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GEORGIOS SAFOS

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

ASSOCIATE IASO GENERAL CLINIC
  1. General
  • Education & Academic Titles
    • 1988: Medical Degree, Athens Kapodistrian University
    • 1989: Research fellowship, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • 1992: Surgery Residency, General Hospital "Pammakaristos"
    • 1994 – 1998: Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, General Hospital Asklipeion Voulas
    • 1998: Guest fellowship, Orthopaedic Department, University Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
    • 2001: Postgraduate Fellowship, United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, International Diploma in Tissue Grafts Transplantation and Tissue Banking, University of Singapore
    • 2011: Foot and Ankle Arthroscopy, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Holland
  • Professional Experience
    • 1990: Medical Doctor – Petty Officer, Battleship "Enoussae"
    • 1991: Rural Medical Service, General Hospital Ikaria and Corseoi Islands
    • 1994 – 1998: Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, 1st Orthopaedic Department Asklepion Voulas, GH.
    • 1999 – Present: Orthopaedic Surgery Practice in affiliation with: Central Clinic of Athens, Euroclinic, Athens Medical Centre – Psychiko Clinic, IASO General Clinic
  • Clinical Interest
    • Arthroscopic Surgery
    • Traumatology
    • Joint Arthroplasty
  • Awards & Distinctions
    BEST POSTER AWARD Mechanical properties of soft tissues after deep freezing, freeze drying and radiation sterilization. Safos G, Safos P,  Tsamatropoulos A, Triantafillou N – Poster 16th International Congress of the European Association of Tissue Banks, Budapest, Hungary, October 17-20  2007
  • Recent Publications
    • Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, Neoptolemos Sergides, George Safos, et al. Large Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus Treated With Autologous Bone Graft and Periosteum Transfer. FAO 2019; 4(3): 1-11
    • Nikolopoulos D, Safos G, Michos I. Valgus knee. Primary total knee arthroplasty. IntechOpen 2018 page 55-79
    • Nikolopoulos D, Michos I, Safos G, Safos P. Current surgical strategies for total arthroplasty in valgus knee. World J Orthop. 2015 Jul 18;6(6):469-82
    • Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, George Safos, Neoptolemos Sergides, and Petros Safos. Deep Peroneal Nerve Palsy Caused by an Extraneural Ganglion Cyst: A Rare Case. Case Reports in Orthopedics, vol. 2015, Article ID 861697, 4 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/861697
    • Nikolopoulos D, Sergides N, Safos G, Safos P, Fragkomichalos E. Large osteochondral defects of the talus treated with autologous bone grafting. KSSTA 2014;22 (Sup 1):1315
    • Nikolopoulos D, Sergides N, Safos G, Safos P, Fragkomichalos E. Ankle arthroscopy in adolescents with talus osteochondral lesions. KSSTA 2014;22 (Sup 1):1316
  • Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
    • 1993: Athens Medical Association
    • 1997: Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
    • 1998: European Association of Tissue Banking
    • 2014: ESSKA European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy
  • Research
    Ankle osteochondral defects transplantation surgery