Profile

• Education & Academic Titles

  Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Athens

  Doctoral Thesis

  “24-hour blood pressure variability before and after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy”. Department of Urology, University of Athens, Grade: Excellent

  Professional Experience

  • 22/11/2010: Andrology Office, 2nd Department of Urology, University of Athens, “Attiko” Hospital
  • 20/01/2004-20/10/2004: Clinical Fellow in Urology, Guy’s Hospital, London. Clinical Fellow in Andrology, Institute of Urology and Nephrology, Middlesex Hospital, London.
  • 21/10/2004-21/12/2004: Registrar in Urology, West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen.
• Clinical Interest

  Andrology, erectile dysfunction, penile prosthesis, penile enlargement, infertility, Peyronie’s disease, general urology, prostate diseases and conditions, TURis for the prostate, prostate laser surgery, lithiasis, endoscopic lithiasis treatment, ureterolithotripsy with flexible and rigid ureteroscopy, oncology, prostatic cysts, bladder cancer, renal cancer, robot-assisted surgery.

  Awards & Distinctions

  • Recipient of the “Papadakis Scholarship” during his studies at the School of Medicine
  • Recipient of Scholarship by the European Association of Urology (EAU) for the position of Clinical Fellowship at Guy’s Hospital, London, 2004.
  • The following paper of his Doctoral Thesis was presented among the Highlights of the Conference as Particularly Interesting: “Investigation of Arterial Blood Pressure Changes After Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy by the use for the first time of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring”. 20th World Congress on Endourology & Shock Wave. Genoa, Italy, 19-22/ 9/ 2002. J Endourology 16 (suppl 1), A17
• Recent Publications
  • Vescica Ileala Padovana (VIP): Perioperative, short- and long-term functional results obtained from a single center in Greece. Current Urology 5 (1), pp. 23-28, 2011.
  • Lingual and Facial Arteries Arising from the External Carotid Artery in a Common Trunk. The American Surgeon 71: 151-154, 2011.
  • Laparoscopic treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): overview of current techniques. Do our patients need it? BJU Int. 2011 Jul;108 (2): E8.
  • Reply by the Authors, 2011; Urology 77(3), 768-769. Protogerou V
  • “Anatomical variation and morphology in the position of the palatine foramina in adult human skulls from Greece”. Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 2011.
  • Penis ligaments: their use in “increasing” the size of the penis in penile augmentation procedures. Anatomical description in human cadavers and clinical results of a phalloplasty series. Αnnali Italiani di Chirurgia 81(3):199-204, 2010.
  • An alternative minimal invasive technique for large prostates (>80ml): Transvesical prostatectomy through a 3-cm incision. Urology 75: 184-186, 2010.
  • Desai et al.: Single-port transvesical simple prostatectomy: Initial clinical report. (Urology 2008; 72:960-965). Urology 2009; 73(6): 1425-1426
  • Long term results in augmentation phalloplasty through a 2-cm incision: technique, anatomical description in a human cadaver and satisfaction assessment. Current Urology 2007; 1:174-178
  • “SWL for kidney stones reduces blood pressure: use of 24-hour ambulatory monitoring for study of blood-pressure changes induced by SWL”. J Endourology 2004 Feb;18 (1):17-22.
  • “Vesicourethral anastomotic strictures after radical retropubic prostatectomy the experience of a single institution”. Urologia Internationalis 2004; 72(1):17-20.
  • “Prostate Operation: long term effects on sexual function and urinary function and quality of life. Comparison with an age-matched control population”. Urological Research 2004 Mar 31
  • “Modified ileal neobladder for continent urinary diversion: functional results after 9 years of experience”. J. Urology 2004 Jun; 171(6, Part 1 of 2):2298-2301.
  • “Bilateral testicular intratubular germ-cell neoplasia, unclassified in an azoospermic patient”. Int J Urol 2007:14, 1051-1053
  • “Long-term results of open transvesical prostatectomy from a contemporary series of patients”. Urology 2004 Aug; 64(2):306-10.
  • “DNA ploidy as a prognostic factor in muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder”. Urol Res 2004 Jul 17.
  • “Modified S-pouch neobladder versus ileal conduit and a matched control population: a quality of life survey”. BJU International 2004 Aug; 94(3):350-4.
  • “Spontaneous rupture of the Ureter, After Cystectomy and Creation of Orthotopic Ileal Neobladder: treatment with percutaneous nephrostomy and drainage”. J Endourol. 2003 Feb; 17(1): 33-5.
  • “Management and follow up of impacted ureteral Stones.” Urologia Internationalis 2003; 70 (4): 269-272.
  • “Prognostic significance of CA 125, CD 44 and Epithelial Membrane Antigen (EMA) in Renal Cell Carcinoma”.Urology 62 (2): 368-373; 2003.
  • “The prognostic value of p53 and DNA ploidy following radical Prostatectomy”. World J Urology 2003 Aug; 21(3):171-6.
  • “Comparison of success rates and financial cost of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in situ and after manipulation for proximal ureteral stones”. Urological Research 31(4):286-290; 2003.
  • Solitary neurofibroma of kidney: Clinical, histological and chromosomal appearance”. Int Urol nephrology 2003; 35(1):11-3.
  • “Congenital dilation of Seminal Vesicle with agenesis of ipsilateral kidney: Symptoms and treatment.” International Urology Nephrology 35(1): 69-71, 2003.
  • “DNA flow cytometric, Histological and Hormonal Analysis of Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome (SECOS)”. International Urology Nephrology 33; 77-79, 2002
  • “Synchronous diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma and sarcoidosis.” International Urology Nephrology 34: 361-363, 2002.
  • “Solitary neurofibroma of the spermatic cord”. International Urology Nephrology 34 (3): 373-375, 2002
  • “Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Urinary stones in Patients with Urinary Diversion after Radical Cystectomy”. Journal of Endourology 2002, 16 (10); 717-720.
  • “Radical Prostatectomy: Bladder Neck Preservation and Puboprostatic Ligament Sparing-Effects on Continence and Positive Margins.”. Urology 60: 855-858, 2002.
• Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards

