CLINICIAN PROFILE

Prof. Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos

Mentor and International Advisor, Cardiac Surgery

MD (Cerrahpaşa, 1984) · PhD (Istanbul University) · Cardiovascular surgery, Siyami Ersek (1991) · Fellowships, London and Paris · MBA, University of Geneva

Families come for a valve that will not hold, a child’s heart that did not form as it should, or a second opinion after work done elsewhere. He was Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery and Director of the Cardiovascular Centre at the University Hospital of Geneva. He invented the Kalangos biodegradable annuloplasty ring, founded Coeurs Pour Tous, and is Past President of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons.

What international families come for

• Adult and paediatric cardiac surgery
• Complex congenital reconstruction
• Valve repair, including the Kalangos ring
• Second opinions on work done elsewhere