TRIGKA KATERINA

PREVIOUS SERVICE - CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN ANESTHESIOLOGY

• 25.3.2008 to present: Externally Associated Anesthesiologist at Metropolitan General, Athens Euroclinic, Athens Bioclinic, Mitera, Errikos Dynan and other private medical clinics.
• 19.1.2009 to 23.1.2009: Training in techniques in air passage management and anesthesiology practices in laparoscopy and thoracoscopy operations at the Anesthesiology Department of the S. Orsola-Malpighi Universitaria di Bologna Hospital (Italy).
• 27.11.2003 to 6.11.2007: Anesthesiology Specialty at the Anesthesiology Department of the Hellenic Red Cross “Korgialeneio-Benakeio” Hospital.
• 3.2.2003 to 25.11.2003: Anesthesiology Specialty at the Anesthesiology Department of the “Koutlimbaneio & Triantafylleio” General Hospital of Larisa.
• 25.3.2008 to 31.6.2013: Deputy Director and Physician-in-charge of the ICU at Athens Bioclinic (a private clinic of the Biomedical Group).
• 3.8.2005 to 16.06.2014: On-duty as Physician-in-charge of the ICU at the Athens Bioclinic (a private clinic of the Biomedical Group).
• 1.7.2013 to 16.06.2014: On-duty as Physician-in-charge at the ICU at Ygeias Melathron (TYPET).
• 19.1.2006 to 30.6.2008: On-duty as Physician-in-charge at the ICU at private Hospital Center “Kyanous Stavros”.
• 12.1.2004 to 20.7.2006: On-duty as Physician-in-charge at the ICU of the Athenian Clinic (branch of Athens Euroclinic).
• 2.4.2007 to 1.10.2007: Six-month training at the ICU of the Hellenic Naval Hospital of Athens.

EDUCATION - CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 5.10.2000 to 2.6.2001: Education and Attendance Certificate from the Emergency Department at the University Hospital Gasthuiberg (Leuven Belgium).
• 11.9.2001 to 18.12.2001: Three-month compulsory residence (effective as specialty period) at the Pathology, Surgical and Cardiology Department of Karditsa General Hospital.
• 19.12.2001 to 18.12.2002: Mandatory rural medical service at the Mouzaki Health Center of the Karditsa General Hospital, also covering the Regional Clinic of Pyrgos Ithomis.
• 3.2.2003 to 25.11.2003: Anesthesiology Specialty at the Anesthesiology Department of the “Koutlimbaneio & Triantafylleio” General Hospital of Larisa.
• 27.11.2003 to 6.11.2007: Anesthesiology Specialty at the Anesthesiology Department of the Hellenic Red Cross “Korgialeneio-Benakeio” Hospital.
• 12.1.2004 to 20.7.2006: On-duty as Physician-in-charge at the ICU of the Athenian Clinic (branch of Athens Euroclinic).
• 19.1.2006 to 30.6.2008: On-duty as Physician-in-charge at the ICU at private Hospital Center “Kyanous Stavros”.
• 3.8.2005 to present: On-duty as Physician-in-charge of the ICU at the Athens Bioclinic (a private clinic of the Biomedical Group).
• 23.5.2003: Doctor at World League Volleyball 2003 Games.
• 19.8.2004 to 29.8.2004: 2004 Athens Olympic Games Volunteer physician at the Galatsi Olympic Sports Center.

AFTER SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION

• 19.1.2009 to 23.1.2009: Attendance of techniques in air passage management and anesthesiology practices in laparoscopy and thoracoscopy surgery operations at the Anesthesiology Department of the S. Orsola-Malpighi Universitaria di Bologna Hospital (Italy).
• 25.3.2008 to present: Registrar Anesthesiologist at Athens Bioclinic (a private medical clinic of the Biomedical Group).
• 25.3.2008 to 31.6.2013: Assistant Director and Physician-in-charge of the ICU at Athens Bioclinic (a private clinic of the Biomedical Group).
• 10.12.2009 to present: Externally Associated Anesthesiologist at Athens Euroclinic, Iaso General and other private medical clinics.
• 3.8.2005 to present: On-duty as Physician-in-charge of the ICU at the Athens Bioclinic (a private clinic of the Biomedical Group).
• 1.7.2013 to 1.2.2017: On-duty as Physician-in-charge at the ICU at Ygeias Melathron (TYPET).

