Attendances – Participations – Activities

Attendance at Greek Conferences and Seminars

1. 16th National Conference of Gastroenterology, October 12-16, 1996, Athens, Greece.
2. 2nd Greek Medical Students’ Scientific Conference, May 3-5, 1996, Thessaloniki, Greece.
3. 20th National Surgical Conference, November 3-7, 1996, Athens, Greece.
4. 2nd Piraeus Medical Conference, November 9-12, 2000, Nikaia, Greece.
5. 1st National Pancreatology Conference, December 15-16, 2000, Athens, Greece.
6. 1st National Melanoma Conference, September 27-28, 2002, Athens, Greece.
7. 6th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 1-5, 2003, Athens, Greece.
8. 24th National Surgical Conference, Thessaloniki, October 2-5, 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece.
9. 30th Annual National Medical Conference, April 27-May 1, 2004, Athens, Greece.
10. 1st National Educational Seminar on Plastic Surgery Knowledge Review, on the topic: “Hand Diseases”, “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
11. 7th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 27-29, 2005, Athens, Greece.
12. Attendance at “VideoForum” on the topic: “The vertical myocutaneous trapezius flap”, February 8, 2005, “A. Syggros” Hospital, Athens, Greece.
13. Attendance at “VideoForum” on the topic: “Aesthetic Facial Surgery”, April 12, 2005.
14. 31st Annual National Medical Conference, May 17-21, 2005, Athens, Greece.
15. Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, November 4-6, 2006, Athens, Greece.
16. 8th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 4-7, 2007, Halkidiki, Greece.
17. Workshop of the Hellenic Society for Wound Healing and Ulcers on the topic: “Types of Chronic Wounds-Etiology”, December 5, 2008, Athens, Greece.
18. 27th National Surgical Conference, International Surgical Forum, November 24-27, 2010.
19. 16th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, August 26-29, 2010, Ioannina, Greece.
20. Interdisciplinary Workshop on Breast Cancer “Modern views and Perspectives”, GAIA, Maternity and Gynecological Center of Athens, February 26, 2011, Athens, Greece.
21. 9th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, August 29-31, 2011, Kos, Greece.
22. 17th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, December 1-3, 2012.
23. 18th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, November 8-10, 2012.
24. 10th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 31-November 2, 2013, Athens, Greece.
25. 19th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, November 28-30, 2013, MET Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece.
26. 11^th EEPEAX Conference, November 5-7, 2015, Makedonia Palace, Thessaloniki, Greece.
27. 12^th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 18-21, 2017, War Museum, Athens, Greece.
28. 23^rd Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, November 2-4, 2017, Athens, Greece.
29. “Anesthetic peculiarities at Papageorgiou Hospital – original surgical procedures and anesthetic management”, Thessaloniki, Saturday, January 16, 2017.
30. 24^th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, December 6-8, 2018.

Attendance at International Conferences

1. 8^th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery, June 28-July 1, 2000, Nice, France.
2. 8th International Seminar “What’s New in Plastic Surgery”, Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, IKA Oncology Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.
3. 13th World Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS), August 10-15, 2003, Sydney, Australia.
4. 3rd International Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM), October 23-26, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
5. 4th International Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM), June 24-26, 2007, Athens, Greece.
6. 2nd International Symmetria Conference, November 21-23, 2008, Athens, Greece.
7. 11th Congress of the European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, September 20-26, 2009, Rhodes, Greece.
8. 1st International Conference on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Facial Surgery, May 13-17, 2009, Mykonos, Greece.
9. 1st Hellenic-Italian Symposium on Occupational Medicine, October 22, 2010, Thriasio General Hospital of Elefsina, Elefsina, Greece.
10. 16th World Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS), May 21-27, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.
11. 2nd International Conference on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Facial Surgery, September 1-3, 2011, Kos, Greece.
12. 1st Compas Conference, April 1-2, 2011, Timisoara, Romania.
13. Annual Conference ChirurgieSansFrontieresofSAARCSurgicalCareSociety-SSCSCON 2012, NorthernChapterASI-NCASICON 2012, NorthZoneAPSI-NZAPSICON 2012, September 7-9, 2012, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
14. 2nd Asia Pacific Wound Care Congress 2013, June 6-8, 2013, Manado, Indonesia.
15. 9^th BAPRAS Conference, September 17-20, 2015, Makedonia Palace, Thessaloniki, Greece.
16. 9th Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM), June 14-17, 2017, Seoul, Korea.
17. RE Conference in Regenerative Medicine titled “Stem Cells in Surgery”, April 7-8, 2017.
18. 7^th Meeting of the International Mediterranean Society of Orthopaedic Surgery, March 22-24
19. 29^th EURAPS annual meeting, Melia Castilla, Madrid, Spain, May 17-19, 2018.
20. ESPRAS 2018 Limassol, Cyprus, October 23-27, 2018.
21. 10^th Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Palazzo

