Giannakodimos Stylianos

Medical Degree

Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1984)

Neurology (1992)

• Clinical and Research Registrar, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK (1992 – 1995)

• GCP (Good Clinical Practice) Certification (2022)
• ALS (Advanced Life Support) Certification (2019)

• English
• French

• One – year Research Award from British Telecom Organiisation, London, UK (1993 – 1994)
• Best Poster Award.1^ο. Giannakodimos S, et.al. Short-term and long-term efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation treatment in children and adults with refractory epilepsies: differences regarding various epilepsy types. 9th Congress of the Association of Greek Neurologists. Thessaloniki, 17-20/3/2005.
• 2^nd Best Poster Award. Giannakodimos S, et.al. Oxcarbazepine-associated hyponatremia is not dose-related: a prospective study of 105 epileptic patients. 4^th Panhellenic Epilepsy Congress. Alexandroupoli, 14-16/11/2008.
• 1^st Best Poster Award: Giannakodimos S, et.al. Correlations of pregnancy outcomes with antiepileptic medications and epilepsy characteristics: a 12-year prospective follow-up study. 5^th Panhellenic Epilepsy Congress, Chania, 6-8/11/2009.
• Best Abstract selected for oral presentation: Giannakodimos S, et.al. Does it exist a subgroup of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy patients with a self-limited course? Supporting evidence from a long-term clinico-EEG study. 9^th European Congress on Epileptology, Rhodes, Greece, 27/6-1/7/2010.
• 3^rd Best Poster Award: Giannakodimos S, et.al. Prognostic factors in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy: a clinic-EEG study of 178 cases of a specialized epilepsy clinic. 6^th Panhellenic Epilepsy Congress. Thessalonici, 23-26/6/2011.

• Ferrie CD, De Marco P, Grunevald RA, Giannakodimos S., Panayiotopoulos CP. Video game – induced seizures. Journalof Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1994; 57(8): 925-931.
• Ferrie CD, Robinson RO, Giannakodimos S, Panayiotopoulos CP. Video-game epilepsy. Lancet 1994; 344 (December 17): 1710-1711.
• Ferrie CD, Jackson GD, Giannakodimos S, Panayiotopoulos CP. Posterior agyria-pachygyria with polymicrogyria: evidence for an inherited neuronal migration disorder. Neurology 1995; 45: 150-153.
• Giannakodimos S, Bhatia VK, Panayiotopoulos CP. Evaluation of the “monolog” spike and wave monitor on patients with typical absences. Electroencephalography and clinical Neurophysiology 1995; 94:86-88.
• Giannakodimos S, Ferrie CD, Panayiotopoulos CP. Qualitative and quantitative abnormalities of breath counting during brief generalised 3 Hz spike-wave ‘subclinical’ discharges. Clinical Electroencephalography 1995; 26(4): 200-203.
• Giannakodimos S and Panayiotopoulos CP. Eyelid myoclonia with absences: a clinical and video-EEG study in adults. Epilepsia 1996; 37: 36-44.
• Panayiotopoulos CP, Koutroumanidis M, Giannakodimos S, Agathonikou A. Idiopathic generalised epilepsy in adults manifested by phantom absences, generalised tonic-clonic seizures, and frequent absence status.  Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1997; 63(5): 622-627.
• Agathonikou A, Giannakodimos S, Koutroumanidis M, et al. Idiopathic generalised epilepsies in adults with onset of typical absences before the age of 10 years. Epilepsia. 1997;38(Suppl 3):213.
• Agathonikou A, Panayiotopoulos CP, Giannakodimos S, Koutroumanidis M. Typical absence status in adults: diagnostic and syndromic considerations.  Epilepsia 1998; 39(12): 1265-1276.
• Panayiotopoulos CP, Koutroumanidis M, Giannakodimos S, Agathonikou A. Idiopathic generalised epilepsy in adults manifested by phantom absences, generalised tonic-clonic seizures, and frequent absence status.  Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1998; 65(2): 282 (letter).
• Giannakodimos S και Karageorgiou C. Clinical experience with vagus nerve stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy.  Vagus nerve stimulation, European Newsletter 2000; 5: 26.
• Sioutos P, Giannakodimos S, Karageorgiou K, Weinand MF. Vagal nerve stimulator for the treatment of epilepsy.  Vagus nerve stimulation, European Newsletter 2001; 7: 19.                          
• Giannakodimos S, Georgiadis G, Tsounis S, Triantafillou N, Kimiskidis V, Giatas K, Karlovasitou A, Mitsikostas DD, Thodi E, Polychronopoulos P, Ramopoulos N, Michailidis K, Michalis N, Garganis K, Gatzonis S, Balogiannis S, Kazis A, Milonas J, Van Oene JC. Add-on topiramate in the treatment of refractory partial-onset epilepsy: Clinical experience of outpatient epilepsy clinics from 11 general hospitals.  Seizure 2005; 14(6): 396-402.
• Tsounis S, Kimiskidis V, Kazis D, Gkiatas K, Garganis K, Karageorgiou K, Giannakodimos S, Papathanasopoulos P, Plaitakis A, Papadimitriou A, Lyras L, Emir B. An Open-Label, Add-on study of pregabalin in patients with partial seizures: a multicenter trial in Greece. Seizure 2011;20(9):701-5.