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• 29.9.2001: Attendance Certificate for the Program of Medical Doctor Education in Advanced Life Support (ALS)
• 5.2.2004 to 7.2.2004: Attendance Certificate of the Fourth Continuing Education Seminar in Anesthesiology (FEEA) in Thessalonica
• 28.2.2004 to 29.2.2004: Second Pan-Hellenic Seminar “Epidural Area” (Access Techniques and Medical Applications)
• 4.4.2004: Attendance and Competence Certificate of Resuscitator Seminars in Basic Life Support (BLS)
• 23.2.2005: Attendance Certificate by the EAE Clinical Practicum “Difficult Air Passages”. Practice on hyperglottic air passageways and fiber optic bronchoscopy (3 hours theory, 5 hours practice)
• 11.10.2004 to 27.10.2004: Attendance Certificate in the Continuing Professional Education Action “Pain Treatment” (24 hours theory, 16 hours practice)
• 19.11.2006: Participation Certificate in the Training Practicum of the 25th Pan-Hellenic Surgery Conference “Water-Electrolyte and Acid-Basic Balance Disorders”
• 20.11.2006: Attendance Certificate of the EAE Clinical Practicum “Critical Incidents and Anesthesia”
• 22.2.2007: Attendance Certificate of the EAE Clinical Practicum “Critical Incidents in the Cardiovascular System during the Peri-operative Period to Non-cardiosurgery Patients: Arrhythmias and Myocardial Ischemia”
• 11.5.2007: Attendance Certificate of the Clinical Practicum of the 17th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (“Anesthesia Device”)
• 4.7.2009: Attendance and Competence Certificate by the Resuscitator Seminar in Advanced Life Support
• 13.5.2011: Attendance Certificate by the Clinical Practicum of the 19th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference “Nerve Blocks and Central Vein Catheterization with Ultrasound Guidance” (25 CME points)
• 14.10.2011: Attendance Certificate by the Clinical Practicum of the 12th Conference on Local Anesthesia for Pain and Palliative Treatment “Use of Ultrasonography in Local Anesthesia for the Management of Acute and Chronic Pain” (15 CME points).

EXPERIENCE AS SPEAKER AND INSTRUCTOR

• Instructor at Clinical Practicum in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the Day Conference on Hospital Dental Care, Oral Care and Dental Care for Physically Challenged Persons (Larisa, 27 September 2003)
• Speaker at instructional courses in the Anesthesiology Department of the “Koutlimbaneio & Triantafylleio” General Hospital of Larisa
  • Inter-Operative Hemorrhagic Disposition. Causes and Therapy
  • Emergency Care Department: Organization and Operation
• Speaker at educational courses in the “Korgialeneio – Benakeio” Red Cross Hospital Anesthesiology Department
  • Pre-Anesthesia Assessment of Patients
  • Post-Operative Pain Treatment
  • Local Anesthesia in Children

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Membership in Scientific Societies

1. Member of the Medical Association of Athens
2. ESA (European Society of Anesthesiologists)
3. Hellenic Anesthesiology Society
4. Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Society of Northern Greece
5. Hellenic Palliative and Symptomatic Care for Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients

Publications in International Journals

Successful Intravenous Regional Sympathetic Blockade (Bier’s Block) with Guanethidine and Lidocaine in a Patient with Advanced Burger’s Disease (Thromboangiitis Obliterans) Paraskevas K, Trigka A, Samara M. Angiology Volume 56: 493 - 496, 2005.

Announcements in International Conferences

1. Comparative study of postoperative pain in relation to the development of hematoma after total knee arthroplasty operation. Trigka A, Nani E, Giasnetsova T, Flossos A, Samara M. 4th European Congress Orthopaedic Anaesthesia and Pain. Madeira, 19 - 22 June 2003
2. Award for Best Independent Announcement
   Spinal Anesthesia with levobupivacaine 0.5% in two different doses in elderly patients undergoing surgery for inter-trochanteric femoral fracture. Trigka A, Karistianou G, Saiti A, Bogka F, Asteriadou D, Samara M. 4th European Congress Orthopaedic Anaesthesia and Pain. Madeira, 19 - 22 June 2003
3. Influence of local anaesthetic concentration on quality of sensory and motor blockade after subclavian brachial plexus anaesthesia. Nani E, Trigka A, Karistianou G, Barkas K, Samara M. XXII Annual Congress ESRA Malta 2003. St-Julian, Malta, 10 - 13 September 2003
4. Unilateral spinal anaesthesia with three different solutions of hyper-baric ropivacaine. Rizzotti L., Roussakis G., Trigka C., Boukouvalas E., Foniadakis D., Katsoulis I. XXIV Annual Congress ESRA Berlin 2005
5. Continuous wound instillation of local anesthetic via pump infuser after major abdominal surgery: a prospective comparative study. L. Rizzotti, G. Roussakis, E. Tringa, D. Foniadakis, E. Boukouvalas, I. Katsoulis, V. Laopodis. XXV Annual Congress ESRA Monte Carlo 2006 Monte Carlo, Monaco, 6 - 9 September 2006