  Greek

  • Member of the Hellenic Urological Association (HUA)
  • Member of the Hellenic Society of Organ Transplantation (HSOT)
  • Member of the Division of Andrology-Infertility of HUA (Member of the BOD)
• Research
  • Research on the treatment of lithiasis using ureteroscopy or case-specific SWL (impacted lithiasis, urinary diversion), on economic factors of lithiasis treatment and possible complications (post-SWL hypertension) with corresponding publications in international journals. In particular, research in cooperation with the Lithotripsy Unit of the 2nd Department of Urology, University of Athens, “Sismanogleio” Hospital and the Hypertension Clinic of the Therapeutic Department of the University of Athens (“Alexandra” University General Hospital) for the study of the Effect of Lithotripsy on Blood Pressure. The study was the subject of his doctoral thesis and the results were published in the Journal of Endourology and in Greek and International Conferences proceedings. At the 20th World Congress on Endourology & Shockwave in Genoa (Italy), 19-22 September 2002, it was presented among the Highlights of the Conference as Particularly Interesting.
  • Studies on surgical techniques (bladder neck preservation following radical prostatectomy, ureteral stenoses following radical prostatectomy, modified neobladder due to ileum for urinary diversion following radical cystectomy) with respective publications in international journals.
  • Research on the quality of life (QoL) of urological patients (impact of age, prostate procedures and orthotopic neobladder compared to heterotopic urinary diversion). Respective publications were also included in international journals.
  • Clinicolaboratory research on the usefulness on indexes, such as p53, CD44, CA 125, EMA on prostatic and renal cancers. Respective publications were also made in international journals. Research on the penile suspensory ligaments was conducted at the Descriptive Anatomy Lab. The research results were published:
  • at the 16th Video Urology World Congress, Athens 23- 5/6/2005: “Augmentation Phalloplasty”.
  • at the 8th Congress of the European Society of Sexual Medicine, Copenhagen, 4-7 December 2005: “Penis lengthening with girth enhancement: The surgical technique seen from the «inside» together with human cadaver detail anatomical presentation”. V. Protogerou et al.
  • a relative paper was published in Current Urology: V. PROTOGEROU et al. “Long term results in augmentation phalloplasty through a 2-cm incision: technique, anatomical description in a human cadaver and satisfaction assessment.” Current Urology 2007; 1:174-178

International

• Member of the European Association of Urology
• Associate Member of Endourological Society
• Member of the GMC (Full and Specialist Registration, GMC Ref 6088975)
• Member of the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM)
• Member of the International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM)