Antonios Pitsis, PhD, FETCS, FESC

University Hospital of Patras,Greece, General Surgery Residency (1990-1992)University Hospital of Lund, Sweeden, Cardiothoracic Registrar (1992-1993)Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK, Cardiothoracic SHO (1993-1994)South Cleveland Hospital, UK, Cardiothoracic Registrar (1994-1996)University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK, Cardiothoracic Senior Registrar (1996-1998) Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, UK, Cardiac Surgeon, Consultant Senior Lecturer (1998-1999) St. Luke’s Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, Head of Cardiac Surgery (1999- 2021)Interbalkan Medical Center, Head of Cardiac Surgery, since May 2021PhD on Mechanical Circulatory Support, University of Thrace, Greece (2006)Founder and director of the St. Luke’s Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery Training Centre (2019)Founding member  and member of the steering group of the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club ( ECSC ) (2020)