Education/Academic Experience
Apr 1995 – Oct 2001 Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mar 2007 IELTS Certificate (Overall Band Score 7.5)
Feb 2011 CCST in Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
June 2012 Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)
Sept 2014 Fellow in Andrology/Reconstructive Surgery (Mr Giulio Garaffa, UCLH / Mid-Essex)
Apr 2016 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS Eng)
Oct 2018 Honorary Senior Lecturer St Andrews University
Sep 2019 Urology ChM Tutor in Andrology and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIMS) University of Edinburgh
Aug 2020 European Union Expert Panel Member of in vitro Medical Devices (EU EXPAMED)
Current and Previous appointments
Current appointment
May 2022- Present Consultant Urologist German Oncology Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Previous appointments
Nov16- May 2021 Consultant Urological Surgeon Victoria/ Queen Margaret Hospital Fife, Scotland.
Nov 2012 - Oct 2016 Consultant Urologist Broomfield Hospital, Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust
Jan 2011 - Oct 2012 Urology Clinical Research Fellow, Spelialist Registrar Level), Bristol Royal Infirmary, United Bristol Hospitals Trust
Dec 2009 -Dec 2010 Urology Resident G. Gennimatas Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Duties
- Performing routine and major Penile / Urethral Reconstruction as well as Core Urology procedures twice weekly at Victoria and Queen Margaret Hospitals (Green light prostatectomy, Urolift Service lead, Prostate template biopsies, General urology)
Consultant Urologist providing and supervising the services of andrology and urethral reconstruction surgery. Also covering a general urology one stop outpatient clinics three times per week (Victoria and Queen Margaret Hospitals).
Participation in once weekly local cancer and once monthly specialist male uro-genital reconstruction MDT meetings (Honorary contract at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh) as well as grand ward rounds.
Undergraduate student trainer and member of examiners panel at St Andrews University, Scotland.
Participation in 1:9 on call Urology Consultant rota.
Research
- Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (NHS Fife) lead investigator. A prospective, multicentre study with subgroup randomisation into MRI-U/S image fusion guided prostate biopsies and routine transrectal U/S guided biopsies. (MULTIPROS Study)
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- Broomfield Hospital (MEHT) sub-investigator. A pragmatic multicentre randomised superiority trial of open urethroplasty versus endoscopic urethrotomy. (OPEN Study)
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- Broomfield Hospital (MEHT) sub-investigator. A Multicentre randomised controlled trial of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic treatment, for ureteric stones. (TISU
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- Bristol Royal Infirmary sub-investigator. A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial of the Use of Drug Therapy in the Management of Symptomatic Ureteric Stones in Hospitalised Patients. (SUSPEND Study)
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- Bristol Royal Infirmary sub-investigator. A Multicentre Prospective Single Arm Intervention Trial Evaluating Focal Therapy using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Sonablate 500) for Localised Prostate Cancer. (HIFU INDEX Study)
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- Bristol Royal Infirmary sub-investigator, A Randomised Controlled Trial to Determine the Effect of Decapeptyl on Reduction of Prostate Volume Pre-Radiotherapy Compared with Standard Therapy (Zoladex). (EDVART Study)
Teaching Experience
Fife Simulation BPH Course Fascilitator (Scottish Urology Training Programme, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dumfermline Fife)
Urology Simulation boot camp Faculty member (St James's University Hospital, Leeds)
General Practitioner Urology Training Programme Fascilitator (ScotGem)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessor (St Andrews University Medical School)
Teaching (case-based discussions) and trainee supervision in theatres (East Anglia / East of Scotland Deaneries trainees)
FY1 Doctors Urology teaching Bristol Royal Infirmary (University Bristol Hospitals Trust)
Undergraduate teaching of medical students in General Hospital of the city of Drama, Greece
Anatomy, Physiology and First Aid to Undergraduate nursing students