Athanasios Tsiouris, MD

Athanasios Tsiouris, MD

Associate Professor

Department:
SOM-Surgery-Cardiothoracic

Email:
atsiouris@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-5035

Biography

Dr Athanasios Tsiouris is an Associate Professor and an attending surgeon in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is the surgical director of heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support. He has a special interest in heart, lung transplantation and LVADs. His clinical and research interest include thoracic transplantation and mechanical circulatory support devices. He trained as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Yale University and completed a fellowship in heart and lung transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr Tsiouris is board certified in Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Education

University of Thessaly, MD, Medicine
Cleveland Clinic, Fellowship in Heart, Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Yale University, Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Henry Ford Hospital, Residency in General Surgery
Royal Free Hospital - London, UK, Residency in General Surgery
St George's Hospital - London, UK, Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, Mississippi State Board05/2022 - Present
Certification, Board Certification in General Surgery
Certification, Board Certification in Thoracic Surgery

Current Positions

Associate Professor, School of Medicine08/2022 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Sponsored Program Funding

Intramural, Comparison of Del Nido and Buckberg cardioplegia in ischemic heart disease, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research12/2022 - Present
Extramural, Star-T and Start-D Clinical Trial, CytoSorbents Inc11/2022 - Present

Publications

Submitted original article

Tsiouris A, Protos AN, Shake JG, Coimbatore Jeyakumar AK Surgical Technique and Clinical Implications of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Bioprosthesis Explantation PJCTVS
Tsiouris A, Protos AN, Coimbatore Jeyakumar AK, Anna A Lerant, Shake JG, Managing the Unmanageable: A Quality Improvement Project Focused on Open Chest Protocols in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Submitted to American Journal of Critical Care

Accepted original article

Tsiouris A, Sabharwal A, Protos A, Lemor A, Hernandez Left atrial-Veno Arterial (LA-VA) ECMO as a Bridge to Surgery for Endocarditis Related Acute Severe Aortic Regurgitation ASAIO journal

submitted original article

Tsiouris A, Coimbatore Jeyakumar AK, Protos AN Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Submitted to International Journal of Artificial Organs. August 2023

