Greece

M.D., F.E.B.O.P.R.A.S

PROFESSOR IN PLASTIC SURGERY
MEDICAL SCHOOL, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI 

STUDIES & TRAINING

• Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1982-1988)
• Diploma of Microsurgery – Université de Bordeaux II, France (1993)
• PhD in Experimental Microsurgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1994)
• Board certified in Plastic Surgery in Greece (1996)
• E.B.O.P.R.A.S. Fellow (1996)
• Clinical Fellow in the Institut Aquitain de la Main, Bordeaux, France (1997) and the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, C.H.U., Bordeaux, France (1998)
• Visiting Fellow in the Plastic Surgery Department, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK (2008)
• Visiting Fellow in St Thomas Hospital (London), San Pau Hopital (Barcelona) and Clinique Hartman (Paris) within the eLymph European Training Program (2014-2015)

Present Appointment

• Professor of Plastic Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery in Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece (2008 to date)
• The Department of Plastic Surgery in Papageorgiou Hospital, has 8 Staff Members and 8 Trainees, and is an EBOPRAS Accredited Centre (2013) and FESSH Accredited Hand Trauma Centre (2014-2019)

Special Appointments 

• Visiting Professor at the University of Athens, Greece
• Visiting Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland
• Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
• Examiner for the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) (2004 to date)
• Chair of the Examination Committee for the National Board of Plastic Surgery (2016 to date)
• Active Member of EURAPS (European Association of Plastic Surgeons) – elected 2005
• Partner of the European School of Lymphatic Diseases (2015)
• National Delegate of the European Federation for Societies for Microsurgery (EFSM) – elected 2018
• National Delegate of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS) – elected 2019
• Member of 12 National and International Scientific Societies and 16 Educational and Scientific Committees
• Awarded for 15 research and clinical projects

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of more than 80 international publications, 22 chapters in Plastic Surgery Textbooks
• Editor of 5 Books in Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery

MAIN FIELDS OF SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS & RESEARCH

• Breast and Lymphedema Surgery
• Reconstructive surgery of the hand and lower extremity
• Ear reconstruction