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.
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.
- BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013
- Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2016
Education & Training
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
- Best House Staff Teacher of Internal Medicine, 2015
