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Phone: 617-***-****

Email: adu6wa@r.postjobfree.com

Academic Appointments

**/****– 12/2022 Specialty Physicians of Northern Virginia

Virginia Surgical Specialists, Reston Hospital Center, Medical Director, Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery.

08/2016 – 12/2020 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Staff

Virginia Surgery Associates- INOVA Healthcare Fairoaks, Loudon, Alexandria Hospitals, HCA Reston and Stonesprings Hospital, Virginia, USA.

Chief of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery division at Virginia Surgery Associates, Virginia, USA.

07/2015 – 06/2016 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Fellowship

Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Division of Surgical Oncology, Wisconsin, USA.

07/2011- 06/2015 General Surgery Senior House Staff

Inova Fairfax Hospital General Surgery Residency Program, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.

07/2012 – 06/2014 Junior Consultant for Kinetic Concepts Inc.

International leader in negative pressure wound therapy systems.

06/2010 – 06/2011 General Surgery Junior House Staff

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

09/2007- 05/2010 Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Education

2015-2016 Hepatopancreatobiliary Fellowship.

Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

2011-2015 General Surgery Senior House Staff

General surgery residency program, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.

2010-2011 General Surgery Junior House Staff

General surgery residency program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, (Harvard School of Medicine-affiliated program).

2007-2010 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Surgery

-Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

-Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

2003-2007 Doctor of Medicine – with Distinction (Cum Laude)

American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

2000-2003 Bachelor of Science, Biology – with Distinction (Cum Laude)

American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Certifications and Exams

American Board of Surgery Certified 10/27/2015, certificate number 060635

Highest ABSITE score award 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Inova Fairfax Hospital General Surgery Residency Program.

FLS certificate: June, 2014.

Virginia Medical License (Active), April 2011.

Wisconsin Full Medical License (Inactive), May 2015.

Massachusetts Limited Medical License (Inactive), April 2010.

ECFMG certificate (0-705-274-9): February, 2008.

USMLE Step 1 (235), Step 2 (248), CSA and Step 3: September, 2006, December, 2006, September, 2007 and March, 2008.

Trauma, Advanced Life Support and Basic Life support certificates.

Research Projects

Inova FairOaks Hospital-Reston Hospital 2017-Present:

- ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protocol implementation in the care of liver and pancreas surgery patients post-operatively.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2007-2011:

-Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering Projects: Understanding the role of mechanical forces in cell and tissue regeneration, studying different therapeutic interventions for acceleration of wound healing. PI: Dennis P. Orgill, M.D.; Ph.D.

- Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury: Exploring the mechanism of action of ischemia and reperfusion injury in different animal models, applying different therapeutic interventions to block this injury. PI: Francis D. Moore, M.D.

- Burn Injury research: Studying the mechanism of action of burn injury through the use of special knockout animals, collaboration with K. Frank Austen M.D.

Massachusetts General Hospital, 2007-2011:

-Swine Thermal Injury Research: Mitigating the role of ischemia and reperfusion in a miniature swine model, applying therapeutic interventions to block burn injury. PI: Curtis Cetrulo M.D.

Inova Fairfax Hospital, 2011-2015:

-Managing the open abdomen: Formulating a treatment plan protocol for open abdomen, traumatic or post-surgical, comparing innovative therapies to traditional treatments in a level one regional trauma center.

Electives

Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center, March 2013. Elective on the hepatobiliary service with Dr. Yuman Fong.

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, September 2013, Elective on the abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary service under the direction of Dr. Thomas Fishbein.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, February 2014, elective on the Hepatobiliary service under the direction of Dr. David Geller.

Awards and Honors

Washingtonian/Virginian Best Doctors, 2019-2021.

Awarded highest score four years in a row at the American Board of Surgery in training examination, second through fifth year of surgical residency, 2012-2015.

First prize in the Massachusetts Medical Society third annual research symposium poster competition on work on the effects of micromechanical forces in tissue and cellular proliferation, 2008.

Honorable mention at the Charlton Poster Competition at Tufts University, for work on the effects of mechanical forces on wound healing, 2008.

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society member, 2007.

Dean’s Honor List. American University of Beirut School of Medicine, 2007

(Top 5% of the class)

Graduated with Distinction. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), American University of Beirut School of Medicine, 2007. (Cum Laude)

Ranked first out of 75 medical students, third year medical school, American University of Beirut School of Medicine 2006.

