Overview

Education
Rheumatology Fellowship, Emory University, 2015
Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Georgetown University Hospital, 2013
Internal Medicine Residency, Georgetown University Hospital, 2012
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia Campus, 2009
Masters in Public Health, Emory University, 2005
Bachelors of Arts, Emory University, 2000

Dr. Tsagaris, an Atlanta native, graduated from Chamblee High School with high honors for academics, leadership, and community service endeavors. She continued her education at Emory University for her bachelors degree as well as her masters degree in public health, focusing on health care policy and management. She later attended medical school at the Georgia campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. In medical school, she was a member of the Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society, as she graduated in the top 10% of her class. She completed a three-year residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. and is board-certified in internal medicine. She was then selected to serve an additional year as chief resident in the internal medicine division at Georgetown University Hospital as well as the Washington, D.C. VA Hospital. While at Georgetown, she worked closely with Dr. Virginia Steen, a national scleroderma expert, as well as well Dr. Victoria Shanmugam, with whom she published papers in national journals on medical education and wound healing.

In 2013, Dr. Tsagaris returned home to Atlanta to complete her fellowship in rheumatology at the Emory University School of Medicine, where she trained at Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Atlanta VA Medical Center. She accepted a position as an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology in 2015 and enjoys the opportunity to be able to serve patients in her hometown. She primarily sees patients in the Emory Rheumatology Clinic on Clifton Road and also cares for the inpatient at Emory University Hospital, Emory University Midtown and Grady Memory Hospital. She is particularly interested in reproductive health in autoimmune disease, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and gout management as well as in medical education and teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. She is now co-director of the Scleroderma Clinic at Emory and is also serves as the Medical Director of the rheumatology practice at the Emory Clinic.

Dr. Tsagaris remains very involved in her community. She is an active member of the Greek Orthodox Church in Atlanta. She is also a national Coca-Cola Scholar and remains involved with this group and other volunteer efforts in Atlanta.

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine - Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine

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Research