Kosmas Konstantinos CARDIOLOGIST CLINICAL Specialized in lipidiology

• Doctorate in Medicine (Ph. D.) granted with “Excellent” by the University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece:

Subject:  Substitution of the left and right ventricles by counterpulsation pumps during ventricular fibrillation.  Mechanism of the hemodynamic effect of the right ventricular pump.

From the Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, June 1992.

[62 pages, 113 references.  In Greek with English summary].

Board Member

• Member of the Hellenic Society of Lipidology, Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease (Greece)
• Member of the Athens Medical Association (Greece)
• Member of the European Society of Cardiology
• Fellow of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
• Member of the National Lipid Association
• Member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
• Member of the American Medical Association

Editorial Boards

• Review Editor of the Coronary Artery Disease section of the medical journal “Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine”.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the medical journal “Journal of International Medical Research”.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the medical journal “Pharmacogenomics Research and Personalized Medicine”.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the medical journal “Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease”.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the medical journal “European Medical Journal of Cardiology” (“EMJ Cardiology”).
• Member of the Editorial Board of the medical journal “World Journal of Cardiology”.
• Member of the Editorial Board (Cardiology section) of the medical journal “Annals of Translational Medicine”.
• Associate Editor of the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease section of the medical journal “Drugs in Context”.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the medical journal “Henry Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine”.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the medical journal “Enliven: Clinical Cardiology and Research”.

• Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiology Unlimited, P.C., New York, NY, USA (2015-2023)
• Director of Lipid Clinic, Cardiology Unlimited, P.C., New York, NY, USA (2014-2023)
• Radiation Safety Officer, Cardiology Unlimited, P.C., New York, NY, USA (2015-2021)
• Medical Director, Mount Sinai Advanced Cardiovascular Group, Astoria, NY, USA (2011-2014)
• Acting Director, Coronary Care Unit, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, New York, USA (2002-2003)
• Director, Clinical Services, Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (1995-1999)
• Associate Director, Nuclear Cardiology, Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (1995-1999)

Education Experience

• Extensively involved in teaching of mid-level providers, students, medical residents and cardiology fellows at several academic institutions in New York and Pennsylvania:
• Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
• Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, Astoria, NY, USA
• Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA
• New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
• Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

• Clinical Cardiology
• Clinical Lipidology
• Cardiometabolism

• Fellow, American College of Cardiology
• Fellow, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• Physician’s Recognition Award from the American Medical Association for fulfilling the requirements for this award in Continuing Medical Education. (2015-2018)
• Physician’s Recognition Award from the American Medical Association for fulfilling the requirements for this award in Continuing Medical Education. (2001-2004)
• Certificate of Appreciation from the New York Hospital Queens in recognition of the recipient’s efforts in support of the Outreach Programs presented to the community by New York Hospital Queens (2001)
• Award of Excellence from the Pennsylvania Medical Society for completion of 150 hours of Continuing Medical Education within the last three years that fulfills the highest standards of continuing education set by the members of the Society (1998-2001)
• Physician’s Recognition Award from the American Medical Association for fulfilling the requirements for this award in Continuing Medical Education (1995-1998)
• Monetary scholarship from the Papadakis Foundation, having passed nationwide examinations for university students with the highest score (1980-1983)
• Annual honorary scholarships during medical school from the Institute of Government Scholarships (1978-1983)

Book Contributions

• Kosmas CE, Sourlas A, Montan PD, Guzman E, Garcia MJ: HDL Functionality and Cardiovascular Disease.  In Berhardt LV (ed.): Advances in Medicine and Biology (Volume 160).  Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2020:1-74.
• Kosmas CE, Muñoz Estrella A, Sourlas A, Silverio D, Hilario E, Montan PD, Guzman E: Inclisiran: a new promising agent in the management of hypercholesterolemia.  In Bakillah A (ed.): Diseases – Special Issue: “New Lipid Lowering Therapies for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases: Lessons from the Past and Future Challenges”.  MDPI, 2019:45-50.
• Kosmas CE, DeJesus E, Rosario D, Tsomidou C, Vittorio TJ, Guzman E: Lipids: Metabolism, Structure, Functionality, Hyperlipidemia and its Treatment.  In: Monographs in Clinical Diagnosis: Volume I. Family and Community Health.  TelemedEdu, USA, 2016 (E-book).
• Madanieh R, Shah N, Alkan M, Kosmas CE, Vittorio TJ: Congestive Heart Failure.  In: Monographs in Clinical Diagnosis: Volume I. Family and Community Health.  TelemedEdu, USA, 2016 (E-book).
• Kosmas CE: Συμμετοχή στην συγγραφή του ιατρικού συγγράματος “Review of obesity and bariatric surgery: Essential notes and multiple choice questions”, Kini S and Rao R (eds.).  London, New York: Informa Healthcare, 2012.
• Kosmas CE, Banka VS: Non-surgical coronary revascularization: Evolution of catheter-based techniques and role of the plain-old balloon angioplasty.  In Munjal YP (ed.): Medicine Update 1997.  New Delhi, The Association of Physicians of India, 1997:98-107.

• Tsamoulis D, Rallidis LS, Kosmas CE: Inclisiran: the preclinical discovery and development of a novel therapy for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2024;19(7):773-782.

• Kosmas CE, Papakonstantinou EJ, Carreño J, Echavarria Uceta R, Guzman E, Sourlas A: PCSK9 targeting in the management of hypercholesterolaemia. EMJ Cardiol 2023;11[1]:87-97

• Kosmas CE, Bousvarou MD, Papakonstantinou EJ, Tsamoulis D, Koulopoulos A, Echavarria Uceta R, Guzman E, Rallidis LS: Novel pharmacological therapies for the management of hyperlipoproteinemia(a). Int J Mol Sci 2023;24(17):13622.

• Kosmas CE, Bousvarou MD, Kostara CE, Papakonstantinou EJ, Salamou E, Guzman E: Insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease. J Int Med Res 2023;51(3):3000605231164548.

• Kosmas CE, Bousvarou MD, Sourlas A, Papakonstantinou EJ, Peña Genao E, Echavarria Uceta R, Guzman E: Angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) inhibitors in the management of refractory hypercholesterolemia. Clin Pharmacol 2022;14:49-59.

• Kosmas CE, Sourlas A, Guzman E, Kostara CE: Environmental factors modifying HDL functionality. Curr Med Chem 2022;29(10):1687-1701.

• Kosmas CE, Pantou D, Sourlas A, Papakonstantinou EJ, Echavarria Uceta R, Guzman E: New and emerging lipid–modifying drugs to lower LDL cholesterol. Drugs Context 2021;10:2021-8-3.

• Kosmas CE, Silverio D, Sourlas A, Campos FN, Montan PD, Guzman E: Lipoprotein(a) and calcific aortic valve stenosis. EMJ Cardiol 2019;7[1]:89-97.

• Sourlas A, Kosmas CE: Inheritance of high and low HDL: mechanisms and management. Curr Opin Lipidol 2019;30(4):307-313.

• Dangas G, O’Connor D, Firwana B, Brar S, Ellozy S, Vouyouka A, Arnold M, Kosmas CE, Krishnan P, Wiley J, Suleman J, Olin J, Marin M, Faries P: Open versus endovascular stent graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2012;5(10):1071-1080.