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Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA, FACS

Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA, FACS, is chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia and co-director of the Heart and Vascular Service Line at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Virginia. Show full bio

She was previously an Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center and Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Dr. Preventza’s clinical interests include structural heart disease, transcatheter valve therapy, aortic valve repair, aortic surgery open and hybrid techniques, endovascular stent grafting. Her research focuses on the development of percutaneous techniques for valvular and thoracic aortic diseases, aortic root surgery and surgical outcomes.

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Texas Heart Institute Positions

Interests

Education

  • Graduate:

    MBA, Brandeis University (Health Care Policy)

  • Medical School:

    University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

  • Internship:

    Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

  • Residency:

    Wayne State University, Providence Hospital, Michigan (General Surgery)
    Montefiore, Albert Einstein New York (Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  • Fellowships:

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota (Surgical Critical Care)
    Arizona Heart Institute (Vascular, Endovascular Surgery & Percutaneous Techniques)
    Cook County Hospital (Trauma/Burn Surgery)

Academic & Clinical Affiliations

Certifications

  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Honors, Awards and Memberships

  • The Texas Heart Institute Academic Professional Staff
  • 2023 Socrates Award, Thoracic Surgery Residents Association
  • Thoracic Surgery Residents Association
  • Texas Super Doctors, Texas Monthly Magazine
  • President, International Society for Endovascular Specialists (ISEVS)
  • Associate Editor, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Member, American Academy of Thoracic Surgeons
  • Summa Cum Laude with Honors, University of Athens, Greece
  • Member, The Society for Thoracic Surgeons
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Women in Thoracic Surgery
  • 2018 Star Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care, Baylor College of Medicine
  • American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Leadership Academy 2017 Participant
  • Course Director, TEVAR and Aortic Arch Debranching Procedures (STS-University 2016, 2017, 2018)
  • Teaching Faculty Award for outstanding leadership and teaching”, from Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents, Baylor College of Medicine (2015, 2016)
  • Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award in the enduring educational materials category, December 2014
  • Alley Sheridan Scholarship (sponsored by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education), Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy, 2014
  • Leadership program for Health Care Policy and Management

Publications

Schachner, T., Gottardi, R., Schmidli, J. et al. (2023). Practice of neuromonitoring in open and endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic repair-an international expert-based modified Delphi consensus study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 63, ezad198. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezad198.
Gao, F., Kherallah, R., Koetting, M. et al. (2023). Leadless pacemaker with transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A single-center experience. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.14702.
Luc, J. G. Y. and Preventza, O. (2023). The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Database: Unity is strength. Ann Thorac Surg 115, 885–886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.11.015.
Moon, M. (2023). Discussion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, S0022-5223(23)00095–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.12.025.
Jacobs, J. P., Nelson, J. S., Fuller, S. M. et al. (2023). Commentary: Gender differences in payments to cardiothoracic surgeons are unacceptable. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 63, ezad080. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezad080.
Coselli, J. S., LeMaire, S. A., Orozco-Sevilla, V. et al. (2023). Current approaches to spinal cord protection during open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 0, 0–0. https://doi.org/10.21037/acs-2023-scp-10.
Anon (2023). Optimal perioperative care for thoracoabdominal and descending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: a review. Vessel Plus 7, 1. https://doi.org/10.20517/2574-1209.2022.52.
Luc, J. G. Y. and Preventza, O. (2022). Expanding the imaging armamentarium for the diagnosis of prosthetic aortic graft infection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 63, ezac582. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezac582.
Nguyen, Q., Luc, J. G. Y., Lawton, J. S. et al. (2022). Sex representation among principal investigators in cardiac surgery clinical trials in the United States: The glass ceiling and room for improvement. Ann Surg 276, e1101–e1106. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000004961.
Preventza, O., Huu, A. L. and Coselli, J. S. (2022). Straightforward contemporary step-by-step approach to aortic root replacement with valve-sparing tricuspid aortic valve repair. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, S1522294222001222. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.optechstcvs.2022.12.001.

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