Journal Article

Tsiouris A, Protos AN, Saikus CE, Jeyakumar AKC, Fundamentals of weaning veno-arterial and veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2023 Feb 16;39(Suppl 1):1-112023
Tsiouris A, Heliopoulos I, Mikroulis D, Mitsias PD, Factors defining occurrence of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes during continuous flow left ventricular assist device support. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2020 Apr;68(4):319-3272020
Tsiouris A, Heliopoulos I, Mikroulis D, Mitsias PD, Stroke after implantation of continuous flow left ventricular assist devices. Journal of cardiac surgery, 2019 Jul;34(7):541-5482019
Tsiouris A, Wilson L, Haddadin AS, Yun JJ, Mangi AA, Risk assessment and outcomes of vasoplegia after cardiac surgery. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2017 Oct;65(10):557-5652017
Tsiouris A, Wilson L, Sekar RB, Mangi AA, Yun JJ, Heart transplant outcomes in recipients of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) high risk donors. Journal of cardiac surgery, 2016 Dec;31(12):772-7772016
Tsiouris A, Elkinany S, Ziganshin BA, Elefteriades JA, Open Seldinger-Guided Femoral Artery Cannulation Technique for Thoracic Aortic Surgery. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2016 Jun;101(6):2231-52016
Tsiouris A, Paone G, Nemeh HW, Borgi J, Williams CT, Lanfear DE, Morgan JA, Short and long term outcomes of 200 patients supported by continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. World journal of cardiology, 2015 Nov 26;7(11):792-8002015
Hodari A, Park KU, Lace B, Tsiouris A, Hammoud Z, Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy With Real-Time Perfusion Assessment. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2015 Sep;100(3):947-522015
Karam J, Tsiouris A, Vazquez J, Shepard A, Cryptococcal aortitis presenting as a symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm. Annals of vascular surgery, 2015 Feb;29(2):363.e9-363.e112015
Tsiouris A, Paone G, Nemeh HW, Brewer RJ, Morgan JA, Factors determining post-operative readmissions after left ventricular assist device implantation. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2014 Oct;33(10):1041-72014
Tsiouris A, Paone G, Kabbani L, Lin J, Shepard AD, Morgan JA, Method of treating patients with acute type A aortic dissection and lower extremity malperfusion. Journal of cardiac surgery, 2014 Jul;29(4):526-82014
Tsiouris A, Morgan JA, Nemeh HW, Hodari A, Shah R, Brewer RJ, Paone G, Does elective or emergent operative status influence outcomes in patients undergoing implantation of left ventricular assist devices? The heart surgery forum, 2014 Apr;17(2):E64-722014
Morgan JA, Tsiouris A, Nemeh HW, Hodari A, Karam J, Brewer RJ, Paone G, Impact of concomitant cardiac procedures performed during implantation of long-term left ventricular assist devices. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2013 Dec;32(12):1255-612013
Hodari A, Hammoud ZT, Borgi JF, Tsiouris A, Rubinfeld IS, Assessment of morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy using a modified frailty index. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2013 Oct;96(4):1240-12452013
Karam J, Tsiouris A, Shepard A, Velanovich V, Rubinfeld I, Simplified frailty index to predict adverse outcomes and mortality in vascular surgery patients. Annals of vascular surgery, 2013 Oct;27(7):904-82013
Hodari A, Tsiouris A, Eichenhorn M, Horst M, Rubinfeld I, Exploring National Surgical Quality Improvement Program respiratory comorbidities: developing a predictive understanding of postoperative respiratory occurrences, Clavien 4 complications, and death. The Journal of surgical research, 2013 Aug;183(2):663-72013
Tsiouris A, Hammoud ZT, Velanovich V, Hodari A, Borgi J, Rubinfeld I, A modified frailty index to assess morbidity and mortality after lobectomy. The Journal of surgical research, 2013 Jul;183(1):40-62013
Tsiouris A, Brewer RJ, Borgi J, Nemeh H, Paone G, Morgan JA, Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to transplantation or destination therapy: racial disparities in outcomes. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2013 Mar;32(3):299-3042013
Tsiouris A, Brewer RJ, Borgi J, Hodari A, Nemeh HW, Cogan CM, Paone G, Morgan JA, Is resternotomy a risk for continuous-flow left ventricular assist device outcomes? Journal of cardiac surgery, 2013 Jan;28(1):82-72013
Borgi J, Tsiouris A, Hodari A, Cogan CM, Paone G, Morgan JA, Significance of postoperative acute renal failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2013 Jan;95(1):163-92013
Tsiouris A, Nemeh H, Borgi J, Early acute thrombosis of bioprosthetic mitral valve presenting with cardiogenic shock. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2013 Mar;61(3):152-42013
Tsiouris A, Morgan JA, Paone G, Type A aortic dissection presenting with isolated paraplegia. The heart surgery forum, 2012 Dec;15(6):E316-72012
Tsiouris A, Falvo A, Patton JH, Sisley AC, Rectus sheath hematoma causing ileocecal perforation. The American surgeon, 2012 Sep;78(9):1009-102012
Tsiouris A, Horst HM, Paone G, Hodari A, Eichenhorn M, Rubinfeld I, Preoperative risk stratification for thoracic surgery using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data set: functional status predicts morbidity and mortality. The Journal of surgical research, 2012 Sep;177(1):1-62012
Tsiouris A, Neale JA, Reickert CA, Times M, Clostridium difficile of the ileum following total abdominal colectomy, with or without proctectomy: who is at risk? Diseases of the colon and rectum, 2012 Apr;55(4):424-82012
Tsiouris A, Karam J, Shepard AD, Incidental diagnosis of idiopathic gonadal vein thrombosis. VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten, 2012 Jan;41(1):67-92012
Mohanty S, Tsiouris A, Hammoud Z, Glycomic expression in esophageal disease. Metabolites, 2012 Nov 21;2(4):1004-112012
Tsiouris A, Cogan CM, Velanovich V, Distal pancreatectomy with or without splenectomy: comparison of postoperative outcomes and surrogates of splenic function. HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 2011 Oct;13(10):738-442011
Tsiouris A, Hammoud Z, Velanovich V, Barrett's esophagus after resection of the gastroesophageal junction: effects of concomitant fundoplication. World journal of surgery, 2011 Aug;35(8):1867-722011
Saeed I, Tsiouris A, Ali T, van Besouw JP, Thompson M, Jahangiri M, Open stent grafting of descending aorta to control suture line hemorrhage in type B dissection. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2008 Jun;135(6):1390-22008
Kourliouros A, De Souza A, Roberts N, Marciniak A, Tsiouris A, Valencia O, Camm J, Jahangiri M, Dose-related effect of statins on atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2008 May;85(5):1515-202008
Tsiouris A, Ahmed HU, Kumar N, Kaisary AV, Urachal tumour: clinical and radiological features of a poorly understood carcinoma. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2007 Sep;89(6):W17-82007
Tsiouris A, Walesby RK, Malignant pleural mesothelioma: current concepts in treatment. Nature clinical practice. Oncology, 2007 Jun;4(6):344-522007
Tsiouris A, Ahmed HU, Woodward N, Arya M, Kaisary AV, The ligated ureter: beware or be aware. British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005), 2006 Nov;67(11):6032006
Tsiouris A, Budev MM, Yun JJ, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation in the United States: A Multicenter Survey. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 2018 Sep Oct;64(5):689-693
Tsiouris A, Paone G, Brewer RJ, Nemeh HW, Borgi J, Morgan JA, Outcomes of patients with right ventricular failure on milrinone after left ventricular assist device implantation. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 2015 Mar-Apr;61(2):133-8
Tsiouris A, Paone G, Nemeh HW, Brewer RJ, Borgi J, Hodari A, Morgan JA, Lessons learned from 150 continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a single institutional 7 year experience. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 2015 May-Jun;61(3):266-73
Tsiouris A, Morgan JA, Nemeh HW, Hodari A, Brewer RJ, Paone G, Sex-specific outcomes in patients receiving continuous-flow left ventricular devices as a bridge to transplantation or destination therapy. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 2014 Mar-Apr;60(2):199-206
Tsiouris A, Borgi J, Karam J, Nemeh HW, Paone G, Brewer RJ, Morgan JA, Ischemic versus nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: the implications of heart failure etiology on left ventricular assist device outcomes. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 2013 Mar-Apr;59(2):130-5
Tsiouris A, Velanovich V, Whitehouse S, Syed Z, Rubinfeld I, Predicting surgical risk: exclusion of laboratory data set maintains predictive accuracy. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality, 2013 Jul-Aug;28(4):352-6

