He acquired his Medical Degree from the NKUA and was specialized in General Surgery. He received his PhD in 2005 and was further specialized in the management of breast diseases by working in the Breast Unit of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust from 2005 to 2008. He was then elected a Senior Lecturer of the NKUA.

Professor Kontos has published over 120 scientific papers in international and national medical journals with about 2500 citations. He has contributed in the making of 18 medical books as Editor, Co-Editor, writer or translator. He is an active trainer of the Medical Students of the NKUA as well as the trainee Surgeons in his and other Surgical Departments of the University and other Hospitals. He organizes training hands-on courses, contributes in MsC Programs and supervises PhD students.

He has organized several National Conferences and participated in a large number of scientific meetings as an invited speaker, chairman or coordinator and member of the organizing and scientific committees. He is also member of the National Committee for the sub-specialty of Breast Surgery.

He has been the Vice-President of the Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons, has campaigned for the breast cancer awareness in Greece and was honored with an award from the Hellenic Society of Women with Breast Cancer for his work.

Professor Kontos is currently actively participating and is the National Coordinator of multinational prospective trials and he has special interest in oncoplastic surgery, breast surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, targeted axillary dissection, management of oligometastatic breast cancer, new technologies and surgical training.

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Title: Professor of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

 Department: Vascular Unit, 5th Department of Surgery, Hippocratio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

 Address: Konstantinoupoleos 49, Thessaloniki 54642

 Email: ckarkos@hotmail.com, ckarkos@auth.gr

 Tel: +30 2310 892162, +30 6932705747

 Clinical interests:

Endovascular Surgery, abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease & stroke prevention, diabetic foot, subintimal angioplasty, risk stratification in vascular surgery, venous disease

Academic & research activities, member or officer position in national & international scientific societies:

• 148 full papers in peer-review international journals (6288 citations, h-index=26)
• 7 full papers in Greek medical journals
• 201 presentations in scientific conferences (121 international, 80 Greek)
• Guest speaker in 180 scientific meetings (52 international, 128 Greek)
• 24 book chapters (13 international and 9 Greek, 2 Greek translations of English language international vascular surgery textbooks)
• Faculty, annual ESVS workshop, MARZ (Management of Aortic Rupture Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland (2010 to 2020)
• Faculty, virtual and on-line ESVS workshops series: EVAR sizing and planning (2020 to date)
• Examiner, FEBVS (2011 to date)
• Faculty in 7 postgraduate MSc courses
• Writing group, ESVS guidelines on abdominal aortic aneurysms (2016-2024)
• Writing group, ESVS carotid guidelines (2006-2009)
• Associate Editor, Annals of Vascular Surgery
• Editorial Board, Vascular
• Section Editor, Vascular Surgery, Hippokratia
• Member, e-learning group, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2011-2012) & creation of Virtual Patient scenarios in vascular surgery
• President, Diabetic Foot Working group, Hellenic Society of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery (2021-2023)
• Vice President, Hellenic Society of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery (2021-2023)
• Treasurer, Atherosclerosis Society of Northern Greece (2020-to date)

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