Iakovos Pandeliadis CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON Honorary Director, 1st Cardiac Surgery Department

• Member of Thoracic Cardiac and Vessels Association
• Member of Medical Association of Athens

• 2000-March 2024: Director of the A΄Cardio surgery Clinic of “HYGEIA” Hospital of Athens
• 1997-2000: Assistant Director of same clinic
• 01/12/1991-1997: Collaborator of Cardiac surgeon Sirs’. G. Andritsakis and P. Pattakos in “HYGEIA” Hospital
• 04/1991- 11/1991: Work in Cardiac surgery Department of Medical Centre of Athens
• 17/09/1990- 07/12/1990: Microsurgery practice in the research Center “Theodoros Garofalidis” of the Orthopedic Clinic – University of Athens
• 29/01/1987-02/02/1991: Internal specialized assistant in Cardio surgery clinic of Hippokrateion General Hospital of Athens
• 31/10/1983- 19/01/1987: Internal specialized assistant of the B’ Chirurgical Clinic of the A΄ IKA of Athens
• 09/1981- 08/1982: Soldier Doctor in the Greek Army

Clinical Interest:

• Mitral valve repair procedure
• Replacement of cardiac valves
• Aneurisms of aorta
• Cardiac tumors
• Coronary artery by-pass grafting on or off pump
• Congenital heart disease in adults
• Minimal Invasive Cardiac surgery Inquiring Interest
• Study on the arterial grafts and internal thoracic artery (ITA) in the experimental laboratory of Athens University
• Attendance in the study of results, after placement of the Minibant ring, repairing Mitral valve, an invention of professor Calafiore of University Chieti of Italy
• Placement of gastric artery as graft for by-pass
• Minimal Invasive surgery in by-pass and plastic Mitral valve
• Permanent collaboration with the professor of university of Catania, Italy, Antonio Calafiore and in his research

• Member of the Greek Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Former member of Scientific Council of “HYGEIA” Hospital of Athens, responsible of Quality Control
• Member of Medical Association of Athens

Recent Publications:

• Avgerinos DV, Panteliadis I. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Sep;17(3):536-7 Spinal cord protection during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair.
• Avgerinos DV, Panteliadis I. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 (in press)