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Curriculum Vitae in brief
1.
Clinical & Surgical Experience
2.
Scientific Work
3.
Training Work
4.
Posts held
5.
Distinctions
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SURNAME
(Last name): |
PAPACHRISTOS |
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FIRST NAME: |
Ioannis |
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FATHER'S
NAME: |
Charalampos |
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PRESENT RANK: |
Lieutenant Colonel ( or "Lt.C." ) of the Greek Army
Medical Corps |
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Male |
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DATE of Birth: |
June 1964 |
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PLACE of Birth: |
City of Kalampaka
(Trikala County, Greece) |
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POSTAL ADDRESS: |
12 Papantoniou Z. Street, GR - 551 34 KALAMARIA
(Thessaloniki County),
GREECE
Tel. / fax +30 231 0 434622,
Cell phone: +30 697 7233088 |
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EMAIL ADDRESS: |
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WebPages: |
www.icp-med.gr
(this very webpage)
www.ctsnet.org/home/ipapachristos |
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LANGUAGES: |
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Greek as the mother
tongue |
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English (fluently) |
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French (conversational level) |
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UNIVERSITY STUDIES: |
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School of Medicine
of the Aristotle's University of Thessaloniki, Greece 1982-1988 |
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Section of Medicine
of the "Military School of Combat Support
Officers" in Thessaloniki, 1982 - 1988. |
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UNIVERSITY DEGREES - PRIMARY QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Primary Medical Qualification (recognised
in the UK as "Ptychio Iatrikes") from the
School of Medicine, Aristotle's University of Thessaloniki,
Greece, on 20.7.1988 |
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Diploma of Graduation from the
Section of Medicine
of the "Military School of Combat Support Officers" on 23.9.1988. |
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POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Diploma
of completion of 12-month attendance at the "School
of Medical Corps' Implementation" in the Basic Training Session
on 02.10.1989. |
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Certificate of Completion of Specialist-Training
in Thoracic Surgery and then successful examinations by the
Greek Thoracic Surgery Board in May 1999 |
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Diploma of completion of 3-month attendance
at the "School of
Medical Corps' Implementation" in the Advanced Training Session
on 02.4.1999. |
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POSTGRADUATE STUDIES: |
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Attendance at the Session of Basic Training of
the "School
of Medical Corps' Implementation"
for 1 year (Sep 1988 — Oct 1989) |
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SPECIALIST-TRAINING:
in
"Thoracic Surgery"
lasting for 7 years
in total. This 7-year training
included the following components:
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GENERAL Surgery for
3 years:
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at the "401 Army
General Hospital in Athens," Greece for
1 year (1991-1992) |
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at the "Laikon" hospital
in Athens, Greece for 110/12 yrs
(1992-1994) at the Athens University 2nd Teaching
Dept of Surgery (Prof. Gr. Skalkeas's firm) |
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at the "KAT" Trauma & General hospital in
Athens, Greece for 2/12 yrs (1997) |
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THORACIC Surgery
for 3 years:
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at the
"Royal Brompton hospital" (Prof. P. Goldstraw's
firm) in London for 1 year
(1994-1995) |
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at the "Hairmyres"
hospital close to Glasgow in the West of
Scotland
(Regional Thoracic Surgical Unit,
Hairmyres hospital, Glasgow G75 8RG, UK, as Acting registrar / SHO III)
for 1½ year
(1995-1996) |
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at the "Royal Victoria
hospital" in Belfast, Northern
Ireland ("RVH": The
Royal Victoria Hospital, The Royal Hospital, Belfast,
Specialist-Registrar) for ½ year (1996) |
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Two SEMESTERS:
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A semester in Orthopaedics at the "KAT"
Trauma & General hospital in Athens, Greece (½ yr, 1998) |
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A semester in Plastic Surgery at the "KAT"
Trauma & General hospital in Athens, Greece (½ yr, 1998-1999) |
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Attendance at the Session of Advanced Training
of the "School
of Medical Corps' Implementation"
for 3 months
(Jan—Apr 1999). |
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CURRENT POST: |
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
at
the "424 Army General Training Hospital" in Thessaloniki, Greece. Head of the Thoracic Surgery Dept.
