Profile

• 09/2005- 12/2015 American Boards of Anesthesiology
• 09/2005- 12/2015 Subspeciality in Critical Care Medicine
• 01/2016- 12/2025 Recertification American Boards of Anesthesiology-Anesthesia

  (Actively participating in MOCA 2.0)

• 01/2016- 12/2025 Recertification American Boards of Anesthesiology-Critical Care Medicine

  (Actively participating in MOCA 2.0)

• 07/04-08/05 Fellow, Critical Care Medicine

  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

• 07/01-06/04 Resident, Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine,

  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

• 07/00-06/01 Intern, Internal Medicine,

  University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

• 01/00-07/00 House Officer, Iinternal Medicine,

  Lewisham University Hospital, London, UK.

• 08/99-01/00 House Officer, General Surgery

  Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK.

• 09/94-06/99 Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine,

  King’s College, University of London, London, UK.
  Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).

• 09/92-06/94 David Game College, London, UK.

• 04/06-current Private practice, Athens Greece
• 06/07-- 2018 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA (Part-time Clinical Associate)

Anesthesia for hepatobiliary, colorectal, robotic and plastic surgery. Neuroanesthesia.

Distinctions:

• 94 – 99 MBBS awarded with Honors.
• 07/98 Distinction in Clinical Pharmacology Final Exams.
• 12/97 Distinction in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Final Exams.
• 12/97 Distinction in Pediatrics Final Exams.

Awards:

• 06/99 Hopkins Prize for Anesthetics.
• 10/98 The British Medical & Dental Trust Award.
• 06/98 The Enid Linder Foundation Award.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

1. ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology) Examiner; EDAIC Part II Examiner. 2018-current. (September 22-23, 2018; Athens, Greece)
2. Anesthesiology course. American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional studies (API). https://app.smartsheet.com. MCQ Writer & Reviewer for anesthesia practice board questions. 2017-current.
3. Instructor. Difficult airway management. Advanced work-course: techniques for one-lung ventilation and difficult airway management in cardiothorasic surgery. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. Oct. 13, 2018.
4. Instructor. Difficult airway management. Advanced work-course: techniques for one-lung ventilation and difficult airway management in cardiothorasic surgery. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. Oct. 7, 2017.
5. Instructor. Difficult airway workshop.Fibreoptic intubation. Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology (C.E.E.A). Onassio Heart Center, Athens, Greece. December 3, 2016.
6. Fist Aid in Kids. Lecture and Workshop. Athens Greece. June 15, 2013.
7. Instructor. Difficult airway workshop. Onassio Heart Center, Athens, Greece. December 14, 2013.
8. Disaster Management. Lecture and Workshop. Mitera Hospital, Athens, Greece. June 6, 2012.
9. OR safety and ACLS update. Lecture and Workshop. Athens Medical Vision. Athens, Greece. May 11, 2012.
10. Fist Aid in Kids. Lecture and Workshop. Athens Greece. Jan 21-22, 2012.
11. 9th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Airway anatomy. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 12-13, 2010.
12. 8th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Airway anatomy. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 6-7, 2009.
13. 7th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Airway anatomy. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 1-2, 2008.
14. 16th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 3-4, 2007.

INVITED SPEAKER:

15. Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP). 23th Panhellenic Anesthesia Meeting, Patra, Greece. May 16-18, 2019.
16. Anesthesia for patients with endocrine disorders. Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology (C.E.E.A). Onassio Heart Center, Athens, Greece. April19-20, 2019.
17. Brain death and preservation of the brain dead donor. Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology (C.E.E.A). Onassio Heart Center, Athens, Greece. December 8, 2018.
18. Pro/Con debate. NPO vs non-NPO for light sedation. Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society (OAS), Chicago, USA. September 29, 2018.
19. Pro/Con debate. Hyperkalemia- Should surgery proceed when potassium levels are moderately high? Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society (OAS), Chicago, USA. September 30, 2018.
20. European perspective on patient care. Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society (OAS), Chicago, USA. September 29, 2018.
21. Updates on Diagnoses and Management of Sepsis. Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology (C.E.E.A). Onassio Heart Center, Athens, Greece. December 9, 2017.
22. Anesthesia for Head and Neck surgery. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology). Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. May 22-23, 2016.
23. Sedation in ICU. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology). Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. Dec 5, 2015.
24. Sepsis and Multiorgan Failure. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology). Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. December 13, 2014.
25. Anesthesia. Myths & Legends. Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds. Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece. September11, 2014.
26. Evaluating a paper. Clinical Trials Workshop. Hellenic Society of Anesthesiology. Athens, Greece. March 29, 2014..
27. Statistics for Anesthesiologists. Clinical Trials Workshop. Hellenic Society of Anesthesiology. Athens, Greece. March 29, 2014.
28. Searching the Internet. Clinical Trials Workshop. Hellenic Society of Anesthesiology. Athens, Greece. March 29, 2014.
29. Anesthesia. What does every physician should know about anesthesia? Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds. Mitera Hospital. Athens, Greece. November 28, 2013.
30. Anesthesia. What does a non anesthesiologist MD should know? Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds. Mitera Hospital. Athens, Greece. June 27, 2013.
31. OR Fire. Ygeia Hospital. Annual Nurse Anesthetists Grand Rounds. Athens, Greece. June 15, 2013.
32. Anesthesia for Head and Neck surgery. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology). Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. May 17-18, 2013.
33. Sedation in ICU. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology). Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. Dec 7-9, 2012.
34. Cardiac patient for non-cardiac surgery. New practice advisory. Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. March 9, 2011.
35. 10th Clinical workshop for fiberoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Indications for fibreoptic intubation. Skills and pitfalls. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 18-19, 2011.
36. Anesthesia Mortality. Greek American Medical College (GAMC). Athens, Greece. May 5th, 2010.
37. 5th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Henry Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. January 27-28, 2006.
38. Anesthesia for RRP. 2nd Greek-italian conference in Urology, Athens, Greece. February 3, 2006.

PUBLICATIONS:

39. Giannakikou I, Does anesthesia affect the oncological outcome? The Oncological news (Greek on line edition), April 2019.
40. Giannakikou I, International differences in ophthalmic anesthesia. Audiodigest Ophthalmology 57:02(Jan21), 2019
41. Giannakikou I., Karra A. Anaesthesia for a patient with b-thalassaemia. (Southern African J of Anaesthesia & Analgesia; Vol 21, 3, 85-87, July 2015).
42. Giannakikou I. Bad Gram Negatives are “big” in Greece. The Pulmonary Review blog. (Pulmonary Reviews, March 2012).
43. Vlahos NF, Giannakikou I, Vlachos A, Vitoratos G. Analgesia and anesthesia for assisted reproductive technologies. (Int J GynaecolObstet; Feb 25 2009).
44. Giannakikou I, Vlahos N. Water Intoxication Syndrome in Gynecologic Surgery. (Postgraduate Obstetrics & Gynecology; Vol 2, No 23, 1-8, Nov 2004).
45. Vlahos NF, Giannakikou I. Anesthesia in Assisted Reproductive Technology. (Postgraduate obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol.23, No.7, 1-10, April 2003)
46. Bhattacharya KF, Giannakikou I, Munroe N, Chaudhuri KR. Primary Anticholinergic-Responsive Pisa Syndrome. (Movement Disorders, Vol. 15, No. 6,1285-1286, 2000).

ABSTRACTS & POSTER PRESENTATIONS

47. Scavenger obstruction. 65th Post Graduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (PGA). New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (NYSSA). New York, NY, USA. Dec 9-13, 2011.
48. Failed Glidescope intubation due to “long” neck. Society of Airway Management (SAM), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Sept 16-18, 2011.
49. Chin implant masking difficult airway. Society of Airway management (SAM), Scottsdale, Arizona. USA. Sept16-18, 2011.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

50. Marcucci L. Avoiding common ICU errors. Do not use cooling blankets to cool. Lippincott Williams& Wilkins, 2007.
51. Marcucci L. Avoiding common ICU errors. Treat methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus with a minimum of 14 days of antibiotics. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
• Society Of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
• Ophthalmic Anesthesia Sociery (OAS)
• European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA)
• Hellenic Society of Anesthesiology (HSA)

1. ETOH withdrawal protocol. . Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
2. Standardized protocol for the intravenous administration of heparin. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
3. An imaging study of Parkinsonism among African-Caribbean and Indian London communities. Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK.
4. Cooper metabolism abnormalities in patients with cranio-cervical dystonia. Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine, King’s College London, UK.