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Meletios Kanakis, MD, MSc, PhD
BACKGROUND
Consultant Cardiothoracic surgeon, Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece (2018 – )Clinical Fellow in Congenital Cardio-Thoracic Surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK (2017- 2018)Clinical Fellow in Congenital Cardio-Thoracic Surgery at Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece (2016 – 2017)Clinical Fellow in Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sismanoglio General Hospital of Athens, Greece (2014 – 2015)Cardiothoracic Surgery Certified (2014)Resident in Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (2012 – 2014)Resident in Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sismanoglio General Hospital of Athens (2010 – 2012)Resident in General Surgery, General Hospital of Athens (2006 – 2010)Rural Service Doctor, General Prefectural Hospital of Chalkis (2003 – 2005)Military Service Doctor (2002 – 2003)
OTHER INTERESTS
Surgery for Congenital Heart DefectsPediatric Thoracic SurgeryMinimal Invasive SurgeryTraining in simulator-guided surgeryInflammation and Cardiothoracic SurgeryClassical guitarSCUBA divingEtymology
RESEARCH
Simulation Center in Surgery, Medical Physics Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Athens (2010- )
Experimental Surgery, Center for Experimental Surgery, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens (2006-2010)
1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, School of Medicine, University of Athens (2005-2006)
EDUCATION & TRAINING
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (MD, 2002)
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (MSc, 2009)
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Ph.D, 2010)