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Santiago Florit

Santiago Austín Florit, M.D.

Las Lomas Clinic
Diego Carman 555
Buenos Aires  1642
Argentina
+541153275700
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Background

Work activity.

• Staff surgeon at the Eva Perón Interzonal Acute Hospital (Ex Castex) in the Cardiovascular Surgery service.
• Surgeon responsible for the implantation of pacemakers, cardiodefibrillators and resynchronizers at Sanatorio las Lomas.
• Physician in charge of the Cardiovascular Surgery service, Clínica del Carmen, Zarate.
• Staff of the Cardiovascular Surgery service of Sanatorio Las Lomas.
• Cardiovascular Surgeon by the Municipal Hospital of Campana, prov. from Buenos Aires
• Head of the Cardiac Surgery Service, Instituto Médco Aguero

Employment Background

• Former Staff of Cardiovascular CPR. (2009 - 2013)
• Former Staff of the Italian Hospital of La Plata. (2009 - 2011)
• Former staff physician, Institute of Medical Research Dr. Alfredo Lanari.
• Former staff doctor in the general surgery service of the Spanish Hospital 2005 - 2006.
• Former surgeon on duty at the Eva Perón de San Martín Interzonal Hospital for Acute Care (Ex Castex) 2004 - 2005.

Other Interests

Music piano and guitar

Research

• Do Not Resuscitate Order (ONR). A RATIONAL AND ETHICAL OFFER. During the free topics session of the 74th Argentine Congress of Surgery.

• Total Arterial Off-Pump Coronary Revascularization Using Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries in Triple-Vessel Disease: Surgical Technique and Clinical Outcomes
Ann. Thorac. Surg., August 2008; 86: 524-530.

• Post-infarction ventricular communication. Utility
of 3D echocardiography. Journal of the Argentine Federation of Cardiology 2008.

• Is the severity of preoperative symptoms a predictor of risk in mitral regurgitation surgery? Rev. Argent. Cardiol., Apr 2009, vol.77, no.2, p.101-107. ISSN 1850-3748.

• Endocardiodiofibrosis associated with mitral regurgitation and autoimmune anemia. Florit SF, Espinoza JC, Lamelas AF, Ruda Vega PF, Zgrablich C. Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas Lanari. San Cayetano Sanatorium. Buenos Aires. Argentina. Poster presentation at the XVIII Argentine Congress of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery. 2009

• Mitral Plastic Techniques: importance of pathophysiology. Ruda Vega PF, Zgrablich C, Lamelas AF, Florit SA, Castelli MA, Espinoza JC. Scientific Conference of the "Alfredo Lanari" Institute of Medical Research, General Surgery Service. December 2009. Nominated for the “best scientific work” award.

• Placement of endocavitary pacemakers by residents: Incidence of complications. Castelli MA, Lamelas AF, Ruda Vega PF, Espinoza JC, Zgrablich C, Florit SA. Scientific Conference of the "Alfredo Lanari" Institute of Medical Research, General Surgery Service. December 2009.

• Initial management of the patient with vascular ulcers. Experience in the external practice of Phlebology of the Institute of Medical Research ¨ Dr. Alfredo Lanari¨ Bazzana MS, Chahdi Beltrame M, Espinoza JC, Aulet FJ, Florit SA, Zgrablich C, Lamelas A, Ruda Vega PF. Scientific Conference of the "Alfredo Lanari" Institute of Medical Research, General Surgery Service. December 2009. Nominated for the “best scientific work” award.

• Comprehensive strategy and medium-term survival in combination surgery
ada. San Cayetano Sanatorium. Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Authors: Pablo Federico Ruda Vega, Ángela Lamelas, Santiago Florit, Antonio Di Stefano, Leandro Santilli, José Sirashi, Juan Espinosa. Presentation of free Topics at the XVIII Argentine Congress of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery. 2009.

• The level of experience of the surgeon: does it affect the quality of vascular access for hemodialysis? Espinoza JC, Castelli MA, Castro Montiel F, Florit SA, Zgrablich C, Lamelas AF, Ruda Vega PF. Presentation for the award ¨Best work¨ Jormadas IDIM 2009.
Winner of the best STIMULUS award.

• Tricuspid Plastic: Medium-term ultrasound technique and follow-up. Sgrablich C; Ruda Vega P; Lamelas A; Aramburu C; Alonso E; Florit S. Oral presentation on free subjects. National Congress of Cardiology of the Argentine Federation of Cardiology. May 2010.

• Plastic of Tricuspid Insufficiency: Etiologies. Zgrablich C; Ruda Vega P; Lamelas A; Florit S; Distéphane A; Santilli L; Milessi M. Poster Presentation at the National Congress of Cardiology of the Argentine Federation of Cardiology. May 2010.

• Evaluation of the cardiovascular surgery program within the general surgery residency of the Lanari Institute. Espinoza, Juan; Castelli, Mariano; Chadi, Magali; Florit, Santiago; Lamalas, Angela; Pastoni, Diego; Zgrablich, Cristian; Ruda Vega, Pablo. December 2010.

• Prevalence of depressive or anxiety symptoms in the elderly with critical preifier vacular disease. Espinoza, Juan; Castelli, Mariano; Chadi, Magali; Florit, Santiago; Lamalas, Angela; Pastoni, Diego; Zgrablich, Cristian; Ruda Vega, Pablo. December 2010.

• Cardiovascular surgery at IDIM. Analysis of the first 5 years of activity. Castelli, Mariano; Chadi, Magali; Florit, Santiago; Lamalas, Angela; Pastoni, Diego; Zgrablich, Cristian; Ruda Vega, Pablo. December 2010.

• The birth and growth of cardiac surgery at IDIM. Espinoza, Juan; Castelli, Mariano; Chadi, Magali; Florit, Santiago; Lamalas, Angela; Pastoni, Diego; Zgrablich, Cristian; Ruda Vega, Pablo. . December 2010.

• Peripheral vascular surgery at IDIM. Analysis of the last 5 years. Castelli Mariano; Espinoza Juan; Chadi Beltrame; Tabares montes de oca, JM; Zgrablich, C; Kamelas, A; Florit, S; Pastoni, D; Ruda Vega, P. December 2010.

• Prevalence of depressive symptoms or anxiety in cornflowers with critical peripheral vascular disease. 81 Argentine Congress of Surgery. Angiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Conference.

• The surgeon's level of experience: does it affect the quality of vascular access for hemodialysis? 81 Argentine Congress of Surgery. Angiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Conference.

• Ruda Vega, Pablo; Florit, Santiago; Espinoza, Juan; Lamelas, Angela; Zgrablich, Cristian. Cardiac Anatomy. Cardiovascular Recovery. Publication of the Argentine Council of Cardiology Residents. 2010: p19-24

Practice Areas

  • Cardiac
  • Vascular
  • Minimally Invasive
  • Coronary disease
  • Endocarditis
  • Pericardium
  • Valve disease
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Mitral valve disease
  • Tricuspid valve disease
  • Vascular
  • Great vessels