William Kastrinakis, MD
William Kastrinakis, MD
Surgical Director, Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center
About William Kastrinakis, MD
Dr. William Kastrinakis is a General and Gastrointestinal surgeon. He is the Chief of General Surgery at Northshore Medical Center and the Surgical Director of the Mass General/Northshore Cancer Center. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery, colorectal surgery and general surgical oncology.
Dr. Kastrinakis grew up in Beverly, MA, and went to Tufts University and Tufts Medical School. He completed a General Surgery Residency at the Brigham and Woman’s Hospital. He served as the Assistant to the Surgeon in Chief at the Brigham after completing his surgical training and completed a Surgical Oncology Research Fellowship at the Deaconess Hospital. Dr. Kastrinakis has been on the surgical staff at the MGH since 2014.
Clinical Interests:
- Laparoscopic / Minimally invasive surgery
- Colon and Rectal cancer
- Melanoma
- Pancreatic disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Paraesophageal hernias
- Diverticulitis
- Hernias
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Greek
Locations
MGH Division of Community Surgery
104 Endicott Street Suite 200
Danvers, MA 01923-3623
Phone: 978-882-6837
Fax: 978-882-6848
North Shore Medical Center
81 Highland Ave
Salem, MA 01970-2714
Phone: 978-882-6868
Medical Education
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Residency, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Residency, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
- Fellowship, Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center-East Campus
American Board Certifications
- Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Kastrinakis WV, Ramchurren N, Maggard M, Steele Jr G, Summerhayes IC. K-ras status does not predict successful hepatic resection of colorectal cancer metastasis. Archives of Surgery 1995; 130: 9-14.
- Kastrinakis WV, Ramchurren N, Rieger KM, Hess DT, Loda M, Steele G, Summerhayes IC, Increased incidence of p53 mutations is associated with hepatic metastasis in colorectal neoplastic progression. Oncogene 1995; 11: 647-652.
- Kastrinakis WV, Brooks DC: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. In Textbook of Clinical Gastroenterology. Edited by Brandt LJ. Current Medicine; 1999.
- Kaplan L, Fallon J, Mun E, Harvey A, Kastrinakis WV, Johnson E, Nierman R, Keroak C: Coding and reimbursement for weight loss surgery: Best practice Recommendations. Obesity Research (2005) 13, 290–300; doi: 10.1038/oby.2005.39
- Arriaga, Alexander F., M.D.,1,3 Lancaster, Robert T., M.D., M.P.H,1,2 Berry, William R., M.D., M.P.H, M.P.A.,1 Regenbogen, Scott E., M.D., M.P.H.,1,2 Lipsitz, Stuart R., Sc.D.,3 Kaafarani, Haytham, M.D., M.P.H.,1 Elbardissi, Andrew, M.D., M.P.H.,1,3 Desai, Priya, B.A.,1,3 Ferzoco, Stephen J., M.D.,4 Bleday, Ronald, M.D.,3 Breen, Elizabeth M., M.D.,3 Kastrinakis, William V., M.D.,5 Rubin, Mark S., M.D.,5 Gawande, Atul A., M.D., M.P.H.1,3 The Better Colectomy Project: A multi-center study of compliance rates with best-practices in colorectal surgery. Annals of Surgery, 2009.