Gilles Dreyfus

Gilles Dreyfus, born on 24 May 1951, is a French cardiac surgeon who specializes in mitral valve repair, heart transplantation and cardiac assist devices. He is Senior Staff Surgeon and Professor at the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou in Paris and is affiliated with Paris Cité University. Earlier posts included the Broussais Hospital, the Foch Hospital and the Harefield Hospital in London, where he directed cardio-thoracic surgery and transplantation, and from 2010 he was Medical Director of the Cardio-thoracic center of Monaco. He became Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery in 1989 and later Professor of cardio-thoracic surgery at Imperial College School of Medicine. His research includes the first mitral valve repair in acute endocarditis, the development of the total heart transplant technique and a 2003 study on tricuspid annulus dilation that influenced American and European cardiology guidelines. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery in 2025.