Profile

• Advanced training in Urogynaecology and Vaginal surgery Certified by the Royal College of the Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
• PhD in Urogynaecology 
• Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists MRCOG 
  (Part 1 2013, Part 2 2018, Part 3 2018)
• Bachelor in Endoscopy Certificate by the European academy of Gynaecological Surgery
• Certificate of completion of training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (GMC specialists register)
• 20/09/2010-23/10/2012: Master’s Degree, MSc in <High Risk Pregnancy> at “Attikon” academic hospital National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Thesis: Intrapartum fetal deaths 
• 2007: Graduate of the Medical School of the University of Patras, Greece 
• 2001: Graduate of the Greek-German High School of Athens, Success in National exams and entrance in Medical School
  
  

PhD in Urogynaecology (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.) Thesis: An animal experimental study on pubourethral ligament restoration with platelet rich plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence)

 

• 10/2019-11/2024: Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology / Urogynaecology at Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health NHS Fountation Trust, UK
• 2020- present: Private practice at The Parkside Private Suite and The Princess Margaret Hospital
• 28/01/2019-29/10/2019: Clinical fellow in Ambulatory Gynaecology and Laparoscopic Surgery, St Helier Hospital NHS trust
• 24/7/2017-28/01/2019: Clinical fellow in Urogynaecology, St Helier Hospital NHS trust
• 02/10/2013-23/07/2017: Specialty registrar in Obsterics and Gynaecology, at Queen’s Hospital, Romford, Essex, UK
• 23/04/2012-04/08/2013: Trainee in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”
• 01/11/2011-10/04/2012: Clinical fellow in Urogynaecology at St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust.
• 13/5/09-03/05/11:Trainee in General Surgery at the General Hospital of Athens “ELPIS”. 
• 14/11/2007-13/11/2008: Mandatory military service
  
  

   

• Obstetrics
• Urogynaecology (Vaginal and pelvic floor surgery, pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence)
• Endoscopic surgery (advanced laparoscopic surgery and operative hysteroscopy) for endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian and uterine pathology
• Contraception
• Management of menorrhagia
  
  

   

• August 2014: Papanikolaou Award – Scholarship for the completion of the PhD study protocol: “Restoration of the pubo-urethral ligament with platelet rich plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence”
• Certificate of recognition by the trainees of North East and Central London for the contribution to training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Best oral presentation: “Increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio up-regulates caspase-3 and increases apoptosis in the thymus of patients with myasthenia gravis” 5-7/5/2006: 12th National Scientific
  
  

   

• Modified autologous fascial sling technique (‘sling on a string’) for stress incontinence
  Asfour V, Nikolopoulos KI, Digesu GA, Emery S, Khan Z. Int Urogynecol J. 2022 Feb;33(2):435-438. doi: 10.1007/s00192-021-04815-w. Epub 2021 Jul 14. PMID: 34259895
• Cervical glandular neoplasia referrals and the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ: Correlating cytology, colposcopy findings, and clinical outcomes. 
  Nikolopoulos M, Athanasias P, Godfrey MAL, Nikolopoulos K, Maheshwari MK. Cytopathology. 2021 Nov;32(6):751-757. doi: 10.1111/cyt.13027. Epub 2021 Jul 20. PMID: 34181788
• An animal experimental study on pubourethral ligament restoration with platelet rich plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence 
  Kostis I. Nikolopoulos, Eleftheria Chrysanthopoulou, Vasilios Pergialiotis, Laskarina Maria Korrou, Despina N. Perrea, Dimitrios Dimitroulis, and Stergios K. Doumouchtsis Cent European J Urol. 2019; 72(2): 134–141.
• The use of 3D ultrasound in comparing surgical techniques for posterior wall prolapse repair: a pilot randomised controlled trial A Derpapas, G Vijaya , K Nikolopoulos , M Nikolopoulos, D Robinson, V Khulla r PMID:  32851902 DOI:  10.1080/01443615.2020.1786805
• Clinical outcomes in women undergoing laparoscopic hysteropexy: a systematic review R. Nair, K.I. Nikolopoulos*, L.S. Claydon EJOB 11/2016 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 208 (2017) 71–80
• Restoration of the pubourethral ligament with platelet rich plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence Kostis I. Nikolopoulos*, Vasilios Pergialiotis, Despina Perrea, Stergios K   Doumoucthis Medical Hypotheses 90 (2016) 29–31
• Surgical management of recurrent stress urinary incontinence: a systematic review Kostis I. Nikolopoulos*, Cornelia Betschart, Stergios K. Doumouchtsis AOGS (2015) DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12625
• Menstrual and fertility outcomes following surgical management of postpartum haemorrhage: a systematic review  Stergios Doumouchtsis , Kostis Nikolopoulos, Vikram Sinai Talaulikar, Archana Krishna, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran BJOG 2013 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12546

• Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists MRCOG 
  (Part 1 2013, Part 2 2018, Part 3 2018)
• Member of the British Society of Urogynaecology BSUG
• Member of the European Society of Gynaecological Surgery ESGE, 
• Member of Society of European Robotic Gynaecological Surgery SERGS
• Member of the American Association of Gynaecologic Laparoscopists AAGL
  
  

   

• Restoration of the pubourethral ligament with platelet rich plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence Kostis I. Nikolopoulos*, Vasilios Pergialiotis, Despina Perrea, Stergios K   Doumoucthis Medical Hypotheses 90 (2016) 29–31
• An animal experimental study on pubourethral ligament restoration with platelet rich plasma for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence
  Kostis I. Nikolopoulos, Eleftheria Chrysanthopoulou, Vasilios Pergialiotis, Laskarina Maria Korrou, Despina N. Perrea, Dimitrios Dimitroulis, and Stergios K. Doumouchtsis Cent European J Urol. 2019; 72(2): 134–141.