Petr Santavy
He graduated from the Medical Faculty of Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic (1998). He received a state board exam in general surgery (2001) and specialized in cardiac surgery (2007). He finished his Ph.D. program (2009) based on the work 'Aortic bioprosthesis comparison and evaluation of their haemodynamic parameters”. He completed a short fellowship at the Jewish Hospital Cardiac Surgery Clinic, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A (2007). He worked as a senior registrar at Blackrock Cardiac Surgical Unit in Dublin, Ireland. He is a member of the Czech Medical Chamber, the Ireland Medical Chamber, and the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. He currently works as a consultant in cardiac surgery at the Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, Palacky University Teaching Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic.