PROFIL
Director of 4th Gastroenterology Clinic, Head of Endoscopic Ultrasounds Dept. at Metropolitan General
EDUCATION & ACADEMIC TITLES
- Medical Degree (1994), University of Ioannina – School of Medicine
- Membership of Royal College of Physicians MRCP (UK) (1999), Royal College of Physicians London – UK
- CCST (UK) Gastroenterology & General Internal Medicine (2006), Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, London – UK
- Clinical Fellow in Endosonography (2007), Universitätskliniken LKH Innsbruck Austria
- Master’s Degree – Health Unit Management (2010), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris – France
- Clinical Assistant Professor (2023), University of Nicosia (UNIC) – Cyprus
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Director of 4th Gastroenterology Clinic, Head of Endoscopic Ultrasounds Dept., Metropolitan General – Cholargos
- Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology & General Internal Medicine, Wessex Deanery – NHS South Central, UK (2000–2005)
- Senior House Officer, General Internal Medicine, North West Deanery – NHS North West, UK (1997–2000)
CLINICAL & RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
- Interventional Endoscopy
- Pancreatic Disorders
- Intestinal Failure – Short Bowel Syndrome
- Metabolic Diseases & Obesity
PUBLICATIONS
- Nikas I, Ishak A, AlRawashdeh M, Klapsinou E, Sepsa A, Tzimas G, Panagiotakopoulos D, Papaioannou D, Salla C. Preoperative diagnosis of abdominal extra-adrenal paragangliomas with fine-needle biopsy. Diagnostics 2022; 12:1819.
- Panagiotakopoulos D, Mouchtouris A, Zarakostas M, Rontogianni D, Athanasiadou P. Endosonographic features of unicentric Castleman Disease. Endosc Ultrasound 2014; 3(Suppl S1):10–11.
- Panagiotakopoulos D. Nutritional Support in patients with anatomical and functional abnormalities of the digestive tract. In: Manual of Nutritional and Physical Activity Support in Patients with Neoplastic Diseases. Athens, 2014. ISBN 978-618-81321-0-98.
- Panagiotakopoulos D, Panos MZ. Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Annals of Gastroenterology 2006; 19(1):42–54.
- Panagiotakopoulos D. Short bowel syndrome in patients with Crohn’s disease: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment strategies. In: Triantafillidis JK. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment. Athens, 2011.
- Panagiotakopoulos D, Cupitt J. Beau’s lines in a quadriplegic patient. Anaesthesia 2000; 55(9):936.
