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Ονοματεπώνυμο:

 

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Πλήρης Τίτλος:

 

 ΑΝΑΠΛΗΡΩΤΗΣ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΗΣ ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΉΣ, Α.Π.Θ.

ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΕΘΝΟΥΣ ΚΟΛΛΕΓΙΟΥ ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΩΝ, 2017-2020
Εκπαίδευση

Πτυχίο:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ειδικότητα:
Μετεκπαίδευση:

  

·         1990-1994 Πτυχίο Δημοσίας Υγείας μετά Επαίνου (Bachelor of Arts in Health and Society) από το Πανεπιστήμιο Brown των Η.Π.Α.

·         1990-1994 Πτυχίο Πολιτικών Επιστημών (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science), από το Πανεπιστήμιο Brown των Η.Π.Α.

·         1994-1998 Πτυχίο Ιατρικής,MD, από το Πανεπιστήμιο Brown των Η.Π.Α.

 

 

·         1998-2004 Ειδικότητα Γενικής Χειρουργικής στο University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Πανεπιστήμιο της Iowa, Η.Π.Α. Διάκριση το τελευταίο έτος της ειδικότητας ως επικεφαλής ειδικευόμενος  με εκτελεστική εξουσία (Executive Chief Resident).

·         2000 – 2001          Ερευνητική Εξειδίκευση (Research Fellow) στη Χειρουργική Μεταμοσχεύσεων, T.E.Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center υπό τους Καθηγητές John Fung (Διευθυντής της Κλινικής Μεταμοσχεύσεων του University of Pittsburgh Medical Center και του T.E. Starzl Transplant Institute) και David Geller (Διευθυντής του Κέντρου Καρκίνου Ήπατος του University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) της Χειρουργικής του Πανεπιστημίου του Pittsburgh, Η.Π.Α..

·         Diplomate, American Board of Surgery (Τίτλος Αμερικανικής Χειρουργικής Ειδικότητας), κατόπιν γραπτών και προφορικών παναμερικανικών εξετάσεων, Φεβρουάριος 2005.

·         Διδάκτορας της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Α.Π.Θ., Απρίλιος 2007.

·         2004 – 2006           Εξειδίκευση στη Χειρουργική Μεταμοσχεύσεων (Clinical and Research Transplantation Surgery Fellow), Massachusetts General Hospital, Ιατρική Σχολή Harvard, Βοστώνη, Η.Π.Α.

 
Εξειδίκευση:

 

 ·         2004 – 2006           Εξειδίκευση στη Χειρουργική Ήπατος, Παγκρέατος, Χοληφόρων και Μεταμοσχεύσεων (Clinical and Research Transplantation Surgery Fellow), Massachusetts General Hospital, Ιατρική Σχολή Harvard, Βοστώνη, Η.Π.Α.

 
Εργασιακή Εμπειρία:

 

  

Ασχολείται με όλο το φάσμα της Γενικής Χειρουργικής, με ιδιαίτερη εξειδίκευση σε παθήσεις και όγκους ήπατος (πρωτοπαθείς ή μεταστατικούς), χοληφόρων και παγκρέατος, καθώς και χειρουργική ογκολογία.

 

·         Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Χειρουργικής (Αssistant Professor of Surgery) της Ιατρικής Σχολής του University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, Η.Π.Α. στον τομέα Χειρουργικής Μεταμοσχεύσεων και Χειρουργικής Ήπατος και Χοληφόρων από το 2006 έως 2007.

·         Πανεπιστημιακός Επιστημονικός Συνεργάτης στη Χειρουργική Κλινική Μεταμοσχεύσεων του Α.Π.Θ., Ιπποκράτειο Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Θεσσαλονίκης, 2007 έως 2010.

·         Πανεπιστημιακός Επιστημονικός Συνεργάτης στην Α´ Χειρουργική Κλινική του Α.Π.Θ., Παπαγεωργίου Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Θεσσαλονίκης, 2010 Ιανουάριος 2012, οπότε και διορίστηκα Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Χειρουργικής.

·         Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Χειρουργικής, Α.Π.Θ. με εκλογή το Νοέμβριο 2009, και διορισμό Ιανουάριο 2012, με ΦΕΚ 1066/12-12-2011.τ.Γ΄.

·         Αναγόρευση σε Επίτιμο Καθηγητή του Universidad Ricardo Palma, Λίμα, Περού, 30 Οκτωβρίου, 2013.

·         Μονιμοποίηση στη βαθμίδα του Επίκουρου Καθηγητή στον Τομέα Χειρουργικής του Τμήματος Ιατρικής της Σχολής Επιστημών Υγείας με γνωστικό αντικείμενο «Γενική Χειρουργική» με Πρυτανική Πράξη αριθμ. 6190/1-12-2015 που δημοσιεύθηκε στο Φ.Ε.Κ. αριθμ. 1279/16-12-2015 τ. Γ΄.

·         Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Χειρουργικής, Α.Π.Θ. , Ιούνιος 2017 – σήμερα

               ΒΡΑΒΕΙΑ

ΤΙΜΗΤΙΚΕΣ  ΔΙΑΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ

 

1)     Πρόεδρος της Health Committee of the European Youth Parliament 1993 and 1994.

2)     Μέλος του “Phi Beta Kappa”, 1994 στο Brown University.  Αποτελεί μία ακαδημαϊκή εταιρεία στην οποία εκλέγουν οι Καθηγητές τους φοιτητές κορυφαίων ακαδημαϊκών Πανεπιστημίων στην Αμερική με βάση την ακαδημαϊκή τους επίδοση. Το όνομα βγαίνει από τα αρχικά του «Φιλοσοφία Βίου Κυβερνήτης».

3)     Βραβείο Albert Arnold Bennett, Class of 1872, Award for Academic Excellence in the Department of Community Health, Brown University, 1994.

4)     Διπλωματική εργασία μετά επαίνου (with Honors) στον τομέα Health and Society (Δημόσια Υγεία), “HIV and Prisons: the role of mandatory testing. The Rhode Island case”, 1994.

5)     Υποτροφία Eρευνητικής Εξειδίκευσης Fujisawa-Fung στη Χειρουργική Μεταμοσχεύσεων, T.E.Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Ιούλιος 2000- Ιούνιος 2001.

