Profile
KONSTANTINOS ALBANOPOULOS
GENERAL SURGEON
associate professor of surgery, director, 2ND GENERAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT - LAPAROSCOPIC BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY UNIT
- General
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.