Gregory Pattakos CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON Assistant Director, 2nd Department of Cardiac Surgery, Division of Transcatheter Heart Valves

• American Board of Surgery
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 
• European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association
• Athens Medical Association (Greece)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on Adult Cardiac and Vascular Surgery

Editorial board member

• Annals of Thoracic Surgery

• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC
• Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, Virginia
• Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC
• Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC
• Veteran’s Affairs Hospital, Washington DC
• Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, Texas 
• Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas 
• Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas 
• Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas 
• MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

• Coronary Artery Disease (Bypass surgery)
• Mitral Valve Repair
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVI / TAVR)
• Surgical Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement
• Tricuspid Valve Repair
• Surgical and Transcatheter (TEVAR) Aneurysm Repair 
• Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation (MAZE procedure)

American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2017 Annual Meeting Poster Competition, Boston, Massachusetts. Awarded 2nd place winner out of 51 entries.

• “Thoracic Infections and Hemoptysis” in LaPar, D., Mery, C., Turek J., TSRA Review of Cardiothoracic Surgery, (2nd edition)
• “Post-TAVR management” in American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Handbook (pending publication)

• Tricuspid Valve Replacement – The Road Less Travelled. Pattakos G. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Apr 24:S0003-4975(21)00737-2
• The effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning (RIPC) on myocardial injury and inflammation in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVΙ). Halapas A, Kapelouzou A, Chrissoheris M, Pattakos G, Cokkinos DV, Spargias K. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2021 Feb 20:S1109-9666(21)00016-6
• Progression of Tricuspid Regurgitation After Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.Bertrand PB, Overbey JR, Zeng X, Levine RA, Ailawadi G, Acker MA, Smith PK, Thourani VH, Bagiella E, Miller MA, Gupta L, Mack MJ, Gillinov AM, Giustino G, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns AC, Bowdish ME, O’Gara PT, Gammie JS, Hung J; Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Feb 16;77(6):713-724
• Minimally invasive direct CABG versus off-pump CABG: Can less be more. Pattakos G. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2020 Mar-Apr;61(2):125-126
• Risk for non-home discharge following surgery for ischemic mitral valve disease. Lala A, Chang HL, Liu X, Charles EJ, Yerokun BA, Bowdish ME, Thourani VH, Mack MJ, Miller MA, O’Gara PT, Blackstone EH, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns AC, Mullen JC, Stevenson LW; Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) Working Group. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Mar 4:S0022-5223(20)30524-9
• Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting plus mitral valve repair versus coronary artery bypass grafting alone for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation. Ferket BS, Thourani VH, Voisine P, et al; Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network Investigators. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jul 2. pii: S0022-5223(19)31332-7.
• Transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring implantation by the transfemoral approach: First experience in Greece. Chrissoheris MP, Halapas A, Papadopoulos K, Kourkoveli P, Nikolaou I, Bouboulis N, Pattakos G, Spargias K. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2019 Jun 5. pii: S1109-9666(19)30053-3.
• Pacemaker Implantation After Mitral Valve Surgery With Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. DeRose JJ Jr, Mancini DM, Chang HL, et al; CTSN Investigators. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 May 21;73(19):2427-2435.
• Pattakos G, Omer S, Jimenez E. Post-Pericardiotomy Syndrome: Beware or Just Be Aware? J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Nov 20;7(22):e011118.
• Blackstone EH, Chang HL, Rajeswaran J, et al; Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network Investigators. Biatrial maze procedure versus pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery: New analytical approaches and end points. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):234-243.e9.
• Blitzer D, Stephens EH, Tchantchaleishvili V, Lou X, Chen P, Pattakos G, Vardas PN. Risks and Rewards of Advanced Practice Providers in Cardiothoracic Surgery Training: National Survey. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Oct 9. pii: S0003-4975(18)31430-9.
• Stephens EH, Goldstone AB, Fiedler AG, Vardas PN, Pattakos G, Lou X, Chen PC, Tchantchaleishvili V. Appraisal of mentorship in cardiothoracic surgery training. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul 18. pii: S0022-5223(18)31791-4.
• Pattakos G, Chrissoheris M, Halapas A, Papadopoulos K, Kourkoveli P, Bouboulis N, Pattakos S, Spargias K. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient with Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus Totalis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jun 13. pii: S0003-4975(18)30839-7.
• Preventza O, Price MD, Amarasekara HS, Tullos A, Chen P, Reidy MR, Pattakos G, de la Cruz KI, Zhang Q, Coselli JS. Chronic Type I and Type III aortic dissections: a propensity analysis of outcomes after open distal repair. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Mar 2.