of this hospital since 08.9.1999 up to present day. |
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POSTS HELD: |
| As a SPECIALIST Thoracic Surgeon:
| Jul—Sep 1999 Consultant
Thoracic Surgeon at the "424 AGTH" in Thessaloniki, Greece, but
not Head of the Thoracic Surgery Dept. |
| May—Jul 1999 Consultant
Thoracic Surgeon at the "417 NIMTS" Veterans' hospital in Athens,
Greece, but not Head of the Thoracic Surgery Dept. |
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| As a Specialist-TRAINEE:
| Please see paragraph "Specialist-Training" above
under "Postgraduate Studies." |
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MEMBERSHIPS TO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
& ASSOCIATIONS: |
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British Graduates' Society |
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British Thoracic Oncology Group, The |
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European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The |
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General Medical Council, The - UK
(Fully registered originally. Voluntarily removed
from the Register after leaving UK permanently to practise in Greece for
good)) |
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Greek Society against Lung Cancer |
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Greek Society of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery |
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Medical Association of Thessaloniki, The |
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Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain &
Ireland, The |
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a) Severity,
range and quality of thoracic surgical procedures:
After Completion
of Specialist-Training and successfully passing the Greek Thoracic Surgery
Boards I have undertaken alone and independently
more than 350 procedures classified in the whole range of Thoracic
Surgery until the last update of this webpage. Amongst them:
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Pulmonary Resections for tumours &
intrapulmonary lesions:
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Pneumonectomies |
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[Bi-] Lobectomies |
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Wedge Resections |
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Chest Wall procedures |
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Mediastinal procedures |
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Thoracoscopic or Video-assisted (VATS)
procedures |
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Oesophageal procedures |
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"miscellaneous"
procedures, including:
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surgical pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax (parietal pleurectomy +
bullectomy) |
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Lyng / Pleura biopsies |
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other minor procedures |
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b) Thoracic
Surgical Experience
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Prior to completing my
Specialist-Training a full period of a 7-year
in-practice clinical training. During three years
(out of the 7 yrs in total) I was a
specialist-trainee in large hospitals of the
United Kingdom that were all accredited for specialist-training
by the SAC (Specialist Advisory Committee,
UK): The Royal Brompton
hospital in London, the Hairmyres hospital in the West of Scotland
and the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast. The experience
acquired in them can be considered as valuable especially in the following:
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Lung cancer (and Staging of it) and other
Tumours of the Lung (Royal Brompton,
Hairmyres)
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Oesophageal cancer and other diseases (Hairmyres,
RVH)
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Penetrating Trauma to the Chest by stabbing
(Hairmyres)
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Penetrating Trauma to the Chest caused by firearms and bombs'
blasts (RVH, Belfast)
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Blunt Trauma to the Chest caused by road
traffic accidents
(Hairmyres, RVH)
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Mesothelioma (clinical experience with
pleuro-pneumonectomies at the Hairmyres)
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After
becoming a Specialist Thoracic Surgeon:
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Experience acquired as Head of the Thoracic Surgery Dept of teh
"424 AGTH" since 08.9.1999 (almost eight
consecutive years
already up to the last Update of this webpage) |
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In addition,
I have also served as a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at the military
hospitals "417 NIMTS" Veterans' hospital & "424 AGTH" for a total
period of 3 months. |
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Papers PUBLISHED: 12
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In INTERNATIONAL journals: 7 |
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In NATIONAL journals: 5 |
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Papers ORALLY
PRESENTED:28:
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In INTERNATIONAL Congresses & Meetings: 10 |
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In NATIONAL Congresses & Meetings: 18 |
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Lectures & Comments in Congresses: 6 |
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Participation in Organising or Scientific Committees of
Congresses: 1 |
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Congress
Sessions CHAIRED by me: 3 |
( For the complete List of my Scientific
Work, please click over
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a) As
a TRAINEE:
(1) Postgraduate
studies:
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Attendance at the "School of
Medical Corps Implementation," both Sessions: Basic Training
Session (1 yr, 1988-1989)
& Advanced Training Session (3 months,
1999) |
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Specialist-Training: Seven years in total in
hospitals located in Greece and in the United Kingdom. For details
please see the relevant paragraph above. |
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Attendance at the "Specific NBC Weapons' School of the Armed Forces"
on NBC Warfare (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
Warfare)
in May - June 1989. |
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(2) Postgraduate
Courses etc:
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The Postgraduate Course during the 5th European Cpnference on General Thoracic
