Stepan Akshelyan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
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Why I Chose Peoria
First of all, I chose Peoria because I was joining on one hand a well-established kidney/pancreas transplant program, but on the other hand a program with full of opportunities to develop, expand and make the transplant center even bigger and better. Moreover, Peoria is a great small city to raise a family. There is a good school system and multiple sport clubs that one can join either for entertainment or for professional training.
Selected Publications
Spaggiari M, Martinino A, Petrochenkov E, Bencini G, Zhang JC, Cardoso VR, Akshelyan S, Di Cocco P, Almario-Alvarez J, Tzvetanov I, Benedetti E. Single-center retrospective assessment of robotic-assisted simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants: Exploring clinical utility. Am J Transplant. 2024 Jun;24(6):1035-1045. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.12.021. Epub 2023 Dec 28. PMID: 38158189.
Di Cocco P, Martinino A, Bencini G, Christensen R, Valdepenas B 3rd, Petrochenkov E, Akshelyan S, Almario-Alvarez J, Spaggiari M, Tzvetanov I, Benedetti E. Clinical outcomes of intestinal transplant recipients receiving maintenance basiliximab, sublingual tacrolimus and prednisone: A case series. Hum Immunol. 2024 May;85(3):110787. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2024.110787. Epub 2024 Mar 12. PMID: 38480040.
Di Cocco P, Bencini G, Spaggiari M, Petrochenkov E, Akshelyan S, Fratti A, Zhang JC, Almario Alvarez J, Tzvetanov I, Benedetti E. Obesity and Kidney Transplantation-How to Evaluate, What to Do, and Outcomes. Transplantation. 2023 Sep 1;107(9):1903-1909. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004564. Epub 2023 Aug 21. PMID: 36855222.
Cocco PD, Tully A, Petrochenkov E, Bencini G, Akshelyan S, Fratti A, Spaggiari M, Tzvetanov I, Benedetti E. Lasting Over Time: 20-Year Follow-Up of Living Related Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Between Identical Twins. Transplant Proc. 2022 Oct;54(8):2344-2346. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.08.031. Epub 2022 Sep 23. PMID: 36163084.
P Di Cocco, M Spaggiari, H Kittle, AM Fratti, S Akshelyan, J Almario Alvarez, E Benedetti, I Tzvetanov. 3. Parathyroid Allo-Transplantation: A Case Series. American Journal OF Transplantation 22, 760-760.
Education
Medical School - Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
General Surgery Residency - Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Multi-Organ Abdominal Transplantation Fellowship - University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago
Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Fellowship - University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago
Intestinal And Multi-Visceral Transplant Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Professional Memberships
American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
European Society of Surgery
International Federation of Medical Student’s Associations (IFMSA)