Sotirios Panousopoulos GENERAL SURGEON

• “Diagnostic and Prognostic role of polymorphisms in pancreatic cancer”

• Hellenic Surgical Society
• European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
• Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncology
• Hellenic Trauma Society
• Hellenic Society of Medical Studies

• 2004-2005- Military Service, specialty: doctor: Arta, Rhodes, Nafplio, Athens
• 2005-2006- Corinth Regional Hospital Rural Service, Kiaton Health Center Rural Service
• 2006-2012- General Surgery Resident, Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Athens University Medical School 
• 2008-2009- Laparoendoscopic Unit, Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Athens University Medical School
• 2009-2012- Surgical Intensive Care Unit Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Athens University Medical School 
• 2013-current- General Surgeon, ICU, Hippocratis Clinic, Piraeus
• 2014-current- General Surgeon, clinical fellow, 6th surgical clinic, Hygeia Hospital, Athens

Education Experience:

• 2010: “Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Workshop”, Greek Surgical Society, trainer
• 2012: “Basic Laparoscopic Skills Workshop”, Greek Surgical Society, trainer
• 2012: “Advanced Laparoscopic Skills Workshop”, Greek Surgical Society, trainer
• 2013: ”Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Workshop”, Greek Surgical Society, trainer
• 2014: ”Colorectal Laparoscopic Surgical Skills (CLASS) seminars”, 6th Surgical Dept., Hygeia Hospital, trainer
• 2015: ”Colorectal Laparoscopic Surgical Skills (CLASS) seminars”, 6th Surgical Dept., Hygeia Hospital, trainer, speaker
• 2015: ”Colorectal Laparoscopic Surgical Skills (CLASS) seminars”, 6th Surgical Dept., Hygeia Hospital, trainer, speaker

Clinical Interest:

• Surgery of the Colon and Rectum
• Surgery of the Pancreas
• Emergency surgery and ICU
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Morbid Obesity
• Surgical Oncology

Research Interest:

• Colorectal Surgery
• Pancreatic Surgery
• Morbid Obesity
• Surgical Training

• Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity and glucose metabolism: a new perspective. Surg Endosc. 2014 Mar;28(3):1027-33. doi: 10.1007/s00464-013-3275-y. Epub 2013 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 24185751.
• A new pancreaticojejunostomy technique: a battle against postoperative pancreatic fistula. World J Gastroenterol. 2013 Jul 21;19(27):4351-5. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i27.4351. PubMed PMID: 23885146; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3718903.
• Clinical implications of sleeve gastrectomy as a source of spleen infarction or ischemia. Obes Surg. 2011 Oct;21(10):1490-3. doi: 10.1007/s11695-010-0302-0. PubMed PMID: 21086063.
• Gastrocutaneous fistula after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and stent placement: postoperative endoleak? Am Surg. 2012 Mar;78(3):E181-2. PubMed PMID: 22524755.
• Analysis of the stromal cell-derived factor 1-3’A gene polymorphism in pancreatic cancer. Mol Med Rep. 2010 Jul-Aug;3(4):693-8. doi: 10.3892/mmr_00000319. PubMed PMID: 21472301.
• Analysis of E-Selectin S128R gene polymorphism in pancreatic cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2010 Nov 1;102(6):604-7. doi: 10.1002/jso.21648. PubMed PMID: 20607758.
• Effects of caspase-9 and survivin gene polymorphisms in pancreatic cancer risk and tumor characteristics. Pancreas. 2010 Oct;39(7):976-80. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181d705d4. PubMed PMID: 20357690.
• Prospective evaluation of sexual function after open and laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer. Surg Endosc. 2009 Dec;23(12):2665-74. doi: 10.1007/s00464-009-0507-2. Epub 2009 May 23. PubMed PMID: 19466496.
• P53 and EGFR expression in colorectal cancer: a reappraisal of ‘old’ tissue markers in patients with long follow-up. Anticancer Res. 2009 Feb;29(2):785-91. PubMed PMID: 19331236.
• Doppler-guided haemorrhoidal artery ligation, rectoanal repair, sutured haemorrhoidopexy and minimal mucocutaneous excision for grades III-IV haemorrhoids: a multicenter prospective study of safety and efficacy. Colorectal Dis. 2010 Feb;12(2):125-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01739.x. Epub 2009 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 19055522.