Surgery, organised by the ESTS, Leuven, Belgium, 03.6.2007 |
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The 3rd Symposium on "Aortic & Oesophageal Surgery," organised by the Patras
University School of Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery Dept. in Patras, Greece,
4-5 May 2007 |
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The Postgraduate
Course, The 5th EACTS / ESTS Joint Meeting,
Stockholm, Sweden 10.9.2006 |
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1ο
Postgraduate Course organised by the Greek "Society of
Study of Pulmonary Disease & Occupational Diseases of the Chest" on: :Neuroendocrine
Tumours of the Lung. Mediastinal Tumours." Thessaloniki, Greece,
11 Jan 2003. |
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The Postgraduate
Course, The EACTS / ESTS Joint Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal 16.9.2001 |
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1st
Meeting of the Rheumatology Dept. of the "424 AGTH,"
Thessaloniki, Greece, 19 Feb 2000 |
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1st
Pharmacology Joint Meeting organised by the "424 AGTH" Pharmacy
and the Pan-hellenic Association of Pharmacists, Thessaloniki,
Greece, 12 Feb 2000. |
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The Birmingham
Review Course in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Birmingham
05 - 7.10.1995 |
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Sciemntific Meeting on "Asthma: Progress in Diagnosis & Treatment", the
"401 AGHA" hospital, Athens, Greece, 14 Oct 1988. |
(3) International
Medical Conferences:
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The 15th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgry by the ESTS, Leuven,
Belgium, 3-6 June 2007 |
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The 5th
EACTS / ESTS Joint Meeting (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons),
Stockholm, Sweden, 11-12 September 2006 |
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The 3rd
Spring Meeting of the E.S.T.S. (European Society of Thoracic Surgeons),
Cluj-Napoca, Romania 12-13 May 2005 |
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The 2nd
Spring Meeting of the E.S.T.S. (European Society of Thoracic Surgeons),
Athens, Greece 1-2 April 2005 |
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The 3rd
EACTS / ESTS Joint Meeting, (European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons),
Leipzig, Germany, 12-15 September 2004 |
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The EACTS / ESTS Joint
Meeting (European Association
for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, European Society
of Thoracic Surgeons), Lisbon,
Portugal, 16-19 September 2001 |
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The 8th
European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery by the ESTS (European Society of Thoracic Surgeons),
London, UK, 1-3 November 2000 |
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The 2000 Annual
Meeting of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland,
London, UK, 12-15 March 2000 |
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The 3rd
Congress of Balkan Military Medical Committee, Athens, Greece, 10-13 May 1998 |
(4) Greek National
Medical Conferences:
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ΧΧΙ
Medical Congress of the Greek Greek Armed Forces,
Thessaloniki, Greece, 23-26 Nov 2006 |
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VI Pan-hellenic Congress of the Hellenic Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgical
Society, Thessaloniki, Greece, 09-11 Nov 2006 |
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XX Medical
Congress of the Greek Armed Forces, Thessaloniki, Greece, 18-21 Nov 2004 |
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XIX Medical Congress of the Greek Armed Forces, Thessaloniki, Greece, 07-10
Nov 2002 |
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XVIII Medical Congress of the Greek Armed Forces, Thessaloniki, Greece, 08-11
Nov 2000 |
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XVII
Medical Congress of the Greek Armed Forces, Thessaloniki,
Greece, 11-14 Nov 1998 |
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XXI Pan-hellenic
("National Greek") Congress of Surgery, Athens, Greece, 13-17 Nov 1998 |
b) As
a TRAINER:
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I have continuously been participating in the training
Schemes of the specialist-trainees who belong to the 1st Dept. of Surgery of
the "424 AGTH" since 1999. My contribution consists of clinical,
in-practice training in Operative Techniques as well as training in both preop
& postop management of thoracic surgical patiets either in
selective / scheduled admissions or in emergencies (trauma cases etc). |
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The "424 AGTH" is
by definition a hospital that puts
a great deal of Emphasis in Training (after all,
the hospital's initials "AGTH" stand for: Army General
Training Hospital). Training involves all personnel including
nursing staff, other health workers (such as stretcher-bearers
etc) and, of course, doctors, who are specialist-trainees, too.
The acquisition Experience as a trainer in this specific hospital
can, therefore, be appropriately appreciated. |
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I contributed to the regular continuing Medical
Education Programme within the Regional Thoracic Surgical Unit of the West
of Scotland, located inside the "Hairmyres" hospital since Feb 1995
till Aug 1996 by training the junior SHO doctors in Thoracic Surgery. I
also presented research papers at National (UK) Meetings
on that Unit's work on:
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the surgical treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma |
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long-term results with broncho-alveolar adenocarcinoma |
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Additionally, I took part as a trainer in the
under-graduate training of students of the Athens University School of
Medicine, who were allocated at the 2nd Teaching Dept. of Surgery inside
the "Laikon" hospital in Athens, Greece. |
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I acquired experience as a trainer because of my
duties as "Director of Training" of a Medical Corps Battalion
located in the borderland of Greek Sovereign territory for 1½ year
(Oct 1989 - Feb 1991). By exerting these duties I was responsible for
training Private-ranked soldiers into the military speciality of
"stretcher-bearers." I was also fully responsible for any kind of
Training of all military personnel of the Battalion. |
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I participated as an Invited Speaker
& Commentor in the
following Congresses:
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(1) Papachristos IC.
