EDUCATION & ACADEMIC TITLES
- 1969-1975 School of Medicine, NKUA. Degree Grade: Very Good
- 1983 ECFMG
- 1988 Experimental Doctoral Thesis (1982-88). Grade: Excellent
- 1992 Lecturer of Surgery, Χειρουργικής NKUA
- 1996 Assistant Professor of Surgery, NKUA
- 2003 Associate Professor of Surgery, NKUA
- 2010 Full Professor of Surgery, NKUA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Military service: Doctor-Soldier 1975-1976 (424 Military Hospital-216 MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital units, Alexandroupolis, Surgical Departments)
- Rural General Practice: 1977-1978 Arachnaio, Argolida
- Specialization in General Surgery: 1978-1982, “Laiko” Hospital. 2nd Department of Propaedeutic Surgery (Chief: Professor Gr. Skalkeas)
- “ELPIS” Hospital 1983-1986 as a resident in surgery. 1st Department of Surgery (Chief: Professor M. Nousias)
- “ELENA” Hospital 1986 as a 2nd Degree Registrar, NHS. 1st Department of Surgery (Chief: AE Professor A. Vasilaros)
- “ELPIS” Hospital 1986-1992 as a 1st Degree Registrar, NHS. 2nd Department of Surgery (Chief: Professor St. Plessas)
- Honorary Registrar, St Georges Hospital, London, UK, for 7 months (Chief: Mr J.C Gazet) Attendance and participation in all surgeries involving pancreas and bile ducts
- Appointed at the 3rd Department of Surgery, “SOTIRIA” Hospital, 1993. (Founder-First Chief: Professor M. Sechas)
- Department of Surgery, Fribourg, Switzerland, 1996, for 3 months and then for 1 month for 4 consecutive years (Chief: P. Petropoulos)
- BOD Member, Tsagkaris Foundation
- Examiner in Surgery, 2014-2016
- Representative of the Department of Surgery at the General Assembly of the Medical School for 16 times during his 25-year term service at the NKUA
- Chief of the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, 2014-2015 and 2015-2017, Member of the curriculum committee
- Chief of the Department of Surgery, “ATTIKON” Hospital 2014-2017
- BOD Member and Treasurer of the Association of Medical Professors (EKIPA), 2015-2017
- Chief of the 3rd Department of Surgery, “ATTIKON” Hospital, 2010-2018
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES & EDITORIAL BOARDS
- Member in 8 Hellenic and 4 International Societies
- Member of three-member thesis committees or supervisor in 21 Doctoral Theses
- Member of various committees of the Central Board of Health
- Reviewer in 12 international journals
- 99 publications in foreign languages, included on PubMed, and 38 publications not included on PubMed (Citations 1482, h-Intex 21, i-10 Intex 42)
PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
- 214 Posters in Greek Conferences and 42 Posters in International Conferences
- 249 Lectures - Speeches, presidium in round tables, conferences, workshops, symposia and clinics. Of these, 109 pertained to surgical diseases of the pancreas and, in particular, 5 of them were presidiums at European and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Conferences, as well as Master Class, specializing in pancreatic cystic neoplasms (Heidelberg 2005, Verona 2006, Athens 2009 and 2017, Sao Paolo 2016)
- President of the Greek-Cypriot Surgery Congress in 2011
- Organizer-President of 2 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Workshops in 2011 and 2016
- Member of the Organizing Committee of all Panhellenic Surgery Congresses for more than 25 years
- Paper Reviewer in 2 International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Conferences (Sao Paolo 2016, Geneva 2018)
- Determination of guidelines and recommendations for the treatment of Hernias, as one of the 60 international experts, 2006, at the Suvretta meeting, St Moritz, and participation in the published book Recurrent hernia, prevention and treatment (Springer 2007)
CLINICAL WORK
Significant contribution to the development of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery at the 3rd Department of Surgery, with 278 procedures for surgical pancreatic diseases of various types, 142 hepatectomies of various types, as well as 39 repairs of iatrogenic bile duct injuries, of which 12 in the last 2 years.