Credentials

Education:
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 1992  (MD)

Training:
1999-2001, Fellow in Hepatobiliary Surgery
Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Hôpital Paul Brousse
Villejuif, France

1998-1999, Fellow in Laparoscopic Surgery
Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Westchester Medical Center
White Plains, NY

1992-1998, Resident in General Surgery        
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY

Certification:
American Board of Surgery Diplomate (2000)
National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomate (1993)
New York State Medical License

Honors/Awards:        
Blakemore Award for Excellence in Surgical Research
Columbia University College of P&S, 1998

Research Fellow, Transplantation Surgery
Columbia University College of P&S, 1995-1996

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Alpha Chapter of Pennsylvania, 1991

Research Grant, National Institutes of Health
Jefferson Medical College, 1989

Cum Laude Graduation Honors
Neumann College, 1986

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
Neumann College, 1986

Memberships:            

• New York Surgical Society, Member

• International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Active Member

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow

• American College of Surgeons, Ultrasound Instructor

• American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Active Member

• The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Active Member

• Medical Society of the State of New York, Member

• Association Française de Chirurgie, Member

• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Active Member

• American Medical Association

Academic Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College, 2002- present
Post-Graduate Residency Fellow, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons,
Department of Surgery, New York, NY, 1992-1998

Publications: ( OMIT)
Adam R, Hagopian EJ, Cailliez V, Linhares M, Krissat J, Savier E, Castaing D, Bismuth H.  “A Comparison of Percutaneous Cryosurgery and Radiofrequency for Unresectable Hepatic Malignancies.”  Archives of Surgery 137 : 1332-1339, 2002.

Hagopian EJ, Steichen FM, Earle D.  “Gas Extravasation Complicating Laparoscopic Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair.”  Surgical Endoscopy  15 (3) : 324, 2001.

Hagopian, EJ, Teixeira JA, Smith M, Steichen FM.  “Pancreatic Pseudocyst Treated by Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Cystojejunostomy:  Report of a Case and Review of the Literature.”  Surgical Endoscopy  14 (10) : 967, 2000.

Hagopian EJ, Mann C, Galibert LA, and Steichen FM.  “The History of Thoracic Surgical Instruments and Instrumentation.”  Chest Surgery Clinics of North America  10(1): 9-43, 2000.

Hagopian EJ, Chabot JA, Oluwole SJ, Benvenisty AI, Hardy MA.  “Allograft Rejection and Corticosteroids in Acute Pancreatitis Following Cardiac and Renal Transplantation.”  Transplantation Proceedings   29(1-2): 583, 1997.

Hagopian E, Luna-Perez P, Labastida-Almendaro S, Herrera-Ornelas L.  “Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal:  Trends and Controversies.”  Oncologia  7(3): 102-109, 1992.

Book Chapters:
Steichen FM, Galibert LA, Wolsch RA, Mann C, Hagopian EJ.  “Stapling Techniques in Operations on the Gastrointestinal Tract.”  In Mastery of Surgery, 4th edition.  Baker RJ and Fischer JE, editors.  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2001.

Borao FJ, Thomas TA, Hagopian EJ, Mann C, Teixeira J.  “Alternative Operative Techniques for Gastro-Jejunal Bypass in Morbid Obesity.”  In Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery.  Kremer K, Platzer W, Schreiber HW, and Steichen FM, editors.  Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York, New York, 2001.

Mann C, Hagopian EJ, Galibert LA, Steichen FM,  “Instrumentelle Nahtverfahren.”  In Viszeralchirurgie – Quellen, Entwicklung, Status.  Hartel W, Keminger K, Rehner M, Reith H-B, and Schreiber HW, editors.  Einhorn-Presse Verlag, Reinbek, 2001.

Presentations:
Bismuth H, Azoulay D, Hagopian E, Adam R, Pascal G, Castaing D.  “Résultats à long terme de l’anastomose mésentérico-cave pour syndrome de Budd-Chiari aigu ou subaigu.  Une série monocentrique de 27 cas.”  Presented at the 106ème Congrès Français de Chirurgie.  Paris, France, October 8 2004.

Bismuth H, Hagopian E.  “Priority of Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome after 22 Years of Experience.”  Presented at the Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association/ American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Washington, DC, June 2-5, 2004.

Bismuth H, Hagopian E.  “Le Syndrome de Budd-Chiari : Indications Therapeutiques et Chirurgie.”  Presented at the XXX111 Journées de Chirurgie Hépato-Biliaire, Paris, France, May 11-12, 2001.

Hagopian EJ, Adam RA, Linhares M, Krissat J, Savier E, Castaing D, Bismuth H.  “A Comparison of Percutaneous Cryosurgery and Radiofrequency for Unresectable Hepatic Malignancies.”  Presented at the European Surgical Association Meeting, Berlin, Germany, April 20-21, 2001.

Hagopian EJ, Oluwole SJ, Hardy MA.  “Effect of UVB Irradiation on T-Helper Cells:  Preservation of the Th0 Differentiation into the Th2 Cell Profile in Cord Blood.”  Presented at the Sixteenth Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Physicians, Chicago IL, May 10-14, 1997.

Hagopian EJ, Chabot JA, Finegold J, Stevens PD, Fayter JA, Hahn YH, Benvenisty AI, Oluwole SJ, Hardy MA.  “Acute Pancreatitis in Cardiac and Renal Allograft Recipients - A Grave Complication.”  Presented at the XVI International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Barcelona (Spain), August 25-30, 1996.

Hagopian EJ, Chabot JA, Finegold J, Stevens PD, Fayter JA, Hahn YH, Benvenisty AI, Oluwole SJ, Hardy MA.  “Acute Pancreatitis in Cardiac and Renal Allograft Recipients - A Grave Complication.”  Presented at the Second World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Bologna (Italy), June 2-6, 1996;  HPB Surgery  9 (supp 2): 40, June 1996.