2021 Scientific Sessions

Nicolas Palaskas, MD

Nicolas Palaskas, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
USA


Biographical Sketch: Nicolas Palaskas MD FACC is an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. He attended medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio followed by residency and fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease respectively. His research interests include monitoring of cardiotoxicity in cancer therapeutic trials, immune checkpoint inhibitor cardiotoxicity, tyrosine kinase inhibitor induced hypertension, and the integration of echocardiography during invasive catheterization procedures. In addition, Dr. Palaskas is involved in education and mentoring of the both the Baylor College of Medicine Internal Medicine residents and the University of Texas at Houston Cardiology fellows.

Papers:

Post-arrest PCI is underutilized among cancer patients despite its significant mortality reduction: Propensity score and machine learning augmented nationally representative case-control study of over 30 million hospitalizations
Predictors of Recurrent Large Pericardial Effusion Requiring Pericardiocentesis in Cancer Patients
Racial and income disparities persist in PCI among cardio-oncology patients despite comparable mortality: Propensity score nationally representative case-control analysis with machine learning augmentation of 30 million+ hospitalizations
Sex disparities in cardio-oncology treatment and mortality: Propensity score nationally representative case-control analysis with machine learning augmentation of over 30 million hospitalizations