Vassilios Avlonitis

DEGREES MD, Athens Medical School, Greece (1998) PhD, University of Newcastle, UK (2005) Intercollegiate Specialty Board Exam in Cardiothoracic Surgery (FRCS), UK (2010) Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for Surgeons, University of Dundee, UK (2011) SURGICAL TRAINING Basic Surgical Training, London and Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (1998-2001) Cardiopulmonary Transplant Fellow, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (2001) Clinical Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, JCUH, Middlesbrough, UK (2005-2006) Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool (2006) Specialist Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southwest Rotation, Plymouth / Bristol (2007-2011) Senior Fellow, Complex Aortic/Mitral Reconstruction and Heart Failure Surgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Centre, New York, USA (2011-2012)