Dimitrios Tsakagiannis SURGEON

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210 686 7318
dtsak@ath.forthnet.gr

Education & Academic Qualifications

M.D. Degree in Medicine (Summa Cum Laude), 1989
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certificate, 1989
Federal Licensing Examinations Certificate, Massachusetts, USA, 1992
Fellow in Surgery, Tufts University Medical School, 1991-1993
Premedical Tutor, Harvard University, Dunster House, 1992-1996
Doctoral Thesis (Ph.D), University of Athens Medical School, 1993
Fellow in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, 1993-1995
Title of medical specialty in Surgery (Greece), 1997 • Diploma of American Boards of Surgery, 1998

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons)
Founding Board Member of The Angiogenesis Foundation Inc., USA
Harvard Medical Alumni Association
Tufts Medical Alumni Association
UMASS Medical Alumni Association
President of the Hellenic-American Medical Society
General Medical Council, England
Athens Medical Association

Work Experience

Research Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Athens, Medical School, 1989-1990
Internship in Surgery, Airforce General Hospital Athens, Greece, 1/1990-10/1990
Research Fellow in Surgery, CHMC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, 1990-1991
Resident in Surgery, St Elizabeth’s Hospital, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, USA, 1991-1993
Resident in Surgery, CHMC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, 1993-1994
Clinical and Research Fellow in Surgery, CHMC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, 1994-1995
Resident in Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, USA, 1995-1996
Chief Resident in Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Boston, USA, 1996-1997
Associate in Surgery, Hygeia Hospital Medical Center, Athens, Greece, 1998- current

Books

He has participated and presented in many international surgical conferences and has many scientific publications in peer review journals.

Recent Publications

“Use of a diathermy system in theroid surgery”, Arch. Surgery, 139 (9): 997-1000, 2004, Kiriakopoulos A, Tsakayannis D, Linos D.
“Laparoscopic excision of bilateral primary adrenal leiomyosarcomas in a 14 year old girl with aquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)”, Surgery 136 (5): 1098-100, 2004, Linos D, Kyriakopoulos A, Tsakayannis D, Theodoridou M, Chroussos G. • “Metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma”, Adrenal glands, Linos D (ed), Springer 151-157, 2005, Tsakayannis D, Linos D
Laparoscopic management of a ruptured giant epidermoid splenic cyst. Kiriakopoulos A, Tsakayannis D, Linos D. JSLS 9(3):349-351, 2005
Effect of green tea on angiogenesis and severity of atherosclerosis in cholesterol-fed rabbit. Kavantzas N, Chatziioannou A, Yanni AE, Tsakayannis D, Balafoutas D, Agrogiannis G, Perrea D. Vascul Pharmacol. 44(6):461-3. Epub 2006 May 11, 2006.
Surgical management of adrenal myelolipoma: a series of 10 patients and review of the literature. Kiriakopoulos A, Tsakayannis D, Linos D. Minerva Chir. 61(3):241-6, 2006
Laparoscopic management of complicated appendicitis.Kiriakopoulos A, Tsakayannis D, Linos D. JSLS. 10(4):453-6, 2006
Reinforcement does not necessarily reduce the rate of staple line leaks after sleeve gastrectomy. A review of the literature and clinical experiences. Chen B, Kiriakopoulos A, Tsakayannis D, Wachtel MS, Linos D, Frezza EE.Obes Surg. 19(2):166-72, 2009
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in morbidly obese patients. Technique and short term results. Kiriakopoulos A, Varounis C, Tsakayannis D, Linos D. Hormones.8(2):138-43, 2009
Adrenal ganglioneuromas: incidentalomas with misleading clinical and imaging features. Linos D, Tsirlis T, Kapralou A, Kiriakopoulos A, Tsakayannis D, Papaioannou D. Surgery. 149(1):99-105, 2011