Michael Tsounis OTOLARYNGOLOGIST

Education & Academic Qualifications

Medical School Graduate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Corps Officers Military Academy Graduate, 2003

2-year postgraduate studies at Caring Cross, Imperial College of Medicine, London; Queen’s Medical Center, University of Nottingham; and Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. Specialization in Rhinology, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery of the Face, esp. Rhinoplasty, Endoscopic Nasal/Paranasal & Skull Base Surgery. Trained under Prof. Gilbert Nolst Trenite, Prof. Wytske Fokkens, Hesham Saleh, Prof. Anshul Sama and Dirk Jan Menger. Has performed a large number of procedures involving the entire range of Adult & Pediatric ENT and has come into clinical contact with many ENT cases. He is an Horonary Rhinology Fellow at the ENT Clinic, University of Nottingham, and regularly participates in surgical and outpatient clinic programs.

PhD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School. Topic: “The role of in-travenous, intratympanic or combined administration of cortisone in acute idopathic hearing loss”

10/2014-currently: Horonary Rhinology Fellow, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
10/2014-currently: Director of ENT Department, Central Athens Infirmary, Hellenic Police Medi-cal Directorate, Athens, Greece
04/2015-05/2015: Locum Consultant ENT Surgeon, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen’s Medi-cal Centre, Nottingham, UK
09/2013-09/2014: Rhinology Surgical Fellow, Nasal/Paranasal Surgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery of the Face, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
03/2013-08/2013: Rhinology-Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Fellow, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
09/2012-02/2013 Rhinology-Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Fellow, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
04/2009-04/2012: ENT Intern, Konstantinopouleio General Hospital, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
03/2008-03/2009: ENT Intern, Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece

Teaching Experience

August 2014: Trainer, East Midlands Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course, Nottingham, UK

Tsounis M., Papadopoulou D., Faris C. Intra-operative use of a tablet to aid Rhinoplasty. Annals of The Royal College of England. (under publication)
Tsounis M., Swart K., Georgalas C., Markou K., Menger D.J. The clinical value of Peak Nasal Inspiratory Flow, Peak Oral Inspiratory Flow and the Nasal Patency Index. Laryngoscope 2014 Dec;124(12):2665-9.
Gohil R., Shivaji N., Tsounis M., Sama A. Ameloblastic Carcinoma: A Highly Unusual but Noteworthy Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction, 15th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology & ENT Expo, 8-10/7/2015.
Tsounis M., Markou K., Psillas G., Tsalighopoulos M., Vital V., Maroudias N. The role of steroids (systemic, intratympanic and combined use) in the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Preliminary reports of a randomized clinical trial. The Journal of International Advanced Otology Vol 7 No 3 Supplement 2, Year 2011.