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KONSTANTINOS ALBANOPOULOS

GENERAL SURGEON

associate professor of surgery, director, 2ND GENERAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT - METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY UNIT
  1. General
  • Education & Academic Titles
    • Medical Degree, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    • Medical License, Prefecture of Achaia
    • Specialty at the General Hospital of Aigion and at the First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens, “Hippokration” General Hospital
    • Retraining seminar "University Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery", University of Montpellier.
    • Retraining in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery at the First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, from 1/9/2005 until 31/3/2006
    • Application of RADIUS Surgical System”. Training Center for Minimal Invasive Surgery. Tübingen, Germany, 3–4/5/2007
    • Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: Laparoscopic Y-Roux Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding” (Prof. R. Weiner). Frankfurt, Germany, 15–16/3/2007
    • Postgraduate Course Surgical Endoscopy: Outcomes and Costs SAGES, Orlando,  Florida, U.S.
    • Honorary Registrat” Academic Unit of Surgery The General Infirmary at Leeds, Consultant: Professor M. McMahon MD, PhD, FRCS, Leeds, England
    • Swiss Endos Fribourg Basic Course in Thoracoscopic Surgery,11 July 2002, Fribourg, Switzerland
    • Swiss Endos Fribourg, Practical Course in Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication 12 July 2002, Fribourg, Switzerland
    • Surgical Training Course on the Gastric Banding Procedure, Hospital of AKH, Vienna, Austria, 9–10/9/2004 (Professor Gerhard Prager)
    • Training in the techniques of Bariatric Surgery, CHU de Montpellier, France, 13–14/4/2006
    • PhD, Medicine, Surgery, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  • Doctoral Thesis
    • "The prognostic significance of anti-CEA antibodies in the serum of patients with colon cancer", First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens
  • Professional Experience
    • License to Practice Medical Profession, Prefecture of Athens
    • Title of Medical specialty Surgery, Attica Region
    • Doctor on duty in the Intensive Care Unit and in the Surgery Department of the Eugenides Hospital
    • Service in IKA Acharnon, with permanent contract.
    • Honorary Registrar, Academic Unit of Surgery, The General Infirmary at Leeds UK
    • Special Collaborator at the First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens.
    • Founding and running the Department of Bariatric Surgery of the First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens.
    • Lecturer of Surgery at the First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens.
    • Assistant Professor at the First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens.
    • Αssociate Professor at the First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery of the University of Athens.
    • Special Collaborator at the Hospitals “Ygeia”, “Mitera” and “Euroclinc”.
    • Director of 2nd Surgical Department of the Henry Dunant Hospital Center.
  • Clinical Interest
    • General Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery
    • Bariatric and Metabolic Metabolic Syndrome Surgery
    • Laparoscopic Surgery for malignant diseases of the stomach and intestines
    • The whole range of general and laparoscopic surgery
  • Awards & Distinctions
    • Professor Petros Kokkalis" Award for the work entitled: Prognosticsignificanceofcirculatingantibodiesagainstcarcinoembryonicantigen (anti-CEA) inpatientswithcoloncancer published in the scientific journal: AmJGast 2000; 95: 1056-1061, 22nd Panhellenic Surgical Conference, Athens, November 2000.
    • Fellow of the Hellenic Society of Endoscopic Surgery and Other Interventional Techniques for training abroad for 6 months.
    • Praise for the participation and organization in the 10th Postgraduate Seminar on Basic Laparoscopic Surgery, 11-12 / 05/2018, ELPEN
  • Recent Publications
    • Total Publications in Foreign Language Magazines: 52
    • Total Publications in Greek Μagazines: 3
    • Total bibliographic references: 256
    • Foreign language announcements: 10
    • Greek announcements: 18
    • Writing and editing books: 2
    • Scientific publication of a book: 1
  • Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
    • 154 Participations as a speaker, Coordinator and Chair in Conferences and Scientific Meetings,
    • Member of:
      • Medical Association of Athens - Full member 1991
      • Hellenic Surgical Society - Regular member 2005
      • Hellenic Society of Endoscopic Surgery and Other Invasive Techniques
        • Regular member since 1995.
        • Member of the Board of Directors since 2003
        • Second Vice President in 2005
        • Second Vice President in 2007
        • Second Vice President in 2009
        • First Vice President in 2011
    • Hellenic Trauma Society - Associate Member 2001
    • Hellenic Obesity Surgical Society - Full member 2008
    • Hellenic Obesity Surgical Society - Regular member 2013
    • President of the Hellenic Obesity Surgery Society 2013
    • European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional
      Techniques – Regular Member since 1995
    • General Medical Council of Great Britain – Regular Member since 2000
    • General Medical Council of Great Britain – Regular Member since 2000
    • International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity – Regular Member since 2010
  • Research
    • Laboratory of Surgical Research, First Teaching Surgery Clinic of the University of Athens: Research on the immune response of patients with malignant neoplastic diseases of the digestive system.
    • Participation in Clinical protocols:
      • BDI after LC »Academic Unit of Surgery The General Infirmary at Leeds, Professor M. McMahon MD, PhD, FRCS.
      • Pylorus-preserving pancreatectomy »Academic Unit of Surgery The General Infirmary at Leeds, Professor M. McMahon MD, PhD, FRCS.
      • Laparoscopic Bile duct exploration »Academic Unit of Surgery The General Infirmary at Leeds, Professor M. McMahon MD, PhD, FRCS.
    • Participation in Basic Research protocols:
      • Mr. Christou Ioannidis entitled "The change of cell apoptosis in patients with acute lithiasis cholecystitis"
      • Mrs Olga Kalathaki entitled "Comparative study of the effect of surgical stress on peripheral lymphocyte apoptosis in medium gravity surgeries"
      • Mrs Athanassiou Liapi entitled "Study of programmed cell death in the bronchoalveolar epithelium in patients with pneumonia"
      • Ms Christina Liakou entitled "Apoptosis in the normal lung"
    • Participation in Applied Clinical Research protocols:
      • Laparoscopic splenectomy, cholecystectomy and appendectomy in patients with b-thalassemia
      • Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for benign and malignant sigmoid diseases
      • Laparoscopic right colectomy for benign and malignant diseases of the colon
      • Laparoscopic gastric banding in patients with morbidy obesity
      • Training in the basic principles of laparoscopic surgery of specialized and specialized surgeons of the country and abroad.