Titles
Director, Cardiac Surgery Department
MD, PhD, FRCS, FACS, FETCS, FICS, LFIBA, DG, DDG
Specialty Areas & Research Interest
Specialty Areas
- Adult Cardiac Surgery
Research Interest
- Bioprosthetic valves
- Anticalcification treatment of implantable biological devices
Professional Experience
- Director, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Athens Medical Center, 1997 -2014
- Director, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ygeia Hospital, 1996-1997
- Clinical Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, MA, USA , 1995
- Visiting Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Starr Academic Center, OR, USA 1991-1993
Medical Degree
Medical School, University of Patras, 1984
PhD, University of Athens 1988
- Cardiothoracic Surgery, London University, 1985-1991
Fellowship Cardiothoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Boston, USA, 1993-1995
- English
- French
- Italian
- FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- FACS, American College of Surgeons
- FETCS, European College of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- FICS, International College of Surgeons (USA section)
- -First Class Honours in MD, Patras University, 1984
- -Physician’s Recognition Award, American Medical Association, (1997-2000)
- -Swimming Champion, Greece, 1974-1977
- -2nd place World Spearfishing Championchip, La Paz Mexico, 2000
