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Mr. Ioannis Koukis

Consultant
401 Army General Hospital
Athens
 

Brief Biography:


Upon completion of my basic education I entered The Medical School of the Aristotelian university of Thessaloniki in 1989 and graduated in 1995. After 3 years as junior medical officer in the 401 Army General Hospital, I began my cardiothoracic specialty training in 1998 and aquired the certrificate of completion of training in 2006. For the next two years I served as a Consultant Cardiothoracic surgeon in the 401 Army General Hospital and then I was appointed specialist registrar (SpR) Cardiac surgeon in the Cardiothoracic department of the Manchester Heart Center In the Manchester University Hospital, where I served for the next two years.

Since 2010 I am appointed as Consultant Cardiothoracic surgeon in the cardiothoracic department of the 401 Army General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

 

Academic positions:


Consultant Cardiothoracic surgeon, 401 Army General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Lecturer, University of Ioannina Medical School

Postgraduate research fellow, University of Athens Medical School

 

Research interests:


Myocardial preservation,

Minimally invasive Cardiac surgery

Lung Cancer treatment and prevention

 

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:


It is a novel and unique idea which could benefit the scientific community