Nikiforos Ballian GENERAL SURGEON

6970 077 817
210 686 9769
nballian@hygeia.gr

Education & Academic Qualifications

MBBS, St. Bartholomew’s & The Royal London School of Medicine, London, UK (1999)
Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Principal House Officer in Emergency Medicine, Ipswich Hospital, QLD, Australia
Research Fellow in Physiology of the Endocrine Pancreas, Department of Surgery, Beylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
General Surgery Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA and University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, WI, USA
Fellow in Esophageal and Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Licensee, Medical Board of Wisconsin

Work Experience

General Surgery Attending Physician, “Hygeia” and “Mitera” Hospitals, Athens, Greece
Fellow in Esophageal and Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Surgery Resident, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Surgery Intern, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Surgery Resident, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece
Principal House Officer in Emergency Medicine, Ipswich Hospital, QLD, Australia
Rural Physician, Kefalonia, Greece
House Officer in Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
House Officer in Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK

Clinical & Research Interest

Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal tract

Honors & Awards

Best oral presentation by a resident
Ballian N, Schuchert MJ, McCormick KN, Ferson PF, Abbas G, Awais O, Weksler B, Christie NA, Luketich JD, Landreneau RJ. Bronchoplas-ty in the Management of Hilar Neoplasms: Ten Year Experience. Oral presentation, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society 50th Annual Meeting, October 4-6, Naples, FL

Recent Publications

Ballian N, Luketich JD, Shende M, Levy RM, Awais O, Winger D, Jobe BA, Weksler B, Schuchert MJ, Landreneau RJ, Nason KS. A clinical prediction rule for morbidity and mortality after giant paraesophageal hernia repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013;145:721-9.
Ballian N, Wan Y, Rajamanickam V, Harms BA, Foley EF, Heise CP, Greenberg CC, Ken-nedy GD. Predictors of mortality after emergent surgery for acute colonic diverticulitis: analy-sis of National Surgical Quality Improvement Project data. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013;74:611-16.
Ballian N, Weisensel N, Wan Y, Rajamanickam V, Foley EF, Heise CP, Harms BA, Kenne-dy GD. Comparable postoperative morbidity and mortality after lapa-roscopic and open emergent colon resection: outcomes from the ACS NSQIP. World J Surg. 2012; 36:2488-96.
Ballian N, Lubner MG, Munoz A, Harms B, Heise CP, Foley EF, Kennedy GD. Visceral obesity predicts outcomes of total mesorectal excision for rectal adenocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol. 2012;105:365-70.
Liu SH, Smyth-Templeton N, Davis AR, Davis EA, Ballian N, Li M, Liu H, Fisher W, Brunicardi FC. Multiple treatment cycles of liposome-encapsulated adenoviral RIP-TK gene therapy effectively ablate human pancreatic cancer cells in SCID mice. Surgery. 2011; 149:484-95.
Alexandraki KI, Griniatsos J, Bramis KI, Ballian N, Dimitriou N, Giannakakis T, Tsigris C, Felekouras E, Kaltsas GA. Clinical value of right hemicolectomy for appendiceal carcinoids using pathologic criteria. J Endocrinol Invest. 2011; 34:255-9.
Ballian N, Androulakis II, Chatzistefanou K, Samara C, Tsiveriotis K, Kaltsas GA. Optic neuropathy following radiotherapy for Cushing’s disease: case report and literature review. Hormones (Athens). 2010; 9:269-73.
Ballian N, Rabiee R, Andersen DK, Elahi D, Gibson BR. Glucose metabolism in burn
patients: the role of insulin and other endocrine hormones. Burns 2010; 36:599-605.
Ballian N, Yamane B, Leverson G, Harms B, Heise CP, Foley EF, Kennedy GD. Body mass index does not affect postoperative morbidity and oncologic outcomes of total mesorectal excision for rectal adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2010; 17:1606-13.
Ballian N, Zarebczan B, Munoz A, Harms B, Heise CP, Foley EF, Kennedy GD. Routine evaluation of the distal colon remnant before Hartmann’s reversal is not necessary in asymp-tomatic patients. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009; 13:2260-2267.