TITLES

• MD, Medical School, University of Athens , 1985, grade summa cum laude
• PhD, Medical School, University of Athens , 1997, grade summa cum laude
• Fellow, European Society of Cardiology (2007)
• Fellow, American Society of Cardiology (2009)

STUDIES / PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Medical School, University of Athens (1978-1985 State Scholarship Foundation [IKY] scholarship holder, grade summa cum laude)
• Training in General Medicine at the IKA Infirmary, Rhodes (1985-1987)
• Specialty training in Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Rhodes (1987-1989)
• Specialty training in Internal Medicine, General State Hospital of Athens (1989-1992)
• Postgraduate training in Heart Failure, Heart and Lung Transplants, Cardiac Catheter Lab, Harefield Hospital (1992-1993, Prof. Sir M. Yacoub)
• Postgraduate training in Cardiac Transplantation Histopathology & Immunology, Mount Vernon Hospital and Harefield Hospital (1992-1993)
• Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Interventional Cardiologist and Transplant Department Cardiologist, Associate Director (1993-2016)

AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

• Interventional cardiology
• Myocardial infarction, Primary angioplasty
• Coronary angiography / Coronary artery balloon & stent angioplasty (radial artery access)
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO) Angioplasty
• Left Main Coronary Artery Angioplasty (on selected patients)
• Rotablator atherectomy angioplasty
• Ethanol septal ablation in patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
• Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty (PMBV)
• Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) in patients with atrial fibrillation for whom anticoagulation treatment is unsafe or contraindicated.
• Percutaneous closure of interatrial communication and patent foramen ovale (PFO) occlusion
• Percutaneous renal sympathetic denervation in patients with resistant arterial hypertension
• Myocardial Biopsy
• Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
• Heart failure, heart transplantation
• Pulmonary hypertension

EXPERIENCE IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

• Coronary angiographies – Cardiac catheterizations: >900 patients/year, >15,000 patients in total
• Coronary artery balloon & stent angioplasty (PCI) >400 patients/year, >5,000 patients in total (including primary PCIs and CTOs)
• Radial access (by hand) for coronary angiography and coronary artery angioplasty: (>95% of cases)
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO): >60 patients/year, >300 patients in total (antegrade and retrograde arterial access)
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): 161 patients
• Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty (BAV): >100 patients
• Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty (PMBV): 15 patients
• Ethanol Septal Ablation 10 patients
• Myocardial biopsies: >180 patients/year, >2,000 patients in total
• Percutaneous renal sympathetic denervation in patients with resistant arterial hypertension

EDUCATIONAL / SCIENTIFIC WORK

• Participation as a lecturer/chairman in more than 50 scientific conference tables or special seminars.
• Co-author in more than 60 scientific articles published in Greek and international journals
• Co-author in more than 100 scientific papers announced in Greek and international journals
• Trainer for numerous cardiology interns and specialists in clinical and interventional cardiology

CONTACT

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Previous Experience

• 1996-2006: Registrar, Radiology Laboratory; Scientific Head, Department of Computed Tomography, Athens Naval Hospital
• 1997-2001: Director, Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Athens Medical Center
• 2002-2006: Director, Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Henry Dunant Hospital
• 2006-2013: Director, Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Metropolitan Hospital
• 2006-2009: Scientific Associate, 2nd Radiology Laboratory, University of Athens
• 2010-2013: Scientific Associate, 1st Radiology Laboratory, University of Athens

Education

• 1981-1987: Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• 1981-1987: Corps Officers Military Academy
• 1990-1994: Specialty training in Diagnostic Radiology
• 1990-1992: Intern, Radiology Lab, Naval Hospital of Athens
• 1992-1994: Intern, Aretaieio Hospital, 1st Radiology Laboratory, University of Athens
• 1996-1997: Fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Bicetre, Paris, France (Professor Pierre Lasjaunias)
• 2007-2010: PhD in Radiology, Doctoral Thesis on “Endovascular treatment of wide neck intracranial aneurysms”

Foreign Languages

• English (Excellent)
• French (Very good)

Contact

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Previous Experience

• 2003-2008: Director, Department of Digital Angiography, Athens Euroclinic
• 2000-2002 & 2003-2009: Registrar/Director, Department of Interventional Radiology, Naval Hospital of Athens
• 2008-currently: Director, Interventional Radiology Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital

Education/Training

• 1978-1984: Varvakeio High School, Athens, Greece
• 1985-1991: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Military Medical Academy
• 1992-1994: Naval Hospital of Athens
• 1994-1998: Specialty training in Radiology, Naval Hospital of Athens and Evangelismos General Hospital
• 1999-2009: Radiologist, Athens Naval Hospital
• 2002: Fellow, Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Essex, UK
• 2002-2003: Horonary Fellowship in Interventional Radiology Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals, London, UK

Fellowship in Scientific Societes

• Athens Medical Association
• Hellenic Radiology Society
• Hellenic Society of Interventional Radiology (member, executive committee)
• Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)

Contact

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Telephone: 210 480 9207, 210 480 9856