Πυθαγόρα 7, Χολαργός

Δήμητρας 10-12, Μαρούσι

sotirodim.1981@gmail.com

6973655898

Γενικός Χειρουργός

Dimitrios Sotiropoulos                                          

Specialty: Laparoscopic General and  Colorectal Surgeon

Position: Consultant Surgeon                                                         

Clinic: Metropolitan General

Contact number: +306973655898

Education & Academic Titles

09/10/2000 – 19/01/2007 – Doctor of Medicine (Degree “Ptychion Iatrikes”) National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, Grade: “Very Good”

08/03/2007 – Licence to Practice Medicine, Greece. Registration No: 2210. Hellenic Republic, Prefectural Authority of Eastern Athens, Piraeus, Athens, Greece.

17/03/2017 – Licence to practice the qualification of Medical Specialty: General Surgery (CCT equivalent). Registration Number: 3955 Hellenic Republic, Region of Attica, Greece.

2013 – 2015 – MSc in Minimal Invasive and Robotic Surgery, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Health Sciences.

2018 – Certificate of Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) by American College of Surgeons (Committee on Trauma).

2012 – Basic Surgical Skills Couse (BSS), provider: Royal College of Surgeons, Larissa, Greece.

2014, 2015 – Definitive Trauma Care Course, (DSTC), provider: IATSIC, Athens, Greece.

2014 – Centre Hospitallier Regional d’Orleans La Source, training course in Laparoscopic and Robotic Procedures.

2015 – 3rd International Advanced Course in Robotic and Laparoscopic General Surgery, provider: The Hellenic Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2015, 2017 – Master Class Esophagogastric Surgery, provider: 1st Department of Propaedeutic General Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.

2015 – BARD Abdominal Hernia Repair Workshop, provider: BARD, Brussels, Belgium.

2017 – Colorectal Laparoscopic Surgical Skills (CLASS) Courses, provider:  6th Department of Surgery – Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Professional Experience

18/05/2009 – 13/9/2010 – Compulsory Military Service as a Military Doctor in Mytilini, Hellenic island, Greece.

15/09/2010 – 15/09/2016 – Specialty Training post in the 3rd Surgical Department at “Attikon” University Hospital of Athens, Greece.

08/2016 – 10/2016 – Two months training in laparoscopic colorectal and bariatric operations in Skaraborg Hospital Skovde, Sweden

10/2016 – 03/2017 – Preparation for the Specialty exams in General Surgery (CCT).

04/2017 – 03/2019 – Junior Consultant in General Surgery at the 3rd Surgical Department of “Attikon” University Hospital of Athens, Greece.

03/2019 – 03/2023 – Senior Colorectal Fellow in Worcestershire Royal Hospital Colorectal Department , Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, West Midlands,  United Kingdom.

05/2023 – up to date – Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon in Metropolitan General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Locum Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon   in Worcestershire Royal Hospital Colorectal Department, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Total Assist Agency, United Kingdom.     

Clinical Interest

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

Laparoscopic General Surgery

Proctology

Emergency Surgery

Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Publications

  1. Category of publication : review article
  • Date of publication : 29/09/2014
  • Journal title: Frontiers in Surgery
  • Publication title: Current concepts in the management of necrotizing fasciitis
  • Authors : Misiakos E., Bagias G., Patapis P., Sotiropoulos D., Kanavidis P., Machairas A.

2. Category of publication : review article

  • Date of publication : 01/07/2017
  • Journal title : Endocrine Regulations
  • Publication title : Pheochromocytoma, diagnosis and treatment: Review of the literature
  • Authors : Farrugia FA, Martikos G, Tzanetis P, Charalampopoulos A, Misiakos E, Zavras N, Sotiropoulos D.

3. Category of publication : review article

  • Date of publication : 01/01/2018
  • Journal title : Endocrine Regulations
  • Publication title : A short review of primary aldosteronism in a question and answer fashion
  • Authors : Farrugia FA, Zavras N, Martikos G, Tzanetis P, Charalampopoulos A, Misiakos E, Sotiropoulos D, Koliakos N.

4. Category of publication : review article

  • Date of publication : 01/12/2017
  • Journal title : ROM. J. INTERN. MED
  • Publication title : A step by step approach in deferential diagnosing of adrenal incidentaloma (epinephroma), (with comments on the new Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society of Endocrinology).
  • Authors : Farrugia FA, Misiakos E, Martikos G, Tzanetis P, Charalampopoulos A, Zavras N, Sotiropoulos D, Koliakos N.

5. Category of publication : review article

  • Date of publication: 04/2016
  • Journal title : HPB 18(1) : e340
  • Publication title : Pancreatic cystic neoplasms – 10 year experience
  • Authors : Krivan S., Misiakos E., Schizas D., Machairas N., Sotiropoulos D., Patapis P., Machairas A.
  • 6. Category of publication : review article
  • Date of publication : 04/2014
  • Journal title: International angiology
  • Publication title : The role of platelets and aneurysm volumes in the  development of post implantation syndrome after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
  • Authors : Seretis K., Lazaris A., Karouki M., Mastoraki S., Athanasiadis D., Domi V., Sotiropoulos D., Roditis K., Machairas A., Vasdekis S.

      7.   Category of publication : Research Article

  • Date of publication : 07/12/2020
  • Journal Title : Journal of Surgical Research
  • Publication Title: Immunomodulation through Beta-D-Glucan in chemically  induced  necrotizing pancreatitis
  • Authors: Sotiropoulos D, Koliakos N, Renieris G, Pavlou K, Droggiti D, Gkavogianni T, Charalampopoulos A, Giamarellos-Bourboulis E.

Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards

2020 – Associate Member of ACPGBI The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, ACP07028

2020 – Member of Hellenic Surgical Society

2020 – European Society of Coloproctology ESCP associate member

2017 – GMC full registration with license to practice and in specialist registry General Surgery, 7602494

2007 – Member of Medical Association of Athens, 063498

2022 – Member of the Hellenic Society of Hernia

2023 – Member of the Greek Society of Coloproctology

Research

2019– up to date                                              PhD Candidate in “Acute Pancreatitis: The pathway from local inflammation to systemic immune dysregulation”  National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Greece.

PRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES:

  • Sotiropoulos D, Koliakos N, Renieris G, Sabrakos L, Giamarellos E. “Acute Pancreatitis: The pathway from local inflammation  to systemic immune dysregulation” .XVIII Congress of the European Shock Society, IX Congress of the International Federation of Shock Societies. October 2019, Chania, Crete, Greece.
  • Koliakos N, Sotiropoulos D, Renieris G, Sabrakos L, Giamarellos E. “ Immunomodulatory therapy of necrotizing pancreatitis with Beta-D Glucan ”. XVIII Congress of the European Shock Society, IX Congress of the International Federation of Shock Societies. October 2019, Chania, Crete, Greece.
  • Roditis K, Sotiropoulos D, Misiakos E, Tzepi I, Machairas N, Krivan S, Patapis P, Zavras N, Machairas A. “Gas Gangrene: Three Uncommon Locations Treated with the Vacuum – Assisted Closure Technique”. 99th Annual Clinical Congress of American College of Surgeons. October 2013, Washington DC.
  • 14 Oral Presentations in Hellenic National Congresses.
  • Audit presentations in Colorectal Department of Worcestershire Royal Hospital and Metropolitan General Hospital.