6)     Certificate of Appreciation, “Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for excellence in patient care, 2002.

7)     Βραβείο Edward E. Mason for «excellence in patient care and education» κατά την ειδικότητα Γενικής Χειρουργικής στο University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2003-2004.

8)     Επικεφαλής ειδικευόμενος  με εκτελεστική εξουσία, Executive Chief Resident στο University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Surgery, Ιούλιος 2003- Ιούνιος 2004.

9)     Winner of Iowa State Committee of Trauma Resident Paper competition organized by the American College of Surgeons, with paper “Complications after Trauma Laparotomy”, November 2003.

10)   Appreciation award from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons for supporting and contributing to the ASTS Foundation, December 2006.

11)  Βραβείο «Καλύτερης Κλινικής Εργασίας» της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Μεταμοσχεύσεων στο 15ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Μεταμοσχεύσεων, για την εργασία «Η εξέλιξη των ασθενών με αλκοολική κίρρωση που υποβλήθηκαν σε μεταμόσχευση ήπατος»

12)  Η εργασία “Survival after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in the MELD system era” επιλέχθηκε στις 10 καλύτερες προφορικές εργασίες του συνεδρίου 8th European Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, 18-20 Ιουνίου, Αθήνα 2009.

13)  Επιμόρφωση μέσω του προγράμματος LLP/Erasmus, μέσω διαδικασίας επιλογής από την Επιτροπή Ευρωπαϊκών Εκπαιδευτικών Προγραμμάτων, Α.Π.Θ., και μετακίνηση στο Εθνικό Αντικαρκινικό Ινστιτούτο του Μιλάνου, 10-14 Ιουνίου, 2013, υπό την επίβλεψη του Καθηγητή Χειρουργικής Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Director of GI Surgery and Liver Transplantation.

14)  Υποτροφία από το Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο Χειρουργών και το Ίδρυμα «Σταύρος Νιάρχος», ύψους $10,000, για την μετάβαση στις Η.Π.Α. για επιμόρφωση σε δύο πανεπιστημιακά κέντρα, καθώς και συμμετοχή με πρόσκληση για ομιλία στο συνέδριο του Αμερικάνικου Κολλεγίου Χειρουργών, 2012.

15)  Αναγόρευση σε Επίτιμο Καθηγητή του Universidad Ricardo Palma, Λίμα, Περού, 30 Οκτωβρίου, 2013.

16)  Προσκεκλημένος Κριτής για το Call for Grant 2011-2012, Italian Ministry of Health, Department of Public Health and Innovation.

17)  Προσκεκλημένος Κριτής για το Call for Grant 2013, Italian Ministry of Health, Department of Public Health and Innovation.

18)  Accepted as member of the American Gastroenterological Association Academy of Educators, January 21, 2015.

19)  Chairman of the Education, Quality and Communications Subcommittee of the American College of Surgeons

 

 

 

Job Title:

 

 GEORGIOS TSOULFAS,ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

WORLD PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, 2017-2020
Education

Degree:
Specialty:

 1990 – 1994    BA in Health and Society (Honors), Brown University.

1990 – 1994    BA in Political Science, Brown University.

1994 – 1998     MD Brown University.

1998 – 2000    General Surgery Residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

2000 – 2001    Research fellow in transplantation surgery, T.E.Starzl Transplantation Institute,     University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

2001 – 2004    General Surgery Residency at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

2004 – 2006     Clinical and Research Fellow in Transplantation Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Expertise:
PostgraduateTraining:		 Expertise in General Surgery, with special emphasis and training in surgical oncology including liver, biliary and pancreatic diseases (primary or metastatic)

2004 – 2006     Clinical and Research Fellow in Transplantation Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Work Experience:

 

 2006-2008       Assistant Professor of Surgery            , Division of Solid Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester Medical School

2008-2009 Scientific Associate, Department of Transplantation, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

2010-2012 Scientific Associate, Department of Surgery, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

2012-2015 Assistant Professor of Surgery, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

2015-2017 Tenure as Assistant Professor of Surgery, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

2017-present  Associate Professor of Surgery, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

  • President of the Health Committee in the European Youth Parliament in 1993 and 1994.
  • Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1994.
  • Recipient of the Albert Arnold Bennett, Class of 1872, Award for Academic Excellence in the Department of Community Health.
  • Honors Thesis in Health and Society, “HIV and Prisons: the role of mandatory testing. The Rhode Island case”, 1994.
  • Research fellow in transplantation surgery, T.E.Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, July 2000- June 2001.
  • Winner of Iowa State Committee of Trauma Resident Paper competition organized by the American College of Surgeons, with paper “Complications after Trauma Laparotomy”, November 2003.
  • Recipient of the Edward E. Mason award for excellence in patient care and education during surgical training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2003-2004.
  • Executive Chief Resident at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Surgery, July 2003- June 2004.
  • Recipient of Erasmus traveling scholarship for faculty. Istituto Nazionale Tumori with Professor Mazzaferro, July 8 – 12, 2013.
  • Recipient of the International Guest Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons for 2013.
  • European Federation Secretary of the International College of Surgeons, 2013-2014
  • Member of the International Executive Council of the International College of Surgeons, 2013-2016
  • Elected World Treasurer of the International College of Surgeons, 2015-2016.
  • Awarded Honorary Professorship by the Ricardo Palma University, Lima, Peru, October 30, 2013.
  • Invited Reviewer for the Call for Grant 2011-2012, Italian Ministry of Health, Department of Public Health and Innovation.
  • Invited Reviewer for the Call for Grant 2013, Italian Ministry of Health, Department of Public Health and Innovation.
  • Member of the International Relations Committee of the Americas HepatoPancreatoBiliary Association (AHPBA)
  • Accepted as member of the American Gastroenterological Association Academy of Educators, January 21, 2015.
  • World President of the International College of Surgeons, 2017 – 2020
  • President of the Greek Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
  • Appointment as Chair of the Education, Quality and Communications Subcommittee of the International Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons, 2016-2017.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, February 2005.
  • Recertification, American Board of Surgery, December 2013.
  • ACLS, ATLS.
  • New York State Full Medical License, License # 239918, Issued April 25, 2006.
  • Pennsylvania State Full Medical License, License # MD071876L, Issued August 11, 2000.
Research: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Publications in PubMed:                                 66

