Dr. Luis Baquero MD, FEBCTS, Mst Spanish nationality, completed MD degree at the Faculty of Medicine of Zaragoza Spain in 1994. Masters Degree in Medicine at University Of Medical Sciences in Zaragoza Spain in 1996. Residency in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery in University of Medical Sciences, Hospital SantaMarta Lisbon in 1998. Board/Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery National exam in Lisbon February 2005. European Certified Surgeon (FEBCTS). Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Degree. My training was supplemented with the following Fellowships: Herz und Diabetes Zentrum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany(2003-2005). Training on General Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery and special focus in Ventricular Assists Devices and Heart Transplantation. Fellowship at Herz Zentrum Leipzig. Germany Minimally Invasive Surgery (August–September 2006, At University of Leuven. Belgium (September 2007 and November 2009) Off Pump myocardial revascularization. Fellowship at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Cochi, India, (Jan-Jul 2011) with special focus on congenital surgery, Fellowship at Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid (Spain), (Jun-August 2003) for Lung Transplantation surgery. In 2011-16, PhD-Doctoral Program at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, NOVA in Lisbon (Portugal) and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research ,Kochi Índia. My surgical and clinical certification, FEBCTS – European Board Cardothoracic Surgery, Consultant degree of Cardiothoracic Surgeon,Portuguese Board in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Competence on Emergency Medicine. From Portuguese Medical Council and European Board for General Practitioner. Currently, I am Director of the Heart Center of Red Cross Hospital Lisbon, Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery Department and Coordinator of minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery.

Dr. Luis Baquero research interests include Aortic Valve, Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Failure, Miocardial revascularization, congenital cardiac surgery , Aortic Dilatation, Health Management.