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Director Neurosurgeon, Department of Minimally Invasive Brain and Spine Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital
Previous Experience
- 2014-currently: Director, Neurosurgery Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital
- 28/08/2013-currently: Registrar Neurosurgeon, Department of Minimally Invasive Brain and Spine Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital
- 01/06/2012-31/08/2013: Associate Neurosurgeon at various private clinics in Athens (Iaso Children’s Hospital and Iaso General Hospital, Athens Euroclinic Hospital, Euroclinic Children's Hospital, Athens Medical Group, Mediterraneo Hospital, New Athenaeum Hospital)
- 09/05/2013-currently: Private Neurosurgery Practice, Chaidari, Athens
- 01/09/2008-26/01/2012: Assistant Registrar, Neurosurgeon, Asklipeion General Hospital, Voula
- 15/03/2004-06/01/2008: Neurosurgery Intern, Asklipeion General Hospital, Voula
- 02/12/2003-11/02/2004: General Surgery Intern, Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital
- 03/06/2003-02/12/2003: Neurology Intern, Evangelismos Hospital
- 03/01/2002-02/04/2004: General Surgery Intern, Evangelismos Hospital
- 27/03/2000-27/09/2001: Mandatory military service as physician, Army Medical Corps
- 16/12/1998-23/03/2000: Rural service, Regional Medical Center, Kastri, Kinouria, Arcadia
- 16/09/1998-15/12/1998: Three-month practical training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery, Panarkadiko General Hospital of Tripoli, Arcadia
Education/Training
- 1991: Graduated from the 2nd High School of Megara
- 1992-1998: Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; graduated on 23/07/1998, grade summa cum laude
- 19/02/2000 and 27/05/2003: American Surgical Association, Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
- 20/11/1999 and 18/01/2005 : American Surgical Association, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
- 2005: Histology and Anatomy Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Alicante, Spain, Microsurgery and Microsurgical Anatomy of the Basal Cisterns and Vessels of the Brain
- 2006: Hygeia Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens, Pituitary Surgery Course
- 2008: PhD Candidate, Faculty of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 2009: Hellenic Neurosurgical Society, Laboratory of Anatomy, Medical School of Thessaloniki, Cadaveric Cervical Spine Hands-On Course
- 2009: Training Course on Head Injury and Functional Neurosurgery, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), Prague, Czech Republic
- 2010: Training Course on Spine and Peripheral Nerves, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (ΕΑNS), Padova, Italy
- 2011: Training Course on Vascular Neurosurgery, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (ΕΑNS), Tallinn, Estonia
- 2011-currently: Hellenic Open University, MSc in Healthcare Management
- 2013: European Spine Course Diploma
Interests
Distinctions
- 01/12/1998: Faculty of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Studies
- Stella Tsagka-Letta Despotidou Foundation Scholarship for completion of a doctoral dissertation at the Athens Faculty of Medicine
Surgical Interests
- Spine Surgery (classical and minimally invasive surgery)
- Functional Neurosurgery (surgical treatment of painful spasticity)
- Surgical Neuro-oncology (central nervous system tumors)
Patents
- 24/10/2013: Hellenic Industrial Property Organization, patent on "Dividable Atraumatic Pusher for Detached Bone Spicules of the Lumbar Vertebrae Bodies” (Int.Cl. A61B 17/88); valid until 21/03/2032
Scientific/Educational Work
- Co-author in 4 scientific books
- 12 publications in Greek scientific journals
- 9 publications in international scientific journals
- Participation in 33 Greek conferences, with 92 oral and poster announcements
- Participation in 14 Greek conferences, with 23 oral and poster announcements
- Participation with 2 lectures in Postgraduate Surgery Courses organized by the Asklepieion Hospital of Voula and the Hellenic Society for Microbiology
Fellowship in Scientific Societies and Associations
- Member of the Arcadia Medical Association (19/08/1998-01/10/2001)
- Member of the Athens Medical Association (23/10/2001-currently)
- Member of the Hellenic Surgical Society (26/03/2001-currently)
- Member of the Southeastern Europe Neuromodulation Society (01/01/2007-currently)
- Regular member of the Hellenic Society of Pharmacology (08/06/2007-currently) and their Audit Committee (since 2010)
- Member of the Doctors of the World (08/12/2008-currently)
- Full member of the Hellenic Neurosurgery Society (20/02/2009-currently)
- Full member of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) (03/02/2009-currently)
- Full member of the Hellenic Spine Society (28/10/2010-currently)
- Active international member of Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) (12/11/2010-currently); membership ID 49973
