Dr Michael Maimaris graduated from the Medical School of University of Pisa (Italy) in 1982. After graduation from the Medical School, he interned in General Surgery and then in Thoracic Surgery in Rome (1982-1988). He was accredited with the Diploma of Specialization in Thoracic Surgery at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) with votes 70/70. He is authorized by the Italian Government to practice the profession of Medical Surgeon and has a Doctorate diploma in Medicine and Surgery. His Doctorate thesis was about «Tracheal and Carina Reconstruction». He worked as Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department of Nicosia General Hospital from 1989 to 2017. From 2012 until 2017 he was the Director of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department. During these years he attended several courses and training sessions abroad. From 2017 -2020 he had a private practice. From 2017-today he is an associate doctor in American Institute of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (AIMIS clinics, Limassol) and from 2020-today he continues his practice as a Thoracic Surgeon at Evangelistria Medical Center in Nicosia.
AWARDS/CERTIFICATES
- Diploma of specialization in Thoracic Surgery at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” with thesis and votes 70/70, 1988
- Diploma of the University of Rome with the examinations and votes
- Certificate of practical activity at the school of Thoracic Surgery of the University of Rome
- Italian Government examinations, authorization to practice the profession of Medical Surgeon (Medicine and Surgery), Pisa University, 1982
- Doctorated Diploma in Medicine and Surgery at the University of studies of Pisa, Italy
- Certificate of coupled training course for Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Minneapolis Heart Institute U.S.A.
- Certificate of training in Adult Cardiac Surgery, W.H.C Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- Certificate of training in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children Hospital, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- Certificate of attendance. The management of complex congenital heart disease, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
- Certificate of attendance. 64th scientifica Session, American Heart Association, Anaheim, California, U.S.A.
- Certificate of attendance. 5th Meditteranean Congress of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Ajiacio Corsica, France
- Doctorate thesis <<Tracheal and Carina Reconstruction>>, University of Rome
- Attached to the Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, at the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital, as an overseas fellow, 2009
- Honorary professor at the University of Nicosia Medical School (St. George’s University of London)
- Certificate of attendance, 26th EACTS Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2012
- Certificate of attendance- 27th EACTS Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2013
- Certificate of attendance- 28th EACTS Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, 2014
- Certificate of attendance, 29th EACTS Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2015
- Certificate of completion- Edwards SAPIEN XT THV Training Program covering the technical and clinical aspects of Trancatheter Heart Valve procedure, Switzerland, 2013
- Certificate of attendance- Educational course. Surgical AVR: a spectrum of MIS approaches, London, St Thomas Hospital, 2014
- Certificate of participation- 5th structural heart options and outcomes meeting, Medronic, Dubai, UAE, 2015
