- Group Chief, Cardio-thoracic Surgery, NUHS Cluster of hospitals, Singapore
- Expert in MICS valve surgeries and CABG
- Author of many articles on basic research and surgical techniques. Over 155 articles published.
- Pioneered holographic rendering to facilitate MICS
- Leads a robotic cardiac surgery program
- Author of the book: MICS – A practical guide
- Chair of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Centre OLV, Aalst, Belgium
- Pioneer in MICS and robotically assisted cardiac surgery
- Expert in endoscopic Mitral Valve repairs
- Has trained many cardiac surgeons in MICS techniques at the Aalst Cardiac Academy
- Leads hybrid surgeries, transcatheter technologies at his centre
- Director, Cardiac Surgery, Schüchtermann Klinik, Bad Rothenfelde, Germany
- Previously consultant at Leipzig Heart centre
- Extensive experience in MIVS mitral valve repairs
- Pioneer in surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation, LAA closure devices, off pump MV repair techniques.
- Expert in MICS AF ablation technique
- Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
- Leading expert in a variety of robotic cardiac surgeries in the US
- Editorial Board, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Over 100 peer reviewed scientific papers
- MBA from Wharton Business School
- Served as US Army surgeon previously
- Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgery, Schüchtermann Klinik, Bad Rothenfelde, Germany
- Extensive experience in a variety of cardiac surgeries including valve repairs, aortic surgeries, MICS, TAVI, heart failure and transplant
- Experience of more than 18,900 surgeries
- Interests: Newer technologies, surgery for acute MI and hybrid techniques
- Director, Cardiac Surgery, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Massa, Italy
- Expert in MIVS AVR with sutureless valve
- Expert in TAVI procedures, MIVS – MVR and AVR
- Author of more than 120 publications
- Director MICS, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Canada
- Earlier Lead Senior Consultant and Director Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery at Leipzig Heart Centre, Germany.
- Does a variety of MICS procedures
- Established the technique of MIDCAB with BIMA
- Author of many international journal articles
- Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
- Chairman and Co-founder, British Irish Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (BISMICS).
- Lead consultant, MICS, Cleveland Clinic at London
- Expert in MICS Endoscopicaly assisted CABG, valve surgeries, aortic root surgeries, minimal access redo cardiac surgery
- Chief – Cardiac Surgery, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Pioneer in TCRAT technique of CABG – Total Coronary Revascularisation via Left Anterior Thoracotomy
- Performs a majority of cardiac surgeries through MICS techniques
- Conducts a MICS Academy for training surgeons in MICS
- Author of many pioneering techniques in MICS
- Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center, Budapest, Hungary
- President Elect of Hungarian Society of Cardiac Surgery
- Extensive experience in MICS
- Has trained many surgeons in MICS and MIDCAB
- Areas of interest: Mitral valve reconstruction, Off-pump CABG, aortic arch surgery
- Consultant Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center, Budapest, Hungary
- Expert in MIDCAB technique and training program for MICS
- Director, Professor, Valvular Heart Surgeon, Montreal Heart Institute
- Founded the Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program in 2006.
- National exam committee
- Active Researcher and Clinical Investigator
- Over 90 peer-reviewed publications and 5 book chaptersee
- Conducting 6 humanitarian cardiac surgery missions in Southern Egypt & Ethiopia.
