Nikolaos Bonaros

Dr Nikolaos Bonaros was born in Athens, Greece, graduated from the University of Ioannina and holds a PhD and a Master of Health Economics from the London School of Economics. In addition he accomplished a Second Level Master in Minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery from the University of Pisa. He completed his training at the University of Vienna and Innsbruck and performed stem cells therapy research at the Columbia University in New York. He is currently leading the endoscopic and transcatheter program for structural cardiac diseases in Innsbruck and is co-chairing the heart transplant program. His clinical research interests include coronary and mitral valve surgery, and his team focuses on biomarkers and implementation of novel technology for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.