George J. Harocopos, MD
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Pathology and Immunology
Director, Ophthalmic Surgery at the John Cochran Veterans Affairs
Medical Center
Specialty Areas
Ophthalmic Pathology
Ophthalmology - General
Cataract
Mailing Address
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Department of Ophthalmology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8096
St. Louis,
MO
63110
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Areas of Clinical Interest
Comprehensive eye care, including cataract surgery; glaucoma, diabetes, macular degeneration, refractive errors, and conjunctival malignancies
Areas of Research Interest
Age-related cataract, ophthalmic pathology
Board Certification
Ophthalmology
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Certified
Medical Education
B.A.: Greek Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
, 1995
Medical Degree: Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
, 2000
Residency: Ophthalmology, Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
, 2004
Fellowship: Ophthalmic Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
, 2005
Chief Residency: Ophthalmology, Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
, 2005
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Health South Ballas Outpatient Surgery Center
John Cochran Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Major or Recent Publications/Awards
Honors and Awards
Golden Apple Teaching Award 2005
Rosenbaum Research Award 2003
Jay S. Pepose Research Award 2002
Publications
Harocopos GJ, Shui YB, McKinnon M, Holekamp NM, Gordon MO, and Beebe DC. Importance of vitreous liquefaction in age-related cataract. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45(1):77-85
Knopf HLS, Carter K, Feibel RM, and Harocopos GJ. Postoperative Trauma. Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update 2002;3(2):89-90
deBree E, Tsiftsis D, Christodoulakis M, Harocopos G, et al. Splenic Abscess: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Acta Chir Belg 1998;98(5):199-202
Melissas J, Christodoulakis M, Schoretsanitis G, Harocopos G, et al. Staple-line disruption following vertical banded gastroplasty. Obes Surg 1998;8(1):15-20
Harocopos GJ, Alvares KM, Kolker AE, and Beebe DC. Human age-related cataract and lens epithelial cell death. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998;39(13):2696-2706
Potts JD, Harocopos GJ, and Beebe DC. Identification of receptor tyrosine kinases in the embryonic chicken lens. Curr Eye Res 1993;12(8):759-763