Zoras Odysseas-Ioannis

Director Dpt. of Surgical Oncology and Centre of Locoregional Chemotherapies
Metropolitan Hospital, Athens
Ufficiale dell’ordine della Stella della Repubblica Italiana, (awarded by the President of the Italian Republic) Honorary Member of the Society of Surgical Oncology of Israel Guest Professsor of Shanxi Medical University, China

Professor in Surgical Oncology, University of Crete, Medical School
Head of the Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion (- 2021)
Director of the Postgraduate MSc Program “Oncology: From Oncogenesis to Therapy” (- 2021)
European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) member Board of Directors (2014-2018)
Dean of Medical School in the University of Crete, Greece (2007-2011).

Former Rector of the University of Crete

• In 1990 full registration in the General Medical Council, UK.
• Post-graduate fellowships in:
• Milan Cancer Institute
• Glasgow University Royal Infirmary
• Beatson Institute Glasgow University
• University of Rochester, Medical Center, New York

• Since 1996 active member of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) (member of the International Committee and the Outreach Committee).
• Since 2002 full member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
• Since 2002 Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
• Member of the Educational and Training Committee (ETC) of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) - (- 2014).
• Examiner of the European Board of Surgical Oncology (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Author or co/author of more than 130 publications in cited scientific journals
• Contributing author in one American textbook of surgical anatomy
• Editor of one textbook entitled “Regional Oncotherapies”.
• Co-author in the European Textbook “Surgical Oncology”, Editors G. Poston and R. Audisio.
• Co-author in the textbook “Surgery for pelvic malignancies”, Edition Broken Hill
• Editorial board of the “Annals of Surgical Oncology” Journal, section “Bone and soft tissue sarcomas” up to October 2012.
• Invited speaker in more than 500 national and international congresses.
• Chair of the ESSO Melanoma Courses 2013, 2015 and 2017 in collaboration with the American Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
• Associate Editor of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO)
• Editorial Board of the “Annals of Surgical Oncology” Journal (co-chair European section) since 2014