Kanaris Panagopoulos NEUROSURGEON

210 686 7000
kanpan@otenet.gr

Education & Academic Qualifications

Μedical Degree “Ptychio Iatrikis” University of Salonica Medical School
Research Fellow in Harvard Medical School Boston U.S.A.
Master of Science Medical School University NewCastle Upon Tyne England
Member American College of Surgeons

Doctoral thesis

Ph.D Thesis, First Class Honors Medical School, Athens University 1988. Spontaneous intracerebral hematomas: conservative or surgical treatment
M.Sc. Medical School, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 1989. A study of treatment for syringomyelia by foramen magnum decompression.

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

Hellenic Neurosurgical Association
Royal Society of Medicine – England
Congress of Neurological Surgeons U.S.A.
American College of Surgeons

Work Experience

1977-1983 S.H.O in Neurosurgery, “Evagelismos” Hospital, 401 “Military” Hospital, “NIMTS” Hospital, Children’s Hospital “Agia Sofia” Athens, NewCastle General Hospital England
1983 – 1984 Registrar and Clinical Assistant in Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases Queens Square London
1984-1986 Registrar & Senior Registrar in Neurosurgery, NewCastle Upon Tyne England
1987 Senior Registrar in Neurosurgery Walton Hospital Liverpool, England
1988-89 Research Fellow Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigam and Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital, Boston U.S.A
1990-1994 Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Volos General Hospital, Children’s Hospital “Agia Sofia”, Athens
1994 – present Private Practice Consultant Neurosurgeon

Clinical & Research Interest

Laboratory research and application with molecular biology techniques in brain tumors.
Clinical research and application in spine and particularly in syringomyelia and cervical arthroplasty
Clinical research and application in Pediatric Neurosurgery particularly in craniosynostosis.
Clinical research and application in Endoscopic Neurosurgery.

Honors & Awards

First Price for Best Research Publication for Young Neurosurgeon, 1990

Books

Lasers in Neurosurgery. Publisher G. Parissianos, Athens 1995.
Endoscopic in Neurosurgery. Publisher Hellenic Surgical Association Athens, 2002.

Recent Publications

Neurovascular decompression for cranial rhizopathies. K. Panagopoulos, S. Deopujari, M.Chacrabothry, R. Sengupta. British Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. 1, p.235-41, 1987
Cerebellar astrocytoma presenting as syringomyelic syndrome. C.Kumar, K. Panagopoulos, R. Kalvag, V.McAllister Surgical Neurology, Vol.27, No.2, p.187-90, 1987
Muninous cysts of the pituitary stalk: a report of two cases. K.Panagopoulos, F.Joles, M.El-Azouzi, P. McL. Black. J. Neurosurgery Vol. 71, p.276-78, 1989
Loss of distinct regions on the short arm of chromosome 17 associated with tumorigenesis of human astrocytomas. M El-Azouzi, R. Chung, G. Farmer, R. Martuza, P. McL. Black, G.Rouleau, C. Hettlich, E.Headley- Whyte, N.Zervas, K. Panagopoulos, Y.Nakamura, J. Gusela, B. Seizinger Proc.of National Academy of Science U.S.A. Vol.86 p. 7186-90, 1989
Transphenoidal surgery of visual loss in patients with pituitary adenomas M. El. Azouzi, P.McL. Black, G.Candia, N. Zervas, K.Panagopoulos Neurologic Research March 12 (1) p.23-25, 1990
Intracranial epidermoid tumors. A continuing diagnostic challenge K. Panagopoulos, F.Joles, M. El-Azouzi, P.McL. Black Archives of Neurology Vol. 47/7 p.813-6,1990
A Novel de Novo Mutation Within EFNB1 Gene in a Young Girl With Craniofrontonasal Syndrome. Despina Apostolopoulou, M.Sc., Alexander Stratoudakis, M.D., Angeliki Hatzaki, Ph.D., Olga S.Kaxira, M.D., E.B.O.P.R.A.S., Kanaris P.Panagopoulos, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.S., Panagoula Kollia, Ph.D., Vassiliki Aleporou, Ph.D. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, January 2012, Vol.49 No.1