PRESENT POSITION

• 2020 - Head of the Medical Board of National Organization for Health Care Services
• 2009 - Professor of Surgery, Chairman of the 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Hippocratio” General Hospital

 

PREVIOUS POSTS

• 1987 Consultant in General Surgery, 3rd Department of Surgery, “Ag. Savvas” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 1988 Consultant in General Surgery, 2nd Department of Surgery, “Korgialeneio- Benakeio” Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 1992 Lecturer in General Surgery, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 4th Department of Surgery, “Ag. Panteleimon” General Hospital, Nikaia, Greece
• 1996 Assistant Professor in General Surgery, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 4th Department of Surgery, “Ag. Panteleimon” General Hospital, Nikaia, Greece
• 2002 Associate Professor in General Surgery, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, “Hippocratio” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 2014 Vice Rector - Health and Social Policy Issues, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1982-1983 Resident in General Surgery, 1st Department of Surgery, 401 Greek Army Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 1983-1984 Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, “Skilitseio”  General Hospital, Hios, Greece
• 1984-1985 Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology,     “Ag. Savvas” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 1985-1986 Resident in General Surgery, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, “Hippocratio” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 1988-1990 Registrar & Honorary Registrar in Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London UK
• 1991 Clinical Fellow, Surgical Oncology Unit, Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo, New York, USA (Ν.Ι.H. Grant)
• 1991 Clinical Fellow, GI Surgery Unit, St James Hospital, London UK 1991Clinical Fellow, GI Surgery Unit, Birmingham General Hospital, UK
• 1991 Clinical Fellow in “Leeds Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy” of Leeds General Infirmary

 

COURSES

• 1989 Therapeutic   applications   of   lasers, National Laser Medical Centre, London, UK
• 1990 Head & Neck Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
• 1993 Advanced Trauma Life Support Student Course (ATLS), Patras, Greece
• 1993 Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor Course (ATLS), Patras, Greece
• 1998 Sentinel Node Course, John Wayne Cancer Institute”, Santa Monica, USA
• 1998 Surgical Oncology, “Millard Fillmore” Hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA
• 1999 Breast Cancer Postgraduate Course, American College of Surgeons, San Fransisco, California, USA
• 2001 Laser Therapy Course, Alzey, Germany
• 2001 Breast Cancer Services, Homerton & ST Bartholomew’s Hospitals, London, UK
• 2004 Minimal invasive breast biopsy, Hamburg, Germany

 

SCHOLARSHIPS - GRANTS

• 1988 Scholarship awarded from the “Onassis” Foundation for training in breast and endocrine surgery, in Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
• 1991 National Insitute of Health Grant for training in Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo, New York, USA

 

RESEARCH

• 496 Papers in Peer-Review Journals 4958 Citations
• 116 Presentations in International Conferences
• 394 Oral Presentations in Greek Scientific Conferences
• 4 Chapters in International Medical Books
• 92 Chapters in Greek Medical Books
• 25 Participations in Research Programmes - Clinical Trials