Profile
Chief of 4th Orthopedic Clinic-Recostructive Clinic and Adult Traumotology at Metropolitan General
Chief of Medical Service at Metropolitan General
Education & Academic Titles
1969 - 1975: School of Medicine, University of Athens
1975 - 1977: Specialization in Orthopedics, General State Hospital, Piraeus
1977 - 1980: Department of Orthopedics, University of Athens, “KAT” Hospital, Kifissia
Postgraduate courses abroad (some of them on scholarship):
University of Saarland. Homburg/ Saar. Germany, Prof. Heinz Mittelmeier
University of Heidelberg, Karlsbad Rehab. Zentrum Germany, Prof. Jurgen Harms
Werner Wicker Clinic. Bad Wildungen. Germany Dr.Klaus Zielke
Cambell’s Clinic. Baptist Memorial Hospital.Tennessee USA
Professional Experience
1982 - 2016: Professor, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina
1991 - 2010: Head of the Adult Reconstructive Orthopedics Unit, University Hospital of Ioannina, 25-bed capacity, and occasionally Chief of the entire Department
1992 - 2016: Chief of the Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Ioannina
2016: Chief of the 6th Orthopedic Clinic at Metropolitan General
Clinical Interest
Extensive experience in surgery, with more than 15,000 procedures performed so far, covering the whole spectrum of Orthopedics, Reconstruction and Traumatology.
Great emphasis is placed on Adult Reconstructive Orthopedics and Traumatology, with more than 7,000 procedures performed so far.
Innovations:
- The first performance of hip arthroplasty in Greece, without cement, and ceramic arthroplasties, 1982
- The first seminar in arthroplasty with live transmission of surgical procedures in 1986, and since then, establishment of these seminars with the conduction of 4 live transmissions on average per year, during which dozens of orthopedics specialists were trained on new data
- Since 1991, computer-aided surgery planning and selection of implants – a worldwide first.
- On my initiative, founding of hip and knee Divisions of the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (HAOT) and the Hellenic Society of Hip & Knee Research which I chair. With the joint proposal of Professor Ilias Lambiris, establishment of the Division of Intramedullary Nailing of HAOT and joint organizing of various related workshops.
- One of the first to apply computer-assisted orthopedic surgery (CAOS) and utilization of surgical navigation systems. Under the common protocol of the HSS Hospiptal, application of the posterior minimally invasive surgery (PoMIS) in hip arthroplasties.
- The largest series of arthroplasties worldwide in patients with congenital hip dislocation. Monitoring of patient post-arthroplasty course with the EBRA software.
Recent Publications
Full text publications:
42 in national journals σε εθνικά επιστημονικά περιοδικά
93 in international journals incorporated into Medline
Three chapters in books written in English: two in books by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), and one book by the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT). All three books were related to the hip. These publications were cited more than 700 times, with an average of 4.53 citations per publication in foreign journals and books in Medline
Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
Chair of Scientific Societies
- Division of Hip - HAOT
- Hellenic Society of Hip & Knee Research
- Division of Intramedullary Nailing - HAOT
Member of Scientific Societies
10 National and International Societies
Editorial Board Membership: Hip International
2001 - 2011: Publisher of Acta Orthopaedica and Traumatologica Hellenica
Reviewer in national scientific journals, Hip International
Research
Configuration of Research Infrastructure:
Configuration of the only, on a Schools of Medicine basis, Biomechanics Laboratory in Greece for research training. Development of software for the planning and simulation of major hip surgeries. Undertaking of a large research program, through the Operational Programme for Research and Technology (EPET II), to develop custom-made arthroplasties- these outcomes are now followed in arthroplasties performed by a Swiss company.
February 2006: Visiting professor-Speaker, Ηοspital for Special Surgery (Cornell University), New York, USA.
Speeches, lectures, round tables: more than 350, both in Greece and abroad
Organizing of Seminars-Workshops: more than 85 of educational nature
