Gilles Dreyfus was born on 24 May 1951 and is a French cardiac surgeon.
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Gilles Dreyfus graduated from the Medical Faculty of Paris.
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Gilles Dreyfus acquired a specific training in mitral valve repair and developed new surgical techniques in valve repair with Professor Carpentier, in particular he performed the first mitral valve repair in case of acute endocarditis and he published an article on innovative surgical procedures.
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Gilles Dreyfus improved the transplant program at the Broussais Hospital, started by Professor Dubost and discontinued after 4 patients.
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Gilles Dreyfus was nominated Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery in 1989 by Professor Alain Carpentier.
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In November 1989, Gilles Dreyfus became staff surgeon of Professor Daniel Guilmet at the Foch Hospital and Professor of Cardiovascular surgery.
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Gilles Dreyfus performed more than 500 mitral valve repairs and described new repair techniques such as the papillary muscle repositioning for anterior leaflet and posterior commissural prolapse.
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Gilles Dreyfus improved the heart transplant program, from 10 to 25 cases per year, so that the Foch Hospital became the 2nd-3rd most active center in the region of Ile-de-France.
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Gilles Dreyfus continued the research on artificial hearts as a bridge to transplant, implanting TCI and NOVACOR for the first time in France.
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In 1998, after Professor Guilmet's retirement, Gilles Dreyfus became chief of cardiac and vascular surgery of the Foch Hospital, continuing the surgical activity and developing the heart valve repair surgery, the ventricular assist devices and heart transplant programs.
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Gilles Dreyfus was nominated Professor of cardio-thoracic surgery at the Imperial College School of Medicine and then became director of the cardio-thoracic surgery and transplantation at the Harefield Hospital.
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Gilles Dreyfus continued his research on mitral valve surgery and on tricuspid valve.
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Gilles Dreyfus focused his research on a new technique to replace the aortic valve, using autologous pericardium.
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In January 2010, upon the request of Professor Vincent Dor, Gilles Dreyfus was appointed as Medical Director or the Cardio-Thoracic Centre in Monaco, taking over Professor Dor who retired.