Education
- 8/97-6/01 MD, with Distinction The George Washington University, Washington, DC
- 8/93-6/96 BS, cum laude Biological Chemistry Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
Surgical Training
- 7/08-6/09 Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow and Clinical Instructor in Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery and General Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
- 7/07-6/08 Chief Resident, Education Chief Resident, Division of General Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA.
- 6/01-6/08 Categorical General Surgery Resident, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA.
- 7/03-6/05 Research Fellow, NIH/NRSA T32 Trauma Training Grant at University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital. Mentors: Drs. M.M. Knudson and T.K.Hunt.
Additional Professional Training
- 10/22-6/23 Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Medical Education, Training to Teach in Medicine Program, 6-month Certificate Program (2022-2023)
Academic Experience
- 7/2022-present Clinical Associate Professor, Basic and Clinical Sciences, The University of Nicosia, School of Medicine
- 8/1/14- 7/31/24 Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
- 1/1/11- 7/31/13 Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
- 2009- 2022 Surgery Rotation Clinical Instructor, Stanford/O’Connor Family Medicine Residency, San Jose, CA
Clinical Experience
- 12/2022- present Minimally Invasive General Surgeon, The University of Nicosia Medical Center, Engomi, Lefkosia, CY
- 10/2024-present Visiting Consultant Surgeon, Apostolos Loukas Medical Center, Engomi, Lefkosia, CY
- 10/2015-6/2022 Minimally Invasive General Surgeon, The Palo Alto Medical Foundation, San Jose, CA
- 8-09-9/2015 Minimally Invasive General Surgeon, San Jose Medical Group, San Jose, CA
- 7-08-5-11 Trauma and General Surgeon, Per Diem, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA. 7/08-6/09 Staff Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, CA.
Leadership Experience
- 7/2022-present Program Director, Graduate Entry MD Program, The University of Nicosia, School of Medicine
- Leadership role with the goal of building out the new graduate entry medical school program, within The University of Nicosia School of Medicine, working with a team of experienced and highly regarded medical educators, clinicians, scientists and administrative staff to bring the vision of the program to reality.
- 7/2022-present Coordinator, Academic Clinical Fellow Program, The University of Nicosia, School of Medicine
- Administrative and leadership role, working with a team of experienced medical educators, clinicians and administrators to create a post-graduate clinical fellowship program which also highlights the development of the young clinicians as medical educators.
- 7/2022-present Faculty advisor, The UNIC Mobile Clinic, The University of Nicosia, School of Medicine
- Faculty advisor and mentor for a student lead, student run organization which provides basic medical care, free of charge in outlying villages on the island.
- 1/1/2020-6/2022 Tier 1 leader, Department of Surgery, San Jose/Los Gatos region, South Bay Division, The Palo Alto Medical Foundation, San Jose, CA
- Leadership role representing the general surgeons in our region to the larger organization, ensuring equipment, staffing and coverage of clinical duties, as well as advocacy to ensure safe staffing and work environment during a period of reorganization.
- 12/1/11-8/2015 Chairman, Department of Surgery, San Jose Medical Group, San Jose, CA
- Leadership role representing the surgeons of the multispecialty medical group to the larger organization, ensuring quality of care concerns were addressed, equipment, staffing and work environment were optimized to maximize patient safety and surgeon satisfaction.
