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Specialises in

• Adult congenital

• Cardiac surgery

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Giovanni Mariscalco is the Head of Service for cardiac surgery and the Lead Clinician for complex aortic at Glenfield Hospital. As a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon with a practice focused on surgery of the aortic root and thoracic aorta, He has performed more than 2000 major cardiac operations as responsible surgeon. His areas of expertise include bypass surgery, aortic valve repair/replacement and mitral valve repair/replacement, and complex aortic surgery, including complex repairs of aortic root, aortic arch and descending thoracic operations. He also performs adult congenital heart operations, including valve sparing aortic root operations and surgery for anomalous coronary artery disease.

Dr Mariscalco completed his clinical fellowship in cardiac surgery at Cardiothoracic Division, Heart Centre, of Umeå University Hospital (Sweden) in 2004 and his residency in cardiac surgery at Varese University Hospital, (Italy) in 2006. He received his first Ph.D. degree from the University of Umeå (Sweden) in 2008, and the second one in Surgery and Biotechnology from University of Insubria (Italy) in 2011. He has also covered the position of Associate Professor of cardiac surgery at University of Leicester and at University of Genova (Italy) during the years 2014 - 2019. Dr Mariscalco is author and co-author of more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and He is a member of editorial boards of medical journals, and has reviewed manuscripts for 40 medical journals.

Finally, Dr Mariscalco is an appointed member of the Adult Cardiac Surgery and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committees of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland.

Areas of interest

Coronary artery bypass grafting
Aortic valve repair/replacement
Aortic valve sparing root operation
Complex aortic surgery
Frozen elephant Trunk procedures
Mitral vale repair/replacement
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Medical secretaries

• Debbie Struthers
• Glenfield Hospital Groby Road LEICESTER LE3 9QP
• 0116 256 3077
• 0116 258 3990
• debbie.struthers@uhl-tr.nhs.uk