Marios Prikis
Professor of Medicine
PRONUNCIATION MAH-ree-ohs, pree-kiss
- M.D., summa cum laude, Semmelweis University of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Areas of expertise
Kidney and pancreas transplantation, hypertension, inherited kidney diseases.
BIO
Dr. Prikis is a nephrologist with subspecialty expertise in Transplantation Medicine and Immunology. He serves as a Full Professor of Medicine for UVM Larner College of Medicine and is an active teacher and mentor for medical students, medical and surgical residents as well as other physicians, providers and medical staff. He specializes in the management of patients with kidney and pancreas transplants, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, hypertension and the broader range of kidney related diseases. His research interests include innovative methods for measurement of renal function in living kidney donors, utilization of blood and urine markers in diagnosis of rejection and kidney graft injury and Xenotransplantation. In his early school years, he was fascinated with the complexity of how the human body works. Learning to help people inspired him to pursue medicine and to push even further and to research new treatments, new medications and new hope. He creates personal relationships with his patients and is easily accessible to them. He wants his patients to feel secure so he can more easily help them manage their problems. He finds nothing more rewarding and gratifying than seeing his patients get better and return to their family and community.
Courses
- Organ Transplantation, Immunology course, 2023-present
- Modulation of the Immune Response, Immunology course, 2023-present
- Acute Kidney Injury Internal Medicine Academic Half days Department of Medicine, 2018-present
- Acute Kidney Injury, 2016-present
- Diabetic Kidney Disease, CRR course, 2016-present
- Chronic Kidney Disease/Dialysis/Transplant, CRR course, 2016-present
- Acid Base Disorders, CRR course, 2016-present
- Transplant Medicine for the Internal Medicine Residents Department of Medicine, 2016-present
- Transplant QAPI and Education meeting Division of Transplantation, 2015-present
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 2025 Distinguished Clinician Award 2025 – Department of Medicine
- 2024 Nominee for Larner College of Medicine Award for Professionalism
- 2023 – Present European Board of Transplant Medicine – Elected President
- 2018 - Present The Teaching Academy – Larner School of Medicine – Member
- 2013 Examiner for the Transplant Medicine Certificate, European Board of Transplant Medicine
- 2013 Appointment as National Representative of Cyprus, European Board of Transplant Medicine
- 2013 Fellow of the European Board of Transplant Medicine
- 2012 Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
- 2012 National Transplant Council (Cyprus) Membership Award, Cyprus
- Ministry of Health
- 2011 Distinguished Doctor Award, Cyprus Kidney Association, March 2011
- 2000 Top of Class Award, Summa Cum Laude, Semmelweis Univ of Medicine
- 2000 DI.KA.TSA- Greece Medical Licensing exams
- 1993 Greek Military Officer School Graduate
- 1993 Lieutenant Officer Cyprus Military Academy
- 1992 Duke of Edinburg Award scheme – Gold Medal
1992 St John’s Ambulance First Aid Office Award- Gold Medal
Appointments
- University of Vermont Medical Center, Medical Director of Transplant Programs, Division of Nephrology, 2015-Present
- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 2020-Present
- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 2015-Present
- University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, Clinical Associate, Department of Medicine, 2015-Present
- University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, 2012-2015
- University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, 2008-2012
- European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS), Clinical Associate, European Board of Transplant Medicine
Bio
Dr. Prikis is a nephrologist with subspecialty expertise in Transplantation Medicine and Immunology. He serves as a Full Professor of Medicine for UVM Larner College of Medicine and is an active teacher and mentor for medical students, medical and surgical residents as well as other physicians, providers and medical staff. He specializes in the management of patients with kidney and pancreas transplants, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, hypertension and the broader range of kidney related diseases. His research interests include innovative methods for measurement of renal function in living kidney donors, utilization of blood and urine markers in diagnosis of rejection and kidney graft injury and Xenotransplantation. In his early school years, he was fascinated with the complexity of how the human body works. Learning to help people inspired him to pursue medicine and to push even further and to research new treatments, new medications and new hope. He creates personal relationships with his patients and is easily accessible to them. He wants his patients to feel secure so he can more easily help them manage their problems. He finds nothing more rewarding and gratifying than seeing his patients get better and return to their family and community.
Courses
- Organ Transplantation, Immunology course, 2023-present
- Modulation of the Immune Response, Immunology course, 2023-present
- Acute Kidney Injury Internal Medicine Academic Half days Department of Medicine, 2018-present
- Acute Kidney Injury, 2016-present
- Diabetic Kidney Disease, CRR course, 2016-present
- Chronic Kidney Disease/Dialysis/Transplant, CRR course, 2016-present
- Acid Base Disorders, CRR course, 2016-present
- Transplant Medicine for the Internal Medicine Residents Department of Medicine, 2016-present
- Transplant QAPI and Education meeting Division of Transplantation, 2015-present
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 2025 Distinguished Clinician Award 2025 – Department of Medicine
- 2024 Nominee for Larner College of Medicine Award for Professionalism
- 2023 – Present European Board of Transplant Medicine – Elected President
- 2018 - Present The Teaching Academy – Larner School of Medicine – Member
- 2013 Examiner for the Transplant Medicine Certificate, European Board of Transplant Medicine
- 2013 Appointment as National Representative of Cyprus, European Board of Transplant Medicine
- 2013 Fellow of the European Board of Transplant Medicine
- 2012 Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
- 2012 National Transplant Council (Cyprus) Membership Award, Cyprus
- Ministry of Health
- 2011 Distinguished Doctor Award, Cyprus Kidney Association, March 2011
- 2000 Top of Class Award, Summa Cum Laude, Semmelweis Univ of Medicine
- 2000 DI.KA.TSA- Greece Medical Licensing exams
- 1993 Greek Military Officer School Graduate
- 1993 Lieutenant Officer Cyprus Military Academy
- 1992 Duke of Edinburg Award scheme – Gold Medal
1992 St John’s Ambulance First Aid Office Award- Gold Medal
Appointments
- University of Vermont Medical Center, Medical Director of Transplant Programs, Division of Nephrology, 2015-Present
- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 2020-Present
- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, 2015-Present
- University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, Clinical Associate, Department of Medicine, 2015-Present
- University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, 2012-2015
- University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, 2008-2012
- European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS), Clinical Associate, European Board of Transplant Medicine
Select Publications
- Gandler H, Badrinarayanan N, Calderon A, … Prikis M. Acute Kindey Injury After the Concurrent Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors and Proton Pump Inhibitors. Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases. Vol 3, No 2, February 20th, 2024
- Prikis M, Cameron A. Paxlovid (Nirmatelvir/Ritonavir) and Tacrolimus Drug-Drug Interaction in a Kidney Transplant Patient with SARS-2-CoV infection: A Case Report. Transplant Proc. 2022;54(6):1557-1560. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.04.015
- Emelianova D, Prikis M, Morris CS, et al. The evolution of performing a kidney biopsy: a single center experience comparing native and transplant kidney biopsies performed by interventional radiologists and nephrologists. BMC Nephrol. 2022;23(1):226. Published 2022 Jun 25. doi:10.1186/s12882-022-02860-1
- Hadjianastassiou VG, Soloukides A, Prikis M. The Emergence and Development of Solid Organ Transplantation in the Republic of Cyprus. Transplantation. 2021;105(2):267-270. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000003386
- Kumar A, Bonnell LN, Prikis M, Solomon R. Impact of age mismatch between donor and recipient on heart transplant mortality. Clin Transplant. 2021;35(3):e14194. doi:10.1111/ctr.14194