Attendance at Workshops

1. 40-hour Educational Program titled “Informatics and Work Organization” covering Windows 98, Microsoft Word-Excel-Powerpoint 97 and Internet, under the auspices of OAED, General State Hospital of Nikaia, 1999, Nikaia, Greece.
2. Seminar on Basic and Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Aretaieio Hospital, November 24, 1999.
3. Continuing Professional Training Action, “Ostomies: Surgical Realization, Surgical Pathology and Postoperative Care” total duration 100 hours, with 49 hours theoretical training and 51 hours practical exercise, February 3, 2000-June 22, 2000, within the framework of operational program 940005 E1 “Health-Welfare” of the 2nd Community Support Framework, PGNA Nikaia “Agios Panteleimon”, Nikaia, Greece.
4. 13th Seminar on Basic and Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, February 21-22, 2000, Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
5. “Overseas Doctors Induction Course” March 29-30, 2001, North Thames Department of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, London, England.
6. 1st Seminar on Microsurgery Knowledge Review, Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, December 8, 2001, Athens, Greece.
7. 1st Seminar on Flap Preparation on Living Tissues, December 13-14, 2002, Co-organized by the Plastic Surgery Clinic of the General State Hospital of Athens, Diagnostic-Therapeutic Center of Athens “Hygeia”, Experimental Laboratory of ELPEN Pharmaceutical Industry, Athens, Greece.
8. Seminar of the Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, topic: “Complex Rhinoplasty beyond classical techniques”, June 15, 2002, Athens, Greece.
9. “Northwick Park Microsurgery Seminar”, October 28, 2002-November 1, 2002, London, England.
10. Seminar on the topic: “Surgical Diseases of the Breast: management-reconstruction”, November 26, 2002, Athens, Greece.
11. “Canniesburn Practical Course on the Use of Flaps in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery”, March 18-22, 2002, Glasgow, England.
12. 21st “International Free Flaps and Island Flaps Workshop”, December 3-6, 2003, Liege University, Liege, Belgium.
13. Postgraduate Microsurgery Seminar, February 28-March 2, 2003, Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Microsurgery Department, Experimental Laboratory of ELPEN Pharmaceutical Industry, Athens, Greece.
14. 3rd Postgraduate Microsurgery Seminar, Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Microsurgery Department, Experimental Laboratory of ELPEN Pharmaceutical Industry, September 9-10, 2003, Athens, Greece.
15. Continuing Professional Training Action, “Management of Oncological Patient”, total duration 140 hours with 106 hours theoretical training and 34 hours practical exercise, September 1, 2003-October 9, 2003, within the framework of the Operational Program “Health-Welfare” 2000-2006 [E(2001)583] of the 3rd Community Support Framework, General State Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
16. Educational Seminar “Lower Limb Injury”, December 17, 2004, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.
17. Seminar of the Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, topic: “Hair transplantation”, February 28, 2004, Athens, Greece.
18. 2nd Advanced Microsurgery Seminar, Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Microsurgery Department, Experimental Laboratory of ELPEN Pharmaceutical Industry, March 10-12, 2004, Athens, Greece.
19. 3rd Advanced Microsurgery Seminar, Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Microsurgery Department, Experimental Laboratory of ELPEN Pharmaceutical Industry, September 9-11, 2004, Athens, Greece.
20. Seminar of the Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Topics: “Abdominoplasty”, “Restylane SubQ”, February 19, 2005, Athens, Greece.
21. 2nd Seminar on Free Flap Transfer to Living Tissues, November 24-26, 2005, Co-organized by the Plastic Surgery Clinic of the General State Hospital of Athens, Diagnostic-Therapeutic Center of Athens “Hygeia”, Experimental Laboratory of ELPEN Pharmaceutical Industry, Athens, Greece.
22. 4th Advanced Microsurgery Seminar, Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Microsurgery Department, Experimental Laboratory of ELPEN Pharmaceutical Industry, March 10-12, 2005.
23. “Conflict Management in the NHS Achieving Customer Service Excellence”, October 18, 2006, Christie Hospital, Manchester, England.
24. “Assertiveness Training”, October 17, 2006, Christie Hospital, Manchester, England.
25. 15th European Course in Plastic Surgery, November 7-9, 2006, Budapest, Hungary.
26. “Advanced Breast Reconstruction Seminar”, October 19, 2007, Burlington Hotel, Birmingham, England.
27. “Aesthetic Surgery of the Face-Principles and Pitfalls in Aesthetic Facial Surgery”, Hands-on-Human-Cadaver-Course, March 7-8, 2009, Vienna, Greece.
28. “The Facial Matrix System: A systematic Methodology to provide Facial Skeletal Support with Design “Medpor” Implants for Face Beautification”, 1st International Conference on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Facial Surgery, May 13-17, 2009, Mykonos, Greece.
29. “Revisiting the TCA and phenol-croton oil peels, Dissecting the Hetter’s formula and its value in the spectrum of facial peels, 1st International Conference on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Facial Surgery, May 13-17, 2009, Mykonos, Greece.
30. Seminar “Breast reconstruction after mastectomy”, March 6, 2010, Plastic Surgery Clinic AUTH, “Papageorgiou Hospital”, Thessaloniki, Greece.
31. 1st Seminar on Laparoscopic-Thoracoscopic and Open Abdominal-Thoracic, Spinal-Hip and Plastic Surgery, Hellenic Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, A’ Propedeutic Surgical Clinic AUTH, Clinic of Heart, Thorax and Great Vessels AUTH, C’ Orthopedic Clinic AUTH, Plastic Surgery Clinic AUTH, Laboratory of Descriptive Anatomy, Medical School AUTH, January 18-20, 2013, Thessaloniki, Greece.
32. 22nd European Course in Plastic Surgery, November 5-7, 2013, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Participation in Roundtables

