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 Board | 05/2022 - Present |
| Certification, Board Certification in General Surgery | |
| Certification, Board Certification in Thoracic Surgery |
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine | 08/2022 - 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 Research | 12/2022 - Present |
| Extramural, Star-T and Start-D Clinical Trial, CytoSorbents Inc | 11/2022 - 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 | |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Emerging Role of Donation After Cardiac Death in Heart Transplantation: a Changing Landscape, MS Transplant Symposium, Jackson, MS | 08/2023 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, VV ECMO: Who is it good for and when to ask, MS Critical Care Organization Meeting, Jackson, MS | 04/2023 |
| Poster Presentation, Lung Transplant for Patients with COVID-19 Bridged with VV ECMO: Initial Experience, ISHLT, Boston, MA | 04/2022 |
| 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 DC | 04/2016 |
| 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, CA | 04/2014 |
| 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, Canada | 04/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Assessment of morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy using a Modified frailty index., Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Los Angeles, CA | 01/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Lung resections: measures of frailty as an index of morbidity and mortality, ACS Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL | 10/2012 |
| 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, Chicago | 10/2012 |
| 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, NV | 02/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Do thoracic surgeons obtain better outcomes on thoracic procedures when we acuity adjust for patient comorbidities?, Chest meeting, Honolulu, HI | 10/2011 |
| 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, Canada | 03/2011 |
| 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, Spain | 09/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Statins are effective against atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: a propensity score analysis., European Society of Cardiology Congress, Munich, Germany | 09/2008 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Roy D. Mclude Research Award, Henry Ford Hospital | 2014 |
Professional Membership and Service
| International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member | 2023 - Present |
| American College of Cardiology, Fellow | 2020 - Present |
| American Medical Association, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member | 2018 - Present |
| American College of Surgeons, Fellow | 2018 - Present |
Committee Service
| Clinical Competence Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| High Risk and Valve Selection Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| CV Service Line Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Thoracic Surgical Education Committee, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Selection, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Program Evaluation Committee for Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, Member | |
| MRSA Prevention Committee, Member |
Directed Student Learning
| Supervised Research, Advised: Parth Patel | 2023 - Present |
| Supervising staff, Advised: John Phillips | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervising staff | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervising staff, Advised: Garrett Jordan | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervising staff, Advised: Dion Kevin | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervising staff, Advised: Hunter King | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervising staff, Advised: Cambrie Boone | 2022 - 2023 |
| Supervising staff, Advised: Felicia Gordon | 2022 - 2022 |
Fellows supervised
| Thoracic Surgery Program, Attending Physician, 3 fellows supervised | 08/2022 - Present |
Residency Training
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2023 - 08/2023 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2023 - 06/2023 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2023 - 05/2023 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2023 - 04/2023 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2023 - 02/2023 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2023 - 01/2023 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2022 - 12/2022 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2022 - 11/2022 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2022 - 10/2022 |
| General Surgery, Attending Physician | 2022 - 09/2022 |