Gloria Diana Iliescu, MD
Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Clinical Medical Director, Internal Medicine Center - Suspicion of Cancer Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1996 | University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, RO, MD |
Postgraduate Training
| 2003-2006 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2007 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2006 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 2022
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2022
Assistant Professor, Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2015
Instructor, Stem Cell Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2010
Instructor, General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2010
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Clinical Medical Director, Internal Medicine Center - Suspicion of Cancer Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2017 - Present
Other Professional Positions
Member, St. Luke's Hospital, Houston, TX, 2007 - Present
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
GIM Department Alternate, Credentials Committee of the Medical Staff (CCMS), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2025
Voting Member, Ambulatory Informatics Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2017 - Present
Member, Acute Care Services, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2011 - 2015
Member, Twenty Four Hours Medical Coverage Task Force, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009 - 2011
Honors & Awards
| 2018 | Top 10% Provider, Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CGCAHPS) |
| 2017 | Top 1% Provider, Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CGCAHPS) |
| 2004 - 2005 | Nominated Resident of the Year, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| 1997 | Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences Contest, Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 1994 - 1996 | Merit Student Scholarship |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2021. Suspicion of Cancer - The Role of Primary Care Physician. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. How the Suspicion of Cancer Clinic Helps Patients. Conference. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2020. Bridging Oncology and Primary Care. Invited. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, US.
- 2010. Death in Complete Remission Among Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Preventable Problem?. Conference. American Society of Hematology. Orlando, FL, US.
International Presentations
- 2018. Patients with Malignant Lung Lesions Diagnosed in a Cancer Center. Conference. MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer. Vienna, AT.
- 2016. Suspicion of Cancer Clinic in a Tertiary Center: Initial Experience and Treatment Received. Conference. MASSC. Vienna, AT.
- 2010. Procedural and Intermediate Term Outcomes After Endovascular Procedures in Patients with Chronic Thrombocytopenia: First Consecutive Case Series. Conference. ESC. Stockholm, SE.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Safdar A, Ahmed T, Liu VY, Addoumieh A, Agha AM, Giza DE, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Dayah T, Lopez-Mattei JC, Kim PY, Hassan S, Karimzad K, Palaskas N, Tsai JY, Iliescu GD, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Angelini P, Iliescu CA. Trigger related outcomes of takotsubo syndrome in a cancer population. Front Cardiovasc Med 9:1019284, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36386379.
- Javaid AI, Monlezun DJ, Iliescu G, Tran P, Filipescu A, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan S, Kim P, Madjid M, Cilingiroglu M, Charitakis K, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C, Koutroumpakis E. Stress cardiomyopathy in hospitalized patients with cancer: machine learning analysis by primary malignancy type. ESC Heart Fail 8(6):4626-4634, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34612022.
- Thomason N, Monlezun DJ, Javaid A, Filipescu A, Koutroumpakis E, Shobayo F, Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu G, Marmagkiolis K, Ramirez PT, Iliescu C. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Gynecological Cancer: Machine Learning-Augmented Propensity Score Mortality and Cost Analysis for 383,760 Patients. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:793877, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35237670.
- Abdelghani E, Zerpa R, Iliescu GD, Escalante CP. Schistosomiasis and liver disease: Learning from the past to understand the present. Clin Case Rep 8(8):1522-1526, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32884787.
- Dawood W, Henriette LG, Iliescu GD, Moran C, Grosu H. Pleural tuberculosis mimicking malignant mesothelioma. Respir Med Case Rep 29:100964, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31768308.
- Datar S, De La Garza H, Srinivasan A, Iliescu GD, Kalhor N, Grosu H. Invasive Thymoma with Right Upper Lobe Endobronchial Lesion and Autoimmune Enteropathy. Case Rep Pulmonol 2020:6396915, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32637181.
- Saltijeral SN, Grosu HB, De La Garza H, O'Brien B, Iliescu GD. Leptomeningeal Enhancement due to Neurosarcoidosis Mimicking Malignancy. Case Rep Med 2020:9513576, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32373180.
- Srinivasan A, Iliescu GD, Chowdhuri SR, Grosu HB. Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Large Rib Metastasis. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol 26(4):e67-e68, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31569109.
- Zerpa R, Abdelghani EH, Iliescu GD, Escalante C. Enormous haemangioma of the liver. BMJ Case Rep 12(3), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30936329.
- Giza DE, Lopez-Mattei J, Vejpongsa P, Munoz E, Iliescu GD, Kitkungvan D, Hassan SA, Kim P, Ewer MS, Iliescu C. Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Patients. Am J Cardiol 120(12):2284-2288, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29096885.
