Pitsis Antonis
FETCS, FESC
Head of Thessaloniki Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital
University Hospital of Patras,Greece, General Surgery Residency (1990-1992)
University Hospital of Lund, Sweeden, Cardiothoracic Registrar (1992-1993)
Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK, Cardiothoracic SHO (1993-1994)
South Cleveland Hospital, UK, Cardiothoracic Registrar (1994-1996)
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK, Cardiothoracic Senior Registrar (1996-1998)
Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, UK, Cardiac Surgeon, Consultant Senior Lecturer (1998-1999)
St. Luke’s Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (1999-)
Thessaloniki Heart Institute, Greece, Chairman (1999-)
study group on Advanced Heart Failure of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (2005-)
Doctoral Thesis on Mechanical Circulatory Support, University of Thrace, Greece (2006)INTERESTS
- OPCAB
- ventricular assist devices
- surgical treatment of heart failure
- adult congenital cardiac surgery
- minimally invasive valve surgery
- surgery for HCM
- valve repairs