PROFILE
Mr. Fountoulakis is a General Surgeon specializing in upper gastrointestinal surgery. He graduated from the Athens University Medical School in 1990. After completing his military service, he went to Great Britain where he attended all his surgical training and was awarded a specialty certificate in General Surgery (Certificate of Completion of Training in General Surgery, CCT). Since 1997, he has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and he is registered in the Specialist Register of General Medical Council, UK.
Mr. Fountoulakis worked for 20 years in some of England’s largest University Hospitals and passed successively through all the ranks of the British Health System, up to the rank of Clinical Director (Consultant). After completing his training in General Surgery, he attended specialty training for four years (three years in England and a year in Sydney, Australia) in upper gastrointestinal surgery, including benign and malignant esophagus, stomach, pancreas and biliary diseases, as well as the surgical treatment of morbid obesity. Mr. Fountoulakis has also conducted extensive research, mainly in stomach and esophageal diseases, with numerous publications in distinguished scientific journals.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Intern
- 1994-1997: Senior House Officer in General Surgery, Northwick Park & St Mark's Hospital, London, UK
- 1997-1998: Senior House Officer in General Surgery, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
- 1998-2001: Clinical Research Fellow, Academic Department of Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
Registar
- 2001 - 2004: Specialist Registrar in General Surgery, Blackpool and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, UK
- 2004 - 2005: Specialist Registrar in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Salford University Hospital (Hope), Manchester, UK
- 2005 - 2006: Specialist Registrar in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, UK
- 2006 - 2007: Specialist Registrar in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, South Manchester University Hospital, UK
- 2007 - 2008: Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Concord University Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Clinic Director
- 2008-2013: Consultant General & Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, South Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, UK
- 2010-2013 External Associate, Athens Euroclinic
EDUCATION
- Educational Qualifications
- Faculty of Medicine Graduate, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), UK
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Surgery, UK
- Specialty certificate in General Surgery, Greece
- Secondary Education
- 1978-1984: 6th Athens High School
- University Studies
- 1984-1990: Medical School, University of Athens
- Postgraduate Seminars
- 1998: Course in Advanced Life Support, Resuscitation Council, UK
- 2000: Course in Practical Immunohistochemistry, Institute of Pathology, Leeds, UK
- 2000: Course in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Leeds Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, UK
- 2001: Advanced Trauma Life Support Course (ATLS), Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK
- 2003: Care of the Critically ill Surgical Patient Course (CRISP), Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK
- 2004: M62 Coloproctology Course, Huddersfield, UK
- 2006: Association of Surgeons in Training Alpine Course, Les Arcs, France
INTERESTS
Fellowship in Scientific Societies
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS)
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI)
- Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS)
- Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALS)
- British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
- International Federation for the Surgery of Metabolic and Obesity Disorders (IFSO)
- Hellenic Surgical Society
- Athens Medical Association
Research Work
- Research study entitled "Oxidative mechanisms in oesophageal carcinogenesis and clinical effectiveness of Barrett's surveillance programmes". Purpose of the study: (a) to examine the hypothesis that dietary factors may cause oxidative DNA damage in Barret’s epithelial cells or that they make the mucosa more vulnerable to this type of damage and (b) to investigate the effect of endoscopic monitoring of patients with Barrett's esophagus on the clinical outcome of patients who develop esophageal cancer.
Scientific Publications
- A. Fountoulakis and SW. Galloway. Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery. In Harrison J, Kulkarni K, Baguneid M, Prendergast B, eds. Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence: Oxford University Press, 2009. pp. 583-621.
- A. Fountoulakis, KD. Zafirellis, K. Dolan, SPL. Dexter, IG. Martin, HM. Sue-Ling. The effect of surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus on the clinical outcome of oesophageal cancer. British Journal of Surgery 2004; 91(8): 997-1003.
- A. Fountoulakis, IG. Martin, KLM. White, MF. Dixon, JE. Cade, HM. Sue-Ling, CP. Wild. Plasma and oesophageal mucosal levels of vitamin C: role in the pathogenesis and neoplastic progression of Barrett's oesophagus. Digestive Diseases & Sciences 2004; 49(6): 914-9.
- KD. Zafirellis, A. Fountoulakis, K. Dolan, SPL. Dexter, IG. Martin, HM. Sue-Ling. Evaluation of POSSUM in patients with oesophageal cancer undergoing resection. British Journal of Surgery 2002; 89(9): 1150-5.
- KD. Zafirellis, K. Dolan, A. Fountoulakis, SPL. Dexter, IG. Martin, HM. Sue-Ling. Multivariate analysis of clinical, operative and pathologic features of esophageal cancer: who needs adjuvant therapy? Diseases of the Esophagus 2002; 15(2) :155-9.
- K. Dolan, KD. Zafirellis, A. Fountoulakis, IG. Martin, SPL. Dexter, M. Larvin, MJ. McMahon. Does pneumatic dilatation affect the outcome of laparoscopic cardiomyotomy? Surgical Endoscopy 2002; 16(1): 84-7.
- A. Fountoulakis, KD. Zafirellis, HM. Sue-Ling. Should radical surgery for oesophageal cancer be denied to the elderly patient? Hellenic Journal of Surgery 2002; 74 (Suppl 1): 54-55.
- KD. Zafirellis, K. Dolan, A. Fountoulakis, SPL. Dexter, HM. Sue-Ling. Prognostic significance of the ratio of invaded to removed lymph nodes in oesophageal cancer. Br J Surg 2001; 88 (Suppl 1): 53.
- HM. Sue-Ling, KD. Zafirellis, A. Fountoulakis, K. Dolan, SPL. Dexter, IG. Martin, MJ. McMahon, D. Johnston. Improving outcome in patients with oesophageal cancer. A 25 year audit. Br J Surg 2001; 88 (Suppl 1): 53.
- A. Fountoulakis, E. Hudson, M. Burke. One-stop diagnosis of thyroid neoplasms. Eur J Surg Oncol 1997; 23: 380. A. Fountoulakis, A. Lomax, SJD. Chadwick. Initial Experience of 3-D Video Endoscopy in General Surgery. Surgical Technology International 1996 V: 115-9.
- A. Fountoulakis, A. Lomax, SJD. Chadwick. Initial Experience of 3-D Video Endoscopy in General Surgery. Surgical Technology International 1996 V: 115-9.
