Savvas-Georgios Sourmelis ORTHOPEDIST Director, 1st Orthopaedics Department

Education & Academic Qualifications

Fellow of Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
International Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
AO Trauma International
EBOT examiner, European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
January 2013 – Present
Chairman of Orthopaedic Educational meeting “Hygeia” Hospital of Athens.
June 2010– June 2013
President Educational Committee “Hygeia” Hospital of Athens
January 2008-January 2010
President of Hellenic Association of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
January 2007-January 2008
President of Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
January 2002-January 2003
President of Hellenic Association of Reconstructive Microsurgery
January 2002-December 2010
Representative of Greece to European U.E.M.S.-Orthopaedics
January 2000-January 2004
Vice President of Hellenic Blood Transfusion Society
January 1993-January 1995
General Secretary of Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
June 1991-June 2000
Vice President of Postgraduate Educational Board “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens

January 2003-Present
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. Director Second Orthopaedic Department Hygeia Hospital of Athens
January 1991-December 2002 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Laiko General Hospital of Athens
January 1988-December 1990 Senior Registrar Orthopaedic Department Evangelismos Hospital of Athens
October1986-January 1988 Registrar Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Nottingham, Great Britain
October 1985–September 1986 Registrar—Research Fellow, Canniesbur Hospital, Glasgow, Great Britain
October 1984-September 1985 Senior S.H.O. Orthopaedic Department, Derby Royal Infirmary, Great Britain
August 1983-September 1984 Registrar, Hand Department, Derby Royal Infirmary, Great Britain

Clinical Interest:

1/1982-6/1982 – K. KONIALIDES Fellowship in Orthopaedics De-partment of Orthopaedics in Athens
9/1990 – Fellowship of HAOST to University Orthopaedic Clinic of Helsinki Finland

Guidelines for prophylaxis of DVT in Orthopaedics

Hellenic Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
Chairman: S. Sourmelis
September 2009

The accessory anteroinferior tibiofibular ligament as a cause of talar impingement : a cadaveric study
Constantinos E Nikolopoulos, Athanasios I Tsirikos, Savas Sourmelis, Georgios Papa-christou
Am J Sports Med. 2004 Mar; 32 (2):389-95
Repair of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb
Savas Sourmelis Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Vol. 68, Suppl. 275, pp 52-54, October 1997
Changes of coagulation parameters in fractures of the hip
Patoulis, H. Hatzaki, C. Tsoukala, S. Sourmelis, J. Papargyriou, T. Mandalaki 13th International Congress on Thrombosis, Bilbao 6-10 June 1994 Haemostasis Vol. 24, Suppl. 1, 1994
Retrieval of the retracted flexor tendon
Sourmelis SG, McGrouther DA Combined meeting of British and Scandinavian Societies for Surgery of the Hand, Newcastle 7-9 May 1986 The Journal of Hand Surgery Vol. 12B, No 1, pp 109-111, 1987
A review of total elbow arthroplasty and an early assessment of the Liv-erpool elbow prosthesis
Sourmelis SG, Burke FD, Varian JP J Hand Surg BR. 1986 Oct; 11(3):407-13