Chest Trauma. Invited
Speaker in the «Trauma: in-hospital
Management» Round Table,
18th MEDICAL
CONGRESS of the Greek
ARMED FORCES, Thessaloniki, Greece, 8-11 Nov 2000
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(2) Papachristos IC.
Benign & Mallignant Tumours of the Chest Wall.
Invited Speaker in the «Chest Wall Diseases
Surgically Treated» Round Table,
19th ÉMEDICAL
CONGRESS of the Greek
ARMED FORCES, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-10 Nov 2002
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(3) Papachristos IC
Penetrating & Iatrogenic Trauma to the Chest.
Invited Speaker in the: «Practising
Thoracic Surgery on an Emergency Basis»Round Table, 20th
MEDICAL CONGRESS of the Greek
ARMED FORCES, Thessaloniki, Greece, 18 Nov 2004
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(4)
Papachristos IC. Pneumothorax & Barotrauma.
Invited Speaker in the Meeting of the Greek Divers' Internet Society
"The ABYSS Club," held in
Athens on 13 January 2007. (For downloading the full presentation in
Greek, click over here).
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(5) "Barrett's Oesophagus" Session: invited to comment. The 3rd Symposium
on "Aortic & Oesophageal Surgery," organised by the Patras University School of
Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery Dept. in Patras, Greece, 5 May 2007
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13.9.1988 |
License to practise Medicine in Greece
(Greek equivalent to the "Full registration" with the GMC in the UK) |
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Sep 1988 — Oct 1989 |
"School
of Medical Corps' Implementation," Basic Training Session |
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May — Jun 1989 |
"Specific
NBC Weapons' School of the Armed Forces"
(Nuclear, Biological,
Chemical Warfare) |
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Oct 1989 — Feb 1991 |
Posted at a Medical Corps Battalion in
the borderland of Greek Sovereign territory
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Mar 1991 — Feb 1992 |
Specialist-Trainee
in General Surgery at the "401 Army
General Hospital of Athens," Greece |
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Apr 1992 — Jan 1994 |
Specialist-Trainee
in General Surgery at the Athens University 2nd Teaching
Dept. of Surgery
(Prof. Greg. Skalkeas's firm),
located inside the
"Laikon" hospital in Athens, Greece |
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Feb 1994 — Jan 1995 |
Specialist-Trainee in
Thoracic Surgery at the Royal Brompton hospital in London, UK
(Prof. P. Goldstraw's firm) |
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Feb 1995 - Aug 1996 |
Specialist-Trainee in Thoracic Surgery at
the
Hairmyres hospital,
in the West of Scotland : Regional Thoracic Surgical Unit, Hairmyres
Hospital, Glasgow |
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Aug 1996 — Jan 1997 |
Specialist-Trainee
in Thoracic Surgery ( Specialist-Registrar)
at the Royal Victoria
Hospital, The Royal Hospitals, in Belfast,
Northern Ireland |
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Sep — Nov 1997 |
Specialist-Trainee
in General Surgery at the "KAT" Trauma & General
Hospital in Athens, Greece |
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Jan 1998 — Jan 1999 |
Semesters
in Orthopaedics. & in
Plastic Surgery at the "KAT" Trauma & General Hospital in Athens,
Greece |
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Jan — Apr 1999 |
"School of Medical Corps Implementation,"
Advanced Training Session |
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28.5.1999 |
Greek Board
of Thoracic Surgery |
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May — Jul 1999 |
Consultant
Thoracic Surgeon at the “417 NIMTS” Veterans'
hospital in Athens, Greece
(not head of the Thoracic Surgery Dept.) |
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Jul — Sept 1999 |
Consultant
Thoracic Surgeon at the “424 AGTH” hospital
in Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Σεπ 1999 — σήμερα |
Head
of the Thoracic Surgery Dept. as
Consultant Thoracic
Surgeon at the “424 AGTH" hospital
in Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Sept 1999 — today |
Practising Thoracic Surgery
on a private basis, too, in addition to the clinical duties of a
424 AGTH Consultant, after completion of the appropriate process with the
Inland Revenue. |
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The Medal of Military Value, 2nd Class, awarded on
30.9.2003 for remarkable services offered to my country according to the
Presidential Decree dated 08.9.2003 |
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I was appointed as the Regent for Greece by the European
Society of Thoracic Surgeons after a unanimous decision voted at the
Society's General Assembly on 01.4.2005 in Athens, Greece. |
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The U.S. Army 338th Medical Brigade Commander's Coin for
Excellence was awarded to me on 20 Dec 2005 by Col. Jay L. Griffin, MS,
Task Force Medical Falcon XII, Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo (ref: ARM-ID-TFM-Z) |
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Mention in dispatches on 15.12.2006 |
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Last Update:
18/06/2008 |
