Positions
- Professor
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Pediatrics-Newborn
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Addresses
- Neonatology (Clinic)
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Texas Children's Hospital - Feigin
1102 Bates Ave
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-3209
xanthic@bcm.edu
BCM Neonatology
Education
- Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
- 07/1999 - Houston, Texas United States
- Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
- Fellowship at Children's National Medical Center
- 06/1996 - Washington, District of Columbia United States
- Pediatric Cardiology, 1 Year
- Residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 06/1995 - New York, New York United States
- Pediatrics
- Residency at University of London, Royal Free Hospital
- 09/1991 - London, United Kingdom
- Pediatric Hematology Residency
- Residency at University of London, Royal Postgraduate School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital
- 09/1990 - London, United Kingdom
- Pediatric Neurology and Neonatology Residency
- Residency at University of Manchester and Birmingham
- 09/1990 - Manchester, England
- Pediatrics-Neonatology
- Internship at Oxford University - John Radcliffe Hospital
- 09/1987 - Oxford, England
- Pediatrics
- MD from Athens Medical School
- 03/1987 - Athens, Greece
Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
- Oct, 1 1995 - Present
- American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- November, 1999 - Present
Honors & Awards
- Young Investigator Award
- American Academy of Pediatrics (10/2000)
- Young Scientist Travel Award
- American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (03/2001)
- KO8 mentored Award
- Mentored Award for 850,000 USD for my research with title: "Cytochrome P450 regulation by hyperoxia and nitric oxide"
- NHLBI (09/2001 - 08/2008)
- RO1 grant AWARD from NIH :Role of hepatic and pulmonary P4501A enzymes in neonatal hyperoxic tissue injury
- RO1 grant with title: "Role of hepatic and pulmonary P4501A enzymes in neonatal hyperoxic tissue injury" Total amount of grant: 1,900,000 USD
- NHLBI (09/2009 - 08/2015)
- Clinician Educator Award
- May 2019
- American Thoracic Society, Pediatric Assembly
Professional Interests
- Neonatology
- Prevention of Hyperoxic Lung Injury
- Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Vitamin A research
- Research on Cytochrome P450
- Prevention of effects of maternal smoking in the newborn
- Prevention and Treadment of Covid-19
- Effects of Flavonoids on different diseases
- Environment Toxitities on Newborns
Professional Statement
I have a dream! The same dream I always had and will have: to save lives all over the world.I would like to achieve my dream by practicing the best clinical Neonatology, continue with my research on prevention of neonatal diseases and teaching the young generation of doctors to continue the same dream.
Websites
Selected Publications
- Xanthi Couroucli "Oxidative stress in the retina: Implications for retinopathy of prematurity." Current Opinion in Toxicology. 2018 Feb;7:102-109.
- Couroucli XI, Placencia JL, Cates LA, Suresh GK "Should we still use vitamin A to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia?." Journal Perinatol. 2016 Aug;36(8):581-5. Pubmed PMID: 27228508
- Couroucli, XI "Vitamin A deficiency in adolescents: rare or underdiagnosed?." Lancet. 2016 Jan 2;387(10013):94. Pubmed PMID: 26766347
- Maturu P, Wei-Liang Y, Androutsopoulos VP, Jiang W, Wang L, Tsatsakis AM, Couroucli XI "Quercetin attenuates the hyperoxic lung injury in neonatal mice: Implications for Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)." Food Chem Toxicol. 2018 Apr;114:23-33. Pubmed PMID: 29432836
- Maturu P, Wei-Liang Y, Jiang W, Wang L, Lingappan K, Barrios R, Liang Y, Moorthy B, Couroucli XI "Newborn Mice Lacking the Gene for Cyp1a1 Are More Susceptible to Oxygen-Mediated Lung Injury, and Are Rescued by Postnatal β-Naphthoflavone Administration: Implications for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Infants." Toxicol Sci. 2017 May 1;157(1):260-271. Pubmed PMID: 28201809
- Jiang W, Maturu P, Liang YW, Wang L, Lingappan K, Couroucli X. "Hyperoxia-mediated transcriptional activation of cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) and decreased susceptibility to oxygen-mediated lung injury in newborn mice." Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017 Oct 31;pii: S0006-291X(17):32151-4. Pubmed PMID: 29101037
- Lingappan K, Maturu P, Liang YW, Jiang W, Wang L, Moorthy B, Couroucli XI "β-Naphthoflavone treatment attenuates neonatal hyperoxic lung injury in wild type and Cyp1a2-knockout mice." Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2017 Nov 24;pii: S0041-008X(17):30462-3. Pubmed PMID: 29180065
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Memberships
- General Medical Council, UK
- Member (06/1987)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Fellow (F.A.A.P.) (10/1995)
- Society of Toxicology
- Member (09/2004)
- American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Member (03/2001)
- American Thoracic Society
- Member (03/2008)
- Society for Pediatric Research
- Member (10/2010)
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Member
Funding
- "Cytochrome P450 regulation by hyperoxia and nitric oxide" (09/03/2001 - 08/31/2008) Grant funding from NHLBI
- KO8 mentored grant (9/2001-8/2008)
- "Role of hepatic and pulmonary P4501A enzymes in neonatal hyperoxic tissue injury" (09/07/2009 - 08/31/2015) Grant funding from NHLBI
- RO1 grant, PI (9/2009-8/2015)
- Role of cytochrome P4501A enzymes in hyperoxia-induced lung injury in the newborn Grant funding from American Lung Association
- 07/01/2007 to 06/30/2009 Principal Investigator
- Prevention of hyperoxia-induced retinopathy and abnormal neovascularization in the newborn rat by all-trans retinoic acid and vitamin A Grant funding from Knights Templar Retina Foundation, Inc.
- 07/01/2008 to 06/30/2010 Principal Investigator
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