SamGeorgePappasMD

General Surgery • Chicago, IL

Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Associate Professor

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Office
1725 W Harrison Street
Suite 810/818
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone(312) 942-5500
Fax(312) 563-2228
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Summary

Dr. Sam Pappas is a board certified surgeon in Chicago, IL and is the division CHief of Surgical Oncology at Rush University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Rush Medical College and finished his training in 2007. He also speaks multiple languages, including Greek. He specializes in surgical oncology and is experienced in surgical oncology (non-breast) and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery.

Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, General Surgery, 2003 - 2005
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin UniversityResidency, General Surgery, 1998 - 2003
Rush Medical CollegeClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

WI State Medical License 2007 - 2013
PA State Medical License 2006 - 2027
IL State Medical License 1998 - 2023
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Preoperative portal vein or portal and hepatic vein embolization: DRAGON collaborative group analysis.
Jan Heil, R. Korenblik, F. Heid, Wolf O. Bechstein, Marc H.A. Bemelmans, C. Binkert, Bergthor Björnsson, Stefan Breitenstein, Olivier Detry, A. Dili, Robert F. Dondeli...> ;British Journal of Surgery. 2021 Mar 1
5 citations
National Treatment Practice for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Have They Changed and Have We Made Any Progress?
John F. Tierney, Sitaram V. Chivukula, Jennifer Poirier, Sam G. Pappas, Erik Schadde, Martin Hertl, Electron Kebebew, Xavier M. Keutgen> ;The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2019 Dec 1
5 citations
Matched Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS) and Whole-Exome Sequencing (WES) of Tumor Tissue with Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Analysis: Complementary Modalities in Clinica...
Robin Imperial, Marjan Nazer, Zaheer Ahmed, Audrey E. Kam, Timothy J. Pluard, Waled Bahaj, Mia A. Levy, Timothy M. Kuzel, Dana M. Hayden, Sam G. Pappas, Janakiraman Su...> ;Cancers. 2019 Sep 19
3 citations
Evolving Clinical Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Gastrointestinal Cancers.
Richard Jacobson, Emily Munding, Dana M. Hayden, Mia Levy, Timothy M. Kuzel, Sam G. Pappas, Ashiq Masood> ;Cancers. 2019 Aug 13
2 citations
Primary Tumor Site Affects Survival in Patients with Gastroenteropancreatic and Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases.
John F. Tierney, Jennifer Poirier, Sitaram V. Chivukula, Sam G. Pappas, Martin Hertl, Erik Schadde, Xavier M. Keutgen> ;International Journal of Endocrinology. 2019 Mar 12
19 citations
Resection of primary tumor may prolong survival in metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
John F. Tierney, Sitaram V. Chivukula, Xuanji Wang, Sam G. Pappas, Erik Schadde, Martin Hertl, Jennifer Poirier, Xavier M. Keutgen> ;Surgery. 2019 Mar 1
2 citations
Do All Abdominal Neuroendocrine Tumors Require Extended Postoperative VTE Prophylaxis? A NSQIP Analysis.
Nicholas J. Skertich, Justin Gerard, Jennifer Poirier, Martin Hertl, Sam G. Pappas, Erik Schadde, Xavier M. Keutgen> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2019 Jan 22
5 citations
68Gallium-DOTATATE positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET CT) changes management in a majority of patients with neuroendocrine tumors.
John F. Tierney, Cory Kosche, Erik Schadde, Amjad Ali, Sumeet Virmani, Sam G. Pappas, Jennifer Poirier, Xavier M. Keutgen> ;Surgery. 2019 Jan 1
Expression of Programmed Death Ligand 1 and 2 in Adrenocortical Cancer Tissues: An Exploratory Study
Rasa Zarnegar, Xavier M Keutgen, Ritu Ghai, John F Tierney, Sam G Pappas, Paolo Gattuso, Brendan Finnerty, Theresa Scognamiglio> ;Surgery. 2018 Nov 11
