Ourania Preventza, M.D., M.B.A., FACS
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Positions
- Professor of Surgery
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
- Assistant Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency and Independent Fellowship
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Inclusion and Equity Ambassador
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Institutional Policy Governance
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Institutional Committee, Faculty At-Large
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Faculty Appointments and Promotion Committee
Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Clinic)
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THI Outpatient Clinic
1101 Bates Avenue
Houston, TX 77030
United States
SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT - (832) 355-9910
Education
- MD from University of Athens School of Medicine
- Athens, Greece
- Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital and Providence Hospital and Medical Centers
- New York and Southfield, MI United States
- General Surgery
- Residency at Residency at Albert Einstein Montefiore Medical Center
- New York, NY United States
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Fellowship at Mayo Clinic
- Rochester
- Surgical Critical Care
- Fellowship at Arizona Heart Institute
- Phoenix
- Catheter Interventions and Endovascular Surgery
- MBA from Brandeis University
- The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Certifications
- Board Certified
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- Board Certified - General Surgery
- American Board of Surgery
- Board Certified - Surgical Critical Care
- American Board of Surgery
Honors & Awards
- Star Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching & Evaluation
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Health Care Hero 2018
- Houston Business Journal
- Fulbright and Jaworski Award for Development of Enduring Educational Material
- 2014
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Alley-Sheridan Scholarship
- 2014
- Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
Professional Interests
- Ascending and total aortic arch replacement .Thoracoabdominal aortic repair
- Heart valve repair and replacement
- Aortic root and aortic valve repair and replacement
- Percutaneous valve replacement
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Websites
Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Videos
Selected Publications
- Preventza O, Liao JL, Olive JK, Simpson K, Critsinelis AC, Price MD, Galati M, Cornwell LD, Orozco-Sevilla V, Omer S, Jimenez E, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS "Neurologic complications after the frozen elephant trunk procedure: A meta-analysis of more than 3000 patients." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 31757456
- Olive JK, Preventza OA, Blackmon SH, Antonoff MB "Representation of Women in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Authorship and Leadership Positions." Ann Thorac Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 31520640
- Preventza O, Olive JK, Liao JL, Orozco-Sevilla V, Simpson K, Rodriguez MR, Price MD, Cheong BY, Chatterjee S, de la Cruz KI, Amarasekara HS, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS. Acute "Acute type I aortic dissection with or without antegrade stent delivery: Mid-term outcomes." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 30955955
- Preventza O, Luc JGY "Commentary: Call for Teamwork to Be a Class I, Evidence-Level A Recommendation in All Guidelines." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 32362389
- Preventza O, Cervera R, Cooley DA, Bakaeen FG, Mohamed AS, Cheong BY, Cornwell L, Simpson KH, Coselli JS "Acute type I aortic dissection: traditional versus hybrid repair with antegrade stent delivery to the descending thoracic aorta." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 24041767
- Preventza O, Wheatley GH, Williams J, Chaugle H, Hughes K, Ramaiah V, Rodriguez-Lopez J, Olsen D, Diethrich EB "Can the Left Subclavian Artery be Safely Covered During Endovascular Repair of the Descending Thoracic Aorta?." Innovations (Phila). 2008 May;3(3):147-50. Pubmed PMID: 22436856
- Preventza O, Livesay JJ, Cooley DA, Krajcer Z, Cheong BY, Coselli JS "Coarctation-associated aneurysms: a localized disease or diffuse aortopathy.." Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2013 Jun;95(6):1961-7. Pubmed PMID: 23643549
- Preventza O, Hughes K "Commentary: endovascular repair of the descending thoracic aorta: a tale of two nations.." J. Endovasc. Ther.. 2013 May;20(3):273-5. Pubmed PMID: 23731295
- Lemaire SA, Price MD, Parenti JL, Johnson ML, Lay AD, Preventza O, Huh J, Coselli JS "Early outcomes after aortic arch replacement by using the y-graft technique.." Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2011 Mar;91(3):700-8. Pubmed PMID: 21352982
- Stephens EH, Preventza O, Sarateanu CS, Lemaire SA, Coselli JS "Emergent pectus excavatum repair after aortic root replacement in Marfan patient.." J Card Surg. 2012 Mar;27(2):222-4. Pubmed PMID: 22458279
