CLINICAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Surgical Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure
Heart transplantation, Ventricular assist devices, Total Artificial Heart, VA-ECMO, VAV-ECMO, LV unloading
Heart Valve Repair Surgery
Mitral, tricuspid, and aortic valve repair
The Aortic Valve and Root Surgery
Sutureless aortic valve replacement, aortic root enlargement, valve-sparing aortic surgery
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Arrhythmia Surgery
Surgical ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Aortic Surgery
Aortic dissection, thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms
Complete Myocardial Revascularization
Arterial grafting, Off-pump/On-pump coronary artery surgery, ischemic mitral regurgitation
Vascular Biology
Vasculitis, Buerger Disease (Thromboangitis Obliterans), Takayasu disease, Behçet disease, Raynaud Phenomenon
Extracorporeal Circulation and Perfusion Systems
Endocarditis
Regenerative Medicine
Stem-cell Mediated Cardiovascular repair, Tissue Engineering
Molecular Mechanisms and Pathways in Advanced Heart Failure
Risk Stratification in Cardiac Surgery
National Surgical Database, Medical Informatics, Data mining
Advancing Mentorship Culture in Medical Education and Cardiovascular Surgery
History
Ethics
Scientific Writing and Communication