Gilles Dreyfus
Gilles Dreyfus | |
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Born | May 24, 1951 |
Nationality | Norman E. Shumway |
Gilles Dreyfus (born 24 May 1951) is a French
Education
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Gilles Dreyfus graduated from the Medical Faculty of Paris (Paris V, CHU Broussais – Hotel Dieu). From 1978 to 1983 he was Resident in cardiac surgery at the
From October 1983 to 1987, he was the Chef de Clinique for Professor
In 1989 he became Professor of Cardio-vascular Surgery.
Career
Broussais Hospital, 1983-1989
Gilles Dreyfus started as senior resident/assistant surgeon, before becoming staff surgeon of Professor Carpentier. He acquired a specific training in
In 1986, he helped Professor Carpentier perform the first artificial heart implant in Europe. During his stay at the Broussais Hospital, Gilles Dreyfus published several articles on heart transplant, such as Total orthotopic heart transplant: an alternative to the standard technique (Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1991), where he described a new technique called total heart transplant.
He was nominated Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery in 1989 by Professor Alain Carpentier.
Foch Hospital, 1989-2001
In November 1989, Gilles Dreyfus became staff surgeon of Professor Daniel Guilmet at the
Gilles Dreyfus continued the research on artificial hearts as a bridge to transplant, implanting TCI and NOVACOR for the first time in France. In 1998, after Professor Guilmet’s retirement, Gilles Dreyfus became chief of cardiac and vascular surgery of the Foch Hospital, continuing the surgical activity and developing the heart valve repair surgery, the ventricular assist devices and heart transplant programs.[3]
In 2000, French actor Gérard Depardieu underwent coronary artery bypass surgery performed by Professor Dreyfus.[4]
London : Royal Brompton and Harefield, NHS Trust, 2001-2009
In April 2001, Gilles Dreyfus joined Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub at the Harefield Hospital in London, UK. They worked together for 6 months before Professor Dreyfus became director of the cardio-thoracic surgery in October 2001, following Sir Yacoub’s retirement. He was nominated Professor of cardio-thoracic surgery at the Imperial College School of Medicine (2nd University of UK) and then became director of the cardio-thoracic surgery and transplantation at the Harefield Hospital. He also continued his research on mitral valve surgery and on tricuspid valve.
In 2003, he presented a research paper at the AATS annual meeting with a study population of 311 patients, divided in two subgroups: one underwent isolated mitral valve repair, the other mitral valve repair associated to tricuspid valve repair. In this research, professor Dreyfus demonstrated the rationale in treating the tricuspid annulus dilation independently from the presence of tricuspid regurgitation. This principle influenced the guidelines of the international societies of Cardiology, may it be the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association, or the European Society of Cardiology.
He also focused his research on a new technique to replace the aortic valve, using autologous pericardium.[5] Results of this method, called Cardiomend were presented at the American Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting in 2001[6] and were the object of two articles.[7]
As Director of one of the largest centers for transplantation in Europe, he led a program of heart and
While practicing in London, he operated the Queen of Spain's brother, the Queen of England's cousin, the King Constantin of Greece.[9]
In 2002, professor Dreyfus, along with three other famous European surgeons specialized in mitral valve repair, developed the Master of Valve Repair, a training course supported by Edwards Lifesciences, happening twice or thrice a year, where more than 2000 European surgeons have been trained to advanced techniques in mitral valve repair.[10]
Cardio-Thoracic Centre in Monaco
In January 2010, upon the request of Professor Vincent Dor, Gilles Dreyfus was appointed as Medical Director or the Cardio-Thoracic Centre in Monaco, taking over Professor Dor who retired.[11][12]
Awards and honours
- Knight of the Legion d’Honneur (2001)[citation needed]
References
- ^ Valve repair in acute endocarditis Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:706-713
- ^ Origine et historique de l'ADETEC Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Adetec.eu (in French)
- ^ (PDF) Quatre Nouveaux Chefs de Service prennent leur fonction en octobre[permanent dead link], Fondation Foch Website (in French)
- ^ Mark Fuerst, Pastille Day: Gerard Depardieu recovering from bypass operation, The Heart.org, 14 July 2000
- ^ NHS stories: Making better heart valves, BBC, 17 janvier 2004
- ^ The First Totally Stentless and Reproducible Autologous Pericardial Valve Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, STS, 2006
- ^ First CardioMend autologous pericardial aortic valve reconstruction, m2.com
- ^ Press Release - 29 May 2009, The greek royal family website, 29 may 2009
- ^ Master of valve repair program, may 2005 Archived 2005-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, The cardiothoraci surgery network
- ^ Monaco Au Centre cardio-thoracique Vincent Dor passe la main, Nice Matin, January 7, 2010 (in French)
- ^ [unreliable source?]Le professeur Gilles Dreyfus au CCM de Monaco, Nouvel Obs, 7 janvier 2010 (in French)