EDUCATION & ACADEMIC TITLES
- Resident in Urology, 1st Urological Dept, Athens Medical School, Laiko hospital, Athens (2004 - 2008)
- Resident in General Surgery, Policlinic Hospital, Athens, Greece (2000 - 20001)
- Medical School, University of Athens, Greece (1991 - 1998)
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION & TRAINING
- Fellowship in the field of ROBOTIC SURGERY, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (2009 - 20010)
- Clinical visit (3 weeks) in the field of ROBOTIC SURGERY, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium (2008)
CLINICAL INTEREST
- Robotic Urology - especially prostate cancer (with results equivalent to the best centres of the world), kidney
- Transurethral Surgery - Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (TURIS of the prostate), bladder cancer
- Endourology - Stones, ureterolithotripsy with the use of rigid or/and flexible ureteroscope and lazer
- General Urology - circumsicion, varicocele, hydrocele etc.
- Diseases and oncology of the prostate, kidney, bladder
ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
After my return from Sweden and up to now, I have been working privately, asociated with the Metropolitan Group. I have performed a large number of operations, within the fields of my interest, with great emphasis on Robotic Surgery, mainly prostate cancer, with results equivalent to the best centers in the world.
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES & EDITORIAL BOARDS
- Medical Association of Athens
- Hellenic Urological Association
- European Association of Urology (EAU)
- Eurobean Board of Urology (FEBU)
- Endourological Society
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
905-EC-001 (STAR Study) Solifenacin in a flexible dose regimen with tolterodine as an active comparator in a double-blind, double-dummy, randomised overactive bladder symptom trial
Urological Unit of the General Hospital of Athens Laiko
Principal Investigator: Dr.Dimitrios Bougas
Sub Investigator: Stavros Vourekas
SCHOLARSHIPS
- EAU (European Association of Urology): 3 month scholarship - Part of my 7 month stay and training in Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (2009)
- Greek State’s Scholarships Foundation: 1 year in the field of “Laparoscopic Urology” (2006)
- Hellmsic: 4 week summer practice in the 1st Surgical Clinic, Semmelweis Medical School of University, Budapest, Hungary (1997)
DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS
- 1st prize: Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Lower Urinary Tract.
Anastasiou I(1), Petrolekas A(1), Vourekas S(1), Stravodimos K(1), Dimopoulos A(2), Giannopoulos A(1)- 1st Urologic Clinic, Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital Greece
- Oncologic Clinic, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Athens Medical School, Alexandra Hospital
9th Symposium of the Greek - German Urological Association, Athens, 29 June - 3 July 2005.
- One of the 5 quiz winners during the 5th EUREP course in Prague (7-12 September 2007), as published in the EUREP Bulletin, No 6 - December 2007
PUBLICATIONS
- Enucleoresection for the Elective Treatment of Small Renal Cell Carcinoma: Can it be the Treatment of choice?
I. Adamakis; G. Koutalelis; D. Mitropoulos; S. Vourekas; C. Constantinides; A. Zervas
Onkologie 2007;30:97-102 - Comparison Study between Renal Scintigraphy Intravenous Urography and Ultrasound Scan in the Evaluation of Renal Damage in Obstructive Nephropathy in Adults.
G. Koritsiadis, C. Stravodimos, C. Constantinidis, A. Michalakis, B. Loumos, V. Migdalis, S. Vourekas and A. Zervas
European Urology Supplements, Volume 6, Issue 2, March 2007, Page 115 - Characterization of novel candidate biomarkers for prostate cancer using quantitative proteomic profiling.
Tyritzis S., Garbis S., Pavlakis K., Vourekas S., Roumeliotis T., Zerefos P., Vlahou A., Kossida S., Diaz J., Constantinides C.
Urology 2007 Dec (Supplement 1);70(3):292 - Search for Potential Markers for Prostatic Cancer Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment in Clinical Tissue Specimens Using Amine-specific Isobaric Tagging (iTRAQ) with Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography and Tandem Mass Spectrometry.
S. Garbis, S. Tyritzis, Th. Roumeliotis, P. Zerefos, E. Giannopoulou, A. Vlahou, S. Kossida, J. Diaz, S. Vourekas, C. Tamvakopoulos, K. Pavlakis, D. Sanoudou and C. Constadinidis
The Journal of Proteome Research, August 2008;7(8):3146-3158 - TRUS versus transabdominal ultrasound as a predictor of enucleated adenoma weight in patients with BPH : A tool for standard preoperative work-up?
Stravodimos KG., Petrolekas A., Kapetanakis T, Vourekas S., Koritsiadis G., Adamakis I., Mitropoulos D., Constadinides C. Int Urol Nephr, April 2009 - Presentations in international congresses: 11
- Presentations in national congresses: 6
