Papastavrou Leonidas
Languages spoken Greek(native),English,French,Italian,Hungarian
EDUCATION
1989 : 2nd High School: Halandri, Athens, Greece.
1989-1996
: Medical School, Albert SG Medical University
: Medical School Graduation: Cum laude. MD
: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Medical Center Houston Texas (elective courses)
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Evangelismos Hospital Athens, Greece.
(Dr Bellenis Head of department of Cardiothoracic Surgery)
October 2007: Board Certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery Greece
May 2005: PhD nom.Athens Medical University title “Stent grafting of the thoracic aorta”
November 2005-November 2006 EACTS EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY (LEVELS 1,2,3)
June 2006: St. Mary’s Hospital UK (Postgraduate course in Stent grafting)
October 2006 General Medical Council full registration. (United Kingdom)
November 2005 until now : Athens Medical Centre , currently Head of Department of Thoracoscopic Surgery
2007-today Various seminars and postgraduate courses in Thoracoscopic Surgery
Pioneered Uniportal VATS in Greece since 2015
October 2012: European Board Certified FETCS
2019 European Board of Thoracic Surgeons FEBTS
2021 CERTIFIED IN ROBOTIC Da vinci xi in Strasbourg France
Associate editor in Frontiers in Surgery
SOCIETIES- Memberships:
Member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons EACTS Member of the Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons STS
Member of the Greek Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
