Dimitris – Andreas Tsiftsis GENERAL SURGEON Director, 5th Surgical Department

Education & Academic Qualifications

POSTS HELD:

2009 -: Head of the 5th Surgical Dept Hygeia Diagnostic & Therapeutic Center
1988-2009: Professor of Surgery and Head of the Dept of Surgical Oncology. Crete University Medical School and University Hospital of Herakleion Crete
1979-1988: Lecturer & Ass. Professor of Surgery. 2nd Surgical Dept of Athens University Medical School. Aretaieion Hospital
1976-1979: Clinical Fellow and Research Graduate. Westminster Medical School. London University
1972-1976: Resident in General Surgery. 2nd Surgical Dept of Athens University Medical School. Aretaieion Hospital.

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES:
ECFMG 1975

Doctoral Thesis. University of Athens 1976
Scholarship for training abroad in the Experimental Surgery of G.I. tract Malignancies. Scholarship Foundation of Greece 1977-1978
Research Graduate. London University 1978
Specialist Register (General Surgery). England
Clinical Oncology Study Course. London 1977
Radioisotope Organ Scanning. London 1977
Colon and Rectal Surgery. USA 1981
Emergencies in Gastroenterology. Lisbon 1984
Gastrointestinal Disease. USA 1985
Breast Cancer. USA 1991,1994,1997,1998
PhD Thesis. Altered patterns of mucin secretion and of the intracellular systems in precancerous lesions of the glandular part of the rat stomach (electron microscopy study). Universities of London & Athens 1986

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY:

Introduced in Greece the concepts of Sentinel Node Biopsy and Informatics in Medicine
Lectures by invitation: 115
Round Tables (Chair or Panel): 207
Participation in Congresses: 180 (Domestic), 125 (Abroad)
Contribution with 28 Chapters in Greek and English Textbooks of Surgery
Scientific Editor of 5 English and 7 Greek publications
Publication of Papers: 110 in Cited International Journals, 98 in non-cited Journals and Supplements, 215 in Greek literature
Citations: Over 2500

Member of 34 international and domestic societies. Amongst them:

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

35 years tuition of General Surgery to medical students of Athens and Crete Universities and Clinical training in General Surgery to Junior and Senior Firms
2 years tuition of Anatomy (Crete Univ)
20 years Head of Residency Programs in General Surgery
Supervision of 25 doctoral and 3 PhD thesis
Head and Tutor of numerous Postgraduate Courses
Member of the Curriculum Committees of the Universities of Athens and Crete

ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS:

National Representative of Greece to the Directorate General XII (Biomedical Engineering) of the EU (1984-1991)
Deputy Dean of the Crete Univ. Med. School (1991-1993)
Director of the Interdepartmental Laboratory of Informatics. Crete Univ. (2001-2007)
Member of the Technical Council of the University of Crete (2000-2006)
Member of the Board of Governors University Hospital (1989-1991 & 2002-2005)
Member of the Board of the Examiners in General Surgery (1992-1998 & 2002-2009)
Chief of Medical Staff. University Hospital (2002-2005)
Member of the Oncology Committee. Ministry of Health (1992-1996)
President of the Greek Society of Surgical Oncology (2002-2006)
Chairman Dept of Surgery Crete University Medical School and University Hospital (1989-2001)
Member of the Scientific Council of the Area Health Authority (Crete)
Member of the Curriculum Committees of the Universities of Athens and Crete
Member of Steering Committees and Partner in International Research Projects

RESEARCH GRANTS: