Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD
My specialties:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Interventional cardiology
Professional interests:
- Chronic total occlusion intervention
- Percutaneous treatment of aortocoronary bypass grafts
- Complex and high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions
- Hemodynamic support
- Intravascular imaging
- Radiation safety
- Implementation of new technologies in healthcare
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI is Director of the Center for Complex Coronary Interventions at the Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute and Chairman of the Center for Coronary Artery Disease at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation.
After graduating from Lycee Leonin de Patissia, Dr. Brilakis received his medical degree from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He trained in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology at the Mayo Clinic. He also completed a Masters in Clinical Research at the Mayo Clinic and a PhD in Clinical Research at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He served as director of the cardiac catheterization laboratories at VA North Texas Health Care System from 2004-2016. He was on the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School from 2004-2018.
Dr. Brilakis leads a large clinical trial group investigating treatment of chronic total occlusions, prevention and treatment of saphenous vein graft disease, prevention and management of complications, intracoronary imaging, antiplatelet treatment optimization post coronary stenting, radiation safety in the catheterization laboratory, lipid lowering strategies, and implementation of novel technologies in healthcare.
Dr. Brilakis has authored or co-authored over 700 manuscripts and has written the Manual of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and the Manual of CTO Interventions, now in its 2nd edition. He created the Manual of CTO interventions (https://www.ctomanual.org/ ) and Manual of PCI (https://www.pcimanual.org/) youtube series and websites. He is on the Board of the Cardiovascular Innovations Foundation, an associate editor for Circulation, section editor for EuroIntervention and an editorial board member and reviewer for several journals and grant agencies. He is lecturing and proctoring at several institutions in the United States and abroad.
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Credentials
- MD
- PhD
- FACC
- FAHA
- FSCAI
Board-certified specialties
- Cardiovascular disease
- Interventional cardiology
Awards and recognitions
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2022 MN Monthly Top Doctors
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2023 Mpls St. Paul Magazine Top Doctors
- 2023 MN Monthly Top Doctors for Women
Educational institutions
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
- Mayo Clinic
Memberships
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association
- European Society of Cardiology
- Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Current licenses and certifications
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Interventional Cardiology
Internships
- Mayo Clinic
Residencies
- Mayo Clinic
Fellowships
- Mayo Clinic
Years of experience
- 26
Additional languages spoken
- French
- Greek
Hospital affiliations
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital
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Major health plans we participate in
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne*
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we participate in
- Medicaid/Medicare*
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)