Dr. Roberto Coppola

Medical Registration
Medical Council: Ordine dei Medici, Genoa / Italy
Registration number: 1204

Medical Education & Qualifications

• Sept., 1976 - July, 1982
  University of Genoa, Italy
  Qualification: Graduate
  Level: First class degree
• January, 1983 - April, 1990
  University of Hannover, Germany, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Director: Prof. H.G. Borst
  Qualification: Assistant surgeon
  Level: Specialisation in Surgery (1989), Specialisation in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (1990)
• January, 1990 - April, 1992
  Hospital of Braunschweig, Germany, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Director: Prof. G. Frank
  Qualification: Senior registrar
  Level: Specialization in Cardiac-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery

Language Proficiency

• Italian
  Understanding: tongue language
  Speaking: tongue language
  Writing: tongue language
• English
  Understanding: very good
  Speaking: good
  Writing: good
• German
  Understanding: very good
  Speaking: very good
  Writing: good

Employment

Current Employment:
Position: Chief of the Dept. Cardiovascular Surgery
Hospital: Hospital Ligurian Heart Center at Rapallo, Italy
Dates: Since April 1998

Previous Employment:

• Assistant surgeon, University of Hannover, Germany, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Dates: January 1983 – March 1989
• Senior registrar, University-Hospital of Bonn, Germany, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Dates: April 1989 – December 1989
• Senior registrar, Hospital of Braunschweig, Germany, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Dates: January 1990 – April 1992
• Chief consultant, Hospital “Casa di cura Villa Bianca” at Bari, Italy, Department of Cardiac Surgery
  Dates: April 1992 – July 1993
• Consultant, Hospital “Centre of the Heart” at Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, Department of Cardiac Surgery
  Dates: July 1993 – January 1995
• Chief consultant, Hospital “Sonnenhof” at Bern, Switzerland, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Dates: February 1995 – December 1995
• Senior registrar, University-Hospital at Hannover, Germany, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Dates: January 1996 – June 1996
• Senior registrar, University-Hospital at Kiel, Germany, Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery
  Dates: July 1996 – March 1998

Skills

• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Aorto Coronary Bypass with use of double mammary artery for arterial revascularization
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 100
  Years of experience: 25
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Aortic valve replacement
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 50
  Years of experience: 25
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Mitral valve replacement or repair
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 50
  Years of experience: 25
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Aortic Root / Ascendens replacement
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 20
  Years of experience: 25
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Aortic arch replacement
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 5
  Years of experience: 25
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Mitral valve replacement / repair in mini thoracotomy access
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 50
  Years of experience: 7
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Aortic valve replacement in mini thoracotomy access
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 50
  Years of experience: 5
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Heart transplant
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 20
  Years of experience: 1996–1998
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Lung transplant
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 7
  Years of experience: 1996–1998
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Ross procedure
  Number of surgeries or tasks a year: 11
  Years of experience: 1997–2013
• Clinical skill, technique or type of procedure: Vascular Surgery: carotid endarterectomy, thoracoabdominal aneurismectomy, abdominal aortic aneurismectomy, aorto bifemoral or bisiliac bypass, femoro-popliteal bypass with in situ vein
  Number of surgeries or tasks: Total number of operations about 800
  Years of experience: 1989–2009

Teaching Experience
1989–1998 Teaching to medical students

Additional Information
Chief of one of the Italian leading centers for minimally invasive cardiac surgery