# Ilkka Ilonen ## Chief Physician, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor HUS Heart and Lung Center, Pulmonary and Esophageal Surgery Ward M11 - [ Email ](#) - [ 050 427 2280 ](tel:0504272280) Education 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 2008 Research: PI of Happy Lungs research group. Main interest in Lung, Pleural and Oesophageal Malignancies. Over 45 publications. Specialities Minimally Invasive General Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgery, incl. advanced endosopic therapies (EBUS and navigational bronchoscopy). Languages Finnish, Swedish, English Positions of responsibility 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 Updated: 18.01.2023 Print this page