PROFILE
Director General Surgeon, Scientific Head, General Surgery Department, Metropolitan Hospital.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- 1986: Graduation, 1st Senior High School of Athens, grade excellent
- 1993: Degree in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, grade magna cum laude
- 12/07/1991-11/08/1991: Specialty training at the General Surgery Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, and the Transplant Unit, Saint Mary's Hospital’s, Portsmouth, UK
- 28/03/1994-28/10/1995: Mandatory military service as an enlisted doctor
- 15/12/1995-14/12/1996: Regional medical center of Kardamaina, General Hospital of Kos
- 30/04/1997-16/08/1999: Specialty training, 2nd Surgical Clinic, 251 Air Force General Hospital
- 17/08/1999-02/05/2003: Specialty training, 2nd Surgical Clinic and Transplant Unit, Evangelismos Hospital
- 2004: Salaried Senior Surgical Fellow, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust
- 2005: Salaried Senior Surgical Fellow, Transplant Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford
- 2006: Registrar, Athens Medical Center
- 2007-currently: Scientific Head, General Surgery Department, Metropolitan Hospital
EDUCATION
International Postgraduate Seminars
- Top course transplantation operative procedures, Schorfheide / OP-Center Groz Doeln
- European College of Transplantation session, Official ESOT Training. Geneva, 11-16/12/2001
- ATLS Student Course 22/11/97
- Revivification Course, 08/03/2002-09/03/2002
- Visiting Surgeon to the Liver Transplantation Program, King’s College Hospital, 2002
- European College of Transplantation session, Official ESOT Training, 2002
- Beginners training on MARS therapy, Warnemunde, 3-6 December, 2003
- Minimally invasive operating techniques in bariatric surgery, ESI Hamburg, 2005
- European Donor Surgery Master class, 2006 Leiden, Official ESOT training
- Minimally Invasive Operating Techniques in Visceral Surgery, ESI Hamburg, 2006
Postgraduate Seminars in Greece
- “Assessment and acceptance of multiple-organ donors, brain death”, 7th Panhellenic Transplantation Congress
- “Transplant Coordinators”, Continuing Vocational Training Program, 2000
- Postgraduate seminar on “The Lymphatic Map & the Significance of Sentinel Node Biopsy”, 2002
- Postgraduate seminar on “Hepatic Surgery”, 2002
INTERESTS
Scientific Work
- 285 Citations
- 6 full international bibliography publications in international peer-reviewed journals
- 15 publications following announcements in international conferences
- 11 announcements and summaries in international conferences
- 9 announcements with poster presentations in international conferences
- 21 complete publications on Greek literature
- 33 full Greek bibliography publications, following announcements in conferences
- 84 announcements and summaries in Greek conferences and Societies
- 7 announcements with poster presentation in Greek conferences and Societies
Computer Skills
Proficient in Windows, Linux, MS Office programs.
