Profile

  1. General
  • Education & Academic Titles

    • 2022-2023: Fellowship in Robotic Pelvic Surgery and Uro-Oncology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
    • 2022: Advanced Course in Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy, ORSI Academy, Belgium
    • 2021-2022: Fellowship in Robotic Surgery and Uro-Oncology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK
    • 2017: Board certification in Urology 2017, Attica Region
    • 2017: Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery, University of Strasbourg, France
    • 2017: Training in Laparoscopic Surgery, IRCAD, Strasbourg, France
    • 2016: Master's Degree in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery and Telesurgery, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
    • 2008: Medical Degree, Medical School of the University of Patras







  • Doctoral Thesis
    PhD Candidate in Renal Cancer Immunobiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

     

  • Professional Experience
    • 2018-2021: Consultant Urologist, Ippokrateio General Hospital of Athens
    • 2017-2018: Consultant Urologist, Athens General Hospital "Elpis"
    • 2014-2017: Urology Specialist, Athens General Hospital "Elpis"
    • 2012-2014: Urology Specialist, Panarkadian General Hospital of Tripoli "The Evangelistria"
    • 2011-2012: Surgery Specialist, Panarkadian General Hospital of Tripoli "The Evangelistria"




  • Clinical Interest
    • Robotic Surgery and Uro-Oncology
    • Uro-Gynecology
    • Urolithiasis, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Endo-Urology
    • Andrology



  • Awards & Distinctions
    • 2022: Scholarship from Intuitive Surgical and the Robotic Surgery section of the European Association of Urology for training in Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
    • 2017: Scholarship after examinations from the Hellenic Urological Association for training in laparoscopic surgery at the IRCAD Institute, Strasbourg, France

  • Recent Publications
    • Assessment of routine same-day discharge surgery for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
      W.World J Urol. 2023 Oct;41(10):2679-2684
    • Self-removal of catheter after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a feasibility study. J Robot Surg. 2023 Dec;17(6):2697-2701.
    • Functional and oncological outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in obese men: a matched-pair analysis.J Robot Surg. 2023 Oct;17(5):2027-2033.




  • Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
    • Medical Association of Athens
    • Hellenic Urological Society
    • European Association of Urology (EAU)
    • Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)
    • General Medical Council (GMC), United Kingdom
    • Societe International d'Urologie (SIU)
    • British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)
    • International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM)
    • European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
    • Fellow of the European Committee of Sexual Medicine (FECSM)
    • Reviewer for Journal of Robotic Surgery and Journal of Clinical Urology
  • Research
    • 2022: MASTERY trial. Measuring the quality of surgical care and setting benchmarks for training using Intuitive Data Recorder technology. University of Birmingham, UK
    • Active research in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols for bladder and prostate cancer surgery