Hygeia Hospital

• Fellow in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

• Fellow in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Adv-GI and Bariatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

• Chief Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA

• Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA

• Resident in General Surgery and Kidney Transplantation, Laiko General Hospital of Athens

• Trainee in Vascular Surgery Department and Vascular Laboratory, Hygeia Hospital

Education Experience

• Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, NY, USA

Clinical and Research Interest

Clinical Interest:

• Advanced Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery

• Surgical Oncology of the Gastro-Intestinal system

• Peritoneal carcinomatosis

• Minimally Invasive General Surgery

• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for morbid obesity

Research Interest: 

• Newer techniques for the surgical treatment of cancers of the GI tract

• Cytoreduction surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy for advanced metastatic peritoneal carcinomatosis

Awards

• “Winner, AHPBA-Surgical Fellows Jeopardy” AHPBA 2018, Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, USA

• “Chief Resident” in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, New York, USA.

• “Surgical Jeopardy Winner” Long Island and Brooklyn, Chapter American College of  

• “Senior Surgical Resident of the Year”, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center

• “Surgical Intern of the Year”, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center    

Books

• Robotic Heller Myotomy T.Burnett, S. Pagkratis, D.Oleynikov.  Atlas of Robotic Surgery – Currently under publication,

• Robotic Pancreatoduodenctomy E.Cho, S. Pagkratis, D.R. Jeyarajah. “Surgery for the Cancers of the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Step-by-Step Approach.” – Currently under publication

Recent Publications

• “Laparoscopic Ladd’s Procedure for Midgut Malrotation”
  Pagkratis S,  Pokala B, Armijo PR, Crowford C, Oleynikof D. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques & Part B: Videoscopy.

• “Secrets for successful laparoscopic antireflux surgery: preoperative workup” Armijo, S Pagkratis, C Krause, D Oleynikov. Annals of laparoscopic and endoscopic Surgery. April 2017, doi: 10.21037/ales.2017.02.34

• “Predictors of Hiatal Hernia Recurrence after Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux Surgery with Hiatal Hernia Repair: A Prospectively Collected Database Analysis” Armijo, S. Pagkratis, D. Oleynikov. Gastroeneterology.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(17)34128-8

• “Growth in robotic-assisted procedures is from conversion of laparoscopic procedures and not from open surgeons’ conversion: a study of trends and costs.” Armijo PR, Pagkratis S, Boilesen E, Tanner T, Oleynikov D. Surg Endosc. 2017 Oct 24. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5908-z.

• “Role of Bariatric Surgery and Lung Transplant Eligibility in Setting of Pulmonary Hypertension(PHTN) and Systemic Sclerosis (SS)” Pokala B, Pagkratis S, McBride C. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 13(10):S85 October 2017

• “Case report of intestinal non-rotation, heterotaxy, and polysplenia in a patient with pancreatic cancer. Pagkratis S, Kryeziu S, Lin M, Hoque S, Bucobo JC, Buscaglia JM, Georgakis GV, Sasson AR, Kim J.Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Dec;96(49):e8599.

• “Transgastric laparoscopic resection of a stomach mass at the gastro-esophageal junction. Pagkratis S, Burnett T, Armijo P, Oleynikov D. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques & Part B: Videoscopy. 2017, Gastroenterology 152(5):S1223,  1016/S0016-5085(17)34075-1

• “Beyond the learning curve: Incidence of bile duct injuries following laparoscopic cholecystectomy normalize to open in the modern era”  C. Halbert, S. Pagkratis, J. Yang, Z. Meng, M. Altieri, M. Talamini, A. Pryor, P. Parikh, D. Tele  “Surgical Endoscopy.  2015 Sep 3. (PMID:26335071)

• “Creation of gastric conduit free-graft with intraoperative perfusion imaging during pancreaticoduodenectomy in a patient post esophagectomy” S. Pagkratis, D. Virvilis, B. Phillips, P. Bao, S. Khan, J. Ganz, K. Wa “International Journal of Surgery Case Reports”. 2015;9:39-43.

• “Supernumerary Ovary Presenting as a Paraduodenal Duplication Cyst”
  El-Gohary, S. Pagkratis, T. Lee, R. Scriven “Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports” Vol 3, Issue 8, August 2015, Pages 316–319