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Speciality
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Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Languages
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English, German, Greek
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Education
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• Graduate School of Medicine, University of Geneva-Switzerland, 1993
• Doctor of Medicine from the University of Geneva-Switzerland, 1994
• Masters of Business Administration in Hospital Administration, 2005
• PhD, on the protection and irrigation of the brain during surgery of the aorta, 2005 |
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Professional Experience
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• Head of Section and robotic assisted thoracoscopy surgery in the cardiac surgery clinical Geneva University Hospital, 2003-2009
• Consultant-Cardiac Clinic, University Hospital Geneva, 1999-2005
• Associate Professor Cardiac Clinic, University Hospital Geneva, 2005-2009
• Responsible for new drugs and technologies on Clinical Cardiology University of Geneva.
• Responsible for the development of Robotic Cardiac Surgery at the University Clinic of Cardiac Geneva: 2001-2009
• I am "Judge-Reviewer" medical texts published papers and articles in prestigious international journals of thoraco-heart surgery, such as Annals of Thoracic Surgery, EJCTS, LANCET.
• Chair & Co-chair in several national and international conferences.
• Expertise in cardiac University Hospital Geneva 1993-1999
• Consultant-heart surgery and Pediatric Clinic, University Hospital Louis Pradel, Lyon, 1999-2001
• Responsible for heart-lung transplantation, University Hospital Louis Pradel, Lyon, 1999-2001
• Consultant-heart surgery and Pediatric Clinic, University Hospital Geneva, 1999-2005
• Associate Professor Cardiac Clinic, University Hospital Geneva, 2005-2009
• Partner D.TH.K.A. Health 2005-2010 |
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Certifications
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• Title Cardiovascular Medicine Specialist from the Swiss Ministry of Health, 1999
• Title Vascular Medicine Specialist from the Swiss Ministry of Health, 2003
• Diploma and second Treatise of the artificial heart and circulatory support in the Medical School Pierre et Marie Curie Hospital PITIE SALPETRIERE in Paris, 1999
• Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, 2003 |
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Memberships
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• European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
• Greek Cardiac Society.
• Greek Society of Cardiology.
• International Society of Robotic Surgery (MIRA).
• Greek Scientific Society of Robotic Surgery.
• International which Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS), of which I am one of the founding members in 1997.
• French Cardiac Society, Societe Francaise de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire (SFCTCV).
• Swiss Society of Cardiac Societe Suisse de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire et Thoracique (SSCCVT).
• World Hellenic Biomedical Association (WHBA).
• Founding member of the International Charity Association for cardiac assistance in developing countries: "A HEART FOR ALL" «Cœur pour Tous» With headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Founder of the Greek Society for Heart Charity assistance to developing countries: "GREEK HEART" «Greek Heart» based in Athens. |
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