Gregory Tsiotos: Curriculum Vitae

PRESENT POSITION
May 2013 - Present Director, 1st Department of Surgery
Mitera-Hygeia Medical Center
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Sept. 2001 - May 2013 Director, Department of Surgery
Metropolitan Hospital
Jan. 1998 - March 2000 Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Missouri Medical School– Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Director, Division of Upper GI Surgery
        (Liver, Pancreas, Obesity, Laparoscopy)
    Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Director, Division of Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition
    Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
July 1995 - Dec. 1997 Instructor in Surgery
Mayo Medical School
Μayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
FELLOWSHIP
July 1995 - Dec. 1997 Surgery of the liver, Pancreas and Laparoscopic Surgery
(Specialization focused on Digestive Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery)
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
RESIDENCY
July 1990 - June 1995 General Surgery
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
MEDICAL EDUCATION
1980 - 1986 Medical School, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki           
BASIC RESEARCH
July 1995 - June 1997 Regional adaptation of the jejunum and ileum after segmental resection, with and without autotransplantation
(Dr. M.G. Sarr’s Laboratory)
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
DIPLOMAS
October 1995 American Board of Surgery Diploma
Febr. 1997 Greek Board of Surgery                                                         
June 1991 F.L.E.X.
July 1987 F.M.G.E.M.S.
HONORS
1995 “Nygaard Travel Award for Clinical Research”             
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine              
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
1999 “Teacher of the Year” Award
Department of Surgery
University of Missouri, Truman Medical Center                  
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
MEDICAL LICENSURE
1987 Greece
1991 Minnesota (# 36120)                                                                  
1998 Missouri (# MD 114483)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
Jan. 1987 - present Athens Medical Association
July 1990 - present Minnesota Medical Association                
July 1990 - present Zumbro Valley Medical Association
Aug. 1990 - present American Medical Association
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
1995 American College of Surgeons -ACS, Associate Fellow
1995 Priestley Society
1996 Pancreas Club
1996 Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract – SSAT
1997 European Digestive Surgery Society – EDSS
1996 American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association - AHPBA
1997 Association for Academic Surgery AAS
1998 International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association - IHPBA
1998 American Gastroenterological Association - AGA
1998 American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition - ASPEN
1999 Society of Amer. Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons – SAGES
FOUNDING MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2000 Greek Society for Digestive Surgery                                     
2002 Greek Sarcoma Society
EDITORIAL BOARD, SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
2003 - present Pancreatology                                                        
2006 - present Hellenic Surgery                                                                    
REVIEWER, SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
1997-present Surgery
1997-present Digestive Surgery
2003-present Pancreatology
2003-present British Journal of Surgery
2004-present Hellenic Surgery
2007-present World Journal of Surgery                                                      
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Feb. 2000 - May 2003 SSAT “Membership Committee” and Representative of this Committee for Europe
Nov. 2000 - present Council of International Association of Pancreatology
Sep. 2001 – present Scientific Committee, Greek Society for Digestive Surgery
HOSPITAL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Jul. 1995 - Dec. 1997 Surgical Research Committee (Mayo Clinic)
Aug. 1995 - Dec. 1997 General Surgery Residency Education Committee (Mayo Clinic)
June 1998 - March 2000 General Surgery Residency Education Committee (Univ. of Missouri)
July 1998 - March 2000 Performance Improvement Committee (Univ. of Missouri)
Dec. 1998 - March 2000 Oncology Committee (Univ. of Missouri)
Sep. 2001 - May 2013 Infection Control Committee (Metropolitan Hospital)
MODERATOR IN SURGICAL CONVENTIONS
May 1999 Pancreas Club, Orlando, Florida
May 2000 Pancreas Club, San Diego, California
May 2000 Pancreas Club, Atlanta, GA
Nov. 13, 2003 3rd Meting of the Mediterranean Societies of Pancreatology Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Session Chairman: “Acute Pancreatitis: Definition, Pathogenesis, Etiology and Pathophysiology”
May 2004 Pancreas Club, New Orleans, LA
Feb. 4, 2005 1st International Symposium: Colorectal Games. Athens, Greece. Session Chairman: “Colorectal Polyp – Colorectal Stromal Tumors”
June 25th, 2004 36th Meeting of the European Pancreatic Club (EPC), Padova, Italy. Session Chairman: “Clinical Pancreatic Cancer, Clinical Acute Pancreatitis”
Oct. 7, 2005 4th Meting of the Mediterranean Societies of Pancreatology Lisbon, Portugal. Session Chairman: “The Patient with Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer”
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Feb. 2005 1st International Symposium: Colorectal Games. Athens, Greece
Oct. 2005 4th Meting of the Mediterranean Societies of Pancreatology. Lisbon, Portugal
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Nov. 2003 1st Convention, Greek Society for Digestive Surgery, Athens
Nov. 2005 2nd Convention, Greek Society for Digestive Surgery, Athens
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
March 2004 4th International Postgraduate Course “HPB Marathon”. Athens, Greece
Feb. 2005 1st International Symposium: Colorectal Games. Athens, Greece