Citations:                                                         702

H-index:                                                           16

Impact factor (papers):                                   159

Impact factor (abstracts):                               253

RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

  1. Evaluation of Red Blood Cell Substitutes; literature review. Preceptor H.W.Kim, PhD, Department of Surgery, Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, June-August 1996.
  2. In vivo regulation of cytolytic response in a model of murine GVHD. Preceptor L. Fast, PhD, Department of Immunology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, June-August 1997.
  3. Ischemia/Reperfusion injury in liver transplantation. Research fellow at T.E. Starzl Transplantation Institute under Dr David A. Geller and Dr Noriko Murase, University of Pittsburgh, 2000-2001.
  4. Invited Discussant of paper: “Donor alloantigen stimulation can maintain the donor specific tolerance to rat liver transplants” by Takayashiki T, Ku G, and Flye MW. American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association 2006 Annual Meeting, March 9-12, 2006, Miami Beach, Florida.
  5. Co-Investigator of Research Protocol “Development of Tissue Arrays to study the natural history of Hepatocellular Carcinoma”, University of Rochester Medical Center, Division of Solid Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester Research Subjects Review Board # RSRB00013820.
  6. Tutor for the “2007 Year Two Case Seminars” for medical students at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, 2006-present. Project titled “To transplant or not to transplant: a review of hepatocellular carcinoma and the role of liver transplantation as a treatment”.
  7. Principal investigator for University of Rochester Medical Center for study “Increasing Liver Donation through Peer-developed Education”. This is a multicenter study done under the New York Center for Liver Transplantation (NYCLT) with the following goals: The purposes of the project are 1) to use living liver donor self-reports to develop and implement an education program for patients waiting for a liver transplant and potential living donors about the impact of donation on donors post-donation; 2) to test the program effects on living donation consent rates. University of Rochester Research Subjects Review Board # RSRB00018161.
  8. Principal investigator for University of Rochester Medical Center for the Opticept study (Roche Protocol ML17225A/01265). This is an open label, prospective, randomized, controlled, multi-center study assessing fixed dose vs. concentration controlled CellCept (Mycophenolate Mofetil) regimens for patients following a single organ renal transplantation in combination with full dose and reduced dose calcineurin inhibitors. University of Rochester Research Subjects Review Board # RSRB00011710.
  9. Instructor for the OSCE course of the Aristotle University School of Medicine.
  10. Participation at the “Surgeons as Leaders: from the operating room to the board room” course of the American College of Surgeons, June 5-8, 2011, Chicago.
  11. Instructor in the Hepatology Course of the Hellenic Association of the Study of Liver Disease.
  12. In charge of the Surgical Simulation Center of the First Department of Surgery of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
  13. Completion of “Distinguished Educator Certificate Program” of the Education Committee of the Transplantation Society, March 2014.
  14. Successful Participation in the 4th Seminar of Educating the Educators, organized by the Educational Council of the Hellenic Surgical Society, January 30-31, 2016, Athens with accreditation.
  15. Organizer and tutor of the Postgraduate Course of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki “Surgical oncology and vascular surgery: from the molecular level to surgical treatment” for academic years 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 with the lectures “Introduction to basic principles of surgical oncology and vascular oncology” and “The role of vascular oncology in the management of primary and metastatic liver tumors”.
  16. Co investigator in a randomized controlled study “Protocol for patients with nephrotoxicity after liver transplantation” comparing immunosuppression with a) decreased dose of calcineurin and CellCept and b) decreased dose of calcineurin and Everolimus or Sirolimus, Transplantation Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  17. Co investigator in a double randomized study “ A Phase III, Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Parallel-Group, Comparative Study to Determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of ceftazidime Avibactam (CAZ104) plus metronidazole versus meropenem in the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) in hospitalized adults”. First Surgical Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2011.
  18. Co investigator in a double randomized study “A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Multi-Center Study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Omadacycline IV/PO to Linezolid IV/PO for Treating Adult Subjects with Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection (ABSSSI)» Protocol PTK0796-ABSI-1108”. First Surgical Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2015.

PUBLICATIONS – BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Tsoulfas G, Breuer C: The use of small bowel transplantation in necrotizing enterocolitis. In Gilchrist BF (ed): Necrotizing Enterocolitis, p85. Georgetown, Eurekah.com/ Landes Bioscience, 2000.
  2. Tsoulfas G, Busick N: Laparoscopic appendectomy. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds): Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p118-121.
  3. Tsoulfas G: Plication of perforated peptic ulcer. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds): Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p64-65.
  4. Tsoulfas G: Right hepatic lobectomy. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds): Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p218-221.
  5. Tsoulfas G: Left hepatic lobectomy. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds): Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p222-225.
  6. Tsoulfas G: Hepatic wedge resection. In Hoballah JJ, C.E.H. Scott-Conner (eds): Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, 2003, p216-217.
  7. Tsoulfas G, Colvin BL, Murase N, Thomson AW: Chapter 7: Immune system and transplant immunology. In Argenta LC (ed): Basic Science for Surgeons, a review, 2004, W.B.Saunders, p83-102.
  8. Tsoulfas G, Abt P. Cardiovascular disease in pre- and post-transplant patients. Chapter in International College of Surgeons monograph.
  9. Imvrios G, Tsoulfas G, Fouzas I. Living donor liver transplantation. Chapter in Spyroglou K and Imvrios G (eds). Hepatic and biliary diseases in the pediatric population, 2011, Siokis publishers, Athens, pp. 1003-21.
  10. Hertl M., Tsoulfas G, Imvrios G. Future perspectives in immunosuppression. Chapter in Spyroglou K and Imvrios G (eds). Hepatic and biliary diseases in the pediatric population, 2011, Siokis publishers, Athens, pp. 1055-71.
  11. Τsoulfas G, Imvrios G. Vascular diseases of the liver. Chapter in Spyroglou K and Imvrios G (eds). Hepatic and biliary diseases in the pediatric population, 2011, Siokis publishers, Athens, pp. 840-63.
  12. Tsoulfas G, Kawai T. Kidney transplantation in highly sensitized patients.

