Meet the EACTS faculty
John Taghavi
John Taghavi started his undergraduate training at the University of Leeds graduating in 2005. Following his basic surgical training, he went…
Stuart Grant
Stuart Grant is a Specialist Trainee in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Honorary Lecturer in Cardiovascular Surgery based in Manchester, UK. His…
Guillermo Torre-Amione
Guillermo Torre Amione received his medical degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey in 1985 and earned a PhD in…
Stefano Marianeschi
Stefano Marianeschi is Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy. He completed his medical degree…
Tom Karl
Tom Karl is a pediatric cardiac surgeon with over 30 years of diverse experience, working in several different Children’s Hospitals…
Ivan Netuka
EUROMACS Treasurer
Jacob Lavee
Jacob (Jay) Lavee is the Director of the Heart Transplantation Unit and Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery…
Jan Knierim
Jan Knierim is a consultant cardiologist and Head of the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Outpatient Department at the German Heart Center Berlin.…
Walter Dembitsky
Walter Dembitsky received his medical education at the University of Missouri and was a member of the Alpha Omega Honor…
Udo Boeken
Udo Boeken has been an attending cardiac surgeon at University Hospital Düsseldorf since 2002. He is the Head of local…
Federico Pappalardo
Federico Pappalardo graduated at Catania Medical School in 1995 and spent his residency programme in Anesthesia and Intensive Care at…
Mark Slaughter
Mark Slaughter is Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of…
Moheb Rashid
Dr Moheb Rashid is a Swedish senior consultant surgeon, with 30 years of experience and practices mainly in cardiothoracic surgery, including…
Naim Slim
Naim Slim is a first year Core Surgical Trainee (resident) in the London Deanery. He is presently working at the Royal Brompton…
Mohsen Ibrahim
Airway Surgery Task Force Chair
Duke Cameron
Dr. Duke Cameron is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Medical School. He completed his general surgery training at…
Jean-Philippe Verhoye
Professor Jean-Philippe Verhoye is Head of Cardiac and Vascular Thoracic Surgery at Rennes University Hospital, France. He is Vice President…