Graduated with Distinction. Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology, American University of Beirut, 2003. (Cum Laude)

Dean’s Honor List. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Fall 2000 through Fall 2003.

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

George Younan. “Pancreatic solid tumors for the general surgeon”. Surgical Clinics of North America 2019.

George Younan, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans, Kathleen K. Christians. “Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas.” Pancreas and Biliary Disorders: A Point-of-Care Clinical Guide. Springer 2015.

Kathleen K. Christians, George Younan, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans. “Resection Versus Chemotherapy for Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas.” Difficult Decisions in Endocrine Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. Springer 2016.

George Younan, Kathleen K. Christians, Douglas B. Evans. “Techniques of Vascular Resection and Reconstruction.” Pancreatic and Periampullary cancer. Surgical Clinics of North America 2016.

George Younan, Kathleen K. Christians, Douglas B. Evans. “Cavernous Transformation of the Portal Vein Requiring Temporary Mesocaval Shunt and Internal Jugular Vein Interposition Graft”. Case-Based Lessons in the Management of Complex Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Springer Science 2016.

Journal Publications

Samantha Seitter, Zachary Goodman, George Younan. Intrahepatic Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Surg. 2018 Sep 6;2018:9264251.

Laurie Adams, Timothy R. Shaver, George Younan. Duodenal Gangliocytic Paraganglioma Requiring a Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Surg. 2018 Sep 26;2018:6292789.

George Younan, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans, Kathleen K. Christians. A Novel Reconstruction Technique During Pancreaticoduodenectomy After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: How I do It. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Jul;21(7):1186-1191

George Younan, Oshima K, Ballard DD, et al. Robotic-Assisted Distal Pancreatectomy for A Pancreatic Desmoid Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Med Cas Rep. 2017, 3:1. doi: 10.21767/2471-8041.100042

George Younan, Kathleen K. Christians, Munyaradzi Chimukangara, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans. “Replaced Gastroduodenal Artery: Added benefit of the “artery first” approach during pancreaticoduodenectomy.” International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2016 Apr 13;23:93-97.

George Younan, Kathleen K. Christians, Douglas B. Evans. “Techniques of Vascular Resection and Reconstruction.” Pancreatic and Periampullary cancer. Surg Clin North Am. 2016 Dec;96(6):1351-1370.

George Younan, Kathleen K. Christians, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans. “A Novel Technique for Pancreaticoduodenectomy after Gastric Bypass: Report of Three Cases.” Publication in preparation 2016.

George Younan, Max Schumm, Fadwa Ali, Kathleen K. Christians. “Gallbladder Volvulus in a Patient with Type I Choledochal Cyst: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.” Case Rep Surg. 2016;2016:5626531.

George Younan, Edward Wills, Gordon Hafner: Splenosis: A Rare Etiology for Bowel Obstruction-A Case Report and Review of the Literature. 11/2015; 2015(8):890602. DOI:10.1155/2015/890602

George Younan, Francis D. Moore: Cyclosporine Is Protective in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock by Dual Inhibition of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pores and Calcineurin. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 09/2014; 219(3):S42. DOI:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.07.093

Julien Succar, Jeffrey Douaiher, Luca Lancerotto, Qiong Li, Ryushiro Yamaguchi, George Younan, Gunnar Pejler, Dennis P Orgill: The Role of Mouse Mast Cell Proteases in the Proliferative Phase of Wound Healing in Microdeformational Wound Therapy. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 05/2014; 134(3). DOI:10.1097/PRS.0000000000000432

Julien Succar, Nanze Yu, Jorge R. Lujan-Hernandez, George Younan, Roger K. Khouri, Kazi Z. Hassan, Michael F. Gurish, Dennis P. Orgill: Importance of mouse mast cell protease-4 in the inflammatory phase of surgically wounded skin. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 09/2013; 217(3):S93. DOI:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.07.210

George J Younan, Yvonne I Heit, Pouya Dastouri, Hussein Kekhia, Wei Xing, Michael F Gurish, Dennis P Orgill: Mast Cells Are Required in the Proliferation and Remodeling Phases of Microdeformational Wound Therapy. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 12/2011; 128(6):649e-58e. DOI:10.1097/PRS.0b013e318230c55d