In Takoudas, Papanikolaou, Fouzas: Transplantation 2008, Current approach of special problems. 2008, Thessaloniki, p 45-7.

  1. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The role of liver transplantation in the treatment of alcoholic liver disease. Chapter in “Trends in Alcoholic Liver disease research”. Editor I. Shimizu, InTech 2011, pp. 205-20.
  2. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The role of surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis. Chapter in “Liver cirrhosis: causes, diagnosis and treatment”. Editor M.L. Michelli, Nova Science Publishers 2011, pp 159-178.
  3. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The evolving role of steroids in liver transplantation. Chapter in “Steroids: biosynthesis, functions and health implications”. Editor CA Figueiredo and L Cacao Garces, Nova Science Publishers 2012, pp 165-176.
  4. Tsoulfas G, MG Pramateftakis. The treatment of metastatic liver disease of colorectal origin. Chapter in “Current cancer treatment. Novel beyond conventional approaches”. Editor O. Ozdemir, InTech 2011, pp 41-63.
  5. Pramateftakis MG, Papadopoulos V, Michalopoulos A, Spanos K, Tepetes K, Tsoulfas G. Rectal cancer – staging and surgical approach. Chapter in: “Advances in cancer management”. Editor R. Mohan, In Tech 2012, pp 57-93.
  6. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The role of surgery in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Chapter in: “Cancer Treatment: Conventional and Innovative Approaches”. Editor L Rangel , In Tech 2013 , pp 127-146.
  7. Tsoulfas G, Papanikolaou V. Evaluation of Donation Practices in Greece. Chapter in : “Public engagement in organ donation and transplantation. From the ELPAT Public Issues Working Group”. Editors Randhawa G and Schicktanz S, PABST 2013, pp 52-58.
  8. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. The role of microRNA in liver failure and hepatic carcinogenesis. Chapter in: “Liver Failure. Etiologies, neurological complications and emerging therapies.” Editors Peralta C and Fontana L, NOVA 2013, pp 235-251.
  9. Tsoulfas G and Agorastou P. Chapter 8: Hepatitis C virus infection and liver transplantation: challenges in improving outcomes. In G. Tsoulfas (ed): Allografts. Health benefits, symptoms of rejection and treatment challenges. P. 161-175. NOVA Science Publishers 2014.
  10. Tsoulfas G. Editor of Book “Allografts. Health benefits, symptoms of rejection and treatment challenges”, NOVA Science Publishers, 2014.
  11. Pantelidis, A. Mitsiakos, G. Tsoulfas. Chapter 17: Postoperative optimization

In Zografos, Papalois, Sideris, (eds) “Essential Skills in the management of surgical cases” σελ 93-96, Parisianou, Athens 2015.

  1. Tsoulfas, A. Mitsakos, A. Fantakis. Chapter 11: Hepatobiliary Diseases

In Zografos, Papalois, Sideris, (eds) “Essential Skills in the management of surgical cases” σελ 65-70, Parisianou, Athens 2015.

  1. Agorastou P. and Tsoulfas G. Chapter 9: The developing role of Sorafenib in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma.In Atta-ur-Rahman and M. Choudhary (Eds): Frontiers in Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery. P. 247-268. Bentham Science Publishers 2015.
  2. . Agorastou P., Tooulias A. αnd Tsoulfas G. Chapter 7: The role of imaging in Hepatobiliary surgery. In Tsoulfas G (ed.): The role of imaging technology in current surgical practice, pages 145-154, NOVA Science Publishers 2015.
  3. Tsoulfas G. Editor of Book “The role of imaging technology in current surgical practice”, NOVA Science Publishers 2015.
  4. Tsoulfas G, Marakis G, Tsalis K, Kanellos I. “Surgical Diseases of the Liver”. In Kanellos I (ed.) “General Surgery”, pp 461-492, Rotonta Publishers, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2015.
  5. Tsoulfas G. “Organ Transplantation” In Kanellos I (ed.) “General Surgery”, pp 633-652, Rotonta Publishers, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2015.