1. Participation as a speaker on the topic: “Types of Chronic Wounds-Etiology” at the workshop organized by the Hellenic Society for Wound Healing and Ulcers, on December 5, 2008, at the Amphitheater of the East Building of G.N.A. “G. Gennimatas”.
2. “Dermopigmentation for scar camouflage”, 1^st postgraduate seminar of the Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, March 6, 2010. “Papageorgiou” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
3. “Reconstruction of hypopharyngeal defects”, 16^th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, September 28, 2010, Epirus Palace, Ioannina, Greece.
4. “Seeking a hospital-university career”, 9^th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. August 29-31, 2011, Kipriotis Conference Center, Kos, Greece.
5. “Lower limb wounds-defects: upper and middle third of the tibia”. 9^th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. August 29-31, 2011, Kipriotis Conference Center, Kos, Greece.
6. “Reconstruction of hypopharyngeal defects”, 18th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, speech at the roundtable on head and neck reconstruction, November 10, 2012.
7.  “Breast Reconstruction”, 8^th Scientific Workshop of the Association of Cancer Patients-Friends-Doctors “KEFI”, November 20, 2011, Athens, Greece.
8. “Modern research on burns”, Burn Workshop, November 26, 2011, Thriasio Hospital, Elefsina, Greece.
9. “Evaluation of the effectiveness between oil-based ointments and standard practice in Greece for the treatment of small to moderate burns.” June 6, 2013, 2nd Asia Pacific Wound Care Congress 2013, June 6-8, 2013, Grand Kanawa Convention Centre, Manado, Indonesia.
10. “Head and neck cancer – classification and management”. November 6, 2013, 22nd European Course in Plastic Surgery, November 5-7, 2013.
11. “Views and principles for achieving a satisfactory aesthetic result” 10th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 31-November 2, 2013, Aigli Zappeion, Athens, Greece. Speech at the roundtable on head and neck reconstruction. Thursday, October 31, 2013.
12. “Lateral arm flap”, 19th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity. November 28-30, 2013, MET Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece. Speech at the roundtable on upper extremity flaps, Thursday, November 28, 2013.
13. “Tips for an aesthetic approach in head and neck reconstruction”. 9^th BAPRAS Conference, September 17-20, 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.
14. “Reconstruction of perineal, scrotal and vaginal defects using a pedicled anterolateral thigh flap”. 9^th BAPRAS Conference, September 17-20, 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.
15. “Management of peripheral nerve injury in the upper extremity”, 11^th EEPEAX Conference, November 5-7, 2015. Thessaloniki, Greece.
16. “Reconstructive microsurgery procedures in extreme age groups”. Scientific workshop on: “Anesthetic peculiarities at Papageorgiou Hospital – original surgical procedures and anesthetic management”. Speech at the roundtable on original surgical procedures at Papageorgiou Hospital. Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Saturday, January 16, 2017.
17. “Propeller flaps”. Speech at the roundtable on lower limb reconstruction, Friday, October 20, 2017. 12^th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 18-21, 2017, War Museum, Athens, Greece.
18. “Treatment of the mangled hand injury. From a Plastic Surgeon perspective”. Friday, March 23, 7^th Meeting of the International Mediterranean Society of Orthopaedic Surgery, March 22-24, 2018.
19.  “The use of the ALT free flap in the reconstruction of foot defects”. Saturday, December 8, 2018. 24^th Joint Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery and the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity. December 6-8, 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Participation in Presidencies