- Preventza O, Wheatley GH, Williams J, Hughes K, Ramaiah VG, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Diethrich EB "Endovascular approaches for complex forms of recurrent aortic coarctation.." J. Endovasc. Ther.. 2006 Jun;13(3):400-5. Pubmed PMID: 16784329
- Preventza O, Henry MJ, Cheong BY, Coselli JS "Endovascular repair of the ascending aorta: when and how to implement the current technology." Ann Thorac Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 24518571
- Kpodonu J, Preventza O, Ramaiah VG, Shennib H, Wheatley GH, Rodriquez-Lopez JA, Williams J, Diethrich EB "Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta in octogenarians.." Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Sep;34(3):630-4; discussi. Pubmed PMID: 18635370
- Preventza O, Hui HZ, Hramiec J "Fast track video-assisted thoracic surgery.." Am Surg. 2002 Mar;68(3):309-11. Pubmed PMID: 11893111
- Wheatley GH, Nunez A, Preventza O, Ramaiah VG, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Williams J, Olsen D, Diethrich EB "Have we gone too far? Endovascular stent-graft repair of aortobronchial fistulas.." J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2007 May;133(5):1277-85. Pubmed PMID: 17467441
- Preventza O, Wheatley GH, Williams J, Ramaiah V, Rodriguez-Lopez J, Diethrich EB "Identifying paraplegia risk associated with thoracic endografting.." Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2009 Dec;17(6):568-72. Pubmed PMID: 20026530
- Preventza O, Garcia A, Tuluca A, Henry M, Cooley DA, Simpson K, Bakaeen FG, Cornwell LD, Omer S, Coselli JS "Innominate artery cannulation for proximal aortic surgery: outcomes and neurological events in 263 patients." Eur J Cardiothorac Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 25646398
- Preventza O, Bakaeen FG, Stephens EH, Trocciola SM, de la Cruz KI, Coselli JS "Innominate artery cannulation: An alternative to femoral or axillary cannulation for arterial inflow in proximal aortic surgery.." J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. 2013 Mar;145(3):S191-6. Pubmed PMID: 23260457
- Habib FA, Lobocki C, Ezhuthachan R, Chelladurai M, Preventza O, Mittal VK "Interferon alpha2b inhibits the murine melanoma cell line Cloudman S91 in vivo but not in vitro: a model for studying tumor cell-cytokine interactions.." Am Surg. 2001 Mar;67(3):257-60. Pubmed PMID: 11270885
- Preventza OA, Lazarides K, Sawyer MD "Ischemic colitis in young adults: a single-institution experience.." J. Gastrointest. Surg..;5(4):388-92. Pubmed PMID: 11985980
- Preventza O, Sampath-Kumar S, Wasnick J, Gold JP "Late cardiac perforation following transcatheter atrial septal defect closure.." Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2004 Apr;77(4):1435-7. Pubmed PMID: 15063285
- Preventza O, Wheatley GH, Ramaiah VG, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Williams J, Olsen D, Diethrich EB "Management of endoleaks associated with endovascular treatment of descending thoracic aortic diseases.." J. Vasc. Surg.. 2008 Jul;48(1):69-73. Pubmed PMID: 18486425
- Preventza O, Wheatley GH, Williams J, Ramaiah VG, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Diethrich EB "Novel endovascular repair of the small thoracic aorta: customizing off-the-shelf endoluminal grafts.." J Card Surg.;22(5):434-5. Pubmed PMID: 17803587
- Preventza OA, Habib FA, Young SC, Penney D, Oppat W, Mittal VK "Portal vein thrombosis: an unusual complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.." JSLS.;9(1):87-90. Pubmed PMID: 15791978
- Preventza OA, Kendrick ML, Sawyer MD "Portal venous air and pneumatosis intestinalis.." Dig Dis. 1999;17(1):63-4. Pubmed PMID: 10436360
- Preventza OA, Yang S, Karo JJ, Lobocki A, Mittal V, Sims DW, Young S "Pre-operative ultrasonography guiding minimal, selective surgical approach in primary hyperparathyroidism.." Int Surg.;85(2):99-104. Pubmed PMID: 11071323
- Preventza O, Garcia A, Cooley DA, Tuluca A, Simpson KH, Bakaeen FG, Omer S, Cornwell L, Rosengart TK, Coselli JS "Reoperations on the total aortic arch in 119 patients: short- and mid-term outcomes, focusing on composite adverse outcomes and survival analysis." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 25152482
- Kpodonu J, Preventza O, Ramaiah VG, Shennib H, Wheatley GH, Rodriquez-Lopez J, Williams J, Diethrich EB "Retrograde type A dissection after endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta. Is the risk real?." Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Jun;33(6):1014-8. Pubmed PMID: 18424065
- Habib FA, Kolachalam RB, Khilnani R, Preventza O, Mittal VK "Role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the management of gangrenous cholecystitis.." Am. J. Surg.. 2001 Jan;181(1):71-5. Pubmed PMID: 11248180
- Preventza O, Bavaria J, Ramaiah V, Moser GW, Szeto W, Wheatley G, Moeller P, Rodriquez-Lopez J, Diethrich E "Thoracic endografting is a viable option for the octogenarian.." Ann. Thorac. Surg.. 2010 Jul;90(1):78-82. Pubmed PMID: 20609752
Memberships
- International Society of Endovascular Specialists
- President-Elect
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- Women in Thoracic Surgery
- American Association of University Women
- Hellenic Medical Society of New York
- New York Academy of Sciences
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