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS – JOURNALS

  1. Tsoulfas G, Flanigan T, Tsoulfa S, Kontodemou A. HIV and correctional systems: role of mandatory testing as appropriate response. The case of Rhode Island USA.  Hellenic Archives of AIDS, 1995, 3(3): 255-260.
  2. Ramratnam B, Rich JD, Parikh A, Tsoulfas G, Vigilante KC, Flanigan TP. Former prisoners’ views on mandatory HIV testing during incarceration.  Journal of Correctional Health Care, October 1, 1997; 4(2): 155-164.
  3. Geller DA, Chia SH, Takahashi Y, Yagnik GP, Tsoulfas G, Murase N: Protective role of the L-Arginine- nitric oxide synthase pathway on preservation injury after rat liver transplantation. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2001 May-June, 25 (3): 142-7.
  4. Tsoulfas G, Geller DA. NF-κB in transplantation: Friend or foe? Transplant Infectious Disease, 2001 Dec; 3(4): 212-219.
  5. Tsoulfas G, Takahashi Y, Ganster RW, et al. Activation of the lipopolysaccharide signaling pathway in hepatic transplantation preservation injury. Transplantation, 2002 Jul 15; 74(1): 7-13.
  6. Yagnik GP, Takahashi Y, Tsoulfas G, et al. Blockade of the L-arginine/NO synthase pathway worsens hepatic apoptosis and liver transplant preservation injury. Hepatology, 2002 Sep; 36(3): 573-81.
  7. Takahashi Y, Ganster RW, Gamboto A, Shao L, Kaizu T, Wu T, Yagnik Gp, Nakao A, Tsoulfas G, Ishikawa T, Okuda T, Geller DA, Murase N. Role of NF-kappaB on liver cold ischemia-reperfusion injury. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 2002 Nov; 283(5): G 1175-84.
  8. Tsoulfas G, Howe JR. Amyand’s hernia: appendicitis in an incarcerated inguinal hernia. Surgical Rounds, 2004 Nov; 27(11): 515-17.
  9. Torres JE, Tsoulfas G, Hamdy K, Scott-Conner CE. Laparoscopic surgery for the prevention, palliation, and cure of gastrointestinal malignancies.  Med Clin North Am, 2005 Jan; 89 (1): 187-209.
  10. Tsoulfas G, Takahashi Y, Liu D, Yagnik G, Wu T, Murase N, Geller DAG. Hydrodynamic plasmid DNA gene therapy model in liver transplantation. J Surg Res, 2006 Oct; 135(2):242-249.
  11. Tsoulfas G, Curley SA, Abdalla EK, Barnett CC, Hertl M. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. In UpToDate, at uptodate.com, updated 2012.
  12. Abt P, Kashyap R, Orloff M, Jain A, Tsoulfas G, Bozorgzadeh A, Olthoff K. Pediatric liver and kidney transplantation with allografts from DCD donors: a review of UNOS data. Transplantation 2006; 82 (12): 1708-1711.
  13. Bozorgzadeh A, Orloff M, Abt P, Tsoulfas G, Younan D, Kashyap R, Jain A, Mantry P, Maliakkal B, Khorana A, Schwartz S. Survival Outcomes in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, comparing impact of Hepatitis C versus other etiology of cirrhosis. Liver Transplantation 2007; 13: 807-813.
  14. Jain A, Venkataramanan R, Kwong T, Mohanka R, Orloff M, Abt P, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G, Mack C, Williamson M, Batzold P, Bozorgzadeh A. Pharmacokinetics of Mycophhenolic Acid in Liver Transplant Patients after intravenous and oral administration of Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF). Liver Transplantation 2007; 13 (6): 791-796.
  15. Patel S, Orloff M, Tsoulfas G, Kashyap R, Jain A, Bozorgzadeh A, Abt P. Living-Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Identifying Donors at Risk for Perioperative Complications. American Journal of Transplantation, October 2007; 7(10): 2344-2349.
  16. Nickels M, Jain A, Sharma R, Orloff M, Tsoulfas G, Kashyap R, Bozorgzadeh A. Polysubstance Abuse in Liver Transplant Patients and its Impact on Survival Outcome. Experimental and Clinical Transplantation December 2007, 5(2): 680-685.
  17. Jain A, Sharma R, Ryan C, Tsoulfas G, Orloff M, Abt P, Kashyap R, Batzold P, Sauberman L, Safadjou S, Graham M, Bozorgzadeh A. Potential Immunological Advantage of Intravenous Mycophenolate Mofetil with Tacrolimus and Steroids in Primary Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation and Live Donor Liver Transplantation without Antibody Induction.  Liver Transplantation, February 2008, 14(2): 202-209.
  18. Jain A, Venkataramanan R, Sharma R, Kwong T, Orloff M, Abt P, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G, Batzold P, Williamson M, Bozorgzadeh A. Pharmacokinetics of Tacrolimus in living donor liver transplant and deceased donor liver transplant recipients. Transplantation, February 2008, 85(4): 554-560.
  19. Patel S, Cassuto J, Orloff M, Tsoulfas G, Zand M, Kashyap R, Jain A, Bozorgzadeh A, Abt P.  Minimizing Morbidity of Organ Donation: Analysis of Risk Factors for Perioperative Complications after Living-Donor Nephrectomy in the United States.  Transplantation, February 2008, 85(4): 561-565.
  20. Tsoulfas G, Hertl M, Ko SC, Elias N, Delmonico F, Romano L, Fernandes I, Schoenfeld D, Kawai T.  Long-term Outcome of a Cuffed Expanded PTFE Graft (Venaflo) for Hemodialysis Vascular Access.  World Journal of Surgery, published in Medline 2008.
  21. Jain A, Venkataramanan R, Sharma R, Kwong T, Abt P, Orloff M, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G, Bozorgzadeh A. Pharmacokinetics of mycophenolic acid in live donor liver transplant patients vs deceased donor liver transplant patients. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, May 2008; 48(5): 547-552.
  22. Kashyap R, Bozorgzadeh A, Abt P, Tsoulfas G, Maloo M, Sharma R, Patel S, Dombroski D, Mantry P, Safadjou S, Jain A, Orloff M. Stratifying risk of biliary complications in adult living donor liver transplantation by magnetic resonance cholangiography. 2008 Jun 15; 85(11):1569-72.
