Athanasios Petrou
Associate Professor, General Surgery
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School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Academic Qualifications
| Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department | Thesis title (Optional Entry) |
| MBBS DEGREE IN MEDICINE | 1999 | UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA | FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA | MD |
| Medical Specialty | 2009 | Medical School of the University of Athens and the Greek Ministry of Health | First Department of Surgery. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School | General Surgeon |
| POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (Master's Degree/MSc), in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery | 2008 | Democritus University of Thrace | School of Medicine | Master's Degree/MSc in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery |
| Medical Thesis PhD in MEDICINE | 2010 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | School of Medicine | PhD |
Employment History
| Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
| From | To | |||
| 2019 | 2022 | European University of Cyprus - School of Medicine. | European University of Cyprus | Clinical Associated Professor in Surgery |
| 2017 | 2021 | European – African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association E-AHPBA | European – African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association E-AHPBA | Education Committee member |
| 2013 | 2016 | Medical School of the University of Nicosia and the St George's University of London | Medical School of the University of Nicosia and the St George's University of London | Honorary Assistant Professor of Surgery |
Publications
| Ref. Number | Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference | Vol. | Pages |
| PMID: 33979098 | 2021 | Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) Combined With Chemotherapy Increases Survival in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer (LAPC) | Dimitrios Oikonomou 1, Michalis V Karamouzis 2, Dimitrios Moris 1, Nikolaos Dimitrokallis 1, Demetris Papamichael 3, Panteleimon Kountourakis 3, Georgios Astras 4, Spyridon Davakis 1, Alexandros Papalampros 1, Dimitrios Schizas 1, Athanasios S Petrou 5, Evangelos Felekouras 1 | Am J Clin Oncol | 1;44(7):325-330 | |
| PMID: 33277879 | 2020 | Initial experience with neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX as first line therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer | Georgia-Sofia Karachaliou 1, Vasiliki Lazarou, Dimitrios Giannis, George Astras, Dimitrios Moris, Athanasios Petrou | J BUON | 2020 Sep-Oct;25(5):2525-2527 | |
| PMID: 32536525 | 2020 | The efficacy and safety of the open approach irreversible electroporation in the treatment of pancreatic cancer: A systematic review | Pabos Charalambous 1, Dimitrios Moris 2, Georgia-Sofia Karachaliou 3, Alexandros Papalampros 4, Nikolaos Dimitrokallis 4, Diamantis I Tsilimigras 5, Dimitrios Oikonomou 4, Athanasios Petrou 1 | Eur J Surg Oncol | 2020 Sep;46(9):1565-1572 | |
| PMID: 32002719 | 2020 | ALPPS for Locally Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Did Aggressive Surgery Lead to the Oncological Benefit? An International Multi-center Study | Jun Li 1, Mohamed Moustafa 2, Michael Linecker 3, Georg Lurje 4, Ivan Capobianco 5, Janine Baumgart 6, Francesca Ratti 7, Falk Rauchfuss 8, Deniz Balci 9, Eduardo Fernandes 10 11, Roberto Montalti 12, Ricardo Robles-Campos 13, Bergthor Bjornsson 14, Stefan A Topp 15, Jiri Fronek 16 17, Chao Liu 18, Roger Wahba 19, Christiane Bruns 19, Stefan M Brunner 20, Hans J Schlitt 20, Asmus Heumann 21, Björn-Ole Stüben 21, Jakob R Izbicki 21, Jan Bednarsch 4, Enrico Gringeri 2, Elisa Fasolo 2, Jens Rolinger 5, Jakub Kristek 16 17, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro 22, Andreas Schnitzbauer 23, Natascha Nuessler 24, Michael R Schön 25, Sergey Voskanyan 26, Athanasios S Petrou 27, Oszkar Hahn 28, Yuji Soejima 29, Emilio Vicente 30, Carlos Castro-Benitez 31, René Adam 31, Federico Tomassini 32, Roberto Ivan Troisi 32 33, Alexandros Kantas 34, Karl Juergen Oldhafer 34, Victoria Ardiles 35, Eduardo de Santibanes 35, Massimo Malago 36, Pierre-Alain Clavien 3, Marco Vivarelli 37, Utz Settmacher 8, Luca Aldrighetti 7, Ulf Neumann 4, Henrik Petrowsky 3, Umberto Cillo 2, Hauke Lang 6, Silvio Nadalin 5 | Ann Surg Oncol | 2020 May;27(5):1372-1384 |
Exhibitions
Research Projects
| Date | Title | Funded by | Project Role* |
| 2008 | Study of Apigenin interaction on the expression of the Bcl-2 human proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma. | DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | Researcher |
| 2009 | Prognostic significance of DNA image cytometry and Edmondson-Steiner grading after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma. | Department of Histopathology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School | Researcher |
| 2007 | Investigation of Efficacy and Safety of Radiofrequency Ablative techniques (RFA) for inoperable pancreatic tumors. | First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School | Research Team Member |
| 2006 | Investigation of the Efficacy and Safety of Radiofrequency Assisted hepatectomy (Radiofrequency Assisted Liver Resection - RFA). | First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School | Research Team Member |
| 2005 | Comparative study of the Efficacy and Safety of Liver parenchyma transection with altered energy devices, on porcine models: Radiofrequency Assisted hepatectomy (Radiofrequency Assisted Liver Resection - RFA) vs. bipolar radiofrequency diathermy (Aquamantis), vs. Microwave energy. | First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School | Research Team Member |
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
| Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service | Key Activities |
| 2022 | Member Administration Committee | Hellenic Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association | Administration and future planning |
| 2017-2021 | Member of educational Subcommittee | European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA) | Education and Research strategy and organisation |
| 2013-2015 | Royal College of Surgeons | Examiner with the Royal College of Surgeons | Member of Examiners group for the Royal College of Surgeons |