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Rellias Ioannis

Breast Surgeon

Biography

Current Titles

  • Consultant, Breast Surgery Department, Euroclinic Athens
  • Board Member of Greek Gynecological Society of Breast Diseases

Specialty Areas

  • Breast Surgical Oncology
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
  • Oncoplastic breast surgery, breast-conserving surgery
  • Mastectomy with breast reconstruction
  • Skin sparing mastectomy
  • Nipple sparing mastectomy
  • ROLL
  • Personalized follow-up of women at high risk for breast cancer – Genetic counseling

Research Interest

  • Breast Cancer
  • Genetic testing in women with invasive and pre-invasive breast lesions
  • Breast Cancer Immunotherapy

Professional Experience

  • Military duty as medical doctor of artillery and mechanic unit. Duty at military sector of emergency department, 2007 – 2008
  • Duty at General Hospital of Kyparissia, Surgical Clinic, Initial management of urgent cases at surgical sector (general surgery, orthopedics, ob/gyn, urological), 2008 – 2009
  • Duty at “GENESIS ATHENS” Gynecological private clinic, 2009 – 2010
  • Duty at “Tzanio” General Hospital of Piraeus, 2nd Surgical Clinic, General surgery residency, 2010 – 2011
  • Duty at “Saint Savvas” Cancer Hospital of Athens, Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Center, Medical doctor supervising a breast cancer vaccine protocol : Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blinded, Multi-Center Phase II Trial of the HER2/neu Peptide GP2 + GM-CSF Vaccine versus GM-CSF Alone in HLA-A2+ OR the Modified HER2/neu Peptide AE37 + GM-CSF Vaccine versus GM-CSF Alone in HLA-A2- Node-Positive and High-Risk Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients to Prevent Recurrence in the framework of an ongoing multinational clinical trial, 2011 – 2012
  • Clinical Research Fellow at “Saint Savvas” Cancer Hospital of Athens, Breast Clinic, 2011 – 2012
  • Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital, 2012 – 2016
  • Clinical Research Fellow at Breast Unit of 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital, 2016 – 2017
  • Consultant at Breast Unit of 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital, 2017 – 2019
  • Consultant at breast unit of gynecological clinic of “Henry Dunant” hospital, 2019 – 2021
  • Private practice – consultant at maternity hospitals “Mitera”, “Rea”, “Gaia”, “Iasso”, 2019 – today
  • Consultant, “Euroclinic Athens”, Breast Surgery Department, 2021 – today

Medical Degree

Medical School, University of Ioannina, (2006)

Master’s Degree

Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: MSc “Research at Women’s Reproduction” (2012)

Obstetrics / Gynecology, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital (2016)

  • Fellowship/Consultant, Breast Unit, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital, (2016 – 2019)
  • PHD candidate, Medical school, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2015)
  • Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO GR, American Academy of Family Physicians), “Aretaieion” Hospital, Athens (2009)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS, American College of Surgeons), University of Athens (2010)
  • IBUS Multimodality Breast Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions Course, Detection, Diagnosis, Management (2018)
  • English
  • German
  • Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO GR, American Academy of Family Physicians), “Aretaieion” Hospital, Athens (2009)
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS, American College of Surgeons), University of Athens (2010)
  • IBUS Multimodality Breast Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions Course, Detection, Diagnosis, Management (2018)

Languages

  • English
  • German

 

Continuous education

 

