Konstantinos A. Zorbas, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery | Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- K.A. Zorbas, R.S. Mangus, G. Fernandez, A.J. Lutz, J.A. Powelson, J.A. Fridell (October 2023). Postoperative complications after pancreas transplantation – A single center analysis. Oral Presentation presented at: IPITA-IXA-CTRMS 2023, San Diego, CA, USA
- KA Zorbas, A Abbas, K Song, I.A. Zorbas, W Lois, J Burack. A Simple Prediction Score for Postoperative Mortality after Decortication. Journal of Thoracic Disease. Published: December 2023
- KA Zorbas, G.C. Karakousis, S.S. Karhadkar, A. Di Carlo, K.N. Lau, I.A. Zorbas, K. Vamvakidis, W. Lois, A.K. Shah. A Simple Prediction Score for Developing a Surgical Site Infection after Clean Neck Operation. Published: Surgical Infections. May 2022.400-407. PMID: 35522128, http://doi.org/10.1089/sur.2021.368
- KA Zorbas, J. Wu, S. Reddy, N. Esnaola, A. Karachristos. Obesity affects outcomes of pancreatoduodenectomy. Published: Pancreatology. Available online 4 March 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2021.02.019
- KA Zorbas, Velanovic V, Reddy S, Esnaola N, Karachristos A. Modified Frailty Index Predicts Morbidity and Mortality after Gastrectomy for Non-Bariatric Cases. Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021;6:10 (05 January 2021). Cited in PubMed; PMID: 33409404. https://doi: 10.21037/tgh.2020.01.07
- Fagenson, A.M., Powers, B.D., KA Zorbas et al. Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 1-9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1
EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Residency, General Surgery
Attikon University Hospital, Greece
Internship, General Surgery
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Residency, General Surgery
Bronx Care Health System, Bronx, NY
Fellowship, Abdominal Organ Transplantation Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Fellowship (Clinical Research)
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Outcomes research for general surgery
- Outcomes research for abdominal organ transplantation
- Liver and pancreas cancer research
- Thyroid and Parathyroid cancer research in end stage renal disease patients
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=zorbas+k