Aris Lacis
University Children's Hospital, Latvia
Biography
Aris Lacis, Cardiac surgeon, Professor, MD, PhD graduated Riga Medical Institute in 1961. He worked as General and thoracic surgeon in P. Stradina University Hospital in Riga (1964–1969), Thoracic and cardiac surgeon in the Latvian Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery (1969-1994). From 1994 until 2012, he is the head of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Clinic in University Children’s Hospital, Riga; since 2012 – he is the consulting Professor of this Clinic. He is also the Vice-President of Latvian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery and President of Latvian Association for Pediatric Cardiologists. He is the author of 395 scientific publications, 3 monographs and 13 patents. He is the Investigator in more than 10 clinical trials including cardiosurgical procedures performed under deep hypothermia, hybrid procedures etc. In May 2009 he have been used transcutan intramyocardial delivery techniques for treatment (idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathia) the first 3 months aged patient in the world with autologous bone marrow derived progenitor cells. In November 2010 the first patient with end stage pulmonary hypertension received intrapulmonary implantation autologous stem cells.