Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist
Kavala
Summary
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedics Surgeon with special interest in Foot & Ankle Surgery and Sports Injuries
Graduate of the one-year Future Leaders Programme (British Orthopaedic Association)
Two BOFAS approved Foot and Ankle Fellowships (Epsom & St Helier and RNOH)
Sports and Exercise Medicine Diploma (RCSEd)
Major Trauma experience (St George's University Hospital, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital)
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Private Practice
Kavala, Greece
11.2024 - Current
Locum Consultant
Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Wakefield
05.2023 - 08.2024
Locum Consultant
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
London
01.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Clinical Fellow
Whittington Health NHS Trust
London
04.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Clinical Fellow
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
London
10.2021 - 04.2022
Foot and Ankle Fellowship
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Stanmore
04.2021 - 10.2021
Foot and Ankle Fellowship
Epsom and St Helier University Hospital
Epsom, Surrey
09.2019 - 04.2021
Clinical Fellow
Homerton University Hospital
Hackney, London
09.2016 - 09.2019
Clinical Fellow
St George's University Hospital MTC
London
01.2014 - 09.2016
Junior Trauma Fellow
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals MTC
Brighton
10.2012 - 01.2014
Scholarship
St. Anna Hospital
Herne, Germany
08.2012 - 09.2012
Foundation, Core and Specialty (T&O) Training
Public Health Service
Kavala and Thessaloniki, Greece
05.2004 - 03.2012
Army Doctor
Greek Army
02.2003 - 02.2004
School sports events doctor
Ministry of Eduction
Kavala, Greece
02.2004 - 04.2004
Education
Future Leaders Programme - 2018 - 2019
British Orthopaedic Association
2019
Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine -
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
2018
FEBOT -
European Board of Orthopaedics And Traumatology
2013
CCT in Trauma and Orthopaedics -
Greek Ministry of Health
2012
Doctor of Medicine -
Medical School of Aristotle University
Thessaloniki
2002
Skills
General trauma
Foot and ankle trauma
Diabetic Foot
Complex foot deformities
Foot and ankle sport injuries
Management, leadership and QI experience
Teaching, CPD and research
Additional Information
British Orthopaedic Association
British Orthopaedics Foot and Ankle Society
European Foot and Ankle Society
Certification
Are foot and ankle corticosteroid injections safe during the COVID-19 pandemic? A single center prospective observational study (Foot (Edinb 2023)
Second author in "Pre-op expectations vs reality: a patient experience study following scarf osteotomy for hallux valgus correction" (JFAS, October 2021)
Collaborative author for the FAlCoN national audit (three publications, FAS - Feb 2022, FAO - Jan 2022, Bone Jt Open- Apr 2021)
Poster in EFAS Congress (October 2021)
Poster in EFORT Congress (June 2021)
Collaborative author for the multi-centre UKCoTS study (RCSEng, to be published)
Collaborative author for the national FFPOM study (BOTA and OTS, to be published)
Under peer review: "Scarf Osteotomy Fixation with a Single Screw. A Prospective Study of Radiological and Patient Reported Outcomes" (manuscript No JFAS-21-417)
Awards
Top Teacher Award for Musculoskeletal Medicine Year 4 - UCL Medical School - Whittington Campus (2022)
Care and Compassion Award (Homerton University Hospital, 2018)
Scholarship for a visiting fellow post at St Anne Hospital (Herne, Germany) by the Northern Greece T&O Association (2012)
Teaching
Clinical supervisor for the Intercollegiate Surgical Curiculum Programme (UK), 2023-2024
Tutor at the UCL SurgSoc and Oxford HCSS Surgical Skills Course, 2023
Faculty for the Royal College of Surgeons of England (BSS and SSSHP courses) 2022, 2023
Faculty at the International Undergraduate & Foundation Surgery Conference (UCL), 2022
Completion of Training the Orthopaedic Trainer Course (British Orthopaedic Association), 2021
Responsible for the departmental teaching at RNOH (content and invitations), 2021
Contribution to the formal teaching of the KSS Deanery for Physician Associates (Epsom & St Helier Hospital, 2021)
Formal teaching to QMUL medical students (Homerton University Hospital, 2017-2019)
Ad hoc teaching during clinical practice for medical students at University of Leeds (2023-2024), King's College University (2023), UCL (2021-2022) and SGUL (2014-2016 and 2019) through the respective hospitals
Active involvement in the departmental teaching of all hospitals where previously worked
Personal
Married, two children
National level marathon runner for Greece (PB 2:24:28)
Timeline
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Private Practice
11.2024 - Current
Locum Consultant
Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
05.2023 - 08.2024
Locum Consultant
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
01.2023 - 04.2024
Senior Clinical Fellow
Whittington Health NHS Trust
04.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Clinical Fellow
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
10.2021 - 04.2022
Foot and Ankle Fellowship
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
04.2021 - 10.2021
Foot and Ankle Fellowship
Epsom and St Helier University Hospital
09.2019 - 04.2021
Clinical Fellow
Homerton University Hospital
09.2016 - 09.2019
Clinical Fellow
St George's University Hospital MTC
01.2014 - 09.2016
Junior Trauma Fellow
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals MTC
10.2012 - 01.2014
Scholarship
St. Anna Hospital
08.2012 - 09.2012
Foundation, Core and Specialty (T&O) Training
Public Health Service
05.2004 - 03.2012
School sports events doctor
Ministry of Eduction
02.2004 - 04.2004
Army Doctor
Greek Army
02.2003 - 02.2004
Future Leaders Programme - 2018 - 2019
British Orthopaedic Association
Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine -
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
FEBOT -
European Board of Orthopaedics And Traumatology
CCT in Trauma and Orthopaedics -
Greek Ministry of Health
Doctor of Medicine -
Medical School of Aristotle University
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