Christos Baltas ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON Consutlant, 3rd Orthopaedics Department

• D. Candidate
  Orthopaedic Department, Larisa, University of Thessaly
  Thesis : “Study of oxidative stress in tissues of osteoarthritic knees, with different phenotypes, in patients that undergo total knee arthroplasty”.

• Member of HAOST (Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma)
• Member of ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy)
• Member of AO TRAUMA Foundation
• Member of AO TRAUMA Greece
• Member of WAIOT (World Association against Infection in Orthopaedics and Trauma)
• Member of ESRA (European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy)
• Member of FORTE (Federation of Orthopaedic and Trauma Trainees in Europe)

1. Currently Consultant at 3^rd Orthopaedic Department, ‘’HYGEIA’’ Hospital, Athens, Greece
2. Currently undergoing Fellowship under the Director of 3^rd Orthopaedic Department of Hygeia Hospital, on Shoulder Arthroscopy and Arthroplasty
3. 27 December 2023 – 15 October 2024 : Rural doctor
4. 7 November 2022 – 10 November 2023 : Intern (in extension) in Orthopaedic Department of University Hospital of Larisa
5. 6 September 2019 – 6 November 2022 : Intern in Orthopaedic Department of University Hospital of Larisa
6. 7 November 2017 – 5 September 2019:  Intern in Orthopedic Department of General Hospital of Karditsa
7. 19 September 2016 – 7 November 2017: Intern in Department of General Surgery of General Hospital of Karditsa.
8. 12 July 2016: License to practice Medicine, Hellenic Republic, Region of Thessaly, Prefect of Karditsa, Prefectural Authority of Karditsa, Directorate of Public Health, Department of Health Professions and Services, Greece

Teaching Experience

1. Instructor in 6^th Advanced Suturing Course, organized by Anatomy Lab, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece 02 April 2020
2. Basic Life Support Course as Instructor , General Hospital of Karditsa, Greece, 1 March 2017
3. Basic Life Support Course as Instructor , Medical School University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 10 April 2016
4. Basic Life Support Course as Instructor , Army School of Army Officers , Greece , 7 May 2015
5. Basic Life Support Course as Instructor , Medical School University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 28 February 2015
6. 2 Basic Life Support Courses as Instructor Candidate , Medical School University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 6 December 2014

• Sports Medicine
• Orthopaedic trauma
• Shoulder, knee, ankle arthroscopy
• Shoulder, knee, hip arthroplasty

• Athanaselis , F. Papageorgiou, A. Ziogkou, C. Baltas, Z. Dailiana, K. Malizos, S. Varitimidis . Dupuytren’s contracture: Results after treatment with excision of the contracted palmar fascia. 76^th Conference of Greek Association of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology , 14-17 October 2020, Athens

1. Baltas, G. Bakagiannis, G Komnos. “Acute Arthritis”,  Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine- Acute and Emergency Situations, Editor Georgios Baltopoulos . Publications of Scientists, Greece, 2022 (awaiting publication)

2. Bakagiannis, C. Baltas, G Komnos. “Knee aspiration”,  Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine- Acute and Emergency Situations, Editor Georgios Baltopoulos . Publications of Scientists, Greece, 2022 (awaiting publication)

ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED IN FOREIGN JOURNALS

1. Mitrousias V., Chalatsis G., Siouras A., Baltas C., Komnos G., Panteliadou F., Hantes M. “ASSESSMENT OF THE ACTIVITY LEVELS OF PATIENTS WITH ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL) RECONSTRUCTION: A STUDY WITH A 13.2 YEARS FOLLOW-UP”. Medicina Dello Sport, volume 74, Supplement 1 to 3, September 2021, page 24.

PUBLICATIONS IN MEDICAL JOURNALS (Pubmed Indexed)

1. Vasileios Mitrousias , Vasileios Amprazis , Christos Baltas , Theofilos Karachalios . Isolated Salter-Harris Type II Fracture of the Distal Ulna. Cureus. 2021 Jun 9;13 (6):e15552.doi: 10.7759/cureus.15552. eCollection 2021 Jun
2. Antonios A Koutalos, Christos Baltas, Vasileios Akrivos, Christina Arnaoutoglou, Konstantinos N Malizos. Mortality, functional outcomes and quality of life after hip fractures complicated by infection : a case control study. J Bone Jt Infect. 2021 Sep 23 ;6(8):347-354 doi: 10.5194/jbji-6-347-2021 eCollection 2021
3. Raoulis V Sr, Fyllos A, Baltas C, Schuster P, Bakagiannis G, Zibis AH, Hantes M. Clinical and Radiological Outcomes After Isolated Anterior Horn Repair of Medial and Lateral Meniscus at 24 Months’ Follow-up, With the Outside-In Technique. Cureus. 2021 Sep 12;13(9):e17917. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17917. eCollection 2021 Sep

PUBLICATIONS IN MEDICAL JOURNALS (Not Pubmed Indexed)

1. Mitrousias V , Chalatsis G , Siouras A. , Baltas C , Komnos G , Panteliadou F , Hantes M . Assessment of the activity levels of patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction : a study with 13.2 years follow-up. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF SPORTS MEDICINE ASSOCIATIONS.PARTNER JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SPORTS MEDICINE. Volume 74 – Suppl. 1 to N.3 – September 2021