- Munoz E, Iliescu GD, Vejpongsa P, Charitakis K, Karimzad K, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy: "Good News" in Cancer Patients?. J Am Coll Cardiol 68(10):1143-4, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27585514.
- Iliescu C, Khair T, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu GD, Durand JB. Echocardiography and Fluoroscopy-Guided Pericardiocentesis for Cancer Patients With Cardiac Tamponade and Thrombocytopenia. J Am Coll Cardiol 68(7):771-3, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27515340.
Review Articles
- Giza DE, Iliescu GD, Hassan S, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Cancer as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Oncol Rep 19(6):39, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28421481.
- Giza DE, Boccalandro F, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu GD, Karimzad K, Kim P, Iliescu C. Ischemic Heart Disease: Special Considerations in Cardio-Oncology. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 19(5):37, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28425056.
Abstracts
- Monlezun D, Park JK, Alexandrescu S, Ali A, Pushparaji B, Koutroumpakis E, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu G, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Cardio-oncology incidence, cardiac arrest, and mortality for adolescent versus pediatric patients: Machine learning propensity score national analysis. AHA 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Dawood W, Henriette D, Iliescu GD, Moran C, Grosu H. Pleural tuberculosis mimicking malignant mesothelioma. Respiratory Medicine Care Reports 29, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Srinivasan A, Iliescu GD, Chowdhuri SR, Grosu HB. Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as a Large Rib Metastasis. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Zerpa R, Abdelghani EH, Iliescu GD, Escalante C. Enormous Haemangioma of the Liver. BMJ Journals 12(3), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Iliescu C, Khair T, Munoz E, Iliescu GD, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K. Echocardiography and fluoroscopy-guided pericardiocentesis for cancer patients with cardiac tamponade and thrombocytopenia. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Khair T, El Haddad D, Srujal P, Marmagiolis K, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu G, Yusuf S, Mouhayar E, Iliescu GD. Triple jeopardy: Heart disease, Cancer and Thrombocytopenia. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventional Scientific Sessions, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Manoukian G, Mouhayar E, LeBeau J, Iliescu GD, Tomakin G, Hassan S, Banchs J, Yusuf SW, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Cardiac tamponade in cancer patients with severe thrombocytopenia-management and outcomes. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- LeBeau JT, Silva G, Frusina S, Agarwal M, Iliescu GD, Tomakin G, Manoukian G, Banchs J, Kim P, Hassan S, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Cancer: The Protect-Oct Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- LeBeau JT, Silva G, Frusina S, Agarwal M, Iliescu GD, Tomakin G, Manoukian G, Banchs J, Kim P, Hassan S, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Antiplatelet Therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Mukerji S, Mouhayar E, Banchs J, Iliescu GD, Tomakin G, Yusuf SW, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Impact of Chronic Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Cancer. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions(79 Suppl(6):S51), 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Mukerji S, Iliescu GD, Yusuf SW, Banchs J, Durand JB, Tomakin G, Iliescu GD. Impact of Chronic Thrombocytopenia in patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Cancer. Journal of the American College of Cardiology(59(13):E1819,), 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Iliescu GD. Death In Complete Remission Among Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Preventable Problem?. 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Iliescu C, Mukerji S, Iliescu GD, Gu O, Yusuf W, Durand JB. Procedural and Intermediate Term Outcomes after Endovascular Procedures in Cancer Patients with Chronic Thrombocytopenia First Care Series, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Dominique J Monlezun MD, Belloni M, Reece Guillory VM, Andreea Nitu MD, Kelly N, Alexandrescu A, Lowe W, Cilingiroglu MD, Boudoulas KD MD, Marmagkiolis K MD, Iliescu Cezar MD, MD. RACIAL AND RURAL DISPARITIES IN EARLY CANCER DETECTION BY BONE LESIONS: ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS OF 104,129 HOSPITALIZATIONS. MASCC 2026.
Book Chapters
- Munoz E, Iliescu GD, Marmadgkiolis K, Iliescu AC. Miscellaneous Syndromes (Takotsubo's, Orthostasis, and Differentiation Syndrome). In: Clinical Cardio-oncology. Elsevier, 291-312, 2017.
- Munoz E, Iliescu GD, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Miscellaneous syndromes (Takotsubo's, orthostasis, and differentiation syndrome). In: Elsevier: Clinical Cardio-oncology, 1st Edition from Joerg Herrmann, 2016.
- Iliescu CA, Iliescu GD, Marmagkiolis K. Myocardial Ischemia and Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cancer Patients. In: Cardio Oncology. Sociedad Espanola de Cardiolgia, 2015.
- Iliescu C, Parasher P, Iliescu GD, Durand JB. Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cancer Patients. In: "Critical Care for Cancer Patients". First, 2011.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026