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photo Malamo E Countouris, MD

Cardiology

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Clinical Scientist Track, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Email: countourisme@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-641-8870

Contact
Office: 300 Halket St.
Suite 5102
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-641-8870
Fax:
E-mail: countourisme@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2013
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
Cardiovascular Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2019
Research Interest
Dr. Countouris' research interests are in the field of cardio-obstetrics. She studies hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and mechanisms for development of later life cardiovascular disease.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Countouris is a general cardiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI) with a clinical focus in women’s cardiovascular disease and cardio-obstetrics. She is co-director of the Bridges Postpartum Hypertension Clinic at the Magee Womens Heart Center.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Countouris, M. E., Schwarz, E. B., Rossiter, B. C., Althouse, A. D., Berlacher, K. L., Jeyabalan, A, Catov, J. M. Effects of Lactation on Postpartum Blood Pressure among Women with Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2016; 215(2): 241.
Countouris, M. E., Althouse, A. D., Synder, G., Barinas-Mitchell, E., Reis, S. E., Catov, J. M. Lactation and Maternal Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease among Women with and without a History of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Journal of Women's Health. 2020.
Notable Achievements
Best House Staff Teacher of Internal Medicine, 2015