Stavros Karakozis GENERAL SURGEON

AD-HOC reviewer for peer-reviewed international journals:

• Critical Care Medicine
• JAMA

• YGEIA Hospital (January 2018 – today).
• MITERA Hospital (September 2014 – today).
• Euroclinic Hospital, Director of Surgical Clinic (2006 – 2016).
• Euroclinic Hospital (2000 –2006).

Education Experience:

Teaching experience- Scientific meetings panelist: 

• “Nomenclature – Introduction to anatomy and physiology of the parathyroid glands”.  Roundtable invited comments.  Scientific Colloquium on Recommendations for surgery of parathyroid glands.  Athens, Greece, September 23 – 24, 2016.
• “New technologies in surgery of the parathyroid glands”. Roundtable invited comments.  Scientific Colloquium on Recommendations for surgery of parathyroid glands.  Athens, Greece, September 23 – 24, 2016.
• “Management of post-thyroidectomy laryngeal nerve palsy, bleeding and thoracic duct injury”. 1^st Guidelines Meeting in Thyroid Surgery of the Greek Society of Endocrine Surgeons. Athens, Greece, March 8-9, 2014.
• “Use of drain or not in thyroid surgery”. Invited comments.  1^st Guidelines Meeting in Thyroid Surgery of the Greek Society of Endocrine Surgeons. Athens, Greece, March 8-9, 2014.
• “Surgical identification and dissection of recurrent laryngeal nerve. Injury preventing techniques”.  Invited comments.  1^st Guidelines Meeting in Thyroid Surgery of the Greek Society of Endocrine Surgeons. Athens, Greece, March 8-9, 2014.
• “Post-thyroidectomy length of stay of ½, 1, 2 days”. Invited comments.  1^st Guidelines Meeting in Thyroid Surgery of the Greek Society of Endocrine Surgeons. Athens, Greece, March 8-9, 2014.
• “Surgical treatment of obesity”. Yearly lecture at “Clinical diet issues for adults”.  Postgraduate Course of Xarokopeio University, Athens, May 2008 until 2012.

Clinical Interest:

• Thyroid and parathyroid surgery in professional voice users (singers, professors, etc).
• Continuous neuromonitoring of “voice” nerves during thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
• Lymph node dissection in thyroid cancer.
• Redo thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

Research Interest: 

• New technologies in thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

• Farmakioti Award for the best electronic presentation. «High risk completion total thyroidectomy with the continuous neuromonitoring technique.  An interesting case report». 43rd Annual Meeting of Hellenic Endocrine Society and Panhellenic Association of Endocrinologists.  Athens, Greece, April 20-23, 2016.
• Physician’s Recognition Award of American Medical Association July 2000.
• Award of Academic Achievement and Excellence, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 1999-2000.
• Award of Academic Achievement and Excellence, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 1998-1999.
• Surgical resident of the year in Transplant Services, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 1998-1999.
• First prize for basic science paper at the DC Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition, 1999.
• Third prize for basic science paper at the Regional III Resident Paper Competition of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma 1999.
• Harry B. Zehner, Jr., Travelling Fellowship Award. Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 1999.
• Physician’s Recognition Award of American Medical Association 1997.
• Award of Academic Achievement and Excellence, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 1997-1998.

• 17 scientific publications
• 18 scientific presentations at international surgical meetings
• 36 scientific presentations at greek medical meetings
• 27 scientific lectures