
Emmanouil Pappou MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Colorectal Surgery
160 East 53rd StreetNew York, NY 10022
Overview of Dr. Pappou
Dr. Emmanouil Pappou is a colorectal surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and allied Diseases. He received his medical degree from Technical University Munich Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 20 years. He is one of 13 doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and one of 3 doctors at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and allied Diseases who specialize in Colon & Rectal Surgery. He also speaks multiple languages, including Greek, German, and French. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2014 - 2015
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2007 - 2014
Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversityPh.D., Molecular biology, 2007
Technical University Munich Faculty of MedicineClass of 2006
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2024 - Present
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2028
NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2027
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- George D. Zuidema Research Award for Meritorious Laboratory Research Johns Hopkins University, Department of Surgery, 2010
- Core Values in Practice Award Johns Hopkins University, Department of Surgery, 2009
- Lee E. Smith Spring Scientific Meeting Award The Chesapeake Colorectal Society, 2012
Clinical Trials
- Multi-Drug Analgesia vs. Standard Solution for Anal Surgery Start of enrollment: 2017 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsAdded value and clinical impact of second-opinion subspecialist radiologist interpretations of baseline rectal MRI in patients with rectal cancer.Jennifer S Golia Pernicka, Tae-Hyung Kim, Stephanie Nougaret, David D B Bates, Maria El Homsi
European Radiology. 2026-04-01 - ASO Visual Abstract: Incidence and Predictors of Neoplastic Diagnosis in Patients with a Clinically Abnormal Appendix.Tina Gowda, Nicole Aguirre, Mostafa Mohamed, Despoina Kanata, Mohammed Ali Abbass
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2026-03-02 - Lymph nodes in MRI-based early-stage rectal cancer: can MRI accurately predict lymph node involvement?Maria Clara Fernandes, Yousef Mazaheri, James Louis Fuqua, Natally Horvat, Emmanouil Pappou
European Radiology. 2026-03-01
Journal Articles
- Effect of Neoadjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy with or Without Chemoradiation on Bowel Function in Rectal Cancer Patients Treated with Total Mesorectal ExcisionEmmanouil P Pappou, Garrett M Nash, Jose G Guillem, Martin R Weiser, Philip B Paty, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
- The failed J pouchPappou, E.P. and R.P. Kiran, Clin Colon Rectal Surg, 1/1/2016
- Tumors with unmethylated MLH1 and the CpG island methylator phenotype are associated with a poor prognosis in stage II colorectal cancer patientsTao Fu, Yanliang Liu, Kai Li, Weiwei Wan, Emmanouil Pappou, Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, Zachary Kerner, Stephen Baylin, Christopher Wolfgang, and Nita Ahuja, Oncotarget, 1/1/2016
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Use of an ACE Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker is a Major Risk Factor for Dehydration Requiring Readmission in the Setting of a New IleostomyCharak, G. S., Pappou, E., Al-Mazrou, A. M., Duldulao, M. N., Valizadeh, N., Suradkar, K., Carpenter, D., Kiran, P, ASCRS, Los Angeles, CA, 1/1/2016
- Anal Squamous-Cell Cancer: Surgical Alternatives to Chemoradiation just as effective?K. Suradkar, E. Pappou, S. Lee-Kong, D. Feingold, R. Kiran, ASCRS, Los Angeles, CA, 1/1/2016
- Income, Geography, and Hospital Determine Gaps in Assimilation of Minimally Invasive Technology for Rectal Cancer SurgeryAlice Murray, Onur Baser, Emmanouil Pappou, Steven A. Lee-Kong, Daniel L. Feingold, Ravi P. Kiran, ACS, Washington, DC, 1/1/2016
Press Mentions
Bowel Cancer: Study Reveals a Popular Medication Could Increase Risk of the Deadly DiseaseApril 27th, 2020
Aspirin Reduces Risk of Several GI CancersApril 15th, 2020
More Antibiotics, Higher Odds for Colon Cancer?August 21st, 2019
Grant Support
- Forde Research Startup GrantColumbia University Medical2015–2016
Professional Memberships
- Member
Other Languages
- Greek, German, French
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