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
