He was born in Paphos, Cyprus on August 20, 1938 and is married with three children. Dr. Fessas speaks fluently Greek, English and French. His current Professional Address is: Nicosia Heart Institute, 22 Heras St. and Archbishop Makarios Avenue, 1061 Nicosia, Cyprus. Telephone +357-22761857 Facsimile: +357-22761114.

PRESENT POSITIONS :
Consultant Cardiologist and Director.
Nicosia Heart Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Scientific Consultant to the Cardiovascular Department and Cardiovascular Laboratory. The Evangelistria Medical Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.

PRE-MED EDUCATION:
1955 - Diploma (High Distinction), Pancyprian Gymnasium, Nicosia Cyprus.

MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1961 - Graduated in Medicine Athens University Medical School.
1961-62 - Post-graduate training (Residency), Department of Medicine, General Hospital, Nicosia Cyprus.
1962-63 - Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Athens University Medical School. Department of Medicine and Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece. Director: Professor Ph. Fessas.
1963-64 - Assistant Lecturer in Haematology, Department of Haematology. Louis Jenner Laboratory. St. Thomas Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
Director : Professor G. Wetherley-Mein.
1964-65 - Registrar, Department of Thoracic Medicine. St. Thomas Hospital, London, U.K. Director : Dr. H.J. Anderson.
1965-68 - Registrar in Cardiology, Department of Cardiology St. Thomas Hospital, London, U.K. Directors : Dr. Evan Jones, Dr. R. Daley.
1965-68 - Registrar in Cardiology with Special Duties to the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Thomas Hospital, London U.K.
Director: Mr. M.V. Brainbridge.
1968 - Consulting Practice, Nicosia, Cyprus.
1978 - Founding Member, Director and Consultant Cardiologist, The Nicosia Heart Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus.

FELLOWSHIPS AND HONOURS:
1963-65 - British Commonwealth Scholarship, St. Thomas Hospital Medical School, London U.K.
1963-65 - Research Fellow St. Thomas Hospital Medical School, London U.K.
1964 - British Commonwealth Scholarship, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.
1966 - Doctoral Thesis (MD). Cum Laude, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
1977 - Founding Member, Vice-President (1977-79) and President (1978-81 and 1996-98) of the Cyprus Society of Cardiology.
1980 - Hon. Consultant Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology St. Thomas Hospital, London, U.K. Director: Dr. M.M. Web-Peploe.
1980 - Visiting Professor of Cardiology. Department of Cardiology St. Thomas Hospital, London U.K. Director: Dr. M.M. Web-Peploe.
1987 - Founding Fellow and Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. Secretary and member of the Board of the Cyprus Heart Foundation.

MEMBERSHIPS:
Royal Society of Medicine, London, U.K., 1963.
Scientific Committee. Pancyprian Medical Association, Chairman 1978.
Scientific Committee, Nicosia Medical Association, Chairman 1979.
Scientific Committee, Pancyprian Medical Association, Member 1994.
International Society of Internal Medicine, 1980.
Cyprus Society of Cardiology: Founding Member, Vice President (1977-79), President (1979-81 and 1996-98), Secretary (1981-83), Councellor (1983-88).
Cyprus Society of Internal Medicine, 1980.
Cyprus Society of Angiology, 1980.
New York Academy of Sciences, 1982.
British Cardiac Society, 1984.
National Scientific Committee for the Study and Control of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), 1985. Deputy Chairman, 1989.
Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Health of Cyprus for the Study and Protection of Radiation, 1986.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 1988 (Representative of IPPNW for Cyprus).
Special Committee of the Pancyprian Medical Association for the Study of Hepatitis B. Chairman 1990.
Secretary and Member of the Board, the Cyprus Heart Foundation, 1996.

EDITORSHIPS:
Editor "Medical Cyprus", 1968.
Editor "Medical-Surgical Cyprus", 1979.
Editor-in-chief, the Bulletin of Cyprus Anti-anaemic Society, 1977.
Editorial Board, Cyprus Medical Journal, 1994.
Editorial Board, JAMA (M. East), 1995.

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY:
Founding Fellow, 1987.
Member of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology (1987).
Representative of the National Society to the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Monospecialty Section Cardiology, 1988-to-date.
Councellor, Steering Committee, European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Section Cardiology, 1998.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:
1961 - National Board of Medical Examiners (Cyprus Medical Council), Nicosia Cyprus.
1977 - Department of Cardiology, St. Thomas Hospital, London U.K.
1977 - Cardiology Board, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Athens, Greece.
1977 - Cardiology Board, Cyprus Medical Council.

PUBLICATIONS:
Publications, Report and Lectures in national and international Journals.