Koukoumpis Theodosios – Orthopedic Surgeon MD, PhD

Born in Thessaloniki on February, 25 1959
Graduate from Medical School of Ioannina (1977 – 1983)

SPECIALIZATION: 1985-1990 Orthopedic University Clinic of Ioannina, General University of Ioannina “G. Hatzikosta”.  To obtain the Orthopedic Specialty successfully passed the exams on February, 11 1991, and recognized by KESY decision with num. 2589/28-3-1991.
DISSERTATION: “Gait analysis in patients with Total Hip Replacement”. Approved by Medical School of Ioannina with honors on December, 1991.

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
10 – 15/12/1995. Davos, Switzerland AO/ASIF (Swiss Association for the Study of Internal Fixation) AO/ASIF Hand Course. Education in osteosynthesis and surgery of the hand.

1/1/1992 – 6/3/1994. Duke University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Durham, NC, USA. Fellow in adult reconstruction. Education in adult reconstructive surgery (total hip replacements, corrective osteotomies)

13/5/1990 – 19/5/1990. Aarhus, Copenhagen, Odense, Denmark. 12° Postgraduate course for trainees in orthopaedic surgery organized by The Coordinating Committee of Societies of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery of the European Common Market (COCOMAC)

CURRENT SITUATION
Since 3- 11- 1997 he has been working as a freelancer Orthopedic in Thessaloniki.

SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
Reconstructive Surgery in Adult (Adult Reconstruction): Total Arthroplasties Replacements, Corrective limb Osteotomies, Injuries caused in mountaineering – climbing.

REVIEWER IN JOURNALS
Reviewer of scientific articles in the journal Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Hellenica.

EXPERIENCE 09/14/1992 – 31/10/1997 Consultant B at Orthopedic University Clinic of the General Peripheral University Hospital of Ioannina. During of my term I encountered the whole range of Orthopaedic Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, concerning surgery of the adult, Pediatric Orthopaedics, sports injuries, the reconstructive surgery of the limbs and the spine, in a wide range of surgeries, which were average 300 per year.

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS
1. Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (HAOST).
2. Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Hip Department.
3. European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).

AWARDS
1. Howard A. Paul Award 1996, για την μελέτη: The effect of modulus on surface strain in whole femora implanted with a collarless hip stem Thomas Parker Vail, Theodosios D. Koukoubis, Richard R. Glisson 9th Annual Symposium of the International Society for Technology and Arthroplasty, Amsterdam, 20-21 August 1996.
2. Albert Trillat Young Investigators Award 1995, για την μελέτη: Meniscus Regeneration with and without an Autogenous Tissue Scaffold: A Comparative Canine Study Combined Congress of the International Arthroscopy Association and The International Society of the Knee, Hong Kong, 26 May 1995 – 1 June 1995.