Ioannis Kapotas ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

• Member of the Hellenic Orthopaedic Association (HOA)
• Member of the College of Hellenic Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Member of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Bone Metabolism
• Member of the Hellenic Microsurgical Association

• Appointed Senior House Officer (4 years), Evangelismos General Hospital
• Appointed Registrar, Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma, Hygeia Hospital
• Collaborator of Hygeia Hospital (1993 – today)

Educational Activities:

• Post-education training: Baylor Sports Medicine Institute, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA, 1996, 1998
• Attending of many congresses and conferences of Hellenic Orthopaedic Association (HOA) and European Federation of National Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) as participant and member of Organizing Committee

Clinical Interest:

• Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
• AMIS Hip surgery (Anterior Minimally Invasive Hip Arthroplasty)
• Minimally Invasive Knee Arthroplasty
• Traumatology: Up today Internal and External Bone fixation
• Forefoot and hand surgery 

Research Interest:

• Osteopenia
• Bone Metabolism

• “Surgical management of the deformed reumatoid forefoot”,Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 6, Issue: 1: 2000, 
• J.E.Karadimas, EJ.Karadimas, J.V.Kapotas
• “Distal rupture of the biceps tendon”, Journal of the Hellenic Association of Orth. and Traumatology, Volume 53, Number 1: 2002 , O.Sabidou, E.Karadimas, J.Kapotas, E.Pahadouris
• “Fat embolism following a cemented hemiarthroplasty”-case report,European Journal of Orth. Surgery and Traumatology, 24-8-2007, www.springerlink.com, E.J.Karadimas, J.B.Kapotas, E.G.Pachantouris, J.E.Karadimas
• «Heparin – induced thrombocytopenia: a rare manifestation in a case of uncemented total hip replacement and review of the literature”, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Traumatology, July 2009, (19), Issue 5, pp. 353-356,
• E. J. Karadimas, E. Vrakidou, J. Kapotas, I. Panagiotou, J. E. Karadimas