Charalambos Seferis NEUROSURGEON Attending Physician, Neurosurgery Department & Gamma Knife Brain Radiosurgery, Coordinator of the Neuroscience Division

Education & Academic Qualifications

Romania

Education Experience:

Deep Brain Stimulation (The deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson disease & essential tremor training) for the treatment of movement disorders
Stimulation of vagus nerve (Vagus Nerve Stimulation) for the treatment of seizures and depression
Microsurgical access cerebellopontine angle and skull base brain tumors
Radiosurgery using γ-knife for pituitary and brain tumors, vascular malformations, trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy, Parkinson’s
Percutaneous endoscopic surgical approaches and the vertebral column (“Chirurgie endoscopique du rachis et techniques percutanees” organise par la Societe Francaise des Techniques Endoscopiques Rachidiene et Approches Percutanees)
Stereotactic surgery (October30-November1,2006.Advanced Stereotactic Workshop for Leksell Stereotactic System Users)Amsterdam,The Netherlands
Neuroendoscopy(3rd Cadaveric workshop in Neuroendoscopy)
Neuronavigation (3D Ultrasound and Neuronavigation)
Use of Laser in Neurosurgery (Laser discectomy)
Management of pain

Clinical Interest:

Research Interest:

New perspectives with deep brain stimulation (Deep Brain Stimulation) J. HEALTH, Issue 61 May 2008 Charalampos Seferis, John Velentzas
Newer therapeutic approaches to mental disorters.Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) and its applications, in May 2008 Athens Charalampos Seferis
Malignant transformation in vestibular schwannoma-case report, literature search and debate. Charalambos Seferis, Michael Torrens ,, Chryssa Paraskevopoulou, Athanasios Kontopoulos, Georgios Psichidis, Vasilios Kontopoulos.Hygeia Hospital, Athens and Diabalkaniko Hospital, Thessaloniki.Journal of Neurosurgery, Abstract ID #: 75, 2014