Director, American Medical Center/American Heart Institute

Dr Marinos Soteriou is the founder and chairman of the board of the American Medical Center/American Heart Institute, a private hospital offering high quality tertiary care medical services. He is the director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department. Throughout his career, Dr Soteriou has been a member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, fellow of the American College of Surgery, fellow of the American College of Cardiology, founding president of the European Resuscitation Council – Cyprus Chapter and he has been the President of the Cyprus Society of Thoracic Surgery. He pursued an academic career at the department of surgery at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA where Dr Soteriou is serving as an assistant professor of clinical surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He holds a medical degree from the University of Cologne, Germany and a PhD degree from the University of Zürich, Switzerland. Currently he maintains a medical license in the state of Tennessee, USA and in the Republic of Cyprus. He is certified with a diploma of the American Board of Surgery and a Diploma of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr Soteriou has numerous scientific publications in medical peer reviewed journals, and presentations in international medical meetings.