MariaMMountisDO

Cardiology • Cleveland, OH

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Physician

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Office
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone+1 216-636-6101

Fax+1 216-445-6197
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Education & Training

Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2004 - 2007
Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2001

Certifications & Licensure

OH State License 2008 - 2024
PA State License 2001 - 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Remission From Stage D Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Unknown status
Phase 4

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Complementary role of cardiac MRI and FDG-PET in an unusual presentation of Myocarditis.
Tahir S Kafil, Michael A Bolen, Maria Mountis, Christine L Jellis, Wael A Jaber> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2024 Mar 15
1 citations
How do we maximize diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure?
Saeid Mirzai, Christopher N Kanaan, Felix Berglund, Maria Mountis, Heba Wassif> ;Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2022 Oct 3
4 citations
Frailty Measures of Patient-reported Activity and Fatigue May Predict 1-year Outcomes in Ambulatory Advanced Heart Failure: A Report From the REVIVAL Registry.
Anuradha Lala, Palak Shah, Shokoufeh Khalatbari, Matheos Yosef, Maria M Mountis, Shawn W Robinson, David E Lanfear, Jerry D Estep, Neal Jeffries, Wendy C Taddei-Peters...> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2022 May 1
3 citations
Caregiver Health-Related Quality of Life, Burden, and Patient Outcomes in Ambulatory Advanced Heart Failure: A Report From REVIVAL.
Nisha A. Gilotra, Salpy V. Pamboukian, Maria Mountis, Shawn W. Robinson, Michelle M. Kittleson, Keyur B. Shah, Rhondalyn Forde-McLean, Donald C. Haas, Douglas A. Horst...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Jul 20
3 citations
A case series of cardiac amyloidosis patients supported by continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.
Varinder K. Randhawa, Andrej Gabrovsek, Edward G. Soltesz, Michael Z.Y. Tong, Shinya Unai, Leway Chen, Maria Mountis, W.H. Wilson Tang, Randall C. Starling, Jerry D. E...> ;ESC Heart Failure. 2021 Jul 16
Novel dietary protocol prior to 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to evaluate for cardiac sarcoidosis
Erika Hutt, Wael A. Jaber, Christine Jellis, Maria Mountis, Paul Cremer> ;Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 2020 Oct 14
11 citations
Quality of life and treatment preference for ventricular assist device therapy in ambulatory advanced heart failure: A report from the REVIVAL study.
Josef Stehlik, Maria Mountis, Donald C. Haas, Maryse Palardy, Amrut V. Ambardekar, Jerry D. Estep, Gregory A. Ewald, Stuart D. Russell, Shawn W. Robinson, Ulrich P. Jo...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2020 Jan 1
5 citations
Comorbid Conditions and Health-Related Quality of Life in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients: REVIVAL (Registry Evaluation of Vital Information for VADs in Ambulatory L...
Thomas Cascino, Michelle M. Kittleson, Anuradha Lala, Josef Stehlik, Maryse Palardy, Salpy V. Pamboukian, Gregory A. Ewald, Maria Mountis, Douglas A. Horstmanshof, Sha...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2020 Jan 1
43 citations
Outcomes with ambulatory advanced heart failure from the Medical Arm of Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (MedaMACS) Registry.
Amrut V. Ambardekar, Michelle M. Kittleson, Maryse Palardy, Maria Mountis, Rhondalyn Forde-McLean, Adam D. DeVore, Salpy V. Pamboukian, Jennifer T. Thibodeau, Jeffrey ...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2019 Apr 1
30 citations
Discordant Perceptions of Prognosis and Treatment Options Between Physicians and Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
Amrut V. Ambardekar, Jennifer T. Thibodeau, Adam D. DeVore, Michelle M. Kittleson, Rhondalyn Forde-McLean, Maryse Palardy, Maria Mountis, Linda Cadaret, Jeffrey J. Teu...> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2017 Aug 16
17 citations
Optimal Timing of Heart Transplant After HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
Robert J. Steffen, Eugene H. Blackstone, Nicholas G. Smedira, Edward G. Soltesz, Katherine J. Hoercher, Lucy Thuita, Randall C. Starling, Maria Mountis, Nader Moazami> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Nov 1
129 citations
Risk factors, mortality, and timing of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke with left ventricular assist devices.
Jennifer A. Frontera, Randall C. Starling, Sung Min Cho, Amy S. Nowacki, Ken Uchino, M. Shazam Hussain, Maria Mountis, Nader Moazami> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2017 Jun 1
