Dimitrios Bistarakis GENERAL SURGEON

• Hellenic Society of Endoscopic Surgery and Other Interventional Techniques
• European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and Other Interventional Techniques (EAES)
• Hellenic Surgical Society
• Athens Medical Association

• 2009-currently: Private Practitioner & Associate Physician, HYGEIA Hospital
• 2009-2013: Scientific Associate, Upper Digetive System Unit, 3rd University Surgical Clinic, Attikon University General Hospital (Prof. T. Liakakos)
• 2010-2011: Assistant Lecturer, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 3rd Uni-versity Surgical Clinic, Attikon University General Hospital (Prof. A. Machairas)
• 2003-2009: Surgery Intern, 3rd University Surgical Clinic, Attikon University General Hospital (Prof. G. Karatzas)
• 2002-2003: Mandatory military service as physician
• 2000-2002: Mandatory rural service, Regional Infirmary, Plagia, Plomari, Mytilini
• 2000: 3-month training as Intern, Vostaneio General Hospital of Mytilini

Teaching Experience:

• Trainer & Speaker in laparoscopic and open gastrectomy & esophagectomy techniques, Animal Lab 17-18/9/2015: Masterclass: Esophagogastric Surgery, Part I: Malignant Dis-ease. 1st Preparatory Surgical Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (BRFAA, Athens)
• 8-10/5/2015: Teaching in Postgraduate Seminar on “Upper Digestive Surgery / Video Screenings”, 11th Hellenic Conference on Laparoscopic Surgery, Evangelismos General Hospital
• 2001-currently: Teaching Hellenic Surgical Society classes in General Surgery
• 2009-currently: Teaching in Educational Program, 3rd University Surgical Clinic, Nation-al and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital (Prof. A. Machairas)

Clinical Interest:

• Advanced Digestive Laparoscopic Surgery 
• Upper Digestive Surgery (esophagus & stomach) Esophagus/Stomach/Bowel Oncology Surgery Esophagus/Stomach Benign Condition Surgery (achalasia, gastroesophageal reflux, diverticulum, benign tumors)

Research Interest:

• Esophagus/Stomach Oncology Surgery

• Award for Best Video Presentation: “Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy/Presentation of our Technique”, Bistarakis Dimitrios, Krivan Sylvia, Petropoulos Konstantinos, Bakopoulos Anargyros, Zymvragoudakis Vasileios, Liakakos Theodoros, 3rd University Surgical Clinic, Attikon University General Hospital, 28th Hellenic Congress of Surgery, International Surgical Forum 2012, Athens, 21-24/11/2012

• Cutaneous metastases from esophageal adenocarcinoma, International Surgery, Int Surg. 2015 Mar; 100(3): 558-61, PMID: 25785344
• Minimally invasive oesophagectomy, presentation of our technique, D. Bistarakis, Syl-via Krivan, K. Petropoulos, A. Bakopoulos, V. Zymvragoudakis, T. Liakakos, Hellenic Journal of Surgery, September 2013, Volume 85, Issue 5, pp 342-346
• Laparoscopic peritoneal cytology: can it affect decision-making for neoadjuvant treat-ment of gastric cancer? Liakakos T, Polychronidis A, Bistarakis D, Kopanakis K, Ma-cheras A., Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Apr; 16(4): 1072-3, PMID: 19184234
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy after Open Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Empyema: A Case Report, Evangelos P. Misiakos MD, Gabriel Karatzas MD FACS, Anastasios Ma-cheras MD, Dimitrios Bistarakis MD, John Kakisis MD, Elias Brountzos MD, Theodore Liakakos MD. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, Volume 17, Number 5, 2007, PMID: 17907982
• New Minimally Invasive Techniques in Gastric Cancer (Laparoscopic- Endoscopic), Liakakos T, Kopanakis K, Bistarakis D., Hellenic Surgical Oncology, 2007, 7(3):128-134.
• Non-parasitic splenic cysts: A report of three cases. Macheras A, Misiakos E, Liakakos T, Βistarakis D, Fotiadis C, Karatzas G, World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005 No-vember 21; 11(43): 6884, PMID: 16425403