1. Participation in a Presidency on the topic: “Debate on blepharoplasty”. Saturday, May 16, 2009, International Conference on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Mykonian, Mykonos, Greece, May 13-17, 2009.
2. Secretary in a Presidency on the topic: “Soft tissue tumors”. Thursday, September 24, 2009, Eleventh ESPRAS Conference, September 20-26, 2009, Rhodes, Greece.
3. Secretary in a MasterClass on the topic: 25 years of experience in the treatment of long-term facial nerve paralysis. President: L. Dias. Friday, September 25, 2009, Eleventh ESPRAS Conference, September 20-26, 2009, Rhodes, Greece.
4. Participation in a Presidency on the topic: “Midface”. 2^nd International Conference on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery, September 1-3, 2011, Kos, Greece.
5. Participation in the Presidency of free papers on the topic: “Reconstruction of congenital and traumatic defects”. 10th National Conference of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, October 31-November 2, 2013, Aigli Zappeion, Athens, Greece.
6. Participation in the Presidency in the free papers section on the topic “Microsurgery” 9^th BAPRAS Conference, September 17-20, 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.
7. Participation in the Presidency in the Free Papers Section on the topic “Oncology”, 11^th EEPEAX Conference, November 5-7, 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.
8. Participation in the Presidency of the “Educational course for the upper extremity”, Saturday, October 21, 2017, 12^th EEPEAX Conference, October 18-21, 2017, War Museum, Athens, Greece.
9. Participation in the Presidency “Orthoplastic Approach to complex upper and lower limb reconstruction challenges-the Birmingham experience”, Friday, March 23, 7^th Meeting of the International Mediterranean Society of Orthopaedic Surgery, March 22-24, 2018.

Humanitarian Action

Participation in the charitable mission of the Women for Women organization in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, from September 2 to September 9, 2012. During the mission, the women surgeons of the organization operated on women and children burn victims of domestic violence.