KarimJarirHalazunMD

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Overview of Dr. Halazun

Dr. Karim Halazun is a general surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, and Newyork Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Leeds School of Medicine and has been in practice 15 years. He is one of 191 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 191 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specialize in General Surgery. He also speaks multiple languages, including Arabic, French, and Spanish.

Office
1305 York Ave
Fl 4
New York, NY 10021
Book by Phone646-970-3357
Fax(646) 962-0363
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Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia CampusFELLOWSHIP
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia CampusRESIDENCY
University of Leeds School of MedicineMEDICAL_SCHOOL

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2013 - 2016
NY State Medical License 2011 - 2022
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Vanguard Prize ASTS, 2015
Junior Investigator Award American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2015
Blackemore Award Columbia University Medical Center, 2011, 2013
Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Fellow Award AASLD, 2011
Blackemore Prize Columbia University Medical Center, 2011
Young Investigator Award American Society of Transplantation, 2009
Distinguished Fellow Award for Best Clinical Research American Society of Transplantation, 2008
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Living Donor Liver Transplant: Send in the Robots.
Halazun, K. J., Samstein, B.> ;Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2020 Sep 6
Liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery in 2020.
Ekser, B., Halazun, K. J., Petrowsky, H., Balci, D.> ;International journal of surgery (London, England). 2020 Jul 23
Robotic liver resection: Hurdles and beyond.
Di Benedetto, F., Petrowsky, H., Magistri, P., Halazun, K. J.> ;International journal of surgery (London, England). 2020 Jun 7
An international multicenter study of protocols for liver transplantation during a pandemic: A case for quadripartite equipoise.
Chew, C. A., Iyer, S. G., Kow, A. W., Madhavan, K., Wong, A. S., Halazun, K. J., Battula, N., Scalera, I., Angelico, R., Farid, S., Buchholz, B. M., Rotellar, F., Chan...> ;Journal of hepatology. 2020 May 27
Expanding the donor pool for liver transplantation with marginal donors.
Goldaracena, N., Cullen, J. M., Kim, D., Ekser, B., Halazun, K. J.> ;International journal of surgery (London, England). 2020 May 19
Lest we forget.
Halazun, K. J., Rosenblatt, R.> ;American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. 2020 Apr 2
Impact Of Cirrhosis On 90-Day Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from A Nationwide Database).
Lu, D. Y., Steitieh, D., Feldman, D. N., Cheung, J. W., Wong, S. C., Halazun, H., Halazun, K. J., Amin, N., Wang, J., Chae, J., Wilensky, R. L., Kim, L. K.> ;The American journal of cardiology. 2020 Mar 9
Striving for decreased post-transplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence without excluding potentially curable patients: the utility of tumor biology.
Rosenblatt, R. E., Halazun, K. J.> ;Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition. 2019 Nov 2
Whose Liver Is It Anyway? Two Centers Participating in One Living Donor Transplantation.
Yu, Y., Hwang, R., Halazun, K. J., Griesemer, A., Kato, T., Emond, J., Samstein, B.> ;Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2019 Jul 6
Pathologic Response to Pretransplant Locoregional Therapy is Predictive of Patient Outcome After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Analysis From the ...
DiNorcia, J., Florman, S. S., Haydel, B., Tabrizian, P., Ruiz, R. M., Klintmalm, G. B., Senguttuvan, S., Lee, D. D., Taner, C. B., Verna, E. C., Halazun, K. J., Hoteit...> ;Annals of surgery. 2019 Mar 15
