Consultant General Surgeon
Dr. Petrou is head of the Hepatobiliary and Surgical Oncology Centers at AIMIS (American Institute of Minimal Invasive Surgery) Clinics and the American Medical Center (AMC) and collaborator surgeon at Nicosia General Hospital. He completed his surgical training at LAIKO Hospital in Athens and at several UK hospitals including Hammersmith Hospital, London, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Imperial College, London, NHS Trust – Department of Academic Surgery, and Churchill Hospital, Oxford, specializing in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Surgical Oncology. He has a Master’s Degree in Hepatobiliary Surgery from Democritus University of Thrace and a PhD title from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Dr. Petrou is head surgeon of the Nanoknife (Irreversible Electroporation – IRE) Program in Cyprus. He is also the head of the recently established Advanced Laparoscopic Hepatobiliary Surgery Program at AIMIS and the American Medical Center (AMC).
Dr. Petrou is a member of the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (AUGIS) of Great Britain and Ireland, the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA), the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (I-HPBA), and the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO). He has more than 80 published articles, clinical and experimental papers in international scientific journals, and many presentations at international surgical meetings and conferences.
From (Year)
To (Year)
Position / Title
Employer
SURGICAL/ONCOLOGY
AMERICAN MEDICAL CENTER
AIMIS (AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF Minimal Invasive Surgery)
NICOSIA TEACHING HOSPITAL, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
LEAD CONSULTANT SURGEON IN (HPB) SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
CLINIC OF NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL
HEAD CONSULTANT SURGEON IN (HPB) SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
AIMIS (AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY)
Name of University / Academic Institution
Degree Obtained
2011
UNIVERSITY NATIONAL KAPODISTRIAN OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL
PhD THESIS IN MEDICINE
2010
THE CHURCHILL HOSPITAL UK
SENIOR CLINICAL FELLOW IN TRANSPLANT and HPB
KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
GENERAL SURGERY
UNIVERSITY DEMOCRITUS OF THRACE , GREECE
MSc – Hepato-pancreatic-biliary (HPB) SURGERY
Awarding Institution
Certificates or Diplomas Obtained
2012
BEST PUBLISHED STUDY IN HELLENIC JOURNAL OF SURGERY
2013
BEST STUDY ANNOUNCEMENT
11th GREEK CYPRIOT SURGICAL CONGRESS
Programme/Title
Sponsor
Role
DEGREE IN MEDICINE
CERTIFICATE OF EQUIVALENCE OF THE DEGREE
ACQUISITION OF THE TITLE OF MEDICAL SPECIALIZATION
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (MSc)
Hepato-pancreatico-(HPB) SURGERY
Name of Advisory Services
Date Published
Publication
2017
RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMAS
2016
PROGNASTIC INDICATORS FOLLOWING CURATIVE PANCREATODENECCTOMY FOR PRANCREATIS CARCINOMA.A RETROSPECTIVE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
2015
EARLY OR DELAYED INTERVENTION FOR BILE DUCT INJURIES FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTOMY?
2014
COMBINED ULTRASONIC ASPIRIATION AND SLINE-LINKED RADIOFREQUANCY PRECOAGULATION.
HISTORY OF BILIARY SURGERY
THREE SURGEON TECHNIQUES FOR LIVER TISSUE DISSECTION.TOWARDS REAL BLOODLESS HEPATECOMY
GROOVE PANCREATITIS. A MINI- SERIES REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
COLON AND RENAL CANCER, THREE COEXISTING PRIMARY TUMORS:
2008
PRESSURE DRESSING IN BREAST SURGERY:
2006
POORLY DIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA OF THE RECTUM WITH IMMUNOPHENOTYPE
Date
Award/Distinction
Awarding Body
CYPRIOT SURGICAL CONGRESS
BEST PUBLISHED STUDY CASH PRIZE
HELLENIC JOURNAL OF SURGERY
BEST PUBLISHED STUDY (EFFICACY AND SAFETY RFA ENERGY ON THE PANCREAS)
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF SURGERY & INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL FORUM
GREEK COLLEGE OF SURGEONS ATHENS
BEST STUDY ANNOUNCEMENT (RYTHMICITY AND REGENERATION OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE &INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Call us @ 25 864000