49 citations
INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support) Profiling Identifies Ambulatory Patients at High Risk on Medical Therapy After Hospitali...
Garrick C. Stewart, Michelle M. Kittleson, Parag C. Patel, Jennifer A Cowger, Chetan B. Patel, Maria Mountis, Frances L. Johnson, Maya Guglin, J. Eduardo Rame, Jeffrey...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2016 Nov 1
26 citations
Outcomes for Patients With Diabetes After Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Amanda R. Vest, Stanley M. Mistak, Rory Hachamovitch, Maria Mountis, Nader Moazami, James B. Young> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2016 Oct 1
10 citations
Recovery of Serum Cholesterol Predicts Survival After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Amanda R. Vest, Peter J. Kennel, Dawn Maldonado, James B. Young, Maria Mountis, Yoshifumi Naka, Paolo C. Colombo, Donna M. Mancini, Randall C. Starling, P. Christian S...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2016 Sep 1
26 citations
High early event rates in patients with questionable eligibility for advanced heart failure therapies: Results from the Medical Arm of Mechanically Assisted Circulator...
Amrut V. Ambardekar, Rhondalyn Forde-McLean, Michelle M. Kittleson, Garrick C. Stewart, Maryse Palardy, Jennifer T. Thibodeau, Adam D. DeVore, Maria Mountis, Linda Cad...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2016 Jun 1
20 citations
Who wants a left ventricular assist device for ambulatory heart failure? Early insights from the MEDAMACS screening pilot
Garrick C. Stewart, Michelle M. Kittleson, Jennifer A Cowger, Frances L. Johnson, Chetan B. Patel, Maria Mountis, Parag C. Patel, J. Eduardo Rame, Jeffrey M. Testani, ...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2015 Dec 1
2 citations
Replacement of the aortic valve with a bioprosthesis at the time of continuous flow ventricular assist device implantation for preexisting aortic valve dysfunction.
Brian Lima, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Maria Mountis, Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski> ;Proceedings. 2015 Oct 1
35 citations
Caregivers and Left Ventricular Assist Devices as a Destination, Not a Journey.
James N. Kirkpatrick, Katherine Kellom, Sarah C. Hull, Rebecca Henderson, Jasmeet Singh, Laura A. Coyle, Maria Mountis, Elizabeth D. Shore, Ralph J. Petrucci, Peter F....> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2015 Oct 1
8 citations
S100A1 in Human Heart Failure Lack of Recovery Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Mosi K. Bennett, Wendy E. Sweet, Sara Baicker-McKee, Elizabeth Looney, Kristen L. Karohl, Maria Mountis, W.H. Wilson Tang, Randall C. Starling, Christine S. Moravec> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2014 Jul 1
380 citations
Unexpected abrupt increase in left ventricular assist device thrombosis.
Randall C Starling, Nader Moazami, Scott C Silvestry, Gregory Ewald, Joseph G Rogers, Carmelo A Milano, J Eduardo Rame, Michael A Acker, Eugene H Blackstone, John Ehrl...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2014 Jan 2
6 citations
Incidence of increases in pump power use and associated clinical outcomes with an axial continuous-flow ventricular assist device
Robert J. Steffen, Edward G. Soltesz, Kimberly Miracle, Sangjin Lee, Maria Mountis, Nader Moazami> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2014 Jan 1
50 citations
Major Bleeding During HeartMate II Support
Matthew C. Bunte, Eugene H. Blackstone, Lucy Thuita, Jeff Fowler, Lee Joseph, Aska Ozaki, Randall C. Starling, Nicholas G. Smedira, Maria Mountis> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013 Dec 10
11 citations
Case series using the ROTAFLOW system as a temporary right ventricular assist device after HeartMate II implantation.
Abbas Khani-Hanjani, Gabriel Loor, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Alexis E. Shafii, Maria Mountis, Mazen Hanna, Edward G. Soltesz, Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski> ;ASAIO Journal. 2013 Jul 1
97 citations
Unplanned Hospital Readmissions After HeartMate II Implantation : Frequency, Risk Factors, and Impact on Resource Use and Survival
Nicholas G. Smedira, Katherine J. Hoercher, Brian Lima, Maria Mountis, Randall C. Starling, Lucy Thuita, Darlene Schmuhl, Eugene H. Blackstone> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2013 Feb 1
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Press Mentions

New Study Suggests Drinking Water Could Help Prevent Heart FailureAugust 26th, 2021
Ohio Heart Transplant Recipient Plans to Meet Donor’s MotherDecember 26th, 2018
YOUR HEALTH: Rare Heart Condition Almost Kills WomanAugust 7th, 2017
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