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KRIVIAN SILVIA
SYLVIA KRIVAN

GENERAL SURGEON

  1. General
  • Education & Academic Titles
    • 06.05.2019-01.11.2020 Bariatric Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons of England (sign off 16.09.2020, on maternity leave 15.10.2020-01.11.2021) University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Uttoxeter Road, DE22 3NE, Derby
    • 13.02.2019 Fellowship at Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) awarding ceremony on 9th July 2019
    • 01.02.2019-19.06.2020 Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, University of Bedfordshire (Virtual Graduation Ceremony 3rd Sept 2020)
    • 01.08.2014 Awarded Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training in General Surgery, Decision number 14714/28-7-2014, (FRCS equivalent)
    • 01.11.2009-23.07.2013      Master degree (MSc) in Robotic Surgery: “Minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery and telesurgery” Professor of Surgery Ch. Tsigkris, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens
    • 20.07.2004 “Ptychio Iatrikes” Medical Degree, (MBBS equivalent)
    • 1998-2004 Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, MD
    • September 2004 Faculty of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Clinical attachment in General Surgery
    • October 2003-May 2004  Erasmus Socrates student at the University of Graz/ Medical University Graz, Austria Clinical placements
    • August 2002  HelMSIC (Hellenic Medical Students   International Committee) Student Exchange  Summer Program, Olomouc, Czech Republic Clinical fellowship in General Surgery
  • Doctoral Thesis

    Tissue and quantitative definition of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in intestine and kidneys in septic mice models: Experimental study”

    Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens

    Supervisor: Professor of Surgery Th. Liakakos

    Award/Completion certificate 25th June 2020 (Excellent)

  • Professional Experience
    • 06.05.2019-01.11.2020  Bariatric Fellowship University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Uttoxeter Road, DE22 3NE, Derby
    • 17.11.2015-03.05.2019  Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery UGI/Bariatrics Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Lewsey Road, LU4 0DZ, Luton
    • 01.03.2015-12.11.2015 Consultant General Surgeon Hospital «IATRIKO ATHINON» Peristeri, Athens, Greece Surgical Director Mr Giorgos Spiliopoulos
    • 01.03.2014-28.02.2015 Senior Clinical Fellow-Post CCT in General Surgery Honorary Consultant General Surgeon 3rd Surgical Department Attikon University General Hospital Haidari, Athens, Greece
    • 29.08.2008-28.02.2014  Surgical Registrar 3rd Surgical Department  Attikon University General Hospital  Haidari, Athens, Greece  Director: Prof. Anastasios Machaira  Supervisor: Prof. Anastasios Machairas
    • 14.10.2013-14.02.2014  Clinical fellowship (Stage)/Surgical Registrar Department of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery Rennes University Hospital France (CHU Rennes, France) Director: Prof. Karim Boudjema Supervisor: Prof. Bernard Meunier
    • 07.01.2008-28.08.2008 Junior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery & Out of hours doctor Lefkos Stavros Athinon Hospital 16 Papadiamantopoulou and 1 G.Sisini str, Athens, Greece Supervisor: Consultant Mr Giorgos Spiliopoulos
    • 13.04.2006-17.09.2007 General Practice Trainee Health Center of Thira, Santorini, Cyclades, Greece Director: Dr. Charalambos Kelidis Supervisor: Dr. Charalambos Kelidis
    • 13.01.2006-12.04.2006 General Practice Trainee General Hospital of Syros, Syros, Cyclades, Greece Supervisor: Surgical Director Mr. Michael Zorpas
    • 01.07.2005-10.01.2006 Volunteer Junior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery 3rd Surgical Department Attikon University General Hospital Haidari, Athens, Greece Director: Prof. Gabriel Karatzas Supervisor: Prof. Gabriel Karatzas
  • Clinical Interest
    • Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic Surgery
    • Bariatric Surgery (Morbid Obesity)
    • Growing Obesity Action and Leadership (GOAL) programme
    • SCOPE (Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education) e-learning
    • Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery (Benign and Cancer)
  • Awards & Distinctions
    • 13.02.2015 1st Place Award, 1year Scholarship for Senior Surgical Fellowship Hellenic Surgical Society
    • 13.02.2015 3rd Place Award, Annual National Surgical Exams Hellenic Surgical Soci0ety
    • 7 February 2014 2nd Place Award, Annual National Surgical Exams Hellenic Surgical Society
    • 8 February 2013 2nd Place Award, Annual National Surgical Exams Hellenic Surgical Society
    • 21-24 Nov 2012 Best video presentation award, title: “Minimally invasive esophagectomy-presentation of our technique” 28th Panhellenic Congress of Surgery, International Surgical Forum 2012
    • 1 Nov 2009-23 Jul 2013 Scholarship for Master degree (MSc) in Robotic Surgery: “Minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery and telesurgery” University of Athens, Faculty of Medicine
  • Recent Publications
    • Laparoscopic management of Jejuno-jejunal Intussusception Post Laparoscopic Roux-n-Y Gastric Bypass in a Pregnant Patient. Dr Javed Latif, Miss Sylvia Krivan, Mr Altaf Awan Obesity Surgery (OBES SURG). 1 September 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05689-z
    • Acid reflux is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease after one-anastomosis gastric bypass William A Nehmeh, Clement Baratte, Claire Rives-Lange, Chloe Martineau, Hortense Boullenois, Sylvia Krivan, Vincent Guillet, Maude Le Gall, Christophe Cellier, Claire Carette, Sebastien Czernichow, Jean-Marc Chevallier, Tigran Poghosyan Obesity Surgery (OBES SURG). 16 June 2021https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05542-3
    • The role of re-laparoscopy in the management of early bariatric surgery complications and 30 day outcome: A tertiary centre experience Al-Rashedy, A. Gosh, T. Mukherjee, S. Halai, R. A. Mahmood, S. Krivan, et al Obesity Surgery (OBES SURG). 21 April 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05401-1
    • Laparoscopic repair of lumbar hernia: a case report and mini review. Sylvia Krivan, Farhan Rashid. Hellenic Journal of Surgery (2019) 91:2,104-108.
    • Paraduodenal hernias: a systematic review of the literature. Schizas D., Apostolou K., Krivan S., et al. Hernia (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-019-01947-3
    • Amyand hernia: a rare case report. Sylvia Krivan, Andrea Giorga, Omer Al-taan. Scientific Repository, Surgical Case Reports (2019).ISSN 2613-5965. http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2019.02.013
    • Increased expression of Toll-like receptors 2, 3, 4 and 7 mRNA in the kidney and intestine of a septic mouse model. Sylvia Krivan, Alkistis Kapelouzou, Stylianos Vagios, et al. Scientific reports (2019) 9:4010 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40537-2
    • Concomitant Ventral Hernia Repair and Bariatric Surgery: A retrospective analysis from a United Kingdom based Bariatric Centre Sylvia Krivan, Andrea Giorga, Marco Barreca, Vigyan Jain, Omer Al-taan. Surg Endosc. 2018 Oct 19. doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6492-6
  • Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
    • 14.03.2019-present Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS)
    • Active member of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), London, UK (graduation ceremony: 09.07.2019)
    • 14 Dec 2018-present Active member of British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society/Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (BOMSS/AUGIS)
    • 9 July 2015-present Active member of Greek Federation for the Surgery of Obesity/International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (FSO/IFSO)
    • June 2015-present Active Member of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional techniques, as well as the Hellenic Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional techniques (EAES and HAES)
    • 4 December 2014 Regular Member of Hellenic Surgical Society
    • 30 Oct 2012-present Active member of Hellenic Surgical Society
  • Research

