Χρήστος Κοντοβουνήσιος ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΟΣ Εξειδίκευση στην Χειρουργική του Παχέος Εντέρου και Πρωκτού

“The role of neurotensin in acute abdomen and especially in ischemic mesentery” Ιατρικής Σχολής του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών

• Member of the Athens Medical Association Member
• Member of the Hungarian Medical Association Member
• Member of the Hellenic Surgical Society
• Fully registered medical Practitioner-General Medical Council
• Member of the Medical Association of Cyprus
• Member of the European Society of Coloproctology
• Member of the Cypriot Surgical Association, Member
• Member of European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) Member
• Member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
• Member of the Greek Society of Coloproctology
• Member of the American College of Surgeons

Μέλος της Συντακτικής Επιτροπής των περιοδικών:

• International Editor Surgery
• Techniques in Coloproctology
• Journal of Clinical Medicine
• Frontiers in Surgery – Visceral Surgery
• Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery
• Hellenic Journal of Surgery ( HJS )
• Section Editor for International Journal of Colorectal Disease

• Συνεργάτης Νοσοκομείο ΥΓΕΙΑ, 01.2025
• Συντονιστής Διευθυντής Β Χειρουργικό Τμήμα Νοσοκομείο Ευαγγελισμός
• Επισκέπτης Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Χειρουργικής , Department of Surgery and Cancer Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
• Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Χειρουργικής Department of Surgery and Cancer Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London 2018-2024
• Διευθυντής Χειρουργικής -Consultant Colorectal Surgeon The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, from 2016-2024
• Διευθυντής Χειρουργικής -Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, from 2016-2024
• Colorectal Senior Fellow- Robotic Colorectal Fellowship, The Royal Marsden Hospital, April 2015- February 2016
• Colorectal Specialist Registrar, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, October 2014- April 2015
• Research Colorectal Surgical Registrar, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust, April 2014- October 2014
• Colorectal Specialist Registrar, The Royal Marsden Hospital, April 2013- April 2014
• Colorectal Specialist Registrar, St.Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, October 2012- April 2013
• General Surgery Specialist Registrar, The North West London Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital, July 2012 – October 2012
• Clinical Attachment-Honorary Clinical Fellow- Colorectal, The Royal Marsden Hospital, January 2012- July 2012
• Ειδικότητα Γενικής Χειρουργικής, Β Χειρουργική Κλινική , Νοσοκομείο Ερυθρός Σταυρός 
• Σημαιοφόρος Ιατρός Αξιωματικός, Ναυτικό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών

• Ειδικευμένος στη θεραπεία του καρκίνου του παχέος εντέρου, της φλεγμονώδους νόσου του εντέρου και άλλων καλοήθων και σύνθετων καταστάσεων του παχέος εντέρου. Δεσμευμένος στην παροχή προηγμένης, φροντίδας, χρησιμοποιώντας ελάχιστα επεμβατικές τεχνικές, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της λαπαροσκοπικής και ρομποτικής χειρουργικής, για να βοηθήσει στη μείωση του χρόνου ανάρρωσης και στη βελτίωση των αποτελεσμάτων. Πλήρως δεσμευμένος στην ακαδημαϊκή χειρουργική, την έρευνα και την εκπαίδευση με κλινικό ενδιαφέρον στη ρομποτική χειρουργική του παχέος εντέρου και στην εκτομή κακοηθειας  της πυέλου για τοπικά προχωρημένη και υποτροπιάζουσα κακοήθη νόσο ( πυελικη εξεντερωση )

• 2024 : 1ST place – Best Video presentation , 16th Greek- Cypriot Surgical conference , Cyprus
• 2022: Visiting Professor 2021 -2022, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, Università degli Studi della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitellii’, Naples, Italy
• 2022 :Service development award at the British Society of Gastroenterology 2022. Title: The one-stop ileoanal pouch surgery clinic: a multidisciplinary patient centred approach
• 2021: 1st place – Best Oral Presentation 9TH DILEMMAS & DEBATES in Colorectal Surgery , London , UK Title: The role of 3D modelling technology in recognition of colorectal tumor deposits
• 2021: 1st place – Best Oral Presentation KARL STORZ award , 29th International EAES Congress, November 2021 , Barcelona , Spain. Title: The role of 3D modelling technology in recognition of colorectal tumor deposits
• 2020 : Colorectal Surgery Team winner in The Royal Marsden’s Staff Awards for 2020
• 2020 : 1st place – Best oral presentation 28th International EAES Congress | ,Kraków, Poland | 24 – 27 June 2020. Title: New take on N1c – the use of 3D modelling to depict extranodal tumour deposits in rectal cancer
• 2019: 2nd place abstract presentation at 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , Montreal, Canada. Title: Soft Haptics for the Simulation of Physical Examinations: A Case Study for Sphincter Tone Rendering
• 2018: Best Publication of the year 2018- Colorectal Diseases, ESCP 2018 Title: The effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on survival and recurrence after curative rectal cancer surgery in patients who are histologically node negative after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
• 2018: Charles M.Balch MD Endowed International Fellowship in Surgical Oncology – Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery
• 2014: Eugene N,Bricker Award winner at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of Pelvic Surgeons for the best new member presentation. Title: Comparison of technique and long-term outcomes of hand sewn coloanal anastomosis for low rectal cancer
• 2012: Award of the Hellenic Surgical Society for the best publication published in the   Hellenic Journal of Surgery in 2011. Title: Dehiscence, Stenosis and Local Recurrence after Anterior    Resection in Relation to the Level of Rectal     Cancer. A Systematic Review
• 2008: Award of the Hellenic Surgical Society for the best scientific announcement at the 26th Panhellenic Congress of Surgery, International Surgical Forum 2008. Title: Early steroid withdrawal in liver transplantation: A Meta-analysis and Meta regression of outcomes.

