George Tellides, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery (Cardiac); Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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Biography
George Tellides, MD, PhD, earned his medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and his PhD from the University of Oxford. Dr. Tellidies is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of patients with cardiac disease and heart failure and concentrates his clinical practice at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT.
Education & Training
- Chief ResidentHarvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (1995)
- ResidentBrigham and Women's Hospital and Children'sHospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (1994)
- Chief ResidentYale School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (1993)
- ResidentYale School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (1992)
- PhDUniversity of Oxford (1988)
- Research FellowJohn Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, England (1988)
- MDUniversity of Witwatersrand (1983)
- InternJohannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa
Certifications
- Board CertificationAB of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery (1996)
- Board CertificationAB of Surgery, Surgery (1994)
Departments & Organizations
- Cardiac Surgery
- Investigative Medicine Program
- NIH T32 Program
- Nuclear & Stress Testing
- Surgery
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
- Yale Ventures