Miia Lehtinen
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
Helsinki University Hospital
BACKGROUND
Chair, Global Thoracic Surgery Residents Association, 2023-Chair, EACTS Residents Committee, 2018-2020Member, EACTS Council, 2017-2020
OTHER INTERESTS
RESEARCH
Current projects:
Gender differences in CAD; PET imaging in CAD; improving cardiothoracic training
Previous projects:
Post-doc, Kenneth Chien’s group, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (cardiac progenitor cells, cardiac regeneration; 2014-2018)
PhD, Ari Harjula’s group, University of Helsinki, Finland (RCT of bone marrow cells for myocardial infarction; 2010-2015)
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine: Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship; 2024-2025
University of Helsinki: Program for Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2014-2024)
University of Helsinki: PhD 2015, MD 2011)