  23. Cassuto JR, Patel SA, Tsoulfas G, Orloff MS, Abt PL. The cumulative effects of cold ischemic time and older donor age on liver graft survival. J Surg Res. 2008 Jul; 148(1):38-44.
  24. Jain A, Patil VP, Horton P, Patel N, Kashyap R, Tsoulfas G, Orloff M, Bozorgzadeh A. Common iliac artery lying posterior to psoas major identified during kidney transplantation. 2008 Aug 27; 86(4):623-4.
  25. Giakoustidis D, Diplaris K, Antoniadis N, Papagianis A, Ouzounidis N, Fouzas I, Vrochides D, Kardasis D, Tsoulfas G, Giakoustidis A, Miserlis G, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Takoudas D. Impact of double-j ureteric stent in kidney transplantation: single-center experience. Transplant Proc. 2008 Nov; 40(9):3173-5.
  26. The evolution of the role of liver transplantation in treating alcoholic cirrhosis in Greece. Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Tsoulfas G, Vasiliadis T, Kardassis D, Papagiannis A, Goulis I, Giakoustidis D, Antoniadis N, Fouzas I, Patsiaoura K, Ntinas A, Ouzounidis N, Vrochides D, Katsika E, Diplaris K, Miserlis G, Takoudas D. Transplant Proc. 2008 Nov;40(9):3189-90.
  27. Hepatitis C and Liver Transplantation. Tsoulfas G, Goulis I, Giakoustidis D, Akriviadis E, Agorastou P, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V. Hippokratia 2009 Oct; 13(4):211-15.
  28. Living donor kidney transplantation with multiple arteries: recent increase in modern era of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Saidi R, Kawai T, Kennealy P, Tsouflas G, Elias N, Hertl M, Cosimi AB, Ko DS. Arch Surg 2009; 144(5): 472-5.
  29. High mortality in orthotopic liver transplant recipients who require hemodialysis. Zand MS, Orloff MS, Abt P, Patel S, Tsoulfas G, Kashyap R, Jain A, Safadjou S, Bozorgzadeh A. Clin Transplant 2011; 25(2): 213-21.
  30. Long-term experience with liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Tsoulfas G, Kawai T, Elias N, Ko SC, Agorastou P, Cosimi AB, Hertl M. J Gastroenterol 2011 Feb; 46(2): 249-56.
  31. Successful, combined long-term treatment of cerebral aspergillosis in a liver transplant patient. Tsitsopoulos PP, Tsoulfas G, Tsonidis G, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Giakoustidis D, Marinopoulos D, Takoudas D, Tsitsopoulos P. Virulence 2010; 1(5):465-7.
  32. Surgical treatment of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. Tsoulfas G, Pramateftakis MG, Kanellos I. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2011 Jan; 3(1): 1-9.
  33. The critical pathway for deceased donation: reportable uniformity in the approach to deceased donation. Domínguez-Gil B, Delmonico FL, Shaheen FA, Matesanz R, O’Connor K, Minina M, Muller E, Young K, Manyalich M, Chapman J, Kirste G, Al-Mousawi M, Coene L, García VD, Gautier S, Hasegawa T, Jha V, Kwek TK, Chen ZK, Loty B, Costa AN, Nathan HM, Ploeg R, Reznik O, Rosendale JD, Tibell A, Tsoulfas G, Vathsala A, Noël L. Transpl Int 2011; 24(4): 373-8.
  34. Third WHO Global Consultation on Organ Donation and Transplantation: striving to achieve self-sufficiency, March 23-25, 2010, Madrid, Spain. WHO, Transplantation Society. Transplantation 2011; 91 (Supp; 11): S27-28.
  35. Management of concurrent colorectal cancer and vascular disease in the endovascular era. Spanos C, Tsoulfas G, Georgantis G, et al. Tech Coloproctol 2011; 15 (Suppl 1): S55-58.
  36. Commentary on “Preemptive therapy with steroids but not macrolides improves gas exchange in caustic-injured donor lungs”. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2011; 171: e 175-177.
  37. HCC influence on patient survival after liver transplantation for HDV cirrhosis. Imvrios G, Vrochides D, Papanikolaou V, Fouzas I, Antoniadis N, Giakoustidis D, Ntinas A, Kardassis D, Akriviadis E, Vasilliadis T, Goulis I, Katsika E, Moutsianos G, Patsiaoura K, Tsoulfas G, Takoudas D. Hepatogastroenterology 2011; 58: 1654-1658.
  38. Surgical management of a large hepatocellular carcinoma in an octogenarian patient. Tsoulfas G, Georgantis G, Agorastou P, Zarmakoupis A, Tsiantzi M, Protopappas A, Syrakos T, Kiskinis D. Hellenic J Surgery 2011; 83: 219 – 224.
  39. Role of living donor liver transplantation in the treatment of Hepatitis C virus infection. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. Hepat Mon 2011; 11: 427-433.
  40. Liver transplantation results in complete neurologic recovery from malignant hypertension secondary to fulminant hepatic failure: a case report. Tsoulfas G, Elias N, Sandberg WS, Ko DS, Kawai T, Cosimi AB, Tsitsopoulos PP, Agorastou P, Hertl M. Ann Transplant 2012; 17: 117-121.
  41. Pancreatic pseudocyst in a child due to blunt abdominal trauma during a football game. Giakoustidis A, Antoniadis N, Giorgakis I, Tsoulfas G, Dimitriadis E, Giakoustidis D. Hippokratia 2012; 16: 71-73.
  42. The impact of the European Financial crisis on clinical research within the European Union or “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. Tsoulfas G. Hippokratia 2012; 16: 6-10.
  43. Blockade of chloride ion transport enhances the cytocidal effect of hypotonic solution in gastric cancer cells. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012 Mar 27; Epub ahead of print.
  44. Commentary on “Interaction between Kupffer cells and platelets in the early period of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury”. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012 Apr 3, Epub ahead of print.
