PRESENT POSITION | |
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May 2013 - Present | Director, 1st Department of Surgery Mitera-Hygeia Medical Center |
PREVIOUS POSITIONS | |
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Sept. 2001 - May 2013 | Director, Department of Surgery Metropolitan Hospital |
Jan. 1998 - March 2000 | Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Missouri Medical School– Kansas City, Missouri, USA Director, Division of Upper GI Surgery (Liver, Pancreas, Obesity, Laparoscopy) Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Director, Division of Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
July 1995 - Dec. 1997 | Instructor in Surgery Mayo Medical School Μayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
FELLOWSHIP | |
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July 1995 - Dec. 1997 | Surgery of the liver, Pancreas and Laparoscopic Surgery (Specialization focused on Digestive Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery) Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
RESIDENCY | |
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July 1990 - June 1995 | General Surgery Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
MEDICAL EDUCATION | |
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1980 - 1986 | Medical School, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki |
BASIC RESEARCH | |
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July 1995 - June 1997 | Regional adaptation of the jejunum and ileum after segmental resection, with and without autotransplantation (Dr. M.G. Sarr’s Laboratory) Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
DIPLOMAS | |
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October 1995 | American Board of Surgery Diploma |
Febr. 1997 | Greek Board of Surgery |
June 1991 | F.L.E.X. |
July 1987 | F.M.G.E.M.S. |
HONORS | |
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1995 | “Nygaard Travel Award for Clinical Research” Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
1999 | “Teacher of the Year” Award Department of Surgery University of Missouri, Truman Medical Center Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
MEDICAL LICENSURE | |
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1987 | Greece |
1991 | Minnesota (# 36120) |
1998 | Missouri (# MD 114483) |
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP | |
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Jan. 1987 - present | Athens Medical Association |
July 1990 - present | Minnesota Medical Association |
July 1990 - present | Zumbro Valley Medical Association |
Aug. 1990 - present | American Medical Association |
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP | |
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1995 | American College of Surgeons -ACS, Associate Fellow |
1995 | Priestley Society |
1996 | Pancreas Club |
1996 | Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract – SSAT |
1997 | European Digestive Surgery Society – EDSS |
1996 | American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association - AHPBA |
1997 | Association for Academic Surgery AAS |
1998 | International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association - IHPBA |
1998 | American Gastroenterological Association - AGA |
1998 | American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - ASPEN |
1999 | Society of Amer. Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons – SAGES |
FOUNDING MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES | |
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2000 | Greek Society for Digestive Surgery |
2002 | Greek Sarcoma Society |
EDITORIAL BOARD, SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS | |
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2003 - present | Pancreatology |
2006 - present | Hellenic Surgery |
REVIEWER, SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS | |
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1997-present | Surgery |
1997-present | Digestive Surgery |
2003-present | Pancreatology |
2003-present | British Journal of Surgery |
2004-present | Hellenic Surgery |
2007-present | World Journal of Surgery |
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES | |
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Feb. 2000 - May 2003 | SSAT “Membership Committee” and Representative of this Committee for Europe |
Nov. 2000 - present | Council of International Association of Pancreatology |
Sep. 2001 – present | Scientific Committee, Greek Society for Digestive Surgery |
HOSPITAL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP | |
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Jul. 1995 - Dec. 1997 | Surgical Research Committee (Mayo Clinic) |
Aug. 1995 - Dec. 1997 | General Surgery Residency Education Committee (Mayo Clinic) |
June 1998 - March 2000 | General Surgery Residency Education Committee (Univ. of Missouri) |
July 1998 - March 2000 | Performance Improvement Committee (Univ. of Missouri) |
Dec. 1998 - March 2000 | Oncology Committee (Univ. of Missouri) |
Sep. 2001 - May 2013 | Infection Control Committee (Metropolitan Hospital) |
MODERATOR IN SURGICAL CONVENTIONS | |
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May 1999 | Pancreas Club, Orlando, Florida |
May 2000 | Pancreas Club, San Diego, California |
May 2000 | Pancreas Club, Atlanta, GA |
Nov. 13, 2003 | 3rd Meting of the Mediterranean Societies of Pancreatology Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Session Chairman: “Acute Pancreatitis: Definition, Pathogenesis, Etiology and Pathophysiology” |
May 2004 | Pancreas Club, New Orleans, LA |
Feb. 4, 2005 | 1st International Symposium: Colorectal Games. Athens, Greece. Session Chairman: “Colorectal Polyp – Colorectal Stromal Tumors” |
June 25th, 2004 | 36th Meeting of the European Pancreatic Club (EPC), Padova, Italy. Session Chairman: “Clinical Pancreatic Cancer, Clinical Acute Pancreatitis” |
Oct. 7, 2005 | 4th Meting of the Mediterranean Societies of Pancreatology Lisbon, Portugal. Session Chairman: “The Patient with Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer” |
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS | |
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Feb. 2005 | 1st International Symposium: Colorectal Games. Athens, Greece |
Oct. 2005 | 4th Meting of the Mediterranean Societies of Pancreatology. Lisbon, Portugal |
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, NATIONAL CONVENTIONS | |
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Nov. 2003 | 1st Convention, Greek Society for Digestive Surgery, Athens |
Nov. 2005 | 2nd Convention, Greek Society for Digestive Surgery, Athens |
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS | |
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March 2004 | 4th International Postgraduate Course “HPB Marathon”. Athens, Greece |
Feb. 2005 | 1st International Symposium: Colorectal Games. Athens, Greece |