Professional Organizations
- 2023-present Member of Cyprus Surgical Society
- 2019- 2021 Governor at Large, Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons
- 2018- 2022 Secretary/Treasurer Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
- 2013- 2022 Councillor, Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
- 2013- 2022 Membership Committee, Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
- 2011-present Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- 2009-2011 Member of the American College of Surgeons
- 2003-2009 Candidate (resident) Member of the American College of Surgeons
- 2010-present Member of the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
- 2007-present Member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
COMMITTEES & COMMUNITY SERVICE
- 2018-2022 Professional Affairs Committee, The Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Camino Division 1/2022-6/2022 Medical Executive Committee, Good Samaritan Hospital
- 1/17-12/17 Quality Improvement Committee, O’Connor Hospital 12/14 – 10/15 Medical Executive Committee, O’Connor Hospital 2013 – 9/15 Board of Directors, The San Jose Medical Group
- 2013-9/15 San Jose Chapter, Operations Committee, Daughters of Charity Medical Foundation 2012-2014 Surgery Executive Committee, O’Connor Hospital
- 2012-9/15 Quality Improvement Committee, Advance Surgery Center, San Jose, CA
Languages
- English, native fluency
- B2 level Modern Greek proficiency
- Intermediate level proficiency in Spanish
Awards
- 2020 Sutter Health SMN Patient’s Choice Awards, MVP: “Honors physicians who make a positive and meaningful connection with their patients. Chosen from over 5500 SMN physicians. We also acknowledge the highest performer as an MVP.”
- 2012 David A. Perras, M.D. Memorial Teaching Award, O’Connor Hospital Family Medicine
- Residency, selected by the Family Medicine Residents: “Awarded by the Family Medicine Residents at O’Connor Hospital for Excellence in Teaching”
- 2008 John Henry Smith, III, M.D. Award, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, selected by the Surgical Residents: “You have distinguished yourself as the outstanding resident of the year through your leadership, hard work, honesty, dedication and concern for your patients.”
- 2008 General Surgery Resident Teaching Award, given by The Medical Students in the Stanford University School of Medicine Surgery Core Clerkship. “With our thanks for outstanding teaching and mentoring to the medical students.”
- 2004 Region IX Winner, American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, Scientific Papers on Trauma Residents’ Competition: Clinical Investigation.
- 2004 90th Percentile Award, Stanford General Surgery Training Program, $100 monetary award for scoring above the 90th percentile on the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination.
Additional Coursework
- 4/2019 American College of Surgeons Board of Governor’s Meeting, Washington, DC, Representing Northern California Chapter of the ACS
- 4/2019 American College of Surgeons Leadership and Advocacy Summit, Washington, DC, Representing Northern California Chapter of the ACS
- 3/2014 American College of Surgeons Leadership and Advocacy Summit, Washington, DC,
- Sponsored attendance by the Northern California Chapter of the ACS and a “Young Surgeon Representative”.
- 2/2013 Robotic Surgery Training Course and Certification, Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA 4/2011 Breast Ultrasound Course, American Society of Breast Surgeons, Washington, DC 7/2008 Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (Certified), The Goodman Simulation Center, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
- 9/2007 The Minimally Invasive Surgery Resident Educational Summit, University of California at Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
- 5/2007 SAGES Advanced Laparoscopic Foregut Surgery Workshop, Cincinnati, OH
- 6/2007 Residents as Teachers and Leaders Course, American College of Surgeons, Division of Education, Chicago, IL 11/2004 ACS Ultrasound for Surgeons, Basic Course, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
- 9/03-4/04 Coursework, Biostatistics 183, 208 (audited), University of California, San Francisco. 7/03-9/03 Certificate, Training in Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco.
Grand Rounds, Lectures
- 2022-present Education of Graduate Entry Medical Students, University of Nicosia Medical School
- 2009-present Mock Oral Boards, Stanford General Surgery Residency & Northern California Collaborative
- (Exchange of examiners from multiple programs), guest examiner, twice yearly.
- 11/18/14 Medical and Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, O’Connor Hospital Grand Rounds D. Ikossi, B. Levitt
- 2011-2015 Core Lecture Series in Surgery, O’Connor Hospital/Stanford Family Medicine Residency Program
Peer Reviewed Publications
- Ikossi D.G., Boussard-Hernandez T., Bellatorre N., Eisenberg D. Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not a contraindication to gastric bypass in veterans with morbid obesity, Surgical Endoscopy 2010 Aug;24(8):1892-7
- Ikossi DG, Morabito DJ, Stewart, CL, Khaw L, Cohen, MJ, Manley, GT, Knudson, MM Continuous MuscleTissue Oxygenation in Critically Injured Patients: A Prospective Observational Study. J Trauma. 2006 Oct;61(4):780-8; discussion 788-90.