16 citations
"Take the Volume Pledge" may result in disparity in access to care.
Barbara A. Blanco, Anai N. Kothari, Robert H. Blackwell, Sarah A. Brownlee, Ryan M. Yau, John P. Attisha, Yoshiki Ezure, Sam G. Pappas, Paul C. Kuo, Gerard Abood> ;Surgery. 2017 Mar 1
1 citations
Physiologic Response to HIPEC: Sifting Through Perturbation to Identify Markers of Complications.
Timothy P. Plackett, Hieu H. Ton-That, Michael J. Mosier, Gerard Abood, Paul C. Kuo, Sam G. Pappas> ;The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2017 Jan 1
2 citations
Mixed acinar-neuroendocrine-ductal carcinoma of the pancreas: a tale of three lineages.
Mark J Anderson, Christina Kwong, Mohammed Atieh, Sam G. Pappas> ;Case Reports. 2016 Jun 2
2 citations
Clinical Features of Metastatic Hepatic Malignancies.
Ramiro Fernandez, Sam G. Pappas, David J. Bentrem> ;Cancer treatment and research. 2016 Jan 1
5 citations
The changing spectrum of surgically treated cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.
Jennifer K. Plichta, Jacqueline A. Brosius, Sam G. Pappas, Gerard Abood, Gerard V. Aranha> ;Hpb Surgery. 2015 Mar 30
Should all branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms be resected?
Plichta, J. K.,Ban, K.,Fridirici, Z.,Godambe, A. S.,Yong, S.,Pappas, S.,Abood, G. J.,Aranha, G. V.> ;Am. J. Surg.. 2015 Jan 22
9 citations
Diagnostic laparoscopy should be performed before definitive resection for pancreatic cancer: a financial argument
Thejus T. Jayakrishnan, Hasan Nadeem, Ryan T. Groeschl, Ben George, James P. Thomas, Paul S. Ritch, Kathleen K. Christians, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans, Sam G. Pappas...> ;Hpb. 2015 Feb 1
6 citations
Immunohistochemistry – Microarray Analysis of Patients with Peritoneal Metastases of Appendiceal or Colorectal Origin
Danielle E. Green, Thejus T. Jayakrishnan, Michael Hwang, Sam G. Pappas, T. Clark Gamblin, Kiran K. Turaga> ;Frontiers in Surgery. 2015 Jan 5
23 citations
Role of laparoscopy in patients with peritoneal metastases considered for cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
Thejus T. Jayakrishnan, Anthony J. Zacharias, Avishkar Sharma, Sam G. Pappas, T. Clark Gamblin, Kiran K. Turaga> ;World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2014 Aug 21
Management of acute cholecystitis in cancer patients: a comparative effectiveness approach.
Jayakrishnan, T. T.,Groeschl, R. T.,George, B.,Thomas, J. P.,Pappas, S.,Gamblin, T. C.,Turaga, K. K.> ;Surg Endosc. 2014 Apr 02
Systematic review of outcomes of patients undergoing resection for colorectal liver metastases in the setting of extra hepatic disease.
Hwang, M.,Jayakrishnan, T. T.,Green, D. E.,George, B.,Thomas, J. P.,Groeschl, R. T.,Erickson, B.,Pappas, S. G.,Gamblin, T. C.,Turaga, K. K.> ;Eur. J. Cancer. 2014 Apr 29
Laparoscopic Splenectomy: Perioperative Management, Surgical Technique, and Results.
Fisichella, P. M.,Wong, Y. M.,Pappas, S. G.,Abood, G. J.> ;J. Gastrointest. Surg.. 2013 Oct 12
The Frey Procedure for Chronic Pancreatitis Secondary to Pancreas Divisum.
Pappas, S. G.,Pilgrim, C. H.,Keim, R.,Harris, R.,Wilson, S.,Turaga, K.,Tsai, S.,Dua, K.,Khan, A.,Oh, Y.,Gamblin, T. C.,Christians, K.> ;JAMA Surg. 2013 Sep 4
Borderline Resectable/Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Improvements Needed in Population-Based Registries.
Miura, J. T.,Evans, D. B.,Pappas, S. G.,Gamblin, T. C.,Turaga, K. K.> ;Ann. Surg. Oncol.. 2013 Sep 4
Right hemicolectomy for mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix: just right or too much?
Turaga, K. K.,Pappas, S.,Gamblin, T. C.> ;Ann. Surg. Oncol.. 2013 Apr
Staging chest computed tomography and positron emission tomography in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: utility or futility?
Pappas, S. G.,Christians, K. K.,Tolat, P. P.,Mautz, A. P.,Lal, A.,McElroy, L.,Gamblin, T. C.,Turaga, K. K.,Tsai, S.,Erickson, B.,Ritch, P.,Evans, D. B.> ;HPB (Oxford). 2013 Mar 15
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