GregoryAbrahamianMD

General Surgery • San Antonio, TX

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation

MD, LtCol USAFR (ret), Professor of Surgery, University Health

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Office
7703 Floyd Curl Dr
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone+1 210-567-5771

Fax+1 210-567-6608
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Summary

Dr. Gregory Abrahamian is a general surgeon in San Antonio, TX and is affiliated with the University Health System/UT Health Sn Antonio. He received his medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and has been in practice 25 years. He specializes in hepatobiliary surgery, pancreas, and transplantation and is experienced in kidney transplantation, live donor liver transplantation, general / gastrointestinal surgery, hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, and liver transplantation. He has more than 20 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1997 - 1999
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1997
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1994 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Urine Leak From the Necrotic Lower Pole of a Transplanted Kidney: A Rare Complication in a Pediatric Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipient.
Ronit Patnaik, Muhammad U Rabbani, Elizabeth Thomas, Gregory A Abrahamian> ;Cureus. 2021 Feb 28
9 citations
Liver Paired Exchange Using Compatible Pairs - US Single Center Experience.
Tarunjeet Klair, Glenn A. Halff, Danielle Fritze, Elizabeth Thomas, Gregory A Abrahamian, Kermit V Speeg, Francisco G Cigarroa> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Dec 1
3 citations
Colonic mucormycosis in solid organ transplantation: Case report and review of the literature (colonic mucormycosis after DDLT).
Jameson Moore Petrochko, Gregory Abrahamian, Francisco G Cigarroa, Elizabeth Thomas> ;Transplant Infectious Disease. 2020 Jul 10
42 citations
Exenatide regulates pancreatic islet integrity and insulin sensitivity in the nonhuman primate baboon Papio hamadryas.
Teresa Vanessa Fiorentino, Francesca Casiraghi, A.M. Davalli, Giovanna Finzi, Stefano La Rosa, Paul B. Higgins, Gregory A Abrahamian, Alessandro Marando, Fausto Sessa,...> ;JCI Insight. 2019 Dec 13
16 citations
Graft quality matters: Survival after simultaneous liver-kidney transplant according to KDPI.
Colleen L. Jay, Jacqueline A. Pugh, Glenn A. Halff, Greg Abrahamian, Francisco G. Cigarroa, Kenneth Washburn> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2017 May 1
13 citations
Chronic Continuous Exenatide Infusion Does Not Cause Pancreatic Inflammation and Ductal Hyperplasia in Non-Human Primates
Teresa Vanessa Fiorentino, Michael A. Owston, Gregory A Abrahamian, Stefano La Rosa, Alessandro Marando, Carla Perego, Eliana S. Di Cairano, Giovanna Finzi, Carlo Cape...> ;The American Journal of Pathology. 2015 Jan 1
32 citations
Coordinated Defects in Hepatic Long Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism and Triglyceride Accumulation Contribute to Insulin Resistance in Non-Human Primates
Subhash Kamath, Alberto O. Chavez, Amalia Gastaldelli, Francesca Casiraghi, Glenn A. Halff, Gregory A Abrahamian, A.M. Davalli, Raul A. Bastarrachea, Anthony G. Comuzz...> ;Plos One. 2011 Nov 18
5 citations
San Antonio Military and Civilian Hand Transplantation Program: A Case Report
D. Tuder, W. C. Pederson, Gregory A Abrahamian, J. V. Ingari, M. C. Bagg, D. W. Person, G. G. Martyak> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2011 Nov 1
9 citations
Stem cell mobilization and collection for induction of mixed chimerism and renal allograft tolerance in cynomolgus monkeys.
O. Nadazdin, Gregory A Abrahamian, Svjetlan Boskovic, Rex Neal Smith, David A. Schoenfeld, Joren C. Madsen, Robert B. Colvin, David H. Sachs, A. Benedict Cosimi, Tatsu...> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2011 Jun 15
19 citations
Intestinal perforation associated with rituximab therapy for post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder after liver transplantation.
Agustin Cornejo, Mary E. Bohnenblust, Catherine Harris, Gregory A Abrahamian> ;Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 2009 Jul 9
7 citations
Surgical treatment of an extrarenal pseudoaneurysm after kidney transplantation.
Jennifer A. Sharron, Robert M. Esterl, William Kenneth Washburn, Gregory A Abrahamian> ;Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 2009 Feb 17