  45. Surgical treatment of large hepatocellular carcinoma: does size matter? Tsoulfas G, Mekras A, Agorastou P, Kiskinis D. ANZ J Surg 2012, May 2. Epub ahead of print.
  46. Cyclosporin A does not prevent cold ischemia/reperfusion injury of rat livers. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2011, Jul 7. Epub ahead of print.
  47. Commentary on “Prophylaxis against HBV recurrence after liver transplantation for HBV-related endstage liver diseases with severe hypersplenism and splenomegaly. Role of splenectomy”. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. J Surg Res 2012, May 16. Epub ahead of print.
  48. Commentary on “Optimizing chimerism level through bone marrow transplantation and irradiation to induce long-term tolerance to composite tissue allotransplantation”. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012, May 23. Epub ahead of print.
  49. Management of rectal cancer and liver metastatic disease: which comes first?. Tsoulfas G, Pramateftakis MG. Int J Surg Oncol 2012: 196908. Epub 2012.
  50. Commentary on “Liver transplantation with donation-after-cardiac-death donors: a comprehensive update”. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012, Jul 3. Epub ahead of print.
  51. Commentary on “Age related differences in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion: gene activation , liver injury, and protective effect of melatonin”. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012, Jul 15. Epub ahead of print.
  52. Commentary on “ Lipid peroxidation in machine perfusion of older donor kidneys”. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012. Jul 21. Epub ahead of print.
  53. Commentary on “Combined treatment with regulatory T cells and vascularized bone marrow transplantation creates mixed chimerism and donor-specific tolerance to vascularized composite allografts without cytoreductive conditioning”. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012, Aug 4. Epub ahead of print.
  54. Genomics and transplantation: a brave new world is (almost) here. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2012, Aug 15. Epub ahead of print.
  55. Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: is there a difference between using a left or a right kidney? Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P, Ko D, Hertl M, Elias N, Cosimi AB, Kawai T. Transplant Proc 2012; 44: 2706-08.
  56. The long and winding road to immune tolerance. Tsoulfas G. J Surg Res 2013, Jan 10. Epub ahead of print.
  57. Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury: when No (nitric oxide) does not always mean no. Tsoulfas G, Svoronos C. J Surg Res 2013 Apr 17. Epub ahead of print.
  58. Calcineurin inhibitor-free mycophenolate mofetil/sirolimus maintenance in liver transplantation: the randomized spare-the-nephron trial. Spare-the-Nephron Trial Liver Transplantation Study group. Liver Transpl 2013; 19 (7): 675-89.
  59. Ischemia reperfusion injury and the immune system. Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P. J Surg Res 2013 Jun 19. Epub ahead of print.
  60. Surgically engineering the future. Tsoulfas G, Tooulias A. J Surg Res 2013 Jun 28. Epub ahead of print.
  61. Challenges in organizing a transplantation system.Tsoulfas G, Svoronos C. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2013 Sep;22(3):251-2.
  62. Role of extended lymphadenectomy in the treatment of pancreatic head adenocarcinoma: review and meta-analysis. Svoronos C, Tsoulfas G, Katsourakis A, Noussios G, Chatzitheoklitos E, Marakis NG. ANZ J Surg. 2013 Oct 28
  63. Hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury and trauma: current concepts. Papadopoulos D, Siempis T, Theodorakou E, Tsoulfas G. Arch Trauma Res. 2013 Aug;2(2):63-70.
  64. The IXth Biennial Meeting of the Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology, May 22-23, 2014. 64. Tsoulfas G, Pramateftakis MG.Tech Coloproctol. 2014 Nov;18(11):1141-2.
  65. Current and future challenges in the surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: a review.Tsoulfas G, Agorastou P, Tooulias A, Marakis GN. Int Surg. 2014 Nov-Dec;99(6):779-86.
  66. Role of microRNA in the diagnosis and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma: a new frontier.Tsoulfas G. Microrna. 2014;3(3):137-43.
  67. Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in esophageal carcinoma in Greece. Georgantis G, Syrakos T, Agorastos T, Miliaras S, Gagalis A, Tsoulfas G, Spanos K, Marakis G.World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Feb 28;21(8):2352-7.
  68. Developing an International Combined Applied Surgical Science and Wet Lab Simulation Course as an Undergraduate Teaching Model. Sideris M, Papalois A, Tsoulfas G, Majumder S, Toutouzas K, Koletsis E, Dedeilias P, Lymperopoulos N, Papagrigoriadis S, Papalois V, Zografos G. BioMed Res Int. 2015;2015:463987. doi: 10.1155/2015/463987. Epub 2015 Nov 3.
  69. Medical students’ satisfaction with the Applied Basic Clinical Seminar with Scenarios for Students, a novel simulation-based learning method in Greece. Pantelidis P, Staikoglou N, Paparoidamis G, Drosos C, Karamaroudis S, Samara A, Keskinis C, Sideris M, Giannakoulas G, Tsoulfas G, Karagiannis A. J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2016 Mar 24;13:13. doi: 10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.13. eCollection 2016.

