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• January 2023, Observationship in advanced abdominal wall reconstruction, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, USA, (Medical Director, Dr Igor Belyansky)
• December 2022, Advanced Training in Robotic Bariatric Surgery, Univeristy Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Belgium (Medical Chief, Dr Frederic Triponez)
• November 2019, Advanced Training in Revisional Bariatric Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan Hospital, Bruges, Belgium (Medical Chief, Dr Bruno Dillemans)
• September 2018, Certification of Robotic Surgery (Console Surgeon), Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy (Prof. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti)
• November 2017, Training in TEP and TAPP inguinal hernia repair, ICENI Centre, Colchester, UK, (Prof. Roger Motson), May 2016
• May 2016, Training in abdominal wall hernia repair – LIRA technique (Laparoscopic intracorporeal rectus aponeuroplasty), University Hospital "Virgen del Rocío”, Seville, Spain (Assoc. Prof. Salvador Morales-Conde)
• December 2016, Course in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery, IRCAD-EITS, University Hospital of Strasbourg, France
• March 2015, Visiting fellow in upper GI, hernia, bariatric and colorectal laparoscopic surgery, German Red Cross - Clementinenhaus Hospital, Hanover, Germany (Dr Med Andreas Kuthe)
• March 2014, Training in emergency abdominal ultrasonography (Level I certification), Hellenic Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Αthens, Greece
• January 2014, Instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), American College of Surgeons, Division of Trauma, Hellenic Chapter, Patras, Greece
• November 2008, Intensive course in Minimally Invasive General Surgery, IRCAD-EITS, University Hospital of Strasbourg, France

Thesis Title: “Expression of oestrogen receptors in primary melanomas and their sentinel lymph nodes”. Original research in the role of oestrogen receptor alpha and beta expression in melanoma sentinel lymph nodes in relation to tumour’s progression”, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece, 2014

• 01/09/2013 – May 2016, Consultant in General Surgery, Director of 3rd Surgical Department (Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery) / Director of the SRC accredited Center of Excellence for Hernia Surgery, Metropolitan General Hospital, Athens, Greece
• 10/08/2012 – 10/08/2013, Locum Consultant in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece, Tertiary University Hospital
• 20/05/2012 – 31/07/2012, Clinical Fellow in Colorectal Surgery, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK, UK NHS General Hospital
• 11/01/2010 – 11/01/2012, Locum Consultant in General and Emergency Surgery, Fellowship in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece, Tertiary University Hospital

• Minimally Invasive Repair of abdominal wall hernias (Laparoscopic / Endoscopic / Robotic IPOM/TAPP/ eTEP/TARM/TAR repair for incisional hernias / Accredited Surgeon of Excellence and Master Surgeon (SRC accredited) for hernia surgery 
• Endoscopic (TEP/TAPP/eTEP) inguinal hernia repair
• Laparoscopic and robotic bariatric surgery (including gastric bypass, single-anastomosis gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, SADI-S). Routine follow-up of all patients undergoing bariatric surgery, including evaluation and correction of any metabolic disorders.
• Laparoscopic and Robotic upper GI procedures (Nissen fundoplication, hiatal hernia repair) and most cases of Emergency Surgery (laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute and chronic cholecystitis, laparoscopic appendicectomy, laparoscopic small bowel and ileocecal resections, laparoscopic treatment of perforated duodenal ulcers, laparoscopic adhesiolysis in small bowel obstruction)

• Director and Supervisor of the Center of Excellence in Hernia Surgery. I have been personally involved and supervised all the necessary protocols in order to be granted as Hospital of Excellence in Hernia Surgery by the International Organization SRC (Surgical Review Corporation). Furthermore, I have been granted as SRC Master Surgeon in Hernia Surgery due to the high volume and complex hernia surgery performed 
• Certified Tutor for robotic Surgery by Intuitive Surgical 

