Hakim I. Nicolas Cardiac Surgeon

PhD/ Thesis

· PhD Candidate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Thesis title: “Measurement of inflammation factors (CRP, IL-6, IL-15, RANKL, MIP-1alpha) after cardiac surgery.”

Board Member

· Member of the Hellenic Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons

· Full Member of European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA)

· Member of General Medical Council GMC-UK (Reg. No: 7854885)

Professional Experience

· Consultant Cardiac Surgeon in the 2nd Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery’s Department at MITERA Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece. (2021- till today)

· Member of Athens Heart surgery Institute and Associate Cardiac Surgeon in private Hospitals (IASO Children’s Hospital, Metropolitan General Hospital) (2020-2021)

· Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at the Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Sur-gery at IASO Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece. (2013-2020)

· Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at the Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at MITERA Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece. (2008-2013)

· Consultant Cardiac Surgeon for acquired heart disease at the Athens Medical Cen-ter. (2007-2008)

· Residency in the 2nd Cardiac Surgery’s Department at R.G.H “EVANGELISMOS”. (2005-2007)

· Residency in Thoracic Surgery at the S.A.C.H.P “METAXA” (2003-2005)

· Residency in the 2nd Cardiac Surgery’s Department at Onasis Cardiac Surgery Center. (2003)

· Residency in the 2nd General surgery’s Department at NIMTS Hospital.(2000-2002) 

· Residency in the 2nd General surgery’s Department at R.G.H “ASKLIPEION, VOU-LAS”. (1998-1999)

· House officer in the Hellenic Greek Army (as GP). (1997-1998)

· Rural doctor at The Health Center on Paros’s island. (1996-1997)

Education Experience

· Observer Congenital Cardiac Surgeon for Children and Adults at Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, USA. (08-092023) 

Clinical and Research Interest

Clinical Interest: 

· Pediatric cardiac Surgery

· Transposition of The Great Arteries

· Coarctation of The Aorta

· Tetralogy of Fallot

· Tetralogy of Fallot With Pulmonary Atresia

· Mechanical Circulation Assist Devices (ECMO-VAD)

· Medical statistics

· Multicenter Registries

· Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

· 3D-Printing in Medicine 

Awards

· Fontan procedure without prior Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt (BCPS). Abstracts of the Annual Spring Meeting 2017 of the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA). Vol. 27, Suppl. 5, S8 (OP11). Leicester, U.K.; May 19-20, 2017; Chosen as the best abstract. 

Recent Publications

· Techniques and results of surgical treatment of the unroofed coronary sinus syndrome. Hellenic Journal of Cardiology 2011;52(3):146-150.

· “Surgical Management of Aorto-Ventricular Tunnel. A Multicenter Study” in Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020 32(2), 271–279.https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.01.011

· Remarkably Still Repairable Large Aortopulmonary Window in an Adult Patient” In World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery,Vol 11, (1),p.117-119