    24.03.2021-present Growing Obesity Action and Leadership (GOAL) programme Novo Nordisk, UK (online)

    Ongoing literature review and paper publication

    • Indications and predictors of postoperative oesophagogastroduodenoscopy after bariatric surgery – single centre analysis from a tertiary bariatric centre (submitted to Clinical Obesity 30.03.2021, ID COB-21-ORE-0058, awaiting acceptance) Mr. Mohammed Al-Rashedy, Mr. Anirban Ghosh, Ms Ruba A. Mahmood, Ms Sylvia Krivan, Mr Aruna Munasinghe, MrFarhan Rashid, Mr. Omer Al-Taan, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, UK
    • Gastrectomy for Cancer: Using Real-World Data to Advocate Towards Centralization of Care in Greece" (submitted to The American Journal of Surgery 21.06.2021, awaiting acceptance) Dimitrios Schizas, MD, PhD; Konstantinos S. Mylonas, MD; Athanasios Syllaios, MD; Natasha Hasemaki, MD; Vasileia Ntomi, MD; Adamantios Michalinos, MD, PhD; Nikoletta A. Theochari, MD; Christina A. Theochari, MD; Sylvia Krivan, MD, PhD; Maria Mpoura, MD; Anargyros Bakopoulos, MD, PhD; Ioannis Karavokyros, MD, PhD; Theodoros Liakakos, MD, PhD
    • Long term survival after laparotomy in the elderly (awaiting submission for publication) Krivan, S. Halai, H. Rizki, A. Greenstein, O. Al-taan, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, UK
    • Gastric leak after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (awaiting submission for publication) Krivan, P. Kiritharamohan, E. Tezcan, D. Whitelaw, O. Al-taan, Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, UK

    Online webinars, congresses, seminars and workshops since March 2020 due to the Covid 19 pandemic (BOMSS, GOAL, AUGIS, HIS, IFSO-MENAC, TUGS, ASO, E4H, E-BARI, GORE, J&J) on a weekly basis including oral and poster presentations of our work