 

 

RESEARCH – CONFERENCES

Presented at 145 Greek (62) and International (83) Conferences

 

REPORTS

Member of the team, based at Education Development Center, Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts team  compiling the report to Congress and the Department of Transplantation (DOT) on the DOT-sponsored activities and their effectiveness.

 

The goal of the report is to enable Health Resources and Services Agency (HRSA) to describe the current state-of-the-science of organ donation and recovery and then to assess its own past accomplishments and future likely contributions within that broader context.  Thus, the report is of both general interest to all stakeholders in our nation’s organ procurement system, as well as of specific relevance to Congress and to HRSA/DOT, as they consider the federal role in enhancing organ donation and recovery.  Personal involvement included direct communications with representatives of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the American Society of Transplantation, the American Liver Foundation, the American Kidney Foundation and numerous hospitals.  The role was to bring to the project thorough clinical familiarity with organ recovery, preservation, transportation and transplantation, the ability to collect information in the peer-reviewed literature, the skills to explore and interpret different patterns of practice related to these aspects of organ transplantation, and direct access to other experts in the field. Also, interviews were contacted with selected number of American and European leaders in the field of transplantation.

 

PRESENTATIONS

  1. Tsoulfas G. Novel hydrodynamic plasmid DNA gene therapy in the liver transplant setting. Transplant and Dialysis Conference, September 19, 2005, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
  2. Tsoulfas G. Massachusetts General Hospital HCC experience, Transplant and Dialysis Conference, June 12, 2006, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
  3. Tsoulfas G. The role of extended criteria donors in liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation Nursing Teaching Day, November 1, 2006, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
  4. Tsoulfas G. The role of immunosuppression in transplantation surgery. Basic Science Lecture, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
  5. Tsoulfas G. Biliary complications in liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation Surgical ICU Teaching Lecture, June 26, 2007, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
  6. Tsoulfas G. Marginal donors in liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation Nursing Teaching Day, July 11, 2007, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
  7. Tsoulfas G. Introduction to Surgery and suturing workshop. Seminar for students, July 24, 2007, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
  8. Tsoulfas G. Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – Lessons we have learnt. Invited Lecture at the Regional Asian Pacific International College of Surgeons Meeting, March 21-23, 2008, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
  9. Tsoulfas G. Multivisceral transplantation. “Transplantation surgery” course at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dept of Transplantation.
  10. Tsoulfas G. Comparison of laparoscopic, hand-assisted and open donor nephrectomy. Invited Lecturer at the Congress of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons, September 5-6, 2008, Yokohama, Japan, ELSA 2008.
  11. Tsoulfas G. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: lessons we have learned. Invited faculty member of the EuroAmerican Multispecialty Summit IV – Laparoscopic and Minimally invasive surgery from the Society of Laparoscopic surgeons, February 11-14, 2009, Orlando, USA.
  12. Tsoulfas G. Surgical treatment of primary liver neoplasms – hepatocellular carcinoma. Invited lecturer by the Greek Association for the Study of Liver Disease, May 7-10, 2009, Corfu, Greece.
  13. Tsoulfas G. Management of hepatic metastases in patients with colorectal cancer: when and how? Invited lecturer by the ACS Greek Chapter, February 24 2012, Athens, Greece.
  14. Tsoulfas G. The development of a surgical simulation education center. Invited speaker by the Greek Professional Association of General Surgeons, May 25-27, 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  15. Tsoulfas G. New developments in the surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma. Invited lecturer by the Hellenic Gastroenterology Association, June 13, 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  16. Tsoulfas G. Surgical management of hepatocellular cancer. Invited speaker by the International Congress of Surgeons, 38th Biennial World Congress, November 7-10, 2012, Brisbane, Australia.
  17. Tsoulfas G. Influence of the European financial crisis on clinical research. Invited speaker by the Panhellinic Congress of Surgery and International Surgical Forum 2012, November 21-24, 2012, Athens, Greece.
  18. Tsoulfas G. The future in the surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma. VIII International Course on Scientific Advances in Medicine and Surgery, Ricardo Palma Universidad and International College of Surgeons, November 14-16, 2013, Lima, Peru.
  19. Tsoulfas G. Medical education: exchange of experiences. VIII International Course on Scientific Advances in Medicine and Surgery, Ricardo Palma Universidad and International College of Surgeons, November 14-16, 2013, Lima, Peru.
  20. Tsoulfas G. Surgical education systems in Europe and the US. VIII International Course on Scientific Advances in Medicine and Surgery, Ricardo Palma Universidad and International College of Surgeons, November 14-16, 2013, Lima, Peru.
  21. Tsoulfas G. Surgical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: resection vs liver transplantation. VIII International Course on Scientific Advances in Medicine and Surgery, Ricardo Palma Universidad and International College of Surgeons, November 14-16, 2013, Lima, Peru.
  22. Tsoulfas G. Challenges in the organization of a hepatobiliary center. VIII International Course on Scientific Advances in Medicine and Surgery, Ricardo Palma Universidad and International College of Surgeons, November 14-16, 2013, Lima, Peru.
  23. Commentator on Roundtable “Minimally invasive surgery: present and future advanced laparoscopic surgery”.28th European Federation Congress of the International College of Surgeons, April 3-5, 2014, Thessaloniki.
  24. Colorectal cancer with potentially resectable liver metastases: Current treatment strategies.Invited lecture at the 9th Biennial Meeting of the Mediterranean Society of Coloproctology (MSCP), May 22-23, 2014, Chioggia, Italy.
  25. Immunology and Transplantation. Invited Lecture at the Postgraduate Course “General Surgery Review Course” organized by the American University of Beirut and the Cleveland Clinic, June 13-15, 2014, Beirut, Lebanon.
  26. Surgical education in Europe and the USA: compare and contrast. Invited Lecture at the EuroAmerican Multispecialty Summit VII, Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery, February 11-14, 2015, Orlando, USA.
  27. Laparoscopic hepatobiliary surgery in the middle of a world economic crisis: does it make a difference? Invited Lecture at the EuroAmerican Multispecialty Summit VII, Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery, February 11-14, 2015, Orlando, USA.
  28. Global initiatives in global humanitarian surgery to date. Invited Lecture at the “Global surgical health initiatives and humanitarian surgery” organized by the International College of Surgeons Taiwan Section, March 27, 2015, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  29. Biliary Tract. Invited lecture for the postgraduate course “The American College of Surgeons General Surgery Review Course”, organized by the American University of Beirut, June 5-7, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon.
  30. Hernia Surgery. Invited lecture for the postgraduate course “The American College of Surgeons General Surgery Review Course”, organized by the American University of Beirut, June 5-7, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon.
  31. Spleen. Invited lecture for the postgraduate course “The American College of Surgeons General Surgery Review Course”, organized by the American University of Beirut, June 5-7, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon.
  32. Tsoulfas G. Building a surgical career around the world: The Mediterranean perspective. Invited lecture for the round table “Building a surgical career around the world” at the 2015 Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 4-8, 2015, Chicago, USA.
  33. Tsoulfas G. The role of simulation in medical education Invited Lecture at the “Medical Journey: Education, Career and Leadership for medical students and young doctors in residency”. November 12, 2015, Athens.
  34. Tsoulfas G. Surgical management of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. Invited speaker at the 13th Panhellenic Surgical Oncology Congress, December 18, 2015.
  35. Tsoulfas G. Simulation in surgical education. Invited lecture at the 1st Medical Career Forum, December 19, 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  36. Tsoulfas G. Conservative management of diverticulitis with rupture. Invited lecture at the Postgraduate Course of the Surgical Society of Northern Greece, January 13, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  37. Tsoulfas G. Multidisciplinary management of hepatic tumors at Papageorgiou General Hospital. Invited Lecture at the Anesthesiology Postgraduate Course, January 16, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  38. Tsoulfas G. Management strategies for patients with simultaneous hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer. Invited lecture at the 6th Colorectal Society Panhellenic Congress, April 2, 2016, Athens, Greece.
  39. Tsoulfas G. Colorectal surgery in immunosuppressed patients. Invited lecture at the 6th Colorectal Society Panhellenic Congress, April 2, 2016, Athens, Greece.
  40. Tsoulfas G. Management of hepatic metastatic disease. Invited lecture for the 31st Medical Congress of Northern Greece, April 9, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  41. Tsoulfas G. Abdominal trauma. Invited lecture at the 2nd Applied Clinical Basic Seminar with Scenarios for Students, April 23, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  42. Tsoulfas G. General Surgery Emergencies. Invited lecture for the “Essential Skills for the Management of Surgical Cases, May 9, 2016, Athens, Greece.
  43. Tsoulfas G. Diaphragmatic hernia repair. Invited lecture at the Abdominal surgery seminar of the Hellenic Surgical Society, June 4, 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  44. Tsoulfas G. Safe cholecystectomy and mechanisms of bile duct injury. Invited lecture at the 6th Seminar of the Hellenic Surgical Society, June 11, 2016, Athens, Greece.
  45. Tsoulfas G. Metastatic Liver cancer. Invited lecture at the 3rd Panhellenic Congress of General Surgery, June 12, 2016, Volos, Greece.
  46. Tsoulfas G. International College of Surgeons: past, present and future. Invited lecture at the national conference of the Polish section of the International College of Surgeons, “Perspectives of humanitarian intervention” June 24, 2016, Poznan, Poland.
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