Dr. Petros George Nikolinakos, MD

Petros George Nikolinakos, M.D. is board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine. He joined NEGACC in September 2009 after three years at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center in Houston.
An author and cancer researcher, Dr. Nikolinakos has published on a variety of clinical and basic science topics such as lung cancer treatment strategies, cancer cell growth factor regulators, anemia in HIV-infected patients and multiple myeloma clinical problem solving in The New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Oncogene, American Journal of Hematology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and The Journal of Thoracic Oncology. His abstracts and presentations include American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Dr. Nikolinakos, who speaks several languages, brings unique national and international expertise to Athens area cancer patients. He …graduated summa cum laude and third in his class from University of Debrecen Medical and Health Sciences Center in Debrecen, Hungary. Following his internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, he served as chief medical resident and instructor for an additional year. Previously, he was a medical center staff physician in Greece. He later spent four years in internal and emergency room medicine in Bridgeport, Neb, and Pierre, SD.
During a three-year fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Nikolinakos also worked as clinical specialist and staff physician in the medical/surgical intensive care unit. He currently is an attending physician at Athens Regional Medical Center, Landmark Hospital of Athens, and St. Mary’s Healthcare System, and holds memberships in the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). He currently serves as co-chair of the lung cancer sub-committee for the Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network (ACORN) and is the director and principal investigator of the clinical trials program at Northeast Georgia Cancer Care.

• Saint Marys Hospital

University Cancer And Blood Center

3320 OLD JEFFERSON RD BLDG 800

ATHENS

GA

30607

USA

+17063532990

• Hematology
• Internal Medicine
• Oncology

• Chemotherapy
• Blood transfusion
• Blood transfusion

• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• UHC Navigate HMO
• Alliant Health Plan
• Aetna HMO
• CIGNA Open Access Plus
• Kaiser Permanente
• CIGNA HMO
• UHC Navigate POS
• BCBS GA Blue Choice PPO
• Multiplan PPO
• Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
• CIGNA PPO
• BCBS Blue Card PPO
• UHC Compass HMO
• Ambetter Superior Health Plan
• Aetna Choice POS II
• Coventry CoventryOne - GA
• Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
• Humana Choice POS
• Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
• First Health PPO
• UHC Choice Plus POS
• Ambetter from Peach State Health Plan
• UHC Options PPO
• Humana National POS
• BCBS GA Blue Choice HMO
• PHCS PPO
• BCBS GA BlueChoice Option POS
• BCBS GA Blue Open Access POS
• Anthem Blue Open Access POS Alternate Network
• CIGNA LocalPlus
• Aexcel PPO
• Blue Open Access POS Plus - GA
• Georgia
• Georgia - place
• MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
• UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
• UHC Nexus Open Access
• Aetna Elect Choice EPO Open Access
• Aetna Innovation Health Aetna Premier Care Network Plus
• Aetna Open Choice PPO
• Ambetter GA
• Anthem Pathway X Guided Access HMO
• BCBS GA Anthem Pathway X Guided Access Tiered
• BCBS TN Blue Network L
• BCBS TN Blue Network P
• CareSource Georgia
• Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
• Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
• Kaiser Permanente Georgia
• Medica Choice With UHC
• Oscar GA Employee Cigna + Oscar LocalPlus
• Oscar GA Employee Cigna + Oscar Open Access Plus
• Friday Health Plan Georgia
• BCBS GA Pathway HMO
• Humana HMO Premier
• BCBS TN Blue Network S
• Humana Preferred PPO
• Ambetter Plus Select
• Aetna CVS Atlanta Georgia HMO

• Multiple Myeloma
• Malignant Neoplasm of Female Breast
• Hemolytic Anemia
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Breast Neoplasm
• Malignant
• Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Leukemia
• Anemia
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma