Christos Chrisikopoulos NEUROSURGEON

• PhD Candidate at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine

• member of Hellenic Neurosurgical Society
• member of Greek Society of Psychosocial Oncology
• member of Greek Medical Studies Society
• member of Greek Cancer Society
• member of World Spinal Column Society
• member of European Society of Neuroradiology
• member of European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
• member of European Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
• member of Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

• November 2013 – today: “Hygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece

Department of Neurosurgery & Interventional Neuroradiology (November 2013-today)

• September 2012 – November 2013: “Hygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece

Department of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery and Neurosurgery Clinic

• 2007 – 2012: “Agios Savvas” Oncological Hospital – Anticancer Institute of Athens, Greece

Residency training program in Neurosurgery

• six months as an assistant in the department of Neurology at the General Hospital of Athens “Laiko” and
• six months as an assistant in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery clinic at “Agios Savvas” Oncological Hospital of Athens, Greece, part of the rotation required by the regulations for Neurosurgical training in Greece
• 2005 – 2007: “Metaxa” Oncological Hospital of Piraeus, Greece

Residency  training program in General Surgery, Emergency and Oncological Surgery and Therapy.

• 2004 – 2005: MD in the Hellenic army. Rank: 2^nd Lieutenant

Clinical Interest:

• Stereotactic Radio Surgery (Gamma Knife)
• NeuroEndoscopy
• NeuroOncology
• Functional Neurosurgery – Deep Brain Stimulation
• NeuroNavigation – Augmented reality in operative theatre
• Vascular lesions of the brain and spinal cord

Research Interest: 

• MRI Spectroscopy
• Hydrocephalus
• Approaches with the use of microscope or/and endoscope
• Vaccines in Neurosurgery

• The Role of MRI Spectroscopy in Evaluating Malignant Brain Tumours

C.Chrissicopoulos, S.Mourgela, N.Ampertos, A.Sakellaropoulos, K.Kirgiannis, K.Petritsis, A.Spanos

The Neuroradiology Journal 23 (Suppl. 1): 423, 2010   formerly Rivista di Neuroradiologia                         

• The Limitations of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Brain Tumors

C.Chrissicopoulos, S.Mourgela, N.Ampertos, A.Sakellaropoulos, K.Kirgiannis, Ch.Iliadis, K.Petritsis, A.Spanos

The Neuroradiology Journal 23 (Suppl. 1): 423-424, 2010 formerly  Rivista di Neuroradiologia    

• A Multicentric Glioblastoma Multiforme after a Breast Carcinoma

C.Chrissicopoulos, S.Mourgela, K.Kirgiannis, N.Ampertos, A.Sakellaropoulos, P.Riganelis, K.Petritsis, A.Spanos

The Neuroradiology Journal 23 (Suppl. 1): 424, 2010   formerly  Rivista di Neuroradiologia                                         

• What is the appropriate shunt system for normal pressure hydrocephalus?

Chrissicopoulos C,Mourgela S,Kirgiannis K,Sakellaropoulos A,Ampertos N,Petritsis K,Spanos A. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2012; 113:119-21

• Benign cerebral aqueductal stenosis in an adult

Chrissicopoulos C,Mourgela S,Ampertos N,Sakellaropoulos A,Kirgiannis K,Petritsis K,Spanos A. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2012; 113:141-2