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Biography

Titles

Director, Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery
MD, PhD, Athens Euroclinic

Specialty Areas & Research Interest

Specialty Areas

  • Total Arterial Myocardial Revascularization (bypass)
  • Mitral Valve Repair
  • Aortic Valve Repair
  • Tricuspid Valve Repair
  • Cardiac Valves Replacement
  • Aneurysms and Dissections of Ascending Aorta, Aortic Arch and Descending Aorta
  • Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair
  • Congenital Cardiac Surgery in Adults
  • Cardiac Tumors

Research Interest

  • Arterial Grafts
  • Atherosclerotic Plaque
  • Intramyocardial coronary arteries
  • Epicardial Fat
  • Mitral Valve Repair
  • Aortic Surgery

Professional Experience

  • Director Cardiac Surgeon at Apollonian Hospital, Athens, Greece from 1998 to 2000
  • Director, Cardiac Surgeon, Head of Department of Cardiac Surgery at Euroclinic of Athens, Greece from 2000 up to the present.
  • President in International and Greek Cardiac Surgery Scientific Sessions
  • Invited Lecturer in International (USA, Europe and China) and Greek Cardiac Surgery Meetings
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Medical Degree

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland and University of Patras Medical School, Greece

 

 

  • Texas Heart Institute, St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston Texas, USA: Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
  • Air Force Hospital, Athens, Greece: Residency in Cardiology and Coronary Care Unit,
  • Evagelismos General Hospital : Residency in Orthopedics and Neurosurgery.
  • University of Athens Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece: Residency in General Surgery

 

  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Postgraduate course in Cardiac Surgery
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Department of Cardiac Surgery: Postgraduate course in mitral valve repair,
  • University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece: Ph.D
  • American Fulbright, Athens, Greece: ECFMG Certification, to Practice Medicine in USA,
  • Certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ministry of Health, Athens, Greece.
  • English
  • Greek
  • Outstanding Fellow in Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA,
  • Grant, from Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA, to the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA,
  • Grant, from Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA, to the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Honorary Diploma, Fthiotidos Society, NY, NY, USA.
  • Author and Coauthor in Scientific Books and Papers in USA, Europe and Greece

New Research in Cardiac Bypass Surgery: Total arterial Myocardial revascularization using exclusively  arterial grafts both pedicled mammary arteries and radial artery,

Mitral valvuloplasty,

Ventriculoplasty,

Aortic Arch Surgery

  • Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Society,
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery, CTS Network

 

Department

Cardiac Surgery

Contact

 Athens Euroclinic

7-9 Athanasiadou Street, Athens 115 21

Tel: +30 210 6416600

Appointments: +30 210 6416590, +30 210 6990211

Fax: +30 210 6416530