George L Tzanis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Preceptor, Residents Continuity Clinic, PVAMC, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Division of General Internal Medicine
University and Woodlawn Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of General Internal Medicine
University and Woodlawn Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA
Temple University, 1986.
MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 1995.
Permanent linkBA
Temple University, 1986.
MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 1995.
Selected Publications
Matthew A. Goldshore, MD, PhD, MPH, Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP, Woodrow Fletcher, MS, George Tzanis, MD, Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, E. Carter Paulson, MD, MSCE: An RCT of Fecal Immunochemical Test Colorectal Cancer Screening in Veterans Without Recent Primary Care. Am J Prev Med. 59(1): 41-48, Jul 2020.Jeffrey T. Kullgren, MD, MS, MPH; Tanisha N. Dicks, MBA; Xiaoying Fu, PhD; Diane Richardson, PhD; George L. Tzanis, MD;Martin Tobi, MB, ChB; and Steven C. Marcus, PhD: Financial Incentives for Completion of Fecal Occult Blood Tests Among Veterans, A 2-Stage, Pragmatic, Cluster, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Ann Intern Med. 161: S35-S43, 2014.
Henwood P, Kennedy T, Thomson L, Galanis T, Tzanis G, Merli G, Kraft W: The incidence of deep vein thrombosis detected by routine surveillance ultrasound in neurosurgery patients receiving dual modality prophylaxis. Journal of Thrombosis Thrombolysis 32(2): 209-14, 2011 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s11239-011-0583-8.
Merli G, Tzanis G : Peripheral Artery Disease. Jefferson Heart Institute Handbook of Cardiology 2010.
Merli G, Tzanis G: Warfarin: what are the clinical implications of an out-of-range-therapeutic international normalized ratio? Journal of Thrombosis Thrombolysis 27(3): 293-9, April 2009.
Merli G, Tzanis G, Menajovsky B: Prophylaxis for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in the Surgical Patient. Medical Management of the Surgical, 3rd edition 2008.