Johannes Bonatti

Biography:

Johannes Bonatti has performed robotic cardiac surgery since 2001 and has carried out 1000+ cases. He introduced and ran robotic heart surgery programs at Innsbruck Medical University, the University of Maryland, the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and at UPMC. He held academic and leadership positions at these institutions and performed several “world firsts” including the first successful quadruple totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting procedure in robotic fashion. He is currently serving on the task force for robotic cardiac surgery at the STS and leads the corresponding working group at the ISMICS.