• Kehagias I, Spyropoulos C, Karamanakos S, Kalfarentzos F. Efficacy of sleeve gastrectomy as sole procedure in patients with clinically severe obesity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2013; 9:363-9
• Koukoulaki M, Spyropoulos C, Hondrogiannis P, Papachristou E, Mitsi E, Kalfarentzos F, Goumenos DS. Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Morbid Obesity Who Underwent Bariatric Surgery. Nephron Extra. 2013 31; 3: 101-105. eCollection 2013
• Spyropoulos C, Rentis A, Alexaki E, Triantafillidis JK, Vagianos C. Appendiceal mucocele and pseudomyxoma peritonei; the clinical boundaries of a subtle disease. Am J Case Rep. 2014; 15: 355-60
• Triantafillidis JK, Spyropoulos C, Rentis A, Vagianos K. Development of Crohn's disease in husband and wife: the role of major psychological stress. Ann Gastroenterol. 2014; 27: 433-434
• Massimo Sartelli, Frederick A Moore, Luca Ansaloni, Salomone Di Saverio, Federico Coccolini, Ewen A Griffiths, Raul Coimbra, Ferdinando Agresta, Boris Sakakushev, Carlos A Ordoñez, Fikri M Abu-Zidan, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Goran Augustin, David Costa Navarro, Jan Ulrych, Zaza Demetrashvili, Renato B Melo, Sanjay Marwah, Sanoop K Zachariah, Imtiaz Wani, Vishal G Shelat, Jae Il Kim, Michael McFarlane, Tadaja Pintar, Miran Rems, Miklosh Bala, Offir Ben-Ishay, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Mario Paulo Faro, Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior, Marco Catani, Gianluca Baiocchi, Roberto Bini, Gabriele Anania, Ionut Negoi, Zurabs Kecbaja, Abdelkarim H Omari, Yunfeng Cui, Jakub Kenig, Norio Sato, Andras Vereczkei, Matej Skrovina, Koray Das, Giovanni Bellanova, Isidoro Di Carlo, Helmut A Segovia Lohse, Victor Kong, Kenneth Y Kok, Damien Massalou, Dmitry Smirnov, Mahir Gachabayov, Georgios Gkiokas, Athanasios Marinis, Charalampos Spyropoulos, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos Bouliaris, Jaan Tepp, Varut Lohsiriwat, Elif Çolak, Arda Isik, Daniel Rios-Cruz, Rodolfo Soto, Ashraf Abbas, Cristian Tranà, Emanuele Caproli, Darija Soldatenkova, Francesco Corcione, Diego Piazza and Fausto Catena. A proposal for a CT driven classification of left colon acute diverticulitis. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2015; 10: 3
• Spyropoulos C, Melachrinou M, Vasilakos P, Tzorakoleftherakis E. Estrogen receptors expression in sentinel lymph nodes in melanomas. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2015; 36: 123-30
• Spyropoulos C. Selective Immunoglobulin M Deficiency and Terminal Ileitis due to Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection: A Clinically Interesting Coexistence. Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2015; 2: 2
• Skroubis G, Theofanis G, Spyropoulos C, Zotou A, Constantinopoulos P, Kalfarentzos F, Alexandrides T. Preoperative High Dose of Methylprednisolone Improves Early Postoperative Pulmonary Function, in Super-Obese Patients Undergoing Open Surgery; a Prospective, Comparative Study. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Dec;20(12):1959-1965
• Vagianos, C., Malgarinos, G., Spyropoulos, C., Triantafillidis, J.K. Entero-vesical fistulas in CROHN'S disease: A case series report and review of the literature. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2017

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• Member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
• Member of the General Medical Council (GMC Reg. 7231229, Specialist Register) (February 2010)
• Member of the Hellenic Surgical Society (January 2015)
• Member of the Hellenic Obesity Surgical Society (January 2017) / Elected member of the board of the Society (2020-) / Current Position: Board Member
• Member of the Hellenic Hernia Society (Education Board)
• Member of the European Hernia Society (EHS) (2019)
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) (January 2018)
• Member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) (June 2016)
• Member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) (June 2018)

• 2024 - : Instructor and Tutor in Robotic Surgery for Junior Surgeons (Instructor Intuitive Medical)
• 2020-2024: Instructor in cadaveric courses for endoscopic hernia repair (NODE Institute, YGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece)
• 2015 – 2019: Lectures in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery for the medical students at the 2nd Department of Surgery, “LAIKON” University Hospital, Athens, Greece (Visiting Faculty Surgeon)
• 2014: Lectures in Trauma and Emergency Surgery for the medical students and resident surgeons at the Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Patras.
• 2014 - 2019: Accredited and Teaching as a National Instructor in ATLS program (Hellenic Trauma Chapter of the American College of Surgeons)
• 2011-2013: Lectures for the medical students attending the outpatient clinics as well as the allied medical staff at the Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Greece