- Ikossi DG, Lazar AA, Morabito D, Fildes J, Knudson MM. Profile of mothers at risk: an analysis of injury and pregnancy loss in 1,195 trauma patients. J Am Col Surg. 2005 Jan;200(1):49-56. Erratum in: J Am Col Surg. 2005 Mar;200(3):482.
- Ikossi, Danagra G., Shaheen, Raymond, Smith, Baird M. Laparoscopic Femoral Hernia Repair Using Umbilical Ligament as Patch. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques 2005 Apr; 15(2):197-200
- Knudson MM, Ikossi DG, Khaw L, Morabito D, Speetzen LS. Thromboembolism after trauma: an analysis of 1602 episodes from the American College of Surgeons National Trauma Data Bank. Ann Surg. 2004 Sep;240(3):490-6; discussion 496-8.
- Knudson, MM, Ikossi,DG. Venous thromboembolism after trauma. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2004 Dec;10(6)539-48.
Abstracts Published
Mitchell J. Cohen, MD, Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PhD, Jennifer J Wan, MD, Danagra Ikossi, MD, Marco Sorani, MS, Diane Morabito, RN, MPH, Donghong Yan, PhD, Campbell Stewart, BA, Linda Khaw, MS, M. Margaret Knudson, MD Muscle Microdialysis in Acute Trauma Patients: Visualization of Multi-Dimensional Complex Metabolic States Using Bioinformatic Cluster Analysis Abstract, proceedings of Western Trauma Association Annual Meeting, 2/28/2006
Book Chapters and Review Articles
- Ikossi DG, Pasricha PJ. NOTES: natural orifice transluminal surgery. Up-to-Date Chapter. 8/08
- Knudson MM, Ikossi DG. Venous thromboembolism after trauma. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2004 Dec;10(6):539-48.
- Ikossi, Danagra G., Le, Jonathan L. (chapter authors) Surgery Chapter, The A-Z Guide to Choosing a Medical Specialty. Published by McGraw Hill/Appleton and Lange; 2003, second printing 2004.
Manuscripts in Preparation
General Surgery for the Back Office RN, LVN, MA: A practical clinical guide Several ongoing projects within medical education
PRESENTATIONS
- Ikossi, D.G., Boussard-Hernandez T., Bellatorre N., Eisenberg D. Morbidly Obese Patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder perform as well as Controls after 1 Year Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Presented as a poster at SAGES, April 22-25, 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Ikossi, D.G., Morabito D.J., Stewart, C.L., Khaw L., Cohen, M.J., Manley, G.T., Knudson, M.M. Continuous Tissue Oxygen Monitoring as a Guide for Resuscitation in Critically Injured Patients.
- AAST National Presentation, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Atlanta, GA,. 10/2005
- UCSF Resident Research Competition, 3/4/2005
- Stanford University Department of Surgery Grand Rounds Resident Research Presentation, 5/2/2006
- Stanford Resident Research Presentation (Holman Lecture Day), 6/6/2006
- Ikossi DG, Lazar AA, Morabito D, Fildes J, Knudson MM. Profile of mothers at risk: an analysis of injury and pregnancy loss in 1,195 trauma patients.
- American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Region IX Resident Trauma Paper Competition, 2004, winner of clinical investigation award.
- American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, National Resident Trauma Paper Competition, Tucson, AZ, 3/10/2004, presenter.
- Ikossi, Danagra G., Shaheen, Raymond, Smith, Baird M. Laparoscopic Femoral Hernia Repair Using Umbilical Ligament as Patch
- Presented as a poster at the 2003 International Pediatric Endosurgery XII Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children.
