Ilkka Ilonen
Chief Physician, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor
HUS Heart and Lung Center, Pulmonary and Esophageal Surgery Ward M11
- Education
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Surgical Leadership Program Harvard Medical School MA USA 2021
Executive MBA Program, Aalto EE 2021
Fellow of American College of Surgeons USA 2020
Adjunct Professor (Docent) Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Helsinki FI 2019
Fellow of European Board of Thoracic Surgery UEMS 2018
Advanced Thoracic Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NY USA 2017-2018
Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon University of Helsinki FI 2016
ECFMG Certificate USA 2016
MD/PhD Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki FI 2011
MD Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki FI 2008Research: PI of Happy Lungs research group. Main interest in Lung, Pleural and Oesophageal Malignancies. Over 45 publications.
- Specialities
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Minimally Invasive General Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgery, incl. advanced endosopic therapies (EBUS and navigational bronchoscopy).
- Languages
- Finnish, Swedish, English
- Positions of responsibility
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Level 1 examiner European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery, European Chair for Annual Resident competition Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS), Cancer Research Steering Board Helsinki University Hospital