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Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN: 2471-805X
March 26-27, 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
Pediatrics Conference 2018
Page 15
2
nd
Edition of International Congress on
Pediatrics
Biography
Aris Lacis, MD, PhD is a Cardiac Surgeon and Professor who graduated from Riga Medical Institute in 1961. He was a General and Thoracic Surgeon in P
Stradina University Hospital in Riga (1964–1969); Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeon in the Latvian Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery (1969–1994). From 1994
to 2012 he was the Head of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Clinic in University Children’s Hospital, Riga; since 2012 he is a Consulting Professor of
this Clinic. He is the President of Latvian Association for Pediatric Cardiologists and Author of 395 scientific publications, 3monographs and 13 patents. He is
an Investigator in more than 10 clinical trials including cardiosurgical procedures performed under deep hypothermia, hybrid procedures etc. In May 2009 he
became first in the world to use transcutan intramyocardial delivery autologous bone marrow derived progenitor stem cells for 3 months old patient suffering
from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
aris.lacis@apollo.lv