Dr George Matalanis (Cardio-thoracic Surgeon)

Name

Assoc Prof George Matalanis

Qualifications

MBBS 1980

Occupation

Cardio-thoracic Surgeon

Vascular Surgeon

Gender

Male

Languages Spoken

Arabic

French

Medical Specialties

Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Vascular Surgery

Associate Professor George Matalanis is renowned for his pioneering work in aortic arch surgery without circulatory arrest. He is the Director of the Cardiac Surgery Unit at Austin Health which is one of Victoria’s largest health care providers and he is internationally respected for this work. The Cardiac Surgery Unit at Austin Health offers special expertise in coronary bypass graft surgery, cardiac valve surgery, aortic surgery, advanced aortic and mitral valve repair, minimally invasive mitral valve, tricuspid valve and ASD surgery and all aspects of acute and chronic thoracic aortic disease including both open and stent graft repairs. Since the commencement of Associate Professor George Matalanis’s appointment at Austin Health in 2007 he has pursued surgery for pathology of the thoracic aorta with keen interest. With progressive development of surgical techniques, some of which were pioneered by himself (such as the ‘branch first technique’) and his Austin Health colleagues, the outcomes are some of the best by world standards. He has also been heavily involved in implementing a total arterial revascularisation program at the Austin, being the first to introduce the use of the radial artery graft to the Austin Cardiac Surgery Unit, and this has been subsequently widely adopted by most centres in Australia. His main interests are Aortic root and arch surgery, Thoraco-abdominal surgery, Mitral Valve Repair, Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, and Ventricular Resynchronisation Therapy.

Hospital Affiliations

Warringal Private Hospital

Austin Hospital - Heidelberg

Epworth Eastern

Epworth Richmond

Knox Private Hospital

Affiliated Clinics

Warringal Medical Centre

Affiliated Organisations

Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS)

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Practice Locations

VIC

Warringal Medical Centre

Address

Heidelberg VIC 3084 
Australia

03 9457 1071

Address

Heidelberg VIC 3084 
Australia

(03) 9457 1071

(03) 9457 6320