Alkis Mpouras NEUROSURGEON

• “The pathophysiology of inflammation and its role in epileptogenesis. A study of cytokine fluctuation with the use of brain microdialysis” (2010)

• Member of the National Order of Doctors (Ordre National de Medecins) – France
• Member of the National Order of Doctors (Ordre National de Medecins) – Belgium
• Member of the French Neurosurgical Society (Societe Francaise de Neurochirurgie)
• Member of the French Society of Spinal Surgery (Societe Francaise de Chirurgie Rachidienne)
• Member of the Eurospine Society
• Member of the AO Spine Society
• Member of the Association of Young Spinal Surgeons (Association des Jeunes Chirurgiens du Rachis) – France
• Member of the European Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 
• Member of the Medical Association of Athens
• Member of the Greek Neurosurgical Society
• Member of the Greek Spine Society

• October 1999 – January 2000: Resident in General Surgery, General Hospital of Korinthos, Greece 
• February 2000 – February 2001: 1-year service as a general practitioner (obligatory according to the greek law), Xylokastron, Greece
• April 2001 – July 2002: Resident in General Surgery, General Hospitral of Pireaus, Greece
• September 2002 – November 2003: Military Service as a Unit doctor
• April 2004 – October 2008: Resident in Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Department of Neurosurgery, Evangelismos Hospital. Rotation in Neurology (June – December 2004), and in the Intensive Care Unit (June – September 2006)
• November 2008 – October 2009: Attached Neurosurgeon (“Praticien attache”), Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center, Lille, France
• November 2009 – October 2010: Attached Neurosurgeon, 2nd Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
• November 2009 – February 2013: Attached Neurosurgeon (“Praticien attache”), Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Center, Lille, France 
• July 2015 (1 – 19/7/2015): Replacing Neurosurgeon (“Praticien remplacant”), Department of Neurosurgery, Dorcas Hospital, Hospital Center of Wallonie – Picarde, Tournai, Belgium
• October – November 2015 (26/10 – 8/11/2015): Replacing Neurosurgeon (“Praticien remplacant”), Department of Neurosurgery, Dorcas Hospital, Hospital Center of Wallonie – Picarde, Tournai, Belgium
• January – February 2016 (29/1 – 14/2/2016): Replacing Neurosurgeon (“Praticien remplacant”), Department of Neurosurgery, Dorcas Hospital, Hospital Center of Wallonie – Picarde, Tournai, Belgium
• December 2013 – today: Private Practice (Hygeia Hospital), Athens, Greece
• March 2016 – today: Permanent collaborator of the Department of Neurosurgery, Dorcas Hospital, Hospital Center of Wallonie – Picarde, Tournai, Belgium

Clinical Interest:

• Spine surgery
• Neurooncology
• Cerebrospinal fluid 

Research Interest:

• Spine oncology
• Neuroinflammation
• Μedullary trauma

• Best poster award, 20th Greek Congress of Neurology, March 2006, Larisa, Greece
• Best presentation award, 22nd Greek Congress of Neurology, May 2008, Chania, Greece
• Resident’s Award of Neurosurgical Education of the Greek Society of Neurosurgery, June 2008, Athens, Greece
• Third award for the best e-poster, 79th AANS Annual Meeting, April 2011, Denver, USA

• Bouras T, Stranjalis G, Loufardaki M, Sourtzis I, Stavrinou LC, Sakas DE. Predictors of long-term outcome in an elderly group after laminectomy for lumbar stenosis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Sep;13(3):329-34
• Bouras T, Sgouros S. Complications of endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a systematic review. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2012;113:149-53
• Bouras T, Sgouros S. Complications of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. World Neurosurg. 2012 Feb 10
• Bouras TI, Gatzonis SS, Georgakoulias N, Karatza M, Sianouni A, Stranjalis G, Boviatsis E, Vasileiou S, Sakas DE. Neuro-inflammatory sequelae of minimal trauma in the non-traumatized human brain. A microdialysis study. J Neurotrauma. 2011 Nov 18
• Zairi F, Assaker R, Bouras T, Chastanet P, Reyns N. Cervical synovial sarcoma necessitating multiple neurosurgical procedures. Br J Neurosurg. 2011 Dec;25(6):769-71
• Bouras T, Sgouros S. Complications of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Jun;7(6):643-9
• Zairi F, Marinho P, Bouras A, Allaoui M, Assaker R. Recent concepts in the management of thoracolumbar spine metastasis. J Neurosurg Sci. 2013 Mar;57(1):45-54
• Balaka C, Stranjalis G, Kalamatianos T, Koutsarnakis C, Bouras T, Boviatsis E, Sakas DE. Perioperative microdialysis in meningioma surgery: correlation of cerebral metabolites with clinical outcome. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2014 Oct 12
• Zairi F, Vielliard MH, Bouras A, Karnoub MA, Marinho P, Assaker R. Long-segment percutaneous screw fixation for thoracolumbar spine metastases: a single centre experience. J Neurosurg Sci. 2015 Oct 6
• Zairi F, Karnoub MA, Vieillard MH, Bouras A, Marinho P, Allaoui M, Devos P, Assaker R. Evaluation of the relevance of surgery in a retrospective case series of patients who underwent the surgical treatment of a symptomatic spine metastasis from lung cancer. Eur Spine J. 2016 Jan 28