Stratis Pattakos CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON Director of 2nd Cardiac Surgery Department

• Member of the Hellenic Cardiothoracic Surgery Society
• Member of the Hellenic Surgical Society
• Regular Member of the Hellenic Cardiac Society
• Athens Medical Association
• HYGEIA Medical Association

• 1979-1982: General Surgery Assistant, Laiko University Hospital
• 6/1983-7/1984: Cardiac Surgery Chief Resident, Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington DC 
• 6/1984-7/1988: General Surgery Chief Resident & First University Assistant, Georgetown University Hospital
• 1988-1991: Cardiac Surgery Chief Resident, Washington Hospital Center – Fellow, Heart Transplant Department
• 1991-1997: Cardiac Surgeon, HYGEIA Hospital
• 1997-currently: Director, 2nd Cardiac Surgery Clinic, HYGEIA Hospital

Partnerships:

• With Prof. U. Hvass from Paris for the placement of stentless valves and mitral valve repairs at HYGEIA
• With cardiac surgeon Randas Batista for the Batista procedure with simultaneous live screening at HYGEIA
• With Prof. Τ. Salerno (Buffalo, NY) for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• With Director P. Corso (Washington Hospital Center) for the annual postgraduate training of the hospital staff
• With cardiac surgeon Patrick Perier for organizing the mitral valve repair center

• Aortocoronary bypass with or without extracorporeal circulation
• Cardiac valve replacement
• Plastic mitral valve
• Plastic tricuspid valve
• Aortic aneurysms
• Cardiac tumors
• Congenital heart disease in adults
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) – Director/Cardiac Surgeon, HYGEIA Heart Team
• First implantation of electric defibrillator in Geece (December 1991)
• First Batista procedure in Greece, 1998
• First placement of On-X aortic valve in Greece. Study of first cases in Greece on behalf of the manufacturer for FDA approval
• First robotic heart surgery in Greece