Yvonne I Heit, Pouya Dastouri, Douglas L Helm, Giorgio Pietramaggiori, George Younan, Paolo Erba, Stefan Münster, Dennis P Orgill, Sandra S Scherer: Foam Pore Size Is a Critical Interface Parameter of Suction-Based Wound Healing Devices. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 11/2011; 129(3):589-97. DOI:10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182402c89

Pouya Dastouri, Douglas L Helm, Saja S Scherer, Giorgio Pietramaggiori, George Younan, Dennis P Orgill: Waveform Modulation of Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in the Murine Model. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 04/2011; 127(4):1460-6. DOI:10.1097/PRS.0b013e31820a63cb

George Younan, Freeman Suber, Wei Xing, Tong Shi, Yuichi Kunori, Magnus Abrink, Gunnar Pejler, Susan M Schlenner, Hans-Reimer Rodewald, Francis D Moore, Richard L Stevens, Roberto Adachi, K Frank Austen, Michael F Gurish: The Inflammatory Response after an Epidermal Burn Depends on the Activities of Mouse Mast Cell Proteases 4 and 5. The Journal of Immunology 11/2010; 185(12):7681-90. DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1002803

George Younan, Bartholomew J Kane, Douglas Helm, Pouya Dastouri, Harrison Prentice-Mott, Daniel Irimia, Rodney K Chan, Mehmet Toner, Dennis P Orgill: Controlled induction of distributed microdeformation in wounded tissue via a microchamber array dressing. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 11/2010; 95(2):333-40. DOI:10.1002/jbm.a.32840

Yvonne I. Heit, Douglas L. Helm, George Younan, Pouya Dastouri, Giorgio Pietramaggiori, Sandra S. Scherer: The impact of foam pore diameter in suction devices in diabetic wound healing. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 09/2010; 211(3):S88. DOI:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.06.233

George Younan, Rei Ogawa, Michelle Ramirez, Douglas Helm, Pouya Dastouri, Dennis P Orgill: Analysis of Nerve and Neuropeptide Patterns in Vacuum-Assisted Closure-Treated Diabetic Murine Wounds. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 07/2010; 126(1):87-96. DOI:10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181da86d0

Abstract Presentations:

Nick Berger, Abdulrahman Y Hammad, Michael Tanious, George Younan, J Miura, Kiran K. Turaga, Kathleen K. Christians, Fabian Johnston, Susan Tsai, T. Clark Gamblin. “External Radiation or Ablation for Solitary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Survival Analysis of the SEER Database”. Long oral presentation at the 12th world congress of the international hepatopancreatobiliary association. April 2016,Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Abdulrahman Y Hammad, George Younan, Rahul Rajeev, Nickolas G Berger, Kiran Turaga, Fabian McCartney Johnston, Kathleen K. Christians, T. Clark Gamblin. “Radiotherapy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Database.” Presented at the 2016 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. January 2016, San Francisco, California.

George Younan, Francis D. Moore. “Cyclosporine is protective in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock by Dual Inhibition of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pores and Calcineurin”. Presented at the American College of Surgeon’s clinical congress, October 2014, San Francisco, CA.

George Younan, Walid Dagher, Sean Oakes, Eric Sheu, Francis D. Moore. “Cyclosporine Inhibition of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pores and Calcineurin is Protective in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock”. Presented at the American College of Surgeon’s Washington DC chapter meeting March, 2014, Washington DC.

Julien Succar, George Younan, Dennis P. Orgill. “Importance of Mouse Mast Cell Protease-4 in the Inflammatory Phase of Surgically Wounded Skin”. Presented at the American College of Surgeon’s clinical congress October 2013, Washington, DC.

Julien Succar, George Younan, Dennis P.Orgill. “Importance of Mast Cells and their Granule Serine Proteases in Microdeformational Wound Therapy (MDWT) of Surgically Damaged Skin.” Presented at the American College of Surgeon’s clinical congress October 2012, Chicago, Illinois.

George Younan, Yvonne Heit, Dennis P.Orgill. “Mast Cells are Required in the Proliferation and Remodeling Phases of Microdeformtional Wound Therapy.” Presented at the American College of Surgeon’s clinical congress October 23-27, 2011, San Francisco, California.

Eric Sheu, George Younan, Francis Moore. “Ischemic Injury Inhibits Cancer Metastasis by Modulation of Host Adaptive Immunity.” Presented at the American College of Surgeon’s clinical congress October 23-27, 2011, San Francisco, California.

