Lorenzo Menicanti
Specialty: Cardiac surgeon
Experience: 39 years
Clinic: San Donato Hospital Group
Admission fee: from 400$
About doctor Lorenzo Menicanti
Professor Lorenzo Menicanti is one of the best known cardiac surgeons in the world. He is the Scientific Director of the San Donato Clinic and Chief Physician of the Department of Cardiac Surgery.
He was president of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery in 2013-2014. He has worked in leading medical centres in Italy, France and Monaco.
Doctor’s specialty
Professor Menicanti’s sphere of scientific and practical interest:
- Surgical treatment of heart failure due to ischaemia;
- Cardiac valve treatment: aortic, mitral, tricuspid;
- Coronary artery surgery.
Doctor’s education
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1973
Catholic University of Rome (Italy) - Doctor of Medicine degree.
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1975
University of Verona - specialisation in urology.
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1984
University of Verona - specialisation in paediatric surgery.
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1989
University of Padua - specialisation in cardiac surgery.
Membership in medical associations
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Former president of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgeons (SICCH).
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Member of the National Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO).
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Member of the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery.
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Honorary Member of the Belgian Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery.
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Member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS).
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Member of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
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Honorary Member of the Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons.
Achievements and awards
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The doctor has performed more than 15,000 heart operations.
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He is the author of the technique of surgical reconstruction of the left ventricle. This method is the most popular among doctors around the world.
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Author of more than 160 scientific papers with a high citation rate by other authors (Hirsch Index = 30).
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