Ioannis Vlachos ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

• Chiari Iliac Osteotomy (1977)

• Spine Section, Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology
• Hip/Knee Section, Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology
• Foot Section, Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology
• BoD Member, Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology College

Membership in Journal Editorial Committees:

• Acta Ortopaedica Hellenika
• News Beast Medical

• 1977-1984: Registrar, KAT General Hospital
• 1984-1995: HYGEIA Hospital
• 1995-2000: Athens Medical Center
• 2000-2011: Orthopedic Clinic Coordinator, Henry Dunant Hospital
• 2011-currently: Orthopedic Department Director/Coordinator, MITERA Hospital

Teaching Experience:

• Visiting Fellow, University of Irakleio (1994-1995)
• Visiting Fellow, Nursing School, University of Athens (1996-1997)

Clinical Interest:

• Hip conditions
• Knee Conditions: Introduction of unicompartmental arthroplasty method to Greece (2000)
• Stem cells

Research Interest:

• Development of hip resurfacing arthroplasty (international & Greek patent) 
• Protocol for using stem cells in hip/knee osteoarthritis

• Chairman, Spine Section, Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery & Traumatology
• Chairman, 1st Interbalkan Congress
• 1st Prize, Hellenic Medical Congress
• 1st Prize, 3rd Orthopedic Congress in Primary Healthcare

• Clinical finding for hip condition prognosis
• Unicompartmental arthroplasty in young patients (2009)
• Unicompartmental arthroplasty in elderly patients (2009)
• Indications & contraindications of unicompartmental arthroplasty (2007)
• Figure-8 ligament support following discectomy (2005)