  • 27-28/01/2006 Seminar “Metabolic Syndrome” (5 CME credits)
  • 16-21/02/2009 Educational Days of Primary Health Care “G.Papadakis” (36 CME credits)
  • 28-31/05/2009 11th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Obstetrics & Gynecology (18 CME credits)
  • 29/11/2009 Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO GR, American Academy of Family Physicians), Aretaieion Hospital, Athens
  • 15-16/1/2010 2nd Seminar of Gynecological Oncology (5 CME credits)
  • 4-6/02/2010 Seminar “Surgery of Pelvic Floor” (5 CME credits)
  • 27/02/2010 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS, American College of Surgeons), University of Athens
  • 12/03/2010 1st Conference of Robotic Surgery in Gynecology (5 CME credits)
  • 29-30/05/2010 Conference “20 Years of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis” (5 CME credits)
  • 17-18/9/2010 2nd Pan-Hellenic Conference of Child & Adolescent Gynecology (8 CME credits)
  • 24-27/11/2010 27th International Surgical Forum, Athens, Greece (24 CME credits)
  • 26-28/05/2011 10th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Athens, Greece (8 CME credits)
  • 25-26/06/2011 22nd Annual Meeting of Hellenic Obstetrician and Gynecological Society (5 CME credits)
  • 21-23/10/2011 16th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Perinatal Medicine (8 CME credits)
  • 10-11/12/2011 5th Advanced Course of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (5 CME credits)
  • 01/28/2012 Member of Hellenic Breast Surgical Society
  • 25-26/05/2012 National Guidelines of the Breast Surgical Oncology (12 CME credits)
  • 20-21/10/2012 15th annual postgraduate lesson of breast cancer: “Developments” (9 CME credits)
  • 24/11/2012 Scientific day: “IVF& ICSI. Truths and myths”, Athens, Greece (3 CME credits)
  • 15/12/2012 Scientific day: SURGICAL SKILLS 5 -New Oncoplastic Procedures, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 25-27/01/2013 7th Pan-hellenic Congress of Gynecological Oncology, Athens, Greece (15 CME credits)
  • 08/02/2014 2nd Postgraduate Seminar of Breast Imaging: “Ultrasound – Magnetic Resonance Mammography”, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 31/10/2014 5th seminar of endoscopic surgery in gynecology, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 06/12/2014 3rd Postgraduate Seminar of Breast Imaging: “Breast surgery”, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 17-19/10/2014 2nd Congress of Fertility Preservation in Women with Gynecological Cancer, Athens, Greece (15 CME credits)
  • 17-18/01/2015 Seminar: “Obstetric emergency”, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 07/03/2015 4th Postgraduate Seminar of Breast Imaging: “Adjuvant treatment of breast cancer”, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 28-31/05/2015 13th Pan-hellenic Congress of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volos, Greece (23 CME credits)
  • 27/06/2015 5th Postgraduate Seminar of Breast Imaging: “Management of high risk cases for breast cancer”, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 6-8/11/2015 27th Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB), Athens, Greece (18 CME-CPD credits)
  • 27/05/2016 Scientific Symposium: Recent developments in treatment of vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women, New approaches to treatment of PCOS patients, New data on endometrial nutrition in pregnancy, Athens, Greece (3 CME credits)
  • 10-11/06/2016 14th European Seminar of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology, Athens, Greece (5 CME credits)
  • 16/12/2016 2nd Pan-hellenic Conference of Greek Gynecological Society of Breast Diseases: screening, diagnosis, surveillance of breast diseases, Athens, Greece (12 CME credits)
  • 24/02/2017 Postgraduate Seminar: “Endometriosis: a) molecular mechanisms b) Pharmaceutical treatment. Indications – expectations”, Athens, Greece, (1 CME credits)
  • 10/03/2017 Postgraduate Seminar: “Imaging methods of the genitals”, Athens, Greece, (1 CME credits)
  • 21/03/2017 Postgraduate Seminar: “Antepartum fetal monitoring?” and “The FIGO guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring” (1 CME credits)
  • 13/05/2017 Postgraduate Seminar of Greek Gynecological Society of Breast Diseases: “Basic knowledge of breast diseases in gynecology”, Larissa, Greece (8 CME credits)
  • 26/05/2017 Scientific event: Treatment approach to infertility in women with PCOS, The role of endometrial nutrition in pregnancy and the role of nutrition during breastfeeding, Treatment of vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women (3 CME credits)
  • 23-25/06/2017 26th Congress of Hellenic Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Nafplio, Greece (8 CME credits)
  • 17/03/2018 Day of diagnostic and invasive magnetic mammography, Athens, Greece (3 CME credits)
  • 7-9/06/2018 IBUS Multimodality Breast Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions Course, Detection, Diagnosis, Management, Athens, Greece (23 CME credits)
  • 6-8/10/2018 4th ESO-ESMO Breast Cancer in Young Women International Conference (BCY4), Lugano, Switzerland (16 CME credits, 14 cat. 1 ESMO-MORA points)
  • 26/01/2019 Day of Magnetic Resonance Mammography and Contrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography, Athens, Greece (3 CME credits)
  • 31-01/05-06/2019 3rd Pan-Hellenic Conference of Greek Gynecological Society of Breast Diseases “Dilemmas and Contradictions”, Athens, Greece (12 CME credits)
  • 17/10/2020 Immediate Breast Reconstruction with Implants October 17th 2020 (3 European CME credits by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME®)
  • 20/03/2021 Breast Radiology Innovation Course (BRIC 2021) (6 European CME credits by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME®)
  • 06/02/2021 iBreastBook and SENATURK joint webinar: 8- Breast Surgery is Less More
  • 5 CPD hours has been accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

