Sotirios Plakas NEUROSURGEON

• “The role of prenatal factors in the appearance of benign and malignant diseases of the Central Nervous System (CNS) in children.”

• 16/12/1998 – 11/12/2002 Medical Council of Thessaloniki
• 11/12/2002 – up to date Medical Council of Athens 
• 02/05/2014 – 02/05/2017 General Medical Council, UK
• 01/08/2009 – up to date Hellenic Neurosurgical Society.
• 08/04/2014 – up to date European Association of Neurosurgical Societies 
• 01/07/2014 – up to date American Association of Neurological Surgeons

• 08/08/2010 – up to date Consultant Neurosurgeon “401” General Military Hospi-tal of Athens, Greece.
• 01/10/2010 – up to date Consultant Neurosurgeon in General Private Hospital “HYGEIA Hospital” Athens Greece.
• 24/07/2009 – 07/08/2010 Consultant Neurosurgeon, Director of Neuro-surgical Department at “492” General Army Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece.
• 19/05/2009 – 24/07/2009 Medical Officer – Doctor, Specialty: Neurosur-gery in Department of Neurosurgery at 492 General Army Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece.
• 01/02/2009 – 18/05/2009 Medical Officer – Doctor, Specialty: Neurosur-gery in Department of Neurosurgery at “401” General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 01/02/2006 – 31/01/2009 Specialty Training post, Grade: ST3+ equiva-lent, Specialty: Neurosurgery in Department of Neurosurgery at “Asclepieio Voulas” Gen-eral Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 24/11/2005 – 31/01/2006 Medical Officer – Doctor in Department of Neu-rosurgery at “401” General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 23/11/2004 – 23/11/2005 Specialty Training post, Grade: ST3+ equiva-lent, Specialty: Neurosurgery in Department of Neurosurgery at General Hospital of “Agia Sofia”, Children’s Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 16/10/2004 – 22/11/2004 Medical Officer – Doctor, Specialty: Neurosur-gery, in Department of Neurosurgery at “401” General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 15/07/2004 – 15/10/2004 Athlete’s Doctor, Attendance at Olympic and Paralympic Games, “Athens 2004” as Athlete’s Doctor, Specialty: General Medicine at Olympic and Paralympic Games, “Athens 2004”.
• 13/05/2004 – 14/07/2004 Medical Officer – Doctor, Specialty: Neurosur-gery in Department of Neurosurgery and ER at “401” General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 11/11/2003 – 12/05/2004 Specialty Training post, Specialty: Neurology in Department of Neurology and ER at “401” General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 12/05/2002 – 11/11/2003 Specialty Training post, Medical Officer – Doc-tor, Specialty: General Surgery in Department of General Surgery and ER at “401”General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece.
• 08/03/2001 – 11/05/2002 Medical Officer and Commander of Band, Med-ical Officer – Doctor in Zeta Amphibious Raider Squadron in Nea Peramos, Greece – Hel-lenic Army General Staff (Special Forces).
• 08/01/2001 – 08/03/2002 Medical Officer and Commander of Band, Med-ical Officer – Doctor in 2nd Special Unit of National Guard in Lesvos, Greece – Hellenic Ar-my General Staff (Special Forces).
• 21/12/1998 – 07/01/2000 Medical Practitioner, in “401” General Military Hospital of Athens.

Education Experience:

• Staff lessons following the educational programme and case reports in Department of Neurosurgery, 401 General Army Hospital of Athens, Greece. I am the responsible for the educational program of specialist Registrars
• Folk dance lessons in the “Semeli” Folk Dances Club where I am member the last seven years. This is a way to get closer with our culture.
• Staff lessons following the educational programme in Department of Neurosurgery, 492 General Army Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece
• First Aid Training to Army Personnel in 492 Army Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece
• Staff lessons following the educational programme in Department of Neurosurgery, “Asclepieio Voulas” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
• Postgraduate courses of First Paediatric Department, University of Athens, “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital. “Girl with scoliosis, 4 years old”. March 2005, oral presentation in students. 
• First Aid Training to Army Personnel in Special Forces. Those lessons took place in the class room and in virtual battlefields under several scenarios of military exercises (2nd Special Unit of National Guard in Lesvos, Zeta Amphibious Raider Squadron in Nea Peramos)
• Staff lessons following the educational programme in 401 General Army Hospital, Greece.

Clinical Interest:

• Neurosurgical Oncology
• Cerebrovascular surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Research Interest:

• Pediatric Neurosurgery

• «The role of perinatal and other prognostic factors in the appearance of brain tumors in childhood». S. Plakas1, G. Sfakianos2, N. Prodromou2, C. Tzavara3, S.A. Papadimitriou4, A. Gryparis4, A. Linos5, Neuroepidemiology, April 2016 (on press).
• «Large isolated internal iliac artery aneurysm» Vourliotakis G1, Kantounakis I2, Plakas S3, Tzilalis VD1, Internal Medicine, 2015. 54(8): 983-984.
• «Treatment of patients with complex vascular brain diseases and spinal cord diseases in the “Hybrid” operating room». Ch. Chrysicopoulos, N. Nasis, S. Plakas, I. Ioannidis, A. Andreou. Medicine (Journal of Company of Medical Studies in Greece), 2014 Nov; 102: 33.
• «Treatment of brain aneurysms with new technology flow diverter stents». Ch. Chrysicopoulos, N. Nasis, S. Plakas, I. Ioannidis, A. Andreou. Medicine (Journal of Company of Medical Studies in Greece), 2014 Nov; 102: 12.
• «Gliadel Wafers in the Treatment of Malignant Glioma: our Experience». S. Plakas, I. Spanos, G. Dimogerontas, E. Rokas, M. Papadopoulos, A. Rovlias, E. Konstandinidis. Review of Clinical Parmacology and Pharmacokinetics, 2008 May; 22(2): 296.