11 citations
Limited efficacy and unacceptable toxicity of cyclophosphamide for the induction of mixed chimerism and renal allograft tolerance in cynomolgus monkeys.
Hiroshi Sogawa, Svjetlan Boskovic, O. Nadazdin, Gregory A Abrahamian, Robert B. Colvin, David H. Sachs, A. Benedict Cosimi, Tatsuo Kawai> ;Transplantation. 2008 Aug 27
29 citations
Severe, late-onset graft-versus-host disease in a liver transplant recipient documented by chimerism analysis.
Marilyn S. Pollack, Kermit V Speeg, Natalie S. Callander, Cesar O. Freytes, Alfredo A. Espinoza, Robert M. Esterl, Gregory A Abrahamian, W. Kenneth Washburn, Glenn A. ...> ;Human Immunology. 2005 Jan 1
161 citations
CD154 blockade for induction of mixed chimerism and prolonged renal allograft survival in nonhuman primates.
Tatsuo Kawai, Hiroshi Sogawa, Svetlan Boskovic, Gregory A Abrahamian, Rex Neal Smith, Siew Lin Wee, David Andrews, O. Nadazdin, Ichiro Koyama, Megan Sykes, Henry J. Wi...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2004 Sep 1
8 citations
Use of a silastic silo for closure of the abdominal wall in a pediatric patient receiving a cadaveric split liver.
W.Tracey Jones, Irving Ratner, Gregory A Abrahamian, W. Kenneth Washburn, Robert M. Esterl, Deborah A. Neigut, Glenn A. Halff> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2003 Oct 1
88 citations
Effect of mixed hematopoietic chimerism on cardiac allograft survival in cynomolgus monkeys.
Tatsuo Kawai, A. Benedict Cosimi, Siew Lin Wee, Stuart L. Houser, David Andrews, Hiroshi Sogawa, Joanne Phelan, Svetlan Boskovic, O. Nadazdin, Gregory A Abrahamian, Ro...> ;Transplantation. 2002 Jun 15
3 citations
Comparison of horse antithymocyte globulin with other T cell-depleting antibodies for induction of chimerism and renal allograft tolerance in nonhuman primates.
Hiroshi Sogawa, Tatsuo Kawai, S. L. Wee, Svjetlan Boskovic, O. Nadazdin, J. Phelan, Gregory A Abrahamian, Dicken S.C. Ko, H. Hong, Shamila Mauiyyedi, Robert B. Colvin,...> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2001 Feb 1
32 citations
Costimulatory blockade for induction of mixed chimerism and renal allograft tolerance in nonhuman primates.
Tatsuo Kawai, Gregory A Abrahamian, Hiroshi Sogawa, S. L. Wee, Svjetlan Boskovic, D. Andrew, O. Nadazdin, Shamila Mauiyyedi, D. Weymouth, Dicken S.C. Ko, Robert B. Col...> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2001 Feb 1
33 citations
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus–associated mixed cryoglobulinemia after liver transplantation
Gregory A Abrahamian, A. Benedict Cosimi, Mary Lin Farrell, David A. Schoenfeld, Raymond T. Chung, Manuel Pascual> ;Liver Transplantation. 2000 Mar 1
132 citations
Long-term outcome and alloantibody production in a non-myeloablative regimen for induction of renal allograft tolerance
Tatsuo Kawai, Alain Poncelet, David H. Sachs, Shamila Mauiyyedi, Svjetlan Boskovic, Siew Lin Wee, Dicken S.C. Ko, Amelia Bartholomew, M. Kimikawa, Han Zhou Hong, Grego...> ;Transplantation. 1999 Dec 15
31 citations
Association of natural killer cell depletion with induction of mixed chimerism and allograft tolerance in non-human primates.
Tatsuo Kawai, Siew Lin Wee, H. Bazin, Dominique Latinne, J. Phelan, Svjetlan Boskovic, Dicken S.C. Ko, Han Zhou Hong, Shamila Mauiyyedi, O. Nadazdin, Gregory A Abraham...> ;Transplantation. 1999 May 1
14 citations
Diaphragm-like strictures of the ileum associated with NSAID use : A rare complication
Gregory A Abrahamian, Clinton D. Polhamus, Peter Muskat, Richard E. Karulf> ;Southern Medical Journal. 1998 Apr 1
Can a Bariatric Surgery Program Succeed Without Close Patient Proximity? The Experience in a Military Medical Centre
Scott A. Shikora, Gregory A Abrahamian, Caren E Gaines> ;Obesity Surgery. 1994 Aug 1
Liver transplantation at the University of Texas Health Science Center/University Hospital in San Antonio.
Halff, G., Speeg, K. V., Washburn, K., Esterl, R., Abrahamian, G., Mejia, A., Nichols, L., Neigut, D., Dodd, G., Cigarroa, F.> ;Clin Transpl. 2003
Tc-99m-labeled red blood cell scanning localizes anastomotic hemorrhage between the distal ileum and duodenal stump of an enteric-drained pancreas transplant.
Bingener-Casey, J., Esterl, R. M., Kenneth Washburn, W., Cigarroa, F. G., Abrahamian, G. A., Halff, G. A.> ;Clin Nucl Med. 2002 Mar
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