BMC Cancer. 2021 May 19;21(1):572. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08310-9.

PMID: 34011307

Germline mutations in a clinic-based series of pregnancy associated breast cancer patients.

Zografos E, Korakiti AM, Andrikopoulou A, Rellias I, Dimitrakakis C, Marinopoulos S, Giannos A, Keramopoulos A, Bredakis N, Dimopoulos MA, Zagouri F.

 

20/03/2021 The New Era in Breast Surgery, International Webinar, Oral presentation: “Axillary surgery following neoadjuvant treatment”

Rellias I1

1 Gynecologist – Breast surgeon, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece

 

31-01/05-06/2019 3rd Pan-Hellenic Conference of Greek Gynecological Society of Breast Diseases “Dilemmas and Contradictions”, Athens, Greece, Oral presentation: “Strong Family History and Gene Testing for Breast Cancer, New Era”

Rellias I1

1 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece

 

HJOG 2017 Jul-Sep, 16 (3), 27-39

Surveillance of breast cancer patients following primary therapy

Rellias I1, Marinopoulos S1, Zagouri F2, Dimitrakakis C1

1 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
2 Department of Therapeutics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece

 

23-25/6/2017 26th Congress of Hellenic Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Nafplio, Greece

Oral presentation: Follow-up of breast cancer patients after primary treatment

Rellias I., Marinopoulos S., Zagouri F., Dimitrakakis C.

1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital

 

HJOG 2016 Oct–Dec;15(4),90-96 Pregnancy associated cancer: General principles

Ioannis Rellias1, Alexandra Tsigginou1, Flora Zagouri2,
Spyridon Marinopoulos1, Aris Giannos1, Kalliopi Pappa1, Constantine Dimitrakakis1

1 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece

2 Department of Therapeutics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece

 

Br J Radiol 2016 Nov;89(1067):20160397. Epub 2016 Aug 9. Adding the power of iodinated contrast media to the credibility of mammography in breast cancer diagnosis. Tsigginou A, Gkali C, Chalazonitis A, Feida E, Vlachos DE, Zagouri F, Rellias I, Dimitrakakis C

28-31/5/2015 13th Pan-hellenic Conference of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volos, Greece

Oral presentation: FERTILITY PRESERVATION IN STAGE IB1 CERVICAL CANCER

  1. Rellias, G. Vlachos, N. Thomakos, D. Zacharakis, I. Koutroumpa, D. Chaidopoulos, D. Papatheodorou, M. Davidovic-Grigoraki, M. Sotiropoulou, A. Rodolakis

1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital

28-31/5/2015 13th Pan-hellenic Conference of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volos, Greece

Oral presentation: ATYPICAL UTERINE LEIOMYOMAS – CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS – FERTILITY PRESERVATION

