Chief of Cardiac Surgery-VAMC(Veterans Affairs Medical Center)/VISN-5
Professor of Surgery
Gregory Trachiotis, MD, is chief of Thoracic Surgery at The GW Medical Faculty Associates, professor of Surgery at The GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and chief of Cardiac Surgery at The Veterans Affairs Medical Center/Capitol VISN-5 Network, in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
His clinical and surgical interests include end-stage heart and lung disease, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), lung cancer, coronary artery disease, aortic and mitral valvular disease, off-bypass coronary revascularization, mini-pump technology and surgery for heart failure.
He is board-certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Trachiotis earned his baccalaureate degree with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley and medical degree from The George Washington University. He served as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgery resident and later became chief resident and instructor of surgery at The George Washington University and chief resident of vascular surgery at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He also completed a heart and lung transplant surgery fellowship at Emory University and Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta.
He has earned awards including Washingtonian Top Doc (2005,2008, 2010), Outstanding Chief of Surgery Resident Award, Department of Surgery at The George Washington University, American College of Surgeons Zehner Memorial Traveling Fellowship, Chest Foundation's American College of Chest Physicians Young Investigator Award, Alley-Sheridan Scholar Harvard Health Policy and Secretary of Veterans Health Affairs Hand and Heart Award.
Dr. Trachiotis research topics have included AIDS-related thoracic and cardiac disease; cardiovascular disease in sleep apnea and right heart dysfunction; donor heart and lung preservation; imaging and revascularization for LV dysfunction (heart failure), off-bypass (OPCAB) coronary operations; cancer and tumor markers (DNA pooling) in esophageal and lung cancer. He is also the Principal Investigator on clinical studies.
He has more than 100 publications and presentations on his research findings at both the national and international level, including those published in Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Physician, Chest, American Surgeon, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Rounds, Transplantation, Journal of Heart Lung Transplant, Journal of Circulatory Support; Innovations and Journal of Trauma. Dr. Trachiotis has also been asked to lecture and be a visiting surgeon in Greece and Cyprus more than six times.
Dr. Trachiotis professional memberships include the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, American College of Surgeons, DC Chapter, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery,AHA Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, American College of Chest Physicians (Fellow), European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the elite society The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS). He is the VAMC CT rotation director for Georgetown General Surgery Interns, and VAMC CT rotation director for George Washington University medical students. He serves as a medical student and resident mentor for the AATS in Washington, DC.
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