George Younan, Francis Moore. “Human Serum Aggravates Injury In a Human Skin Xenograft Scald Burn Injury Model.” The Academic Surgical Congress, February 1st-3rd, 2011, Huntington Beach, California.

Posters

Chin M, Lancerotto L, Ogawa R, Younan G, Mathews JC, Schomacker K, Scherer S, Prsa M, Ottensmeyer M, Veves A, Orgill D. “Effects of mechanical force on wound healing: Cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, and neuropeptide upregulation in skin.” (Honorable Mention: Charlton Poster Competition at Tufts University, May, 2008).

Chin M, Lancerotto L, Ogawa R, Younan G, Mathews JC, Schomacker K, Scherer S, Prsa M, Ottensmeyer M, Veves A, Orgill D. “Effects of mechanical force on wound healing: Cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, and neuropeptide upregulation in skin.” (1st Place Poster Competition: Massachusetts Medical Society 3rd Annual Research Symposium April, 2008).

Heit Y, Younan G, Orgill D. “Mechanical Forces in Wound Healing and Clinical Use”. Presented at the CIMIT Symposium, Boson, MA November 2009.

Younan G, Al Rawas S, Tamraz H. “Risk factors of carbonated beverage consumption among 11-18 year old children in Beirut.” Presented at the AUB Social and preventive medicine consortium, 2004.

Lectures and Presentations:

2015 - “The History of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery”. Presented at Chief Residency Grand Rounds, Inova Fairfax Hospital

2014- “Gallbladder Cancer”. Presented at the department of surgery grand rounds, Inova Fairfax Hospital

2010 - “Characterization of a Split Thickness Thermal Injury in a Swine Model”. Conference presentation at the monthly Trauma Center Conference, Harvard Medical School.

2010 - “The N2 Blocks Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in a Mouse Burn Model”. Conference presentation at the monthly Trauma Center Conference, Harvard Medical School.

2010 - “The Mast Cell in Wound Healing”. Powerpoint presentation at the Wound healing and regenerative medicine semi-annual meeting, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

2009 - “Waveform Modulation of the Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device”. Assisted in the preparation and presentation at the American College of Surgeon’s Academy-Chicago 2009.

2009 - “Cyclosporine Preserves Intestinal Morphology in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock”. Assisted in the preparation and presentation at the American College of Surgeon’s Academy-Chicago 2009.

2009 - “Nerve and Neuropeptide Patterns in Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy”. Powerpoint presentation at the Wound healing and regenerative medicine semi-annual meeting, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

2008 -“A Microarray Wound Healing Dressing”. Powerpoint presentation at the Wound healing and regenerative medicine semi-annual meeting, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

2007 - “Wound Healing Approaches”. Powerpoint presentation at the wound healing and tissue engineering research conference, Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

2006 - “Smoking in Pregnancy”. Oral presentation at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Center of the American University of Beirut.

2005 - “A Surgical Pheochromocytoma Mortality”, Presentation at Mortality and Morbidity conference, American University of Beirut Surgery Education Conferences.

2004 - “Risk Factors of carbonated beverage consumption among 11-18 year old students in Beirut.” Oral presentation at the American University of Beirut public health consortium.

Courses and Certifications:

August 2015- HPB fellows course, Carolinas medical Center, Certification in HPB Ultrasound.

October 2015- Robotic Surgery Certification, Intuitive Surgical, HPB Surgery Robotic Subspecialty Courses

November 2015- SSO, Fellows Institute Course, Houston, Tx.

March 2013- Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center, March 2013. Elective rotation on the hepatobiliary service with Dr. Yuman Fong.

September 2013- Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. Elective rotation on the abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary service under the direction of Dr. Thomas Fishbein.

February 2014- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Elective rotation on the Hepatobiliary service under the direction of Dr. David Geller.

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (AHPBA)

International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (IHPBA)

Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Pancreas Club

American Surgical Congress (ASC)

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)

American Medical Association (AMA)

Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS)

Medical Licenses:

- Virginia 2011, Active

- Massachusetts 2010, Inactive

- Pennsylvania 2014, Inactive

- Wisconsin 2015, Inactive

Languages and Skills

English, French, Arabic: Read, written, spoken fluently

Excellent computer skills, including: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, MS Word, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint.

Personal information

Date of Birth: August 25, 1982.

Status in the U.S.A.: Permanent Resident. Citizenship: Lebanese

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