PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
21/03/2020 - present Clinical Fellow Neurosurgeon at Metropolitan Hospital Athens
16/10/2018 - 20/02/2020 Consultant Neurosurgeon at General and Prefectural Hospital of Trikala.
01/08/2018 - 01/10/2018 Consultant Neurosurgeon at ‘ELPIS’ private clinic of Volos/Greece.
05/02/2018 - 05/04/2018 Specialist Registrar (SpR) at Derriford Hospital/ Plymouth / NHS TRUST.
13/09/2017 - 04/02/2018 Medical Bank Doctor/ Specialist Neurosurgeon at UHNM / NHS TRUST.
14/10/2016 - 13/09/2017 Honorary Clinical Fellow at University Hospitals of North Midlands. STOKE ON TRENT/ NHS TRUST/ UK.
25/11/2015 - 24/09/2016 Specialist Neurosurgeon Locum Consultant in Neurosurgery General, Anti-cancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens ''St. Savvas'', Athens (Greece)
06/05/2009 - 01/12/2009 Assistant in Neurosurgery Private Clinic, Volos (Greece)
06/05/2008 - 05/05/2009 GP service with a 1m rotation in internal medicine, surgery, and cardiology respectively (FY2 equivalent) General Hospital of Volos, Volos (Greece)
13/11/2000 - 24/11/2000 Emergency Regional Medical Service / R.E.M.S.A Emergency Regional Medical Service in Hradec Kralove / Czech Republic
04/10/1999 - 22/10/1999 Emergency Regional Medical Service / R.E.M.S.A Emergency Regional Medical Service in Hradec Kralove / Czech Republic
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
28/03/2011 - 28/09/2015 Neurosurgery Specialization General, Anti-cancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens ''St. Savvas''/Prefecture of Attica, Athens (Greece)
01/07/2012 - 31/12/2012 Neurology Specialization General Hospital of Athens ''Laiko'', Athens (Greece)
01/12/2009 - 30/11/2010 General Surgery Specialization General Hospital of Samos, Samos (Greece)
22/09/1997 - 26/09/2003 Doctor of Medicine Ovidius University, Constanta (Romania)
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
- Greek
Other language(s)
- English
- Czech
- Romanian
Digital competence
- C++ (pc language)
Driving licence AM, B
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conferences
2019:
EIGHTH ANNUAL WORLD COURSE IN BRAIN TUMOUR SURGERY (LONDON-UK)
2018:
NEUROTRAUMA BRAIN CAMPAIGN EVENT (SBNS-LONDON)
2018:
SBNS MEETING PLYMOUTH / UK
2017:
1. SBNS SPRING MEETING - OXFORD / UK
2. SBNS AUTUMN MEETING - LIVERPOOL / UK
2016:
1. EANS -16Th EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF NEUROSURGERY
2. 30th National Congress of Neurosurgery
2015:
29th National Congress of Neurosurgery
2014:
28th National Congress of Neurosurgery
2013:
1. 27th National Congress of Neurosurgery
2. 51st National Neuropediatric Congress
2012:
26th National Congress of Neurosurgery
2011:
25th National Congress of Neurosurgery
2010:
Neurosurgical Acute Defects
2008:
1. General Health and Neurosurgery
2. Malignant defects in oral cavity and glands
2007:
1. International Molecular Knowledge in Cancer
2. National Neurosurgical Symposium
3. Neurosurgical Spine Involvement and amputation of lower limbs
4. Neuro-imagination of thorax and spine
Presentations
2017:
1) Cognitive and personality changes in infratentorial lesions.
SBNS SPRING MEETING - OXFORD / UK
2. Correlating facial fractures and cranial injuries.
SBNS AUTUMN MEETING - LIVERPOOL / UK
2013:
1) Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis.Value for initial diagnosis.
2) Magnetic Spectroscopy in the diagnosis of brain tumours and correlation with brain biopsy and histological examination.
2011:
1) Neurosurgical Trauma of the thoracic spine with extensive thoracic complication as a primary deficit.
2) 3D-CTA presurgical evaluation in operating theatre for brain tumours.
3) The specific role of lateral bifrontal approach in neurosurgical treatment and nasal tumours.
4) Hepatocellular cancer metastasis in brain vault. Presentation of a case report.
5) Neurosurgical approach and treatment of intramedullary ependynoma located in Atlanto-axial segment.
6) Spinal disease and infection after spondyloplasty of lumbar interspinal space.
7) 3D-Angiography of rare brain tumours.
8) The role of frontolateral nasal ectomy in neurosurgical treatment.
9) Large meningiomas of sella turcica.
10) Metastatic cancer damage to the skull base.
11) Neurosurgical operation of intramedullary tumours
Publications
1) Paragioutsikos V., Mourgela S., Kyrgiannis K., Lilimpakis K., Petritsis K., Spanos A. Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis- The value of early diagnosis. A case report and literature review. IATRIKI 2014, 103 (3-4):220-223.
2) Paragioutsikos V., Iliadis C., Konsolakis N., Moraitis V., Arvanitakis D. Cognitive and personality changes in infratentorial lesions. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY 2017 (FM1-3) Abstract No:1890
3) Paragioutsikos V., Iliadis C., konsolakis N., Moraitis V., Arvanitakis D. Cognitive and personality changes in infratentorial lesions. OXFORD ACADEMIC NEUROSURGERY 2017-Abstract Volume 80, Issue 3
4) V. Paragioutsikos, N. Tzerakis, C. Iliadis, N. Konsolakis, D. Arvanitakis.Correlating facial fractures and cranial injuries. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY 2017-Abstract Volume 31 , Issue 31.3
Courses
2020:
1. Fractures of the Spinal Cord / Spine (SBNS-UK)
2. Neuropathology of Head Injury (SBNS-UK)
3.WFNS NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY COURSE
2018:
NEUROTRAUMA BRAIN CAMPAIGN COURSE (LONDON)
2016:
WFNS Neurosurgical Anatomy Committee Vascular Course – EANS Pre- congress Course
2015:
European SPINAL CORD SURGERY FOR CHILDREN (ESPN)
2014 - 2015:
1. Neurosurgical approach of craniosynostosis
2. Hydrocephalus. Aetiology, Pathophysiology, Therapeutic Treatment
3. Peripheral nerves. Neurosurgical procedures of frontal, middle and posterior fossa
4. Skull base meningiomas
5. Modern theories of cerebrospinal aneurysms
6. ICU. Intensive Neurosurgical Unit
2014:
1. Skull base meningiomas. Middle cranial fossa. Anatomical operative procedure.
2. Neurovascular and Skull Base Microsurgical Anatomy Hands-on Workshop (KAT Hospital, Athens-Greece)
2013-2014: 1. Middle Cranial Fossa
2. Metastatic Brain Tumours. Neurosurgical Interventions
3. Decompressive Craniotomy. Clinical correlations
4. Multiforme Glioblastoma
5. Neurosurgical approach of cervical spine and Atlanto-axial-coherence
6. Neuro-imagination and Clinical Presentation
Memberships
- Medical Hellenic Council
- Member of 'Iatriki Medical Journal'
- GMC /FULLY REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WITH SPECIALIST REGISTRATION
- GMC reference number: 7546985
- The Society of British Neurological Surgeons ( SBNS )
- The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
References
Spanos Athanasios: R.F.S HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON /USA, Head Master and Director of Neurosurgical Department, General, Anticancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens ''St. Savvas''
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Sam Muquit : Consultant Neurosurgeon at Derriford Hospital / Plymouth
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Titus Berei : Consultant Neurosurgeon at Derriford Hospital / Plymouth
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