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Γιοσδέκος Αλέξανδρος

Giosdekos Alexandros

Vascular Surgeon

Biography

Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon

Current Titles

 

  • Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Athens Euroclinic
  • Specialist Registrar (SpR) in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, United Kingdom
  • PhD candidate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • MSc in Endovascular Techniques, Attikon University Hospital of Athens, Greece/ University of Milano- Bicocca, Monza, Italy
  • Member of Hellenic Vascular Surgery Society
  • Registered member of GMC

Specialty Areas

  • Endovascular surgery of arterial diseases
  • Noninvasive treatment of varicose veins (endovenous laser ablation, radiofrequency ablation, sclerotherapy, phlebectomies)

Research Interest

  • PhD candidate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, «Depression and peripheral arterial disease»

Professional Experience

  • 2022 Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Athens Euroclinic
  • 2021 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
  • 2017-2020 Specialist Registrar in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, UK
  • 2016-1027 Clinical Fellow in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, UK
  • 2013-2015 Resident in Surgery, Second Department of Surgery, Naval And Veterans Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

Medical Degree

School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2012)

Clinical Fellow in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in United Kingdom (2016-2020)

  • Specialist Registrar in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Essex, UK
  • Clinical Fellow in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK

PhD candidate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

«Depression and peripheral arterial disease»

Master Degree (MSc)

«Endovascular Techniques» with honors, Attikon University General Hospital of Athens, Greece/ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano- Bicocca, Monza, Italy

  • Faculty Member of East of England Peripheral Vascular Skill Course, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, 2018
  • Tips and tricks in open carotid surgery, Controversies and Updates in Vascular Surgery, Paris, France, 2020
  • Embolization principles and techniques for vascular surgeons, Controversies and Updates in Vascular Surgery, Paris, France, 2020
  • Staff Radiation Safety in Vascular Theatres, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, UK, 2019
  • Practical Vascular Workshop – Gore, Athens, Greece, 2018
  • Challenging Anatomies- Practical EVAR Workshop, Bologna, Italy, 2017
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support, ACS Committee on Trauma, Athens, Greece, 2014
  • 4th Seminar in Basic Surgical Skills, Naval and Veterans Hospital of Athens, Greece, 2014
  • English
  • French
  • Best poster presentation award at the 20th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Athens, Greece, 2021, «Angioplasty of Symptomatic Vertebral Artery»
  • Best poster presentation award at the Breast Cancer Conference, Milan, Italy, 2015, «Preoperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in primary breast cancer patients: correlation with clinicopathologic characteristics»
  • Giosdekos A, Antonopoulos CN, Sfyroeras GS, et al. The use of iliac branch devices for preservation of flow in internal iliac artery during endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2020;71(6):2133-2144. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2019.10.087
  • Antonopoulos CN, Giosdekos A, Mylonas SN, Liapis CD. Management of Internal Carotid Artery Near- Occlusion: The need for updated evidence. Ann Transl Med 2020. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.03.148
  • Karaolanis G, Antonopoulos CN, Koutsias SG, Giosdekos A, Metaxas EK, Tzimas P, de Borst GJ, Geroulakos G. A systematic review and meta-analysis for the management of Paget- Schroetter Syndrome. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2021 Feb 1:S2213-333X(21)00070-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.01.011.
  • Howard, A., Tsang, A.W., Navi, A., Benaragama, S., Mandel, A., Giosdekos, A., Choksy, S., & Thayur, N. (2019). Early Results of a New Treatment for Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Refractory Endoleaks: Combined Endovascular and Laparoscopic Endoleak Repair (CEALER). European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 58.
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