Evangelia Papakitsou ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

• “Use of newer bisphosphonates (alendronate) in the prevention and therapy of osteoporosis”. A longitudinal interventional study.

Board Member

• Board Member of ‘HELIOS” 2006-2009

• Founding Member of the “Greek Fracture Fragility Network”

Editorial Boards

• Journal of Frailty Sarcopenia and Falls

• Archives of Greek Internal Medicine

AD-HOC REVIEWER for peer-reviewed international journals

• Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (JMNI)

• Orthopedic surgeon, HYGEIA Hospital, 03.2022

• Senior Registrar of the Greek NHS, Laiko General Hospital, 2020-2021

• Registrar of the Greek NHS, Laiko General Hospital, 2017-2020

• Orthopedic surgeon, practicing privileges in private hospitals 2010-2016 (HYGEIA 2014-2016)

• Research Fellow Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System, Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2000-2009

• Rural service: Regional clinic, Schinoussa Island, Cyclades 1994-1995

Education Experience

• Key Speaker in numerous conferences and scientific meetings in the Hellenic Orthopaedic Society, Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation, Hellenic Society for the study of Bone Metabolism

• Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation Seminars for Specialty Doctors, 2004-present

• Postgraduate Master-class on ‘Metabolic Bone disease”, Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2008-2009

• Medical School, “Metabolic bone disease”, Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2005-2009

• School of Basic Medical lessons, University of West Attica, 2002-2008

Clinical Interest:

• Management of fragility fractures of the hip, shoulder, knee and osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

• Surgical management as well as diagnosis and treatment of the underlying bone metabolism disease and secondary prevention

• Secondary osteoporosis with multiple vertebral compression fractures

• Bone metabolic disease

• Fracture risk analysis

• Joint replacement of the hip, shoulder, knee

  Research Interest:

• Osteoporosis, Bone metabolism, Osteoporotic fractures

• Researcher in European, multicenter or regional epidemiological and intervention clinical studies. I have participated in design, conduction, analysis and writing of several clinical and experimental Greek studies on osteoporosis and osseointegration.

Activities

• Participation in “Centre of Excellence for Rare Calcium and Phosphate Metabolic disease”, University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, 2019-present

• Coordination of the “Fracture Liaison Service” LRMS & KAT Hospital, 2004-2006

• Leading member of the Greek Working group for “Guidelines for Osteoporosis management” 2004

Awards

• Granted Fellowship “Bone Metabolism”, Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-2007

• “A.Kalos” Award, Hellenic Society for the study of Bone Metabolism for the studies

  • “Protein-caloric deprivation in patients admitted with a hip fracture: a case-control study in Greece”, 2008

  • “Incidence of osteoporotic fractures inGreek postmenopausal women withinadequate response on anti osteoporotictherapy”, 2006

“Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Osteoporosis in Greece”,  Papakitsou E, Paspati I, et al, prof Lyritis G, in behalf of the Working Group. Ed Hylonome 2004, and the updated Guidelines in 2009.

• Papakitsou E, Paspati I, Rizou S, Lyritis G. Bone metabolism subgroups identified as hip fracture patients. Hormones (Athens) 2021;20(3):545-555 doi: 10.1007/s42000-021-00276-4

• Tsagari A, Papakitsou E, Dionyssiotis G et al. Evaluation of commonly used nutritional assessment methods in hip fracture patients. J Frailty Sarcop Falls 2017; 2 (3): 39-44 doi: 10.22540/JFSF-02-039

• Tournis S, Antoniou JD, Liakou CG, Christodoulou J, Papakitsou E et al. Volumetric bone mineral density and bone geometry assessed by peripheral quantitative computed tomography in women with differentiated thyroid cancer under TSH suppression. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2015; 82(2):197-204 doi: 1111/cen.12560

• Morakis A, Tournis S, Papakitsou E et al. Decreased tibial bone strength in postmenopausal women with aseptic loosening of cemented femoral implants measured by pQCT. J Long Term Eff Med Implants 2011; 21(4):291-7, doi: 10.1615/jlongtermeffmedimplants.v21.i4.40

• Karagiannis A, Papakitsou E, Dretakis K, Galanos A, Megas P, Lambiris E, Lyritis G. Mortality rates of patients with a hip fracture in a Southwestern district of Greece: ten years follow-up with reference of the type of fracture. Calcif Tissue Int 2006; 78(2): 72-77 doi:10.1007/s00223-005-0169-6

• Papakitsou E, Margioris A, Dretakis K, Trovas G, Zoras O, Lyritis G, Dretakis E, Steriopoulos K. Body mass index (BMI) and parameters of bone formation and resorption in postmenopausal women. Maturitas 2004; 15:47(3): 185-93, doi:10.1016/S0378-5122(03)00282-2