- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Pathology
Cytopathology
DENNIS GALANAKIS MD
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
PATHOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
APA PARTNERS
BEECH STREET
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
HEALTH NET
HEALTHFIRST
HEALTHNET FEDERAL SERVICES (TRICARE)
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
NO FAULT
OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN
UNITED HEALTHCARE
US FAMILY HEALTH PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKMANS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
- Residency:
- Clinical Pathology, Brooklyn College of Medicine, SUNY
Medicine, Manhattan VA Hospital, NY
- Fellowship:
-
Hematology, NY Medical College, NY
Research Fellow in Medicine, Brooklyn College of Medicine SUNY, NY
Academic & Other
- Academic Rank:
- Associate Professor
- Teaching Activity:
- Pathology
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 1982
Director of Blood Bank, Stony Brook University Medical Center
1955-1962 Marshall, H. and Nellie Alworth Scholarship
1956
Best Freshman Scholarship, Wagner College
1988-92
Member of Editorial Board, Thrombosis Research journal
1994-2007 Member of the Council of Human Blood and Transfusion Services of NY State Department of Health
Chair of the Council, 1998-2007
2000 Fellow of American Heart Association
2007 Distinguished Service Award, NYS Dept. of Health
2007 Chancelor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1971
Locations
-
PATHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER,
NICOLLS ROAD,
STONY BROOK,
NY 11794-7025.


Selected Publications
1.
Galanakis DK. STUDIES OF PLASMA CRYOPRECIPITATION: MAJOR INCREASE IN FIBRINOGEN YIELD BY ALBUMIN ENRICHRMENT OF PLASMA. Thromb Res 78: 303-313,1995.
2. Galanakis DK, Nuovo G, Spitzer S, Kaplan C. CO-PRESENCE OF FIBRINOGEN mRNA AND ANTIGEN IN HUMAN TROPHOBLASTS IN SITU. POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANCE. Thromb Res 81: 263-269, 1996.
3. Li X, Galanakis DK, and Gabriel DA. TRANSIENT INTERMEDIATES IN THE THROMBIN ACTIVATION OF FIBRINOGEN: EVIDENCE FOR ONLY THE DES-AA SPECIES. J Biol Chem 271: 11767-71, 1996.
4. Grieninger G. Lu XH. Cao Y. Fu YP. Kudryk BJ. Galanakis DK. Hertzberg KM. FIB(420), THE NOVEL FIBRINOGEN SUBCLASS - NEWBORN LEVELS ARE HIGHER THAN ADULT. Blood. 90(7):2609-2614, 1997.
5. Phoebe Lu, Dennis Galanakis, Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Ellinor I.B. Peerschke. The Receptors for the globular C1q, gC1q-R, Binds to fibrinogen/fibrin and Impairs its polymerization. Clin Immunol 90:360-67, 1999.
6. Xiaodong Feng, Richard A.F. Clark, Dennis Galanakis, and Marcia Tonnesen. Fibrin and collagen differentially regulate human dermal microvascular endothelial cell integrins: Stabilization of av/b3 mRNA by fibrin. Journal of Invest Derm. 113: 913-919, 1999.
7. Hogan KA, Lord ST, Okumura N, Terasawa F, Galanakis DK, Scharrer I, Gorkun OV. A functional Assay Suggests that Heterodimers Exist in two C-Terminal y-Chain Dysfibrinogens: Matsumoto I and Vlissingen/Frankfurt IV. Thromb Haemost 83: 592-97,
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