Interview with Prof James Tatoulis
Journal Title: Chettinad Health City Medical Journal - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Masters in Surgery (research into mitral repair) Doctorate in Medicine (research comparing on-pump and off-pump coronary surgery) Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital 1988. Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Melbourne 2007. Multiple International invitations as a guest lecturer, and faculty member. Visiting Professor to the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel, and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. Honorary fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons Thailand. Honorary membership to the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Hellenic Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Chief Medical Advisor, National Heart Foundation of Australia Chairman, Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery, RACS Excellence in Surgery Award – Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Order of Australia, for services to medicine – particularly in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Authors and Affiliations
Sanjay Theodore
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