Nikolaos A. Dallas, MD
Dr. Nikolaos A. Dallas is a general surgeon who practices at Advocate Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois. He is board-certified in both General Surgery and Complex General Surgical Oncology and specializes in malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract and the hepatobiliary tract, as well as melanoma, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, sarcoma, and metastatic disease.[1]
Dr. Dallas has a special interest in peritoneal disease and is one of a few surgeons in Chicago to perform the hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) procedure, including for patients diagnosed with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. The complex procedure combines cytoreductive surgery to remove as much cancerous material as possible followed by the open surgical site being bathed with a heated, concentrated chemotherapy solution. The treatment has been shown to significantly extend survival for patients diagnosed with the rare, asbestos-related disease.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Dallas earned his medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. He completed an internship and residency in General Surgery at the McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern, as well as a post-doctoral fellowship in research at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, and another fellowship there in Complex General Surgical Oncology. Dr. Dallas also earned a Master of Business Administration in Health Policy from Ball State University.[2]
Research
Dr. Dallas is actively involved in research investigating gastrointestinal cancers, peritoneal malignancies, and other cancers, seeking multidisciplinary approaches to deliver improved outcomes.
His recent publications include:[2]
Correction: Therapeutic targeting of Id2 reduces growth of human colorectal carcinoma in the murine liver. Michael J. Gray, Nikolaos A. Dallas, G. Van Buren, Ling Xia, Anthony D. Yang, Ray Somcio, Puja Gaur, Lingegowda S. Mangala, Pablo E. Vivas-Mejia, Fan Fan, Angela Sangu…>; Oncogene. 2020 Jun 4
Chemoresistant colorectal cancer cells and cancer stem cells mediate growth and survival of bystander cells Debashish Bose, Lisa J. Zimmerman, Mariaelena Pierobon, Emanuel F. Petricoin, Federico Tozzi, Alexander A. Parikh, Fan Fan, Nikolaos A. Dallas, Ling Xia, Puja Gaur, Sh…>; British Journal of Cancer. 2011 Nov 22
Neuropilin-2 mediated β-catenin signaling and survival in human gastro-intestinal cancer cell lines. Shaija Samuel, Puja Gaur, Fan Fan, Ling Xia, Michael J. Gray, Nikolaos A. Dallas, Debashish Bose, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, Greg Plowman, Ani…>; Plos One. 2011 Oct 20