  1. Rellias, N. Thomakos, M. Sotiropoulou, A. Tranoulis, M. Davidovic-Grigoraki, D. Papatheodorou, D. Chaidopoulos, G. Vlachos, A. Rodolakis

1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital

28-31/5/2015 13th Pan-hellenic Conference of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volos, Greece

Oral presentation: ACCURACY OF FROZEN SECTION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MUCINOUS OVARIAN TUMORS

  1. Tranoulis, N. Thomakos, M. Sotiropoulou, D. Chaidopoulos, I. Rellias, M. Davidovic-Grigoraki, D. Papatheodorou, G. Vlachos

1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital

17-19/10/2014 2nd Conference of Fertility Preservation in Women with Gynecological Cancer, Athens, Greece

Oral presentation: LESS RADICAL TREATMENT OF STAGE IB1 CERVICAL CANCER – FERTILITY PRESERVATION

  1. Rellias, N. Thomakos, D. Zacharakis, I. Koutroumpa, D. Chaidopoulos, G. Vlachos, M. Sotiropoulou, A. Rodolakis

1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School – “Alexandra” General Hospital

21-24/03/2012 Society of Surgical Oncology – 65th Annual Cancer Symposium, Orlando, Florida, USA

P98 Booster Inoculations Safely Sustain the Immune Effects of a CD4-targeted Peptide Cancer Vaccine

T.J. Vreeland,1 D.F. Hale,1 G.T. Clifton,1 A. Sears,1 S.A. Perez,2 A. Ardavanis,2 N. Pistamaltzian,2 G. Rellias,2 S. Ponniah,3 M. Papamichail,2 G.E. Peoples,1 E.A. Mittendorf.4 1. Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX; 2. Saint Savvas Cancer Hospital, Athens, Greece; 3. Cancer Vaccine Development Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USMCI, Bethesda, MD; 4. U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

 

6-10/12/2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, USA

[P1-13-01] An Update of a Phase II Trial of the HER2 Peptide AE37 Vaccine in Breast Cancer Patients to Prevent Recurrence.

Hale DF, Perez S, Sears AK, Clifton GT, Vreeland TJ, Holmes JP, Ardavanis A, Pistamaltzian N, Rellias G, Ponniah S, Papamichail M, Peoples GE, Mittendorf EA. Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX; Saint Savas Cancer Hospital, Athens, Greece; Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USMCI, Bethesda, MD; UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Cancer Research Dec 15,2011; Vol 71; N 24; P 223s

26-28/05/2011 10th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Athens, Greece

Poster: Bowel perforation during laparoscopic repair of incisional hernia. Surgical dilemma or oneway in the way of management.

Agiomamitis D George, Kouroumpas Efstratios, Striglis Kostas, Rellias Ioannis, Georgiadis Phoebus, Second Surgical Department, “Tzaneio” General Hospital, Piraeus

 

24-27/11/2010 27th Pan-Hellenic Conference of Surgery and International Surgical Forum 2010, Athens, Greece Poster: FECALURIA AS A SEQUEL OF ASYMPTOMATIC SEVERE SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS

Ayiomamitis Georgios, Kyramargios Fotios, Stamatiou Kostas, Rellias Ioannis, Vitsas Apostolos, Manoloudaki Kasiani, Paraskevas Marios,

2nd Surgical Department, Tzanion General Hospital of Piraeus, Pathology Department, “Tzanion” General Hospital of Piraeus, Urology Department , Tzanion General Hospital of Piraeus

 

Member of Greek Gynecological Society of Breast Diseases

Member of Hellenic Breast Surgical Society

Member of Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Member of Hellenic Society of Perinatal Medicine

Department

  • Breast unit

 

Contact

Athens Euroclinic – Breast Unit

7-9 Athanasiadou Street, Athens 115 21

Tel: +30 210 6416600

Appointments: +30 210 700 4685

Mobile: 6947724381

e-mail: irellias@euroclinic.gr

Fax: +30 210 6416555

 

Breast Surgeon