PROFILE
Position in the Hospital: Director of Cardiac Surgery Department at Μetropolitan Hospital
Specialist in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
CLINICAL INTERESTS AND SURGICAL EXPERTISE
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Mitral Valve Repair
MIDCAB / Minimally Invasive CABG
Sutureless Aortic Valves
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Aortic Surgery
EDUCATION & ACADEMIC TITLES
2009 Cornell University BA
2014 Duke-NUS MD
2016 MRCS (Edinburgh)
2021 FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
07/2014-06/2021 National University Hospital, Singapore: Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident
07/2021-06/2022 National University Hospital, Singapore: Service Registrar
12/2022-06/2023 Hygeia Hospital, Athens: Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, B Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery
07/2023-11/2023 Athens Medical Group, Athens: Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, C Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery
11/2023- Metropolitan Hospital, Athens: Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Director of Cardiac Surgery Department
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
05/2018 Asian Society for Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS) Conference, Moscow, RU
Prediction of Aortic-Related Complications after Acute Type A Dissection Surgery with CT-Volumetric Measurements
09/2017 The World Society of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons (WSCTS) Conference, Astana, KZ
Cor-Knot, an Automated Knot-Tying Device: First Experience in Asia
04/2016 Charing Cross International Symposium, Charing Cross, UK
Flow assessment of lower extremity endovascular interventions: a feasibility study using quantitative digital subtraction angiogram analysis
DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS
COVID-19 Resilience Medal Singapore
PUBLICATIONS
Partial Versus Complete Thymectomy in Non-Myasthenic Patients with Thymoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes.
Papadimas E, Tan YK, Luo HD, Choong A, Tam J, Kofidis T, Mithiran H.
Heart Lung Circ 2022 Jan 8;31(1):59-68.
Centrifugal and Roller Pumps in Neonatal and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes.
Papadimas E, Leow L, Tan YK, Shen L, Ramanathan K, Choong A, MacLaren G.
ASAIO J 2021 May 25.
Organization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation services for COVID-19.
Leow L, Papadimas E, Subbian S, MacLaren G, Ramanathan K.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2021 Mar 30;29(3):165-169.
Anticoagulation After Isolated Mitral Valve Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes.
Papadimas E, Tan YK, Choong A, Kofidis T, Teoh K.
Heart Lung Circ 2021 Feb 17;30(2):247-253.
Left heart bypass versus circulatory arrest for open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies.
Papadimas E, Tan YK, Qi Q, Ng Jj, Kofidis T, Teoh K, Sorokin V, Choong A.
ANZ J Surg 2020 12 16;90(12):2434-2440.
Acute mesenteric ischemia after cardiac surgery: Clinical suspicion is key to survival.
Papadimas E, Kang GS.
Singapore Med J 2020 Nov;61(11):613
Assessment of Flow after Lower Extremity Endovascular Revascularization: A Feasibility Study Using Time Attenuation Curve Analysis of Digital Subtraction Angiography.
Ng J, Papadimas E, Dharmaraj R.
EJVES Short Rep 2019 26;45:1-6.
A Score for Predicting Acute Kidney Injury After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in an Asian Population.
Mithiran H, Kunnath Bonney G, Bose S, Subramanian S, Zhe Van ZN, Zong En SY, Papadimas E, Chauhan I, MacLaren G, Kofidis T.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Oct;30(5):1296-301. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.03.135.
Contribution of stress to asthma worsening through mast cell activation.
Theoharides TC, Enakuaa S, Sismanopoulos N, Asadi S, Papadimas E, Angelidou A, Alysandratos KD.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2012 jul;109(1):14-9. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.03.003.
