John Alex Elefteriades is a medical doctor and cardiac surgeon. He is the William W. L. Glenn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. He serves as the Director of the Yale Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease.[1]
Education edit
He received his undergraduate degree with a triple major in Physics, French and Psychology from Yale University. He received his MD degree from the Yale School of Medicine in 1976[2] and did residencies at Yale in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. He then joined the Yale faculty. In 2006 he was appointed the William W. L. Glenn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, named for Elefteriades’ mentor.[1]
He specializes and practises suspended animation on his patients
References edit
- ^ a b "About the Director". Yale Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "John Alex Elefteriades MD". Yale School of Medicine: Surgery. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
External links edit
   | This biographical article related to medicine in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |