Pattakos Efstratios

GRADUATE EDUCATION

• Mitral valve repair with cardiac surgeon Patrick Perier
• Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair,10th OLV-College, Aalst, Belgium, Jun 2010
• Robotic Da Vinci S Training, IRCAD Strasbourg, As a Console Surgeon, Strasbourg ,Jul 2007
• Training in Robotic Surgery (Da Vinci), IRCAD Strasbourg, Apr 2007
• Surgical Ventricular Restoration Training Course, Milan, Italy, May 2003
• Training in Beating Heart CABG, International. Cent. for C/Th Surg, Buffalo, N.Y USA , Apr 1998
• Placement of bioprosthetic valves. University of Leiden, dr. H.A. Huijsmans, February 1997
• Mid cab surgery, beating heart surgery, arterial grafts (radial artery grafts). Washington Hospital Center 1-30 April 1997

MEMBER OF COMPANIES, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE OF MAGAZINES

• Member of the Hellenic Society of Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgeons
• Member of the Hellenic Surgical Society.
• Regular Member of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology
• Medical Association of Athens
• Medical Association “Hygeia”

WORK EXPERIENCE

Co-operations:

1. With Prof. U.HVASS, Paris, for the placement of Stentless aortic valves and mitral valve repairs at "HYGEIA".
2. With the cardiac surgeon RANDAS BATISTA on the "Batista" surgery with a modern conference presentation at "HYGEIA".
3. With Prof. T. SALERNO (BUFFALO N.Y.) on MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY.
4. With the Director P. CORSO of the WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER on the annual further education of the clinic's staff.
5. Organisation of a mitral valve repair center with cardiac surgeon Patrick Perier.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Laiko University Hospital 1979-1982 Internal Assistant in General Surgery
• Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery June 1983 (Chief Resident) Veterans Administration Hospital, July 1984 Washington D.C.
• Resident July 1984 and first Chief Resident of General Surgery June 1988 at Georgetown University Hospital
• Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery 1988-1991 Washington Hospital Center Fellow in the Department of Heart Transplantation
• 1991-1997: Cardiac Surgeon of the "HYGEIA" Hospital
• 1997-present: Director of the B΄ Cardiac Surgery Clinic of "HYGEIA" Hospital

CLINICAL and RESEARCH INTEREST

• Coronary artery bypass grafting with or without extracorporeal circulation
• Heart valve replacement
• Plastic mitral valve
• Plastic tricuspid valve
• Aortic aneurysms
• Heart tumors
• Congenital heart disease in adults
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) - Director of "HEART TEAM" HYGEIA
• First implantation of an electronic defibrillator in Greece. (DEC. 1991)
• First "Batista" surgery in Greece 1998.
• First ON-X aortic valve placement in Greece. First case study , under the cover of the valve manufacturer for FDA approval.
• First robotic heart surgery in Greece.