Antonios Pitsis, MD, PhD, FETCS, FESC

Head of Cardiac Surgery at European Interbalkan Medical Center in Thessaloniki. 30 years of experience in adult cardiac & congenital surgery with more than 15,000 cardiac operations as main operating Surgeon.Cardiac cases 400 to 450 a year, the majority Totally Endoscopic (200 - 250 cases a year) and other Minimally Invasive Procedures. Endoscopic procedures: aortic, mitral & tricuspid surgery, adult congenital heart defects, cardiac tumors, myectomies for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy & atrial fibrillation surgery. Wide range of publications in various national and international journals. Established a highly successful endoscopic cardiac surgery training center, with many visitors all over the world attending his practice and has proctored cases in many centers around the world Inventor of a series of endoscopic surgical instruments (Delacroix Chevalier) Founding member & member of the steering group of the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club. Board member of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgical Society. Performed live surgeries of new innovative techniques for the treatment of structural heart disease in international congresses (European Assoc.for Cardiac Surgery Annual/Techno-College Meeting 2022/2023,Focus Valve 2022/2023, Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club 2022,Master of Valve Therapy 2022.)