MASSROOR POURCYROUS, M.D.

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Department of Neurology

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Address

Newborn Center

E201 Rout Center for Women and Infants (The Med)

853 Jefferson Avenue, Room E201

Memphis, TN 38103

Tel: (901) 448-5950; Fax: (901) 448-1691;

Education

M.D. Institution: Tabriz University School of Medicine, Tabriz, Iran

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Tabriz, Farman-Farmaian Children's Hospital, Tabriz, Iran; Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Charity Hospital and Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA

Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, UTHSC; Post-doctoral Fellow in Neonatal Physiology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UTHSC

Research Interests

My interest has been in “Translational Research” in area of hemodynamics of cerebral circulation in newborn pigs and in human neonates during physiologic and pathologic conditions such as asphyxia/reventilation, seizures and intraventricular hemorrhage.

I have also investigated cerebrovascular manifestations of illicit drug (cocaine) and licit drugs that are used in neonates (sympathomimetics, indomethacin, anticonvulsants, sildenafil, partial liquid ventilation..).

Also, investigating for Biomarkers have been other part of my research interests: C-reactive protein in neonatal infection and other neonatal disorders; Fecal short chain fatty acids as a predictor of GI disorders; Cerebral spinal fluid cAMP as a predictor of neurological outcome in asphyxiated neonates; and clinical implications of brain-derived circulating endothelial cells.

Recent Publications

• Pourcyrous M, Korones SB, Arheart KL, Bada HS. Primary immunization of premature infants with gestational age <35 weeks: cardiorespiratory complications and C-reactive protein responses associated with administration of single and multiple separate vaccines simultaneously. J Pediatr. 2007 Aug;151(2):167-72. Epub 2007 Jun 22. PMID: 17643770
• Daley ML, Pourcyrous M, Timmons SD, Leffler CW. Mode changes of cerebrovascular pressure transmission induced by cerebral vasodilation. J Neurotrauma. 2007 Mar;24(3):559-66. PMID: 17402860
• Pourcyrous M, Korones SB, Yang W, Boulden TF, Bada HS. C-reactive protein in the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatrics. 2005 Nov;116(5):1064-9. PMID: 16263990
• Parfenova H, Carratu P, Tcheranova D, Fedinec A, Pourcyrous M, Leffler CW. Epileptic seizures cause extended postictal cerebral vascular dysfunction that is prevented by HO-1 overexpression. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 Jun;288(6):H2843-50. Epub 2005 Jan 28. PMID: 15681702
• Pourcyrous M, Bada HS, Blaho KE, Randolph MM, Parfenova H, Mandrell TD, Arheart K, Korones SB, Leffler CW. Chronic prenatal exposure to cocaine alters cerebrovascular responses in newborn pigs. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2004 Sep;229(8):819-25. PMID: 15337837
• Daley ML, Pourcyrous M, Timmons SD, Leffler CW. Assessment of cerebrovascular autoregulation: changes of highest modal frequency of cerebrovascular pressure transmission with cerebral perfusion pressure. Stroke. 2004 Aug;35(8):1952-6. Epub 2004 Jun 17. PMID: 15205491

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