Department of Surgery

Division of Solid Organ Transplantation

Transplant Team

Georgios Tsoulfas, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Solid Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Dr. Tsoulfas

Contact Information

601 Elmwood Avenue
Box SURG-Txp
Rochester, NY 14642

Office Phone: 585-275-5875
Fax: 585-271-7929, Patient Correspondence
Fax: 585-276-0054, Academic Correspondence
E-mail: Georgios_Tsoulfas@urmc.rochester.edu

Education and Training

Clinical and Research Fellow in Transplantation Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, 2004 – 2006
General Surgery Residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2001 – 2004
Research fellow in transplantation surgery, T.E.Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2000 – 2001
General Surgery Residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1998 – 2000
MD Brown University, 1994 – 1998
BA in Political Science, Brown University, 1990 – 1994
BA in Health and Society (Honors), Brown University, 1990 – 1994
Anatolia American College High School (valedictorian), Thessaloniki, Greece, 1984 – 1990

Honors and Awards

Executive Chief Resident at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Surgery, July 2003 – June 2004
Recipient of the Edward E. Mason award for excellence in patient care and education during surgical training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2003-2004
Research fellow in transplantation surgery, T.E.Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, July 2000 – June 2001
Honors Thesis in Health and Society, “HIV and Prisons: The role of mandatory testing. The Rhode Island case,” 1994
Recipient of the Albert Arnold Bennett, Class of 1872, Award for Academic Excellence in the Department of Community Health
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1994
President of the Health Committee in the European Youth Parliament in 1993 and 1994

Certifications

Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, February 2005
ACLS, ATLS

Licensure

New York State Full Medical License, License # 239918, Issued April 25, 2006
Pennsylvania State Full Medical License, License # MD071876L, Issued August 11, 2000

Professional Organizations

American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Candidate Member
Association for Academic Surgery, Active Member
American College of Surgeons, Candidate Member
International Liver Transplantation Society
American Medical Association
Iowa Surgical Society
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Critical Care Subcommittee, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2002 – 2003

Professional and Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Solid Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester Medical School 2006 – present