Ourania Preventza

Ourania Preventza is a Professor of Surgery with tenure at the Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, and a Professional Staff and Adult Cardiac Surgeon at the Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St Lukes Medical Center in Houston. Dr. Preventza is triple-boarded; American Board of Surgery, American Board of Surgery (Surgical Critical Care), and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She is the President of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists 2021-2023( ISEVS). the leader of Adult Cardiac Surgery within the Women in Thoracic Surgery, immediate Past Program Committee Chair of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, and a holder of a management and business administration degree on Health Care leadership from Brandeis University in Boston. Her interest includes education, health outcomes research, aortic surgery and heart valve surgery.