Aristotelis Panos CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON Director, 3rd Cardiac Surgery Department

210 686 7848
apanos@hygeia.gr

Education & Academic Qualifications

Academics:

Head and Director of the Cardiac Surgery Department, HYGEIA HOSPITAL
Associate Professor of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital of Geneva
Privat Docent at the UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA-SWITZERLAND
Nominated Unanimously as Head of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center of the ONASSIS FOUNDATION IN 2013
Fellow of the European Cardiac and Thoracic Society
Fellow of the Society of Thoracic Surgery of the USA
Fellow of the Swiss Cardiac and Vacsular Society
Fellow of the Greek Cardiac and Thoracic Society
Fellow of the Greek Society of Cardiology

Education:

International Baccalaurate, International School of Geneva
Medical Degree, University of Geneva-Switzerland
Fellow of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery (Prof. B. FAIDUTTI), University Hospital of Geneva
Diploma on the Cardiac assist devices and Cardiac transplantation, , Pitié-Salpetrière Hospital, Paris, (Prof. A. PAVIE)
Fellow of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva
Chef-de-Clinique, University Hospital Louis Pradel, Lyon-France, (Prof. J. NINET)
Chief of the Robotic and Endoscopic cardiac surgery (Prof. O. JEGADEN)
European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Chef-de-Clinique, University Hospital Pitié Salpetrière, Paris-France, (Prof. C. ACAR)
Associate for the Mitral valve repair, (Prof. C. ACCAR)
Chef-de-Clinique, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
Privat Docent of the Medical School of the University of Geneva
PhD, University Hospital of Geneva
Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva

Doctoral thesis

Thesis on the « Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Ventricle and its surgical treatment »
Thesis on the « Left ventricle assist device during the LAD angioplasty »
Thesis on the « Selective cerebral perfusion techniques during the aortic surgery and aortic arch»

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

Reviewer:

Annals of Thoracic Surgery
European Journal of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Interactive Journal of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Lancet

Work Experience

Resident and Fellow in Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Depertment of International known University Hospitals of Geneva, Lyon, and Paris form 1993-2001
Chief of Clinic and Consultant in the Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Department of the University Hopsital of Geneva 2001-2007
Consultant and Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery in the University Hospital of Geneva 2008-2012
Head of the 3rd Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, 2010-2016
Privat Docent of the Medical School of Geneva, 2008-2016

Clinical & Research Interest

Repair Surgery of the mitral , tricuspid and aortic valve
Surgery of the Aorta and the aortic arch
Surgery of the Acute Aortic Dissection
Minimally invasive and Endoscopic-Robotic cardiac Surgery
Trans-apical valve implantation
More than 108 cardiac transplantations
First in Greece autologous cardiac transplantation in Hygeia Hospital
First Robotic mitral valve repair in Switzerland and in Greece
First Totally Robotic cardiac CABG in Switzerland and in Greece
First routine endoscopic-Robotic valve surgery in Greece
Author of many techniques for the surgery of the aorta and minimaly invasive repair surgery of the mitral, tricuspid valve and myxoma.

Research Interests:

Lab research in collaboration with the University Hospital of Geneva in the devellopment and application of new techniques and materials in the field of the minimally invasive cardiac surgery.

Recent Publications

Myers P.O, Konstantinidis S, Karatzas N, Milas F, Panos A. Pericardial synovial sarcoma of the heart; is it always worth operating? J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2011;52(5):749-751.
Panos A, Myers P.O., Kalangos A. Thoracoscopic and robotic tricuspid valve annuloplasty with a biodegradable ring; initial experience. JHVD 2010;19:201-205
Panos A. One stage repair with a new integrated stent-dacron prosthesis for type B aortic dissection. ICVTS 2010;10(Suppl 1):S109.
Panos A, Myers O, Kalangos A. Thoracoscopic and robotic tricuspid valve annuloplasty with a biodegradable ring. ICVTS 2010;10(Suppl 1):S113.
Panos A, Milas F, Vlad S. Minimally Invasive valve surgery; the greek experience. ICVTS 2010;10(Suppl 1):S177.
Panos A, Milas F, Vlad S. Minimally Invasive valve surgery. Heart Surgery Forum 2010;13 (Suppl. 1):S66.
Panos A, Myers O, Kalangos A. Thoracoscopic and robotic tricuspid valve annuloplasty with a biodegradable ring. Heart Surgery Forum 2010;13 (Suppl 1):S96.
Panos A, Myers P.-O. Routine robotic and video-assisted mitral valve repair in everyday surgery. Cardiovascular Medicine 2011;14(3):92-94.
Myers PO, Milas F, Panos A. Multimodality imaging in the evaluation of aorta-right atrial tunnel. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Oct;40(4):e153.
Panos A, Myers P.-O. Video-assisted cardiac myxoma resection: basket technique for complete and safe removal from the heart. Ann Thorac Surg 2012;93(4):e109-10.
Myers P.O., Panos A. Single port thymectomy: a step toward “scarless” thymectomy to replace robotics? Ann Thorac Surg 2012 ;94(6):2176.
Myers PO, Kalangos A, Panos A. Pseudo-coarctation Following TEVAR in a Young Triathlete. Eur J Vasc and Endovasc Surgery 2013;46(2):268.
Panos A, Vlad S, Milas F, Myers P.-O. Is minimally invasive mitral valve repair with artificial chords reproducible and applicable in routine surgery?. ICVTS 2015;20(6):707-711.
Panos A, Myers PO. Robotic coronary revascularisation. Cardiovascular Medicine 2016;19(10):261-263.
Panos A, Myers P.-O. Routine robotic and video-assisted mitral valve repair in everyday surgery. Cardiovascular Medicine 2011;14(3):92-94.