Dimitrios Drekolias, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology

Hematologist and Medical Oncologist, University of Vermont Health

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Alma mater(s)
  • MD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology

Hematology and Oncology, University of Vermont Medical Center - Main Campus

Hematology and Oncology, University of Vermont Health - Central Vermont Medical Center

Area(s) of expertise

  • Thrombosis and Hemostasis
  • Bleeding Disorders
  • Disorders of Iron Metabolism
  • Classical Hematology 

BIO

Dr. Dimitrios Drekolias is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine and an Attending Physician in Hematology/Oncology at UVM Health. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at the University of Connecticut (Farmington, CT) and his Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of South Florida – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (Tampa, FL).  His clinical area of focus is Classical Hematology.  

Dr. Drekolias' postdoctoral training

  • Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology, H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida. Tampa, FL
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Connecticut - Farmington, CT

Dr. Drekolias' Professional Societies and Memberships

  • American Society of Hematology
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology 

Dr. Drekolias' recent publications

  1. Case of KRAS G12C-Mutated AML Treated With Sotorasib - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40712108/
  2. Antiphospholipid Syndrome (book chapter) - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-62373-8_38
  3. High-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (HR-MDS) Treated with a Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) and Venetoclax – Focus on Antifungal (AF) Prophylaxis and Molecular Subset Outcomes - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006497124045907
  4. Activity and Safety of Venetoclax (VEN)-Based Treatment in t(11;14)-Positive Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (R/R MM) - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006497124074986
  5. Association of Venetoclax-based Therapy with Increased Survival in Multiple Myeloma (MM) Harboring t(11;14): A Single-center Experience - https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e20055
  6. Hematopoietic Recovery after Anti-B Cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy (CAR T), Idecabtagene Vicleucel (Ide-cel), for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM) - https://tandem.confex.com/tandem/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/22081
  7. Visual Loss Treated with Osimertinib: A Case Report - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666621922000011
  8. Anticoagulant-Related Nephropathy: A Common, Under-Diagnosed Clinical Entity - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35340514/ 
  9. Paraneoplastic Confusion: A Case of Anti-Hu Encephalitis - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32821559/ 

     


     

Courses

  • PCR: Professionalism, Communication, and Reflection

Publications

Dr. Drekolias's publications on PubMed

Awards and Achievements

  • Maxwell O. Phelps M.D. Award for Outstanding Scholarship during Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Connecticut (June 2022). 

Bio

Dr. Dimitrios Drekolias is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine and an Attending Physician in Hematology/Oncology at UVM Health. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at the University of Connecticut (Farmington, CT) and his Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at the University of South Florida – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (Tampa, FL).  His clinical area of focus is Classical Hematology.  

Dr. Drekolias' postdoctoral training

  • Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology, H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida. Tampa, FL
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Connecticut - Farmington, CT

Dr. Drekolias' Professional Societies and Memberships

  • American Society of Hematology
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology 

Dr. Drekolias' recent publications

  1. Case of KRAS G12C-Mutated AML Treated With Sotorasib - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40712108/
  2. Antiphospholipid Syndrome (book chapter) - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-62373-8_38
  3. High-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (HR-MDS) Treated with a Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) and Venetoclax – Focus on Antifungal (AF) Prophylaxis and Molecular Subset Outcomes - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006497124045907
  4. Activity and Safety of Venetoclax (VEN)-Based Treatment in t(11;14)-Positive Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (R/R MM) - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006497124074986
  5. Association of Venetoclax-based Therapy with Increased Survival in Multiple Myeloma (MM) Harboring t(11;14): A Single-center Experience - https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e20055
  6. Hematopoietic Recovery after Anti-B Cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy (CAR T), Idecabtagene Vicleucel (Ide-cel), for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM) - https://tandem.confex.com/tandem/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/22081
  7. Visual Loss Treated with Osimertinib: A Case Report - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666621922000011
  8. Anticoagulant-Related Nephropathy: A Common, Under-Diagnosed Clinical Entity - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35340514/ 
  9. Paraneoplastic Confusion: A Case of Anti-Hu Encephalitis - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32821559/ 

     


     

Courses

  • PCR: Professionalism, Communication, and Reflection

Awards and Achievements

  • Maxwell O. Phelps M.D. Award for Outstanding Scholarship during Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Connecticut (June 2022).