Profile
Chief of Minimal Interventional Digestive Surgery , Obesity and Diabetes Clinic
Chief of 3rd Surgery Clinic
Co-Chief of Center of Excellence in Hernia Surgery at Metropolitan General
Education & Academic Titles
- Training in upper GI laparoscopic surgery and laparoscopic bariatric surgery - DRK-Krankenhaus-Clementinenhaus hospital (Head Chief, Dr med Andreas Kuthe), Hannover, Germany, 2015
- Training in Large Intestine Laparoscopic Surgery - IRCAD-EITS, Strasburg, France, 2015
- Training in Upper & Lower Abdomen Ultrasound Imaging / FAST - Hellenic Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Athens, 2014
- Training in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery - IRCAD-EITS, Strasburg, France, 2008
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS Instructor Course) (program of the American College of Surgeons for the hospital management of the polytrauma patient) - Certification awarded - 2014, National Trauma Instructor
- Specialization in General Surgery, 2009, Department of Surgery, University of Patras
- Postgraduate degree in Clinical - Clinical-laboratorial Specialties awarded by the University of Patras - 2006
- School of Medicine, University of Patras, 2000
Doctoral Thesis
Doctoral thesis title: “Study on the expression of hormone receptors in primary tumor and sentinel lymph node, in Melanoma and its impact of the course of the disease”, University of Patras (Doctorate awarded by the University of Patras in 2014)
Professional Experience
- Department of Surgery, University of Patras:
Associate consultant, 2013. Scientifically responsible for patients undergoing clinically severe bariatric surgery, headed by Professor of Surgery, Mr. Fotios Kalfarentzos - Colorectal Unit, Stepping Hill Hospital, Manchester, UK:
In-house Senior Clinical Fellow in Lower GI Laparoscopic Surgery, 2012 - Department of Surgery, University of Patras:
Associate consultant, 2010 - 2012
Clinical Interest
- Upper and lower GI laparoscopic surgery
- Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Oncology Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Emergency Surgery
Awards & Distinctions
Revisional Surgery associated with higher rate of complications. Bariatric News, Issue 4, Page 4, June 2010
Extensive report by the American Newspaper “Bariatric News” (newspaper for healthcare professionals in the USA on clinically severe obesity) regarding the increased rate of complications occurring after revision surgeries for clinically severe obesity, for the article published in Archives of Surgery (2010; 145[2]:173-177), with the same first contributor.
Scientific Director of the Workshop “The impact of clinically severe obesity in conception and gestation. The role of conservative therapy and surgical indications”, held on 4 April 2015, at IASO Maternity Clinic, Athens, under the auspices of the Medical Association of Athens.
Recent Publications
- Spyropoulos C, Argentou MI, Petsas T, Thomopoulos K, Kehagias I, Kalfarentzos F. Management of gastrointestinal leaks after surgery for clinically severe obesity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2012; 8: 609-15
- Koukouras D, Spyropoulos C, Zygomalas A, Tzoracoleftherakis E. Sentinel lymph node in male breast carcinoma; a female entity? Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2012; 33: 255-6
- Maroulis I, Spyropoulos C, Kalogeropoulou C, Karavias D. Use of radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of liver hemorrhage in the emergency setting; report of two cases and review of the literature. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi 2013; 19: 167-72
- Kehagias I, Spyropoulos C, Karamanakos S, Kalfarentzos F. Efficacy of sleeve gastrectomy as sole procedure in patients with clinically severe obesity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013; 9:363-9
- Koukoulaki M, Spyropoulos C, Hondrogiannis P, Papachristou E, Mitsi E, Kalfarentzos F, Goumenos DS. Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Morbid Obesity Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery. Nephron Extra. 2013 31; 3: 101-105. eCollection 2013
- Spyropoulos C, Rentis A, Alexaki E, Triantafillidis JK, Vagianos C. Appendiceal mucocele and pseudomyxoma peritonei; the clinical boundaries of a subtle disease. Am J Case Rep. 2014; 15: 355-60
- Triantafillidis JK, Spyropoulos C, Rentis A, Vagianos K. Development of Crohn's disease in husband and wife: the role of major psychological stress. Ann Gastroenterol. 2014; 27: 433-434
- Massimo Sartelli, Frederick A Moore, Luca Ansaloni, Salomone Di Saverio, Federico Coccolini, Ewen A Griffiths, Raul Coimbra, Ferdinando Agresta, Boris Sakakushev, Carlos A Ordoñez, Fikri M Abu-Zidan, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Goran Augustin, David Costa Navarro, Jan Ulrych, Zaza Demetrashvili, Renato B Melo, Sanjay Marwah, Sanoop K Zachariah, Imtiaz Wani, Vishal G Shelat, Jae Il Kim, Michael McFarlane, Tadaja Pintar, Miran Rems, Miklosh Bala, Offir Ben-Ishay, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Mario Paulo Faro, Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior, Marco Catani, Gianluca Baiocchi, Roberto Bini, Gabriele Anania, Ionut Negoi, Zurabs Kecbaja, Abdelkarim H Omari, Yunfeng Cui, Jakub Kenig, Norio Sato, Andras Vereczkei, Matej Skrovina, Koray Das, Giovanni Bellanova, Isidoro Di Carlo, Helmut A Segovia Lohse, Victor Kong, Kenneth Y Kok, Damien Massalou, Dmitry Smirnov, Mahir Gachabayov, Georgios Gkiokas, Athanasios Marinis, Charalampos Spyropoulos, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos Bouliaris, Jaan Tepp, Varut Lohsiriwat, Elif Çolak, Arda Isik, Daniel Rios-Cruz, Rodolfo Soto, Ashraf Abbas, Cristian Tranà, Emanuele Caproli, Darija Soldatenkova, Francesco Corcione, Diego Piazza and Fausto Catena. A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2015; 10: 3
- Spyropoulos C, Melachrinou M, Vasilakos P, Tzorakoleftherakis E. Estrogen receptors expression in sentinel lymph nodes in melanomas. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2015; 36: 123-30
Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
- Hellenic Society of Surgery
- European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES)
- Hellenic Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology
- Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons
- Hellenic Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (HSUMB)
- British Medical Council
