Alkiviadis Grigorakis UROLOGIST

Education & Academic Qualifications

Academics

Upper second class honors, Kapodistrian University Athens, Greece
Medical School, Oct 1982 — Jun 1990

Education

Resident in General Surgery, General Hospital Nikaia ,Greece
“Ageios Panteleimon”, Aug 1993 — Aug 1994
Resident in Urology, Evaggelismos General Hospital Athens, Greece, Sep 1994 — Sep 1998
Research Fellow in Urological Oncology, Seattle, WA,USA Northwest Cancer Foundation, Apr 1997 — Sep 1997
Research on prostate cancer and PSMA under the supervision of Dr. Gerald Murphy, MD, Dr.Sc. Training in Brachytherapy under the supervision of Dr, Hakoon Ragde
Trainee in reconstructive urology and urethral surgery, London, UK Institute of Urology & Nephrology, Nov 1998 — Apr 1999
Under the supervision of Prof, A. Mundy MD, FRCP, FRCS
FEBU, Fellow of the European Board of Urology Warsaw, Poland. Jun 1999
Fellow of the European Board of Urology

Doctoral thesis

Doctoral Dissertation, Kapodistrian University, Athens ,Greece,Medical School. Mar 2000

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

Hellenic Urological Association (HUA)

European Association of Urology (EAU)

American Urological Association (AUA)

Consultant in Urology, Athens, Greece. Jun 2022-
Having resigned from the NHS I have been working in the private sector collaborating with private Hospitals in the metropolitan area of Athens, Greece.

Director of Urology of the NHS Medical sector, Athens, Greece, EVAGGELISMOS General Hospital. Sep 2016 — May 2022
I worked in all the urological fields of interest in the largest and most prominent tertiary NHS Hospital of Greece. I organised endourology and laparoscopic urology along with the major uro-oncologic surgery in such a manner that our Urology Department became one of the country-wide reference centers.

Curator A’ in Urology of the NHS Medical sector, Athens, Greece, EVAGGELISMOS General Hospital. Jan 2008 — Sep 2016

Curator B’ in Urology of the NHS Medical sector, Athens, Greece, ATTIKON General University Hospital. Nov 2003 — Jan 2008
I organised and run the Urological Department of the newly established Attikon General Hospital, which became one of the largest NHS tertiary Hospitals in Athens, Greece.

Curator B’ in Urology of the NHS Medical sector, Pireaus, Greece, METAXA General Hospital for Cancer Treatment. Oct 2001 — Nov 2003
Specialised in Uro-Oncology. Major oncological surgeries, multidisciplinary Oncology team member.

Consultant Urologist, IKA , Social Insurance Institute Salamina, Greece . Aug 2000 — Oct 2001
Office Based Urology

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical Interest: Urogenital Oncology, Reconstructive Urology, Laparoscopic urology , Endourology

Research Interest: Uro-Oncology

Honors & Awards

1st Price as Video presentation:

“Renal Cancer with thrombus in VC extending to the right cardiac atri-um. Modification of the surgical technique.” A.Grigorakis, P Dedeilias, C.Kypraios, D.Siatos, P Doukas, P Politidis , G.Dimakis, E.Stamataki, C.Charitos, S.Stefanakis. 23ο Panhellenic Urological Congress, Rhodos,Geece, October 2016

Books

“PSA, its molecular forms and PSMA in Prostate Cancer” A.Giannopoulos, A.Grigorakis
ISBN:9789607144591

Recent Publications

Pubmed search: Grigorakis A. & Gregorakis A.

Synchronous urinothorax and uroperitoneum.
Vallianou N, Gennimata V, Constantinou F, Karamanolakis D, Grigorakis A.
Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Oct;36(10):1922.e1-1922.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.06.026. Epub 2018 Jun 12.PMID: 29914713

Expression of Kisspeptin (KISS1) and its Receptor GPR54 (KISS1R) in Prostate Cancer.
Xoxakos I, Petraki C, Msaouel P, Armakolas A, Grigorakis A, Stefanakis S, Koutsilieris M.Anticancer Res. 2020 Feb;40(2):709-718. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.14001.PMID: 32014912

Fournier’s gangrene due to perioperative iatrogenic colon perforation in a renal transplant recipient.
Papadimitriou G, Koukoulaki M, Vardas K, Grigorakis A, Vougas V, Drakopoulos S.Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2015 Nov;26(6):1257-61. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.168665.PMID: 26586068

Deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest in the surgical management of renal tumors with cavoatrial extension.
Dedeilias P, Koletsis E, Rousakis AG, Kouerinis I, Zaragkas S, Grigorakis A, Leivaditis V, Malovrouvas D, Apostolakis E. J Card Surg. 2009 Nov-Dec;24(6):617-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00887.x. Epub 2009 Sep 2.PMID: 1973222

Evaluation of routine application of P504S, 34betaE12 and p63 immunostaining on 250 prostate needle biopsy specimens.
Pavlakis K, Stravodimos K, Kapetanakis T, Gregorakis A, Athanassiadou S, Tzaida O, Constantinides C.Int Urol Nephrol. 2010 Jun;42(2):325-30. doi: 10.1007/s11255-009-9622-1. Epub 2009 Aug 5.PMID: 19655267

Total and free PSA kinetics in patients without prostate cancer undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy.
Gregorakis AK, Stefanakis S, Malovrouvas D, Petraki K, Gourgiotis D, Scorilas A. Prostate. 2008 May 15;68(7):759-65. doi: 10.1002/pros.20733.PMID: 18213630

Free/Total PSA (F/T ratio) kinetics in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy.
Gregorakis AK, Malovrouvas D, Stefanakis S, Petraki K, Scorilas A.Clin Chim Acta. 2005 Jul 24;357(2):196-201. doi: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.03.027.PMID: 15936010

Delayed reaction to the Dacron buttress used in Stamey bladder neck suspension.
Gregorakis A, Bouropoulos C, Dimitriou D, Rallis G, Vernadakis S, Papadopoulos IN, Kastriotis I.Int Urol Nephrol. 2006;38(2):269-72. doi: 10.1007/s11255-005-3613-7.PMID: 16868695

mRNA expression analysis of human kallikrein 11 (KLK11) may be useful in the discrimination of benign prostatic hyperplasia from prostate cancer after needle prostate biopsy.
Scorilas A, Gregorakis AK.Biol Chem. 2006 Jun;387(6):789-93. doi: 10.1515/BC.2006.099.PMID: 1680074

Prostate-specific membrane antigen: current and future utility.
Gregorakis AK, Holmes EH, Murphy GP.
Semin Urol Oncol. 1998 Feb;16(1):2-12.PMID: 9508077