Deceased Brain Dead Donor Liver Transplantation and Utilization in the United States: Nighttime and Weekend Effects.
Carpenter, D. J., Chiles, M. C., Verna, E. C., Halazun, K. J., Emond, J. C., Ratner, L. E., Mohan, S.> ;Transplantation. 2018 Nov 18
Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomies: Ready for Widespread Adoption?
Samstein, B.,Griesemer, A.,Halazun, K.,Kato, T.,Guarrera, J. V.,Cherqui, D.,Emond, J. C.> ;Ann. Surg.. 2018 Aug 14
Use of robotics in liver donor right hepatectomy.
Di Benedetto, F., Magistri, P., Halazun, K. J.> ;Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition. 2018 Jul 27
Is it Time to Abandon the Milan Criteria?: Results of a Bicoastal US Collaboration to Redefine Hepatocellular Carcinoma Liver Transplantation Selection Policies.
Halazun, K. J., Tabrizian, P., Najjar, M., Florman, S., Schwartz, M., Michelassi, F., Samstein, B., Brown, R. S., Emond, J. C., Busuttil, R. W., Agopian, V. G.> ;Annals of surgery. 2018 Jul 27
An Overt, Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleed Caused by a Primary Small Bowel Fibroblastic Reticular Cell Sarcoma.
Gold, S. L., Cohen-Mekelburg, S. A., Rosenblatt, R., Jessurun, J., Sharaiha, R. Z., Halazun, K. J., Wan, D.> ;ACG case reports journal. 2018 Mar 27
Predicting Liver Allograft Discard: The Discard Risk Index.
Rana, A., Sigireddi, R. R., Halazun, K. J., Kothare, A., Wu, M., Liu, H., Kueht, M. L., Vierling, J. M., Sussman, N. L., Mindikoglu, A. L., Miloh, T., Galvan, N. T., C...> ;Transplantation. 2018 Feb 28
Pretreatment neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio: useful prognostic biomarker in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Najjar, M., Agrawal, S., Emond, J. C., Halazun, K. J.> ;Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma. 2018 Feb 7
A wormy surprise: ERCP for intrabiliary drainage of a hydatid cyst.
Shah, S. L., Xu, M., Dawod, E., Halazun, K. J., Sharaiha, R. Z.> ;Endoscopy. 2018 Jan 20
No Gains in Long-term Survival After Liver Transplantation Over the Past Three Decades.
Rana, A., Ackah, R. L., Webb, G. J., Halazun, K. J., Vierling, J. M., Liu, H., Wu, M., Yoeli, D., Kueht, M., Mindikoglu, A. L., Sussman, N. L., Galván, N. T., Cotton, ...> ;Annals of surgery. 2018 Jan 6
Growth of liver allografts over time in pediatric transplant recipients.
Chaudhry, S. G.,Bentley-Hibbert, S.,Stern, J.,Lobritto, S.,Martinez, M.,Vittorio, J.,Halazun, K. J.,Lee, H. T.,Emond, J.,Kato, T.,Samstein, B.,Griesemer, A.> ;Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Jan 16
Role of inflammatory markers as hepatocellular cancer selection tool in the setting of liver transplantation.
Rosenblatt, R. E., Tafesh, Z. H., Halazun, K. J.> ;Translational gastroenterology and hepatology. 2017 Dec 22
Liver transplant length of stay (LOS) index: A novel predictive score for hospital length of stay following liver transplantation.
Rana, A., Witte, E. D., Halazun, K. J., Sood, G. K., Mindikoglu, A. L., Sussman, N. L., Vierling, J. M., Kueht, M. L., Galvan, N. T., Cotton, R. T., O'Mahony, C. A., G...> ;Clinical transplantation. 2017 Oct 19
No Country for Old Livers? Examining and Optimizing the Utilization of Elderly Liver Grafts.
Halazun, K. J.,Rana, A. A.,Fortune, B.,Quillan, R. C.,Verna, E. C.,Samstein, B.,Guarrera, J. V.,Kato, T.,Griesemer, A. D.,Fox, A.,Brown, R. S.,Emond, J. C.> ;Am. J. Transplant.. 2017 Sep 30
Impact of Pretransplant Bridging Locoregional Therapy for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Within Milan Criteria Undergoing Liver Transplantation: Analysis of 36...
Agopian, V. G., Harlander-Locke, M. P., Ruiz, R. M., Klintmalm, G. B., Senguttuvan, S., Florman, S. S., Haydel, B., Hoteit, M., Levine, M. H., Lee, D. D., Taner, C. B....> ;Annals of surgery. 2017 Jun 28
Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Pancreatic Schwannoma.
Sung, S., Rao, R., Sharaiha, R. Z., Halazun, K. J., Elsoukkary, S., Hoda, R. S.> ;Diagnostic cytopathology. 2017 Feb 22
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