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• Fellow of European Board of Surgery, Minimal Invasive Surgery (F.E.B.S./MIS)
• Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• Academic Scholar at 5th University Clinic of Athens Medical School, Surgical Department
• Scholarship for Clinical Fellowship in Upper GI Department, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, China
• Clinical Fellowship in Upper GI Department, Guy’s and St. Thomas Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
• Clinical Fellowship in Endoscopic Surgical Department, Hippocration General Hospital of Athens
• Postgraduate studies – Doctoral studies (PhD Thesis with title: ''Deserosalization and Healing of intestinal anastomoses. An experimental study”, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Grade 10/10
• Degree in Medicine, Technical University of Munich (TUM - Germany)

"Deserosalization and Healing of intestinal anastomoses. An experimental study", Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Grade 10/10

• Academic Scholar at 5th University Clinic of Athens Medical School, Surgical Department
• Surgeon at Henry Dunant Hospital Center (Collaborator 2nd Surgical Clinic)
• Resident in General Surgery, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Medical School of Athens
• Resident in General Surgery, Surgical Clinic for General-, Foregut- and Thoracic Surgery, Transplantation surgery, University of Giessen, Germany
• Resident in General Surgery, Surgical Clinic, Mallersdorf General Hospital, Mallersdorf, Germany
• Visiting Doctor in Department for Trauma Surgery and Emergency medicine, in Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
• Doctor on call in Prisons Hospital “Saint Paul”, Athens, Greece
• Humanitarian aid in Pakistan with German Organization DEMIRA

• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Benign and Malignant diseases of Esophagus & Stomach
• New techniques for the treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (LINX etc.)
• Morbid Obesity – Laparoscopic/endoscopic bariatric and metabolic surgery
• Laparoscopic treatment of abdominal hernias
• Diseases of the gallbladder – Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

• 2nd Award for the oral announcement on new technologies in surgical practice, Transanal minimal invasive surgery (TAMIS) for the treatment of rectal tumours: Technique and results, 31st Hellenic surgical congress and surgical Forum 2018, 21-24 November 2018. Athens, Greece
• Scholarship of Experimental – Research Center ELPEN S.A Pharmaceuticals for scientific research on intestinal anastomoses, 11.2012.
• Scholarship of Experimental – Research Center ELPEN S.A Pharmaceuticals for scientific research on pancreatojejunal anastomoses after deserosalization of the jejunal part, 11.2013

1. Minimally invasive total adventitial resection of the cardia for tumours of the oesophagogastric junction.
   Di Maggio F, Lee AR, Deere H, Vrakopoulou GZ, Botha AJ.
   Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2021 Nov;406(7):2273-2285. doi: 10.1007/s00423-021-02174-0. Epub 2021 Apr 27.
   PMID: 33904977
2. Type 2 diabetes mellitus status in obese patients following sleeve gastrectomy or one anastomosis gastric bypass.
   Vrakopoulou GZ, Theodoropoulos C, Kalles V, Zografos G, Almpanopoulos K.
   Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 24;11(1):4421. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83807-8.
   PMID: 33627710 Free PMC article.
3. Place of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the armament against pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A survival, mortality and morbidity systematic review.
   Larentzakis A, Anagnostou E, Georgiou K, Vrakopoulou GZ, Zografos CG, Zografos GC, Toutouzas KG.
   Oncol Lett. 2021 Apr;21(4):246. doi: 10.3892/ol.2021.12507. Epub 2021 Feb 3.
   PMID: 33664810 Free PMC article.
4. Tailored One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: 3-Year Outcomes of 94 Patients.
   Charalampos T, Maria N, Vrakopoulou VGZ, Tania T, Raptis D, George Z, Emmanouil L, Konstantinos A.
   Obes Surg. 2019 Feb;29(2):542-551. doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3572-6.
   PMID: 30430382
5. Impact of Deserosalization on Small Bowel Anastomosis Healing in Swine: A Pilot Study.
   Vrakopoulou GZ, Toutouzas KG, Giannios P, Panousopoulos SG, Theodoropoulos C, Danas E, Liakea A, Papalois AE, Zografos G, Larentzakis A.
   In Vivo. 2020 Sep-Oct;34(5):2423-2429. doi: 10.21873/invivo.12056.
   PMID: 32871768 Free PMC article.
6. Kounis syndrome after patent blue dye injection for sentinel lymph node biopsy.
   Frountzas M, Karathanasis P, Vrakopoulou GZ, Theodoropoulos C, Zografos CG, Schizas D, Zografos GC, Michalopoulos NV.
   Breast Cancer. 2020 Nov;27(6):1191-1197. doi: 10.1007/s12282-020-01129-5. Epub 2020 Jun 29.
   PMID: 32601801
7. Pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium 11 days after Whipple procedure. A case report and review if the literature.
   Vrakopoulou GZ, Michalopoulou V, Kormentza CE, Matiatou M, Zografos KG, Toutouzas KG.
   Int J Surg Case Rep. 2020;71:27-29. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.04.012. Epub 2020 May 8.
   PMID: 32428828 Free PMC article.
8. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study.
   COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative.
   Anaesthesia. 2021 Jun;76(6):748-758. doi: 10.1111/anae.15458. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
   PMID: 33690889 Free PMC article.
9. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study.
   COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative.
   Anaesthesia. 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563. Online ahead of print.
   PMID: 34428858
10. A rare case of obstructive ileus due to ileal pouch torsion: a case report and systematic review.
    Vrakopoulou, G., Matiatou, M., Larentzakis, A., Zografos, G., & Toutouzas, K. (2020). A rare case of obstructive ileus due to ileal pouch torsion: a case report and systematic review. International Surgery Journal, 7(5), 1611-1617. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20201879
    

• European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• Greek Society for Endoscopic Surgery
• Greek Surgical Society for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases
• General Medical Council
• German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV) ID: 71027
• Committee on Trauma- Advanced Trauma Life Support CS #: 36266- P
• Medical Council of Athens, Greece
• Medical Association of Bayern, Germany
• Medical Association of Hessen, Germany

• Techniques to accelerate the early healing of anastomoses in the gastrointestinal Tract (in pig model).
• Experimental study of early healing in pancreatojejunal anastomoses after deserosalization of the jejunal part (in pig model).