Announcements in Greek Conferences

1. General Anesthesia and Dentistry Care. Barkas K., Samara M., Sakorrafa E., Boga F., Karystianou G., Trigka A. Day Conference of Hospital Dentistry, Oral Care and Dental Care for Physically Challenged Persons (Larisa, 27 September 2003)
2. Basic cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Practicum. Koutrogianni V., Sakorrafa E., Barkas K., Boga F., Trigka E., Karistianou G., Saiti A., Samara M. Day Conference of Hospital Dentistry, Oral Care and Dental Care for Physically Challenged Persons (Larisa, 27 September 2003)
3. Anesthesiology Outpatient Clinic in Comparison With the One-Day Hospitalization Department: Benefits for Patients and Hospitals. K. Barkas, A. Trigka, M. Samara Barbouta, Nani E., Yasnechova T., Saiti A., Karistianou G. Ippokrateia 2003 (Larisa 17-19 October 2003)
4. Local or General Anesthesia with Volatile Anesthetics for External Patients in Same Day Surgery. K. Barkas, A. Trigka, M. Samara Barbouta. Ippokrateia 2003 (Larisa 17-19 October 2003)
5. Post-Operative Pain Control Following Infusion of Perineal Area with S-bupivaciaine for Hemorrhoidectomy. Boukouvalas V., Rizzoti L., Patsalos L., Theohari E., Oikonomopoulos D., Trigka A., Katsouli E. 24th Pan-Hellenic Surgery Conference (Thessaloniki, 2 - 5 October 2004)
6. Comparison of Post-Operative Pain Relief Action between lornoxicam and parecoxib in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Petalectomy. Kourieos A., Oikonomopoulos D., Petri L., Nasopoulou P., Trigka A., Mavromati E. 16th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (Mykonos, 11-15 May 2005)
7. Analgesic Sufficiency of parecoxib in Patients Undergoing Intercystic Prostatectomy. Oikonomopoulos D., Nasopoulou P., Petri L., Theologidou I., Trigka A., Mavrommati E. 16th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (Mykonos, 11-15 May 2005)
8. Participant in award-winning procedures Lateral Subarachnoid Anesthesia with ropivaciane 0.75% (and glucose 35%) in Three Separate Doses in Inguinal Hernia Operations. Trigka A., Rizzoti L., Foniadaki D., Boukouvalas E., Tsitsekli A., Katsouli E. 16th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (Mykonos, 11-15 May 2005)
9. Continuous Surgical Resection Infusion (for 72 hours) with local Anesthetic for Post-Operative Analgesia. Rizzoti L., Rousakis G., Trigka A., Katsouli E., Laopodis V. Seventh Pan-Hellenic Conference on Local Anesthesia, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care (Loutraki, 7 - 9 October 2005)
10. Comparison of dexamethosone, ondansetron and tropisetron in the Prevention and Treatment of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting in ENT Operations. P. Nasopoulou, E. Boukouvalas, A. Tsitsekli, A. Trigka, E. Katsouli. Ninth Conference on Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine (Sithonia Halkidiki, 7-10 September 2006)
11. Comparative Study of Three Post-Operative Pain Control Schemes Following Laparoscopic Cholocystectomy Operations. Rizzoti L., Georgakis P., Trigka A., Boutsi S., Michaloglou A., Tsiotinou P., Katsouli E. Eighth Pan-Hellenic Conference on Anesthesia, Pain therapy and Palliative Care (Ioannina, 4-7 October 2007)