• Digital Surgery ( SPRINGER )

Chapter : 3D Simulation and Modelling for Surgeon Education and Patient Engagement

• Emergency Crosscover of Surgical Specialties (Cambridge Scholars Publishing )

Chapter : General Surgery

• Surgical Management of Advanced Pelvic Cancers (Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition

Chapter : Minimally Invasive Pelvic Exenteration

• Corman and Steele’s Colon and Rectal Surgery 7th edition (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)

Chapter: Technical Tips and Tricks in the Pelvis in Colorectal Surgery

• Total peer-reviewed manuscripts to date: 218
• Total number of citations to date: 777 (Google scholar)
• H-index = 33 (Scopus)
• H-index = 40 (Google scholar)

Recent 10 publications:

1. Essential components and validation of multi-specialty robotic surgical training curricula: a systematic review
   Josephine Walshaw, Michael G Fadel, Matthew Boal, Marina Yiasemidou, Muhammed Elhadi, Francesca Pecchini, Francesco Maria Carrano, Lisa H Massey, Matyas Fehervari, Omar Khan, Stavros A Antoniou, Felix Nickel, Silvana Perretta, Hans F Fuchs, George B Hanna, Nader K Francis, Christos Kontovounisios, Int J Surg. 2025 Feb 4. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000002284 ( IF: 15.3 )
2. Variation in the surgical management of complicated diverticulitis: a cross-sectional study of European surgeons, Bright Huo, Lisa H Massey, Georgios Seitidis, Dimitris Mavridis, Stavros A Antoniou, EAES Diverticulitis Survey Advisory Group, Surg Endosc. 2024 Dec 24. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-11456-9 ( IF: 3.75 )
3. A pan-European survey of robotic training for gastrointestinal surgery: European Robotic Surgery Consensus (ERSC) initiative, Michael G Fadel, Josephine Walshaw, Francesca Pecchini , Marina Yiasemidou, Matthew Boal, Muhammed Elhadi Matyas Fehervari, Lisa H Massey, Francesco Maria Carrano, Stavros A Antoniou, Felix Nickel, Silvana Perretta, Hans F Fuchs, George B Hanna , Christos Kontovounisios , Nader K Francis ; European Robotic Surgery Consensus (ERSC) study group, Surg Endosc. 2024 Dec 4. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-11373-x ( IF: 3.75 )
4. Guideline for the assessment and management of gastrointestinal symptoms following colorectal surgery-A UEG/ESCP/EAES/ESPCG/ESPEN/ESNM/ESSO collaboration. Part I-Sequelae to oncological diseases Anke H C Gielen,  Guideline Development Group, United European Gastroenterol J. 2024 Nov 22. doi: 10.1002/ueg2.12658  (IF: 3.67)
5. Guideline for the assessment and management of gastrointestinal symptoms following colorectal surgery-A UEG/ESCP/EAES/ESPCG/ESPEN/ESNM/ESSO collaboration. Part II-Good practice guidance | sequelae to benign diseases, Anke H C Gielen,  Guideline Development Group, United European Gastroenterol J. 2024 Sep 14. doi: 10.1002/ueg2.12659 (IF: 3.67)
6. Pelvic exenteration for locally advanced rectal cancer and associated outcomes in England between 1995 and 2016: Analysis of a national database, Zena Rokan , Anita Wale , Nigel Day , Christos Kontovounisios , Brendan Moran, Gina Brown, Colorectal Dis. 2024 Aug 15. doi: 10.1111/codi.17137 ( IF: 6.1 )
7. Association between multimorbidity and postoperative mortality in patients undergoing major surgery: a prospective study in 29 countries across Europe, STARSurg Collaborative , EuroSurg Collaborative, Anaesthesia. 2024 Sep;79(9):945-956. doi: 10.1111/anae.16324. Epub 2024 May 27. ( IF: 7.5 )
8. Wearable Devices in Colorectal Surgery: A Scoping Review, Konstantinos Kavallieros , Lampros Karakozis, Romilly Hayward, Emmanuel Giannas, Lucio Selvaggi, Christos Kontovounisios, Cancers (Basel). 2024 Jun 22;16(13):2303. doi: 10.3390/cancers16132303 ( IF: 6.575 )
9. EAES/SAGES evidence-based recommendations and expert consensus on optimization of perioperative care in older adults, Deborah S Keller, Nathan Curtis, Holly Ann Burt, Carlo Alberto Ammirati, Amelia T Collings, Hiram C Polk Jr , Francesco Maria Carrano, Stavros A Antoniou, Nader Hanna, Laure-Meline Piotet, Sarah Hill, Anne C M Cuijpers, Patricia Tejedor, Marco Milone, Eleni Andriopoulou, Christos Kontovounisios , Ira L Leeds, Ziad T Awad, Meghan Wandtke Barber, Mazen Al-Mansour, George Nassif, Malcolm A West , Aurora D Pryor, Franco Carli, Nicholas Demartines, Nicole D Bouvy, Roberto Passera , Alberto Arezzo, Nader Francis, Surg Endosc. 2024 Jun 28. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-10977-7 ( IF: 3.75 )
10. Anogenital HPV-Related Cancers in Women: Investigating Trends and Sociodemographic Risk Factors, Micol Lupi , Sofia Tsokani, Ann-Marie Howell, Mosab Ahmed, Danielle Brogden, Paris Tekkis , Christos Kontovounisios , Sarah Mills, Cancers (Basel). 2024 Jun 8;16(12):2177. doi: 10.3390/cancers16122177 ( IF: 6.575 )