George Hadjigeorgiou
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery/Neuroscience
G.Hadjigeorgiou@euc.ac.cy
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The School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Academic Qualifications
| Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department | Thesis title (Optional Entry) |
| PhD | 2017 | University of Thessaly | Medicine | Genetic Association Studies in patients with traumatic brain injury |
| MD | 2007 | University of Athens | Medicine |
Employment History
| Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
| From | To | |||
| 01/2019 | Present | Athens Medical Center/Apollonion Hospital | Athens / Nicosia | Neurosurgeon in Private Practice |
| 09/2016 | 10/2018 | Klinikum München | Munich, Germany | Consultant Neurosurgeon |
| 03/2016 | 09/2016 | Royal National Orthopedic Hospital | London, UK | Spinal Surgery Clinical Fellow |
| 01/2016 | 03/2016 | Charité University Hospital | Berlin, Germany | Cerebrovascular Surgery Fellow |
| 08/2015 | 12/2015 | University Hospital of Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Denmark | Skull Base Surgery Fellow |
| 02/2015 | 05/2015 | Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, USA | Endoscopic Skull Base & Brain Surgery Fellow |
| 10/2011 | 07/2015 | Red Cross Hospital of Athens | Athens, Greece | Resident in Neurosurgery |
| 09/2010 | 09/2011 | Tzanio General Hospital of Piraeus | Piraeus, Greece | Resident in Neurosurgery |
| 11/2009 | 09/2010 | Metaxa Anticancer Hospital | Piraeus, Greece | Resident in General Surgery |
| 09/2008 | 09/2009 | Kreiskrankenhaus Rastatt | Rastatt, Germany | Resident in General Surgery |
Publications
| Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference |
| 2018 | Surgical and Functional Outcome of Olfactory Groove Meningiomas: Lessons from the Past Experience and Strategy Development. | Fountas KN, Hadjigeorgiou GF, Kapsalaki EZ, Paschalis T, Rizea R, Ciurea AV | Clin Neurol Neurosurg. |
| 2017 | Isolated massive intraventricular haemorrhage without subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of a posterior communicating artery aneurysm. | Anagnostopoulos C, Chamilos C, Hadjigeorgiou GF, Petsanas A | Br J Neurosurg. |
| 2017 | Intrachiasmatic abscess caused by IgG4-related hypophysitis. | Hadjigeorgiou GF, Lund EL, Poulsgaard L, Feldt-Rasmussen U, Rasmussen ÅK, Wegener M, Fugleholm K | Acta Neurochir (Wien). doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3288-8 |
| 2017 | Repeat surgery for recurrent low-grade gliomas should be standard of care. | Uppstrom TJ, Singh R, Hadjigeorgiou GF, Magge R, Ramakrishna R | Clin Neurol Neurosurg:18-23. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.09.013. |
| 2017 | Traumatic brain injury and gene knockout animal models: an up-to-date review. | Hadjigeorgiou GF, Singh R, Dardiotis E, Paterakis K, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Fountas KN. | J Neurosurg Sci. 61(6):652-664. doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.16.03589-X. Epub 2016 Jan 20. |
| 2016 | Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma of the thoracic spine: report of an extreme rare case. | Hadjigeorgiou GF, Samaras V, Varsos V | Br J Neurosurg. 18:1-3. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2016.1220505. |
| 2016 | Traumatic pneumorrachis after isolated closed head injuries: An up-to-date review. | Hadjigeorgiou GF, Singh R, Stefanopoulos PK, Petsanas A, Hadjigeorgiou FG, Fountas K | J Clin Neurosci. 34:44-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.07.008 |
| 2016 | Intracranial meningioma with vertebral or intraspinal metastasis: report of 2 cases and review of the literature. | Singh R, Ryan C, Chohan M, Tisnado J, Hadjigeorgiou GF, Bilsky M | J Neurosurg Spine. 25(6):775-781. Epub 2016 Jul 15. |
| 2014 | AQP4 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with traumatic brain injury. | Dardiotis E, Paterakis K, Tsivgoulis G, Tsintou M, Hadjigeorgiou GF, Dardioti M, Grigoriadis S, Simeonidou C, Komnos A, Kapsalaki E, Fountas K, Hadjigeorgiou G | J Neurotrauma. 31(23):1920-6. doi: 10.1089/neu.2014.3347. Epub 2014 Oct 10. |
| 2014 | Patients on anticoagulants after a head trauma: is a negative initial CT scan enough? Report of a case of delayed subdural hematoma and review of the literature. | Hadjigeorgiou GF, Anagnostopoulos C, Chamilos C, Petsanas A | JKNS. 55(1):51-3. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2014.55.1.51. Epub 2014 Jan 31. |
Exhibitions
Research Projects
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
| Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service |
| 2017-present | Journal of Spinal diseases and Research | Editorial Board |
| 2018-present | EC Orthopedics | Editorial Board |
| 2018-present | EC Neurology | Editorial Board |
| 2018-Present | European University Cyprus | Clinical Training Committee |
| 2018-Present | European University Cyprus | Quality Assessment Committee |
Awards/International Recognition
| Date | Title | Awarded by: |
| 2016 | EANS-Codman Training Grant in Cerebrovascular Surgery, Charité, Berlin, Germany | European Association of Neurosurgical Societies |
| 2015 | Medtronic Training Grant in Skull Base Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark | European Association of Neurosurgical Societies |
| 2015 | “C.Antoniadis Award”, for the top score in National Neurosurgical Written Examination | Greek Neurosurgical Society |
| 2015 | Aesculap Training Grant in Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Brain & Skull Base Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA | Weill Cornell Medical College |
| 2013 | Nominated with the “Hellenic Red Cross Organization” Golden Cross, for the total contribution in the patient care and health services | Hellenic Red Cross Organization |
| 2010 | Best Paper Presentation. Presented at 7th International Workshop on Peritoneal Surface Malignancy for the work done regarding the re-cytoreductive surgery (RCRS) and re-HIPEC for peritoneal carcinomatosis recurrence. Uppsala, Sweden | International Workshop on Peritoneal Surface Malignancy |