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC CONFERENCES

Attendance in International Medical Conferences

1. Symposium 1998 “Emergency Medicine in Europe : Looking into The Future” (5 CME points) (Heraklion, Crete, Greece 2nd September 1998)
2. 20th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology (15 CME points) (Heraklion, Crete, Greece 3 - 5 September 1998)
3. Symposium 2000 “The Evolving Profile of Emergency Medicine” (Heraklion, Crete, Greece 20 - 22 October 2000)
4. Symposium on Hypnotics / Opioids Interactions “Keep The Balance Balanced” (Genval, Belgium, May 19th 2001)
5. Euroanaesthesia 2003 Meeting (26 CME points) (Glasgow, Scotland, 31 May - 3 June 2003)
6. 4th European Congress Orthopaedic Anaesthesia and Pain (Madeira, 19 - 22 June 2003)
7. XXII Annual Congress ESRA Malta 2003 (25 CME points) (St-Julian, Malta, 10 - 13 September 2003)
8. Symposium 2004 “The Impact of Anesthesia on Organ Protection” (Heraklion, Crete, Greece 20 - 23 May 2004)
9. XXIII Annual Congress ESRA Athens 2004 (25 CME points) (Athens, Greece, 8 - 11 September 2004)
10. Fast Track Anesthesia (Athens, Greece, 31 March - 2 April 2005)
11. XXV Annual Congress ESRA Monte Carlo 2006 (Monte Carlo, Monaco, 6 - 9 September 2006)
12. Euroanaesthesia 2008 Meeting (Copenhagen, Denmark, 31 May - 3 June 2008)
13. 4th Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) - European Chapter (Lausanne, Switzerland, 22 - 24 April 2010)

Attendance of Domestic Medical Conferences

1. Fifth Intersectoral Post-Graduate Seminar. Respiratory Failure: Contemporary Issues (Athens, 8-9 December 2000)
2. First Seminar in Basic Endopscopic Diagnostic and Endocrine Surgery in the Nasal and Paranasal Cavities (Larisa, 29 - 30 March 2003)
3. 15th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (Hersonisos Crete, 14 - 18 May 2003)
4. Day Conference on Hospital Dental Care, Oral Care and Dental Care for Physically Challenged Persons (Larisa, 27 September 2003)
5. Ippocrateia 2003 (Larisa, 17-19 October 2003)
6. Second Pan-Hellenic Conference on the Epidural Area (Athens, 28 - 29 February 2004)
7. Ear Surgery Seminar (Red Cross Hospital - ENT Department) (10 CME points) (Athens, 12 - 13 March 2004)
8. Eighth Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Seminars (Athens, 2 - 3 April 2004)
9. First Athenian Day Conference on New Techniques and Medical Developments (Athens, 17 April 2004)
10. Eighth Conference on Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (26 CME points) (Thessalonica, 30 September - 3 October 2004)
11. 24th Pan-Hellenic Surgery Conference (Thessalonica, 2 - 5 October 2004)
12. Training seminar on the Thyroid Gland and the Neck (15 CME points) ENT Department - Red Cross Hospital (Athens 12 - 13 November 2004)
13. First Symposium on Pain and Inflammation (Athens, 19 - 21 November 2004)
14. First Pan-Hellenic Conference on Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (5 CME Points) (Athens, 13-15 January 2005)
15. Day Conference of the Hellenic Anesthesiology Society on Informing and Securing Consent from Patients for Anesthesia (Athens, 29 January 2005)
16. 16th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (Mykonos, 11 - 15 May 2005)
17. Seventh Pan-Hellenic Conference on Local Anesthesia, Pain therapy and Palliative Care (Loutraki, 7-9 October 2005)
18. Symposium on Neuro-Oncology with international participation (Athens, 5 November 2005)
19. Eighth Pan-Hellenic Conference on Local Anesthesia, Pain therapy and Palliative Care (18 CME points, 12 CME-CPD points) (Aldemar Olympian Village, 19-21 May 2006)
20. Third Symposium on Pediatric Anesthesia (Porto Heli, 30 June - 2 July 2006)
21. 17th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (24 CME points) (Athens, 9-13 May 2007)
22. Ninth Pan-Hellenic Conference on Local Anesthesia, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care (18 CME points, 15 CME-CPD points) (Ioannina, 4-7 October 2007)
23. Day Conference of the Hellenic Anesthesiology Society on the Exercise of Emergency Medicine in the Present-day Emergency Case Department (Trikala, 13 December 2008)
24. Scientific Meeting by PARISYA “Introduction to Palliative Care: Seventh Cycle) (Athens, 18 February 2009)
25. 18th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (12 CME points) (Rodos, 6 - 10 May 2009)
26. 19th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (12 CME points) (Alexandroupolis, 12 - 15 May 2011)
27. 12th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Local Anesthesia, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care (18 CME points, 15 CME-CPD points) (Elounda Crete, 13 - 16 October 2011)
28. 20th Pan-Hellenic Anesthesiology Conference (12 CME points) (Athens, 25 - 27 April 2013)
29. 18th Pan-Hellenic Conference on Local Anesthesia, Pain therapy and Palliative Care (18 CME points, 15 CME-CPD points) (Kerkyra, 17 - 20 May 2018)

CONTACT

Email: trigkak@yahoo.gr