<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-21/02-kougias-nejm-co-author.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Research</categories><pubDate>10/21/2025 05:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Dr. Kougias Co-Authors Authoritative NEJM Review on Life-Threatening Aortic Condition</title><sub-title/><description>Downstate continues to earn distinction in academic medicine with the recent publication of a significant New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) review co-authored by Panos Kougias, M.D., MSc FACS, Professor in the Department of Surgery. The article, “Management of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection,” was published in the September 4, 2025, issue of NEJM, one of the most cited and influential medical journals in the world.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/faculty/surgery/_images/kougias.png" alt="Dr. Kougias"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-21/02-kougias-nejm-co-author.xml</loc><tags><tag>Surgery</tag></tags><categories><category>Research</category></categories></item>