Born in Florence, Italy, Dr. Teodori is a leading cardiac surgeon with over 40 years of international experience. Specialised in adult cardiac surgery, particularly in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), mitral valve reconstruction, left ventricular aneurysms, treatment of post-infarct ventricular septal defects, surgery of the thoracic aorta, and surgical treatment of ventricular failure, he has personally performed or supervised over 15,000 cardiac procedures. He has been a pioneer in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery, in CABG via mini-thoracotomy, and in the use of arterial conduits for CABG.

Dr. Teodori graduated cum laude from the University of Florence Medical School (Italy) in 1981 and was trained in France, where he worked for several years at Hopital Foch in Suresnes. From 1993 to 2002, he worked at Clinica Cardiochirurgica at the University of Chieti (Italy) under the Chairmanship of Dr. A. M. Calafiore. There, under Dr. Calafiore’s leadership, Dr. Teodori conducted research studies that led to the development of haematic warm cardioplegia, off-pump CABG, the use of arterial conduits for CABG, and CABG via mini-thoracotomy. He was also part of the unit’s heart transplant program.

Between 2002 and 2003, Dr. Teodori worked at the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Sant’ Andrea Hospital in Rome (Italy). From 2003 to 2004 he worked at the Department of Cardiac Surgery at San Giovanni-Molinette, University Hospital in Turin (Italy). In May 2004, he accepted the position of Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Maggiore della Carità University Hospital in Novara (Italy), a position he held until October 2008. Between 1991 and 2008, he also lectured as a Professor at the Universities of Florence, Chieti, Turin, and East Piedmont in Italy.

Since November 2008, Dr. Teodori has served as Head Cardiac Surgeon at Caribbean Heart Care Medcorp Limited in Trinidad and Tobago and has performed thousands of cardiac surgeries at the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex Hospital in Mount Hope, at St. Clair Medical Centre in St. Clair, Port of Spain, and at Surgi Med Clinic in San Fernando. He is a member of several international medical societies and has contributed to editorial boards as a reviewer for noted medical journals such as the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. His work, particularly in CABG surgery, has resulted in more than 75 peer-reviewed publications, over 100 abstracts and papers, presentations at scientific meetings, and chapters in medical texts.

– Dr. Giovanni Teodori
Chief Cardiac Surgeon, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgeon