Education & Academic Titles
- Specialization in General and Oncologic Surgery, 1st Surgical Oncological Department and Breast Unit, Memorial Oncological Hospital “Metaxa”, Athens, 1987 - 1988
- Specialization in General and Oncologic Surgery, 2nd Department of Surgery and Intensive Care Unit, “Evangelismos” Hospital, Athens, 1988 - 1993
Doctoral Thesis
Doctorate - PhD
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Doctoral thesis title: “The Significance of Risk Factors in the Prevention of Surgical Infections”, 1997
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 1996 - 2013 Consultant General and Breast Surgeon in private hospitals: Hygeia, Athens Medical Center, Iaso General and Henry Dunant
- Since 2010 Head of Private Breast Unit Ilioupoli
- 2013 -2015 Consultant Breast Surgeon at Northwick Park Hospital, London and at Heart of England Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- Since October 2015 Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at Iaso General Hospital (today Metropolitan General Hospital)
CLINICAL INTEREST
- Holistic tailormade approach, support and clinical follow up for women
- Management of benign breast problems
- Management of breast lumps and abnormal mammograms
- Surgical management of breast cancer
- Breast cancer Wide Local Excision with advanced Oncoplastic breast reconstructive techniques
- Sentinel node surgery - with Radioactive Isotope and Blue dye dual techniques
- Nipple and skin sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction
- Identification and management of women at high risk for breast cancer
- Breast and ovarian cancer genetics and risk assessment program
- Development of family history tool for the prenatal visit to identify the need of genetic counseling and testing
- Breast cancer in Elderly
- 2nd opinions in breast disease and surgery
