CURRICULUM VITAE
Name Giovanni Stellin
Date of birth July 3rd, 1949
Place Treviso, Italy
Home address via Zacco, 34
35128 Padova - Italy
Telephone 0039-49-754701
Current Position
• Director of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova
• Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova, Medical School
• Professor of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery - Postgraduate Courses for: Cardiac Surgery, Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova
Education
1969 Scientific Liceum graduation
1975 Medical Doctor Degree, University of Padova, Italy
Post-graduate training
1975 “Intern” Department of Surgery, Public Health Hospital, Staten Island, N.Y., USA
1975-1977 “Resident” in Cardiovascular Surgery University of Padova, Italy
1977-1979 “Resident” in General Surgery "The Staten Island Hospital" - New York, N.Y., USA
1979-1980 “Senior Resident” in Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
1980-1982 “Junior Staff” in Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padova, Italy
1982-1984 “Chief Registrar” In Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Licensure and Certifications
1975 Full license to practice Medicine in Italy
1976 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), USA
1980 Board Certificate in General Surgery, University of Padova, Italy
1982 License to practice medicine in Australia (certificate of Temporary Registration as a Medical Practitioner, Medical Board of Victoria)
1984 Board certificate in Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Torino, Italy
Academic appointments
1975-1977 Instructor - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padova, Italy
1991-1994 Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padova Medical School, Italy
1984-2000 Professor of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padova, Italy
1991-until now Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Postgraduate School of Pediatric Surgery, University of Padova, Italy
1998 Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Postgraduate School of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Italy
2001 Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova
2002 Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit
2010 Professor and Chairman of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padova Medical School
Activities in Scientific Societies
1986-1990 Secretary "International Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Aldo R. Castañeda"
1992-1995 President "International Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Aldo R. Castañeda"
1999-2002 Board member: “Società Italiana di Cardiologia Pediatrica”
1999-2003 Secretary and Board member of the “European Congenital
Heart Surgeon Association” (ECHSA)
Since 1999 Member of “The Aristotle Score Project”
Since 2002 Member of “The International Society for Nomenclature of
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease” (ISNPCHD)
2004-2008 President of the (Europeam Congenital Heart Surgeons Association ( ECHSA)
2003-2007 Councilor of the Association for European Pediatric Cardiology (AEPC)
2011-2014 President of the “ World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery” (WSPCHS)
2015 Honorary CHSS member
2016 Honorary ECHSA member
Activities in Scientific Journals
Co-Editor of Annals of Thoracic Surgery for volume 60, number 6 (suppl.) December 1995
Member of the International Editorial Board "Cardiology in the Young"
Reviewer for Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Reviewer for European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Reviewer for Cardiology in the Young
Membership in Professional Societies
• Association for European Pediatric Cardiology (AEPC)
• European Society for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• International Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Aldo R. Castañeda
• European Cardiac Heart Surgeon Foundation (ECHSF) (Founding Member)
• Società Italiana di Chirurgia Cardiaca – Dominio Cardiopatie Congenite
• Società Italiana di Cardiologia Pediatrica
• Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS)
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
• Nord Italian Transplant
• International Nomenclature Mapping Working Group for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
• Complexity Score Working Group
International achievements
International Nomenclature Mapping Working Group for Pediatric and Congenital
Major research interest
1. Correction of complex congenital heart malformations in the neonatal period
2. Stage correction for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (First Norwood operation in Europe)
3. Intraoperative epicardial Echocardiography
4. Transatrial repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in early infancy
5. Repair malformed mitral valve in children
6. Completed A-V canal repair in early infancy
7. Subpulmonary ventricle retraining in rats
8. Minimally invasive surgery for correction of CHDs
9. Adults with CHDs
10. Sparing of pulmonary annulus in repairing Tetralogy of Fallot
11..The 1+1/2 repair of complex congenital heart malformation with an hypoplastic subpolmonary ventricle
12. Multicentric European Studies on CHDs