Comment

Tsiouris A, Ahmed HU, Kaisary AV, Nanotechnology: potential applications in urology. BJU international, 2006 Jul;98(1):231-22006

Editorial

Tsiouris A, Kourliouros A, Smith EJ, Trends and challenges in treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005), 2009 Jun;70(6):312-32009
Tsiouris A, Gourgoulianis KI, Walesby RK, Current trends in the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2006 Jun;6(6):831-32006

Presentations

Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Emerging Role of Donation After Cardiac Death in Heart Transplantation: a Changing Landscape, MS Transplant Symposium, Jackson, MS08/2023
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, VV ECMO: Who is it good for and when to ask, MS Critical Care Organization Meeting, Jackson, MS04/2023
Poster Presentation, Lung Transplant for Patients with COVID-19 Bridged with VV ECMO: Initial Experience, ISHLT, Boston, MA04/2022
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Heart Transplant Outcomes for Recipients who Received Centers for Disease Control High Risk Donor Grafts, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Washigton DC04/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Postoperative Readmissions After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Who, Why and When?, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, San Diego, CA04/2014
Poster Presentation, Favorable outcomes using long-term implantable left ventricular assist devices in patients sixty five years of age and older, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Montreal, Canada04/2013
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Assessment of morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy using a Modified frailty index., Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Los Angeles, CA01/2013
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Lung resections: measures of frailty as an index of morbidity and mortality, ACS Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL10/2012
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to transplantation or destination therapy: racial disparities in outcomes., ACS Clinical Congress, Chicago10/2012
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Preoperative risk stratification for thoracic surgery using the ACS-NSQIP dataset: functional status predicts morbidity and mortality, Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV02/2012
Poster Presentation, Do thoracic surgeons obtain better outcomes on thoracic procedures when we acuity adjust for patient comorbidities?, Chest meeting, Honolulu, HI10/2011
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Exploring NSQIP respiratory comorbidities: Developing our predictive understanding of postoperative
respiratory occurrences, Clavien 4 complications and death, Chest, Honolulu, HI		10/2011
Poster Presentation, Clostridium difficile of the ileum following total abdominal colectomy, with or without proctectomy. Who is at risk?, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Vancouver, Canada03/2011
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, C-reactive protein is not predictive of atrial fibrillation following cardiac artery bypass surgery., European Society of Cardiology Congress, Barcelona, Spain09/2009
Poster Presentation, Statins are effective against atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: a propensity score analysis., European Society of Cardiology Congress, Munich, Germany09/2008

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Roy D. Mclude Research Award, Henry Ford Hospital2014

Professional Membership and Service

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member2023 - Present
American College of Cardiology, Fellow2020 - Present
American Medical Association, Member2019 - Present
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member2018 - Present
American College of Surgeons, Fellow2018 - Present

Committee Service

Clinical Competence Committee, Member2022 - Present
High Risk and Valve Selection Committee, Member2022 - Present
CV Service Line Committee, Member2022 - Present
Thoracic Surgical Education Committee, Member2022 - Present
Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Selection, Member2022 - Present
Program Evaluation Committee for Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, Member
MRSA Prevention Committee, Member

Directed Student Learning

Supervised Research, Advised: Parth Patel2023 - Present
Supervising staff, Advised: John Phillips2023 - 2023
Supervising staff2023 - 2023
Supervising staff, Advised: Garrett Jordan2023 - 2023
Supervising staff, Advised: Dion Kevin2023 - 2023
Supervising staff, Advised: Hunter King2023 - 2023
Supervising staff, Advised: Cambrie Boone2022 - 2023
Supervising staff, Advised: Felicia Gordon2022 - 2022

Fellows supervised

Thoracic Surgery Program, Attending Physician, 3 fellows supervised08/2022 - Present

Residency Training

General Surgery, Attending Physician2023 - 08/2023
General Surgery, Attending Physician2023 - 06/2023
General Surgery, Attending Physician2023 - 05/2023
General Surgery, Attending Physician2023 - 04/2023
General Surgery, Attending Physician2023 - 02/2023
General Surgery, Attending Physician2023 - 01/2023
General Surgery, Attending Physician2022 - 12/2022
General Surgery, Attending Physician2022 - 11/2022
General Surgery, Attending Physician2022 - 10/2022
General Surgery, Attending Physician2022 - 09/2022