Education & Academic Titles
- Degree in Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Athens (Grade: Excellent)
- Doctorate in Surgical Neurology awarded by the University of Edinburgh
- Doctorate in Neurosurgery
- Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS) (1994)
Clinical Interest
- Surgical procedures using stereotactic and functional techniques
- Parkinson's disease
- Trigeminal - glossopharyngeal nerve neuralgia
Spinal disorders
Cervical pars:
- cervical syndrome and cervical spondylosis
- cervical and craniospinal base tumors
- extensive spondylectomies and spondylodeses
Thoracic pars:
- bone marrow-related and non bone marrow-related discopathies
- spinal cord tumors
Lumbar pars:
- bloodless microdiscectomies
- extensive nerve decompression and all types of spondylodesis
Awards & Distinctions
- Scholar of the Public Health from National Foundation of Scholarships
- Award by the Ministry of Labor, accompanied by diploma and monetary prize for outstanding achievement and Excellent academic performance during undergraduate and graduate studies at the School of Medicine,
- Surgical Fellowship, Universities of Birmingham and West Midland Health Board, Birmingham, United Kingdom, for the clinical research on acute strokes, University of Birmingham (1980 - 1983)
- Syme Surgical Fellowship, University of Edinburgh (1978 - 1980) for research on craniocerebral injuries
- In 1996, he performed the first in Greece (and one of the first on a European level) robot-assisted surgeries on the brain and spine at the University of Ioannina, and he saw to the buying of the required and novel in knowing and handling medical equipment (Εφημερίδα τα “ΝΕΑ” newspaper, “Apogevmatini” newspaper ).
