Giannoukas D. Athanasios
Personal details:
First name: Athanasios Giannoukas Father's name: Dimitrios
Date of birth: 01/11/1961 Place of birth: Larissa
e-mail: giannouk@med.uth.gr , agiannoukas@gmail.com
Present position:
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Medical Department, University of Thessaly, Director of Vascular Surgery Clinic P.G.N. Larisa
Education-Specialization:
- Graduated from the Medical School of the University of Ioannina on 23/08/1985 with a grade: "7.35/40 Very Good"
- Specialty of General Surgery (22/07/1992: National specialty title)
- Vascular surgery specialty (04/07/1997: National specialty title)
- Vascular surgery specialty (16/09/1997: European title - FEBVS)
Academic Titles:
- Doctoral thesis on: "The effect of hyperselective transection of the vagus nerves and prostaglandins on the protection of the gastroduodenal mucosa from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs" 02/16/1993. Medical School of the University of Ioannina
- MSc in Vascular Technology and Medicine on the subject: "The role of venous wall fibrosis in the development of reflux" 09/11/1995. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK
- PhD on the subject: "Emerging and established risk factors in the distribution and severity of atherosclerosis" 31/08/2004. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK
- Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery from 01/09/2005, Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly.
- Professor of Vascular Surgery from 26/07/2010, Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly
Clinical Experience:
– Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Thessaly (07/2010 to date)
– Director of Vascular Surgery Clinic, University of Thessaly, (06/2006 to date)
– Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Thessaly (09/2005-07/2010)
– Vascular surgeon, Heraklion, Crete (private sector) (11/2004-08/2005)
– Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA (05/2005)
– Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Department of Vascular and General Surgery, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich, UK (02/2005-04/2005)
– Consultant Vascular Surgeon, The Sheffield Vascular Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK (07/2003-07/2004)
– Curator B', Vascular Surgery Clinic, Heraklion University General Hospital, Crete (05/1995-07/2003)
– Senior Vascular Clinical Research Fellow (part-time), St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Medical School, London, UK (01/1997-12/1998)
– Lecturer/ Senior Registrar in Vascular and General Surgery, Professorial Surgical Unit, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK (07/1995-07/1996)
– Registrar in Vascular and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Colchester General Hospital, Essex, UK (03/1995-07/1995)
– Vascular Clinical Research Fellow, St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Medical School, London, UK (08/1992-02/1995)
Research Activity:
– Principal Investigator in Clinical Studies & Research Programs as (after election as Associate Professor): 13
– Participation in Clinical Studies & Research Programs (before election as Associate Professor): 26
– Publications in foreign language scientific journals with an impact factor: 239 (Scopus by HEAL LINK last search 05/03/2019)
Cross references: 3747
Self-reports: 616
H-index: 33
– Publications in Greek magazines: 12
– Abstracts in foreign language scientific journals: 43
– Abstracts in Greek scientific journals: 3
– Publications in proceedings of International Conferences: 12
– Oral Presentations at International Conferences: 97
– Oral Announcements at Greek Conferences: 80
– Writing Monographs: 3
– Scientific Publisher in books: 6
– Book Review: 3
– Writing chapters in books: 37 (in 15 books: 10 in foreign languages & 27 in Greek books)
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
- As Supervisor (have been completed): 5
- As Supervisor (not completed): 6
- To the Three-member Committee (not completed): 1
- To the Seven-member Committee (completed): 20
- To the Seven-member Committee (not completed): 6
GRADUATE WORKS
Supervisor (have been completed): 4
Supervisor (not completed: 1
To the Three-member Committee (have been completed): 3
GRADUATE THESES
To the Three-member Committee (have been completed): 2
– Awards – Honors – Scholarships: 22
– Lectures – Presentations at International/National Conferences & Conferences: 239
– Visiting Professor: 5
– Reviewer in Research Programs: 1
– Academic Collaborations with other University Institutions: 1
– Participation in a guideline drafting committee: 5
– Reviewer in foreign language international scientific journals: 19
– Member of the Editorial Board (Editorial Board) in foreign language scientific journals: 7
– Member of Boards of Directors of Scientific Societies & Agencies: 14
– Member of Scientific Societies: 13
– Reviewer of works at European conferences: 5
– Reviewer of works at National conferences: 1
- Member of the Jury in Greek Scientific Journals: 1
– Reviewer for grant application: 5
Organizational Activity:
- Establishment & Organization of Vascular Surgery Clinic at P.G.N. of Larissa (2 Professors, 1 Assistant Professor, 1 Curator A', 1 Curator B', 3 Assistant Curators, 3 Specialists, Secretariat)
- Organization of the unique lymphedema outpatient clinic in Greece at P.G.N. Larissa (2008 to date)
- Organization of a Bloodless Diagnostics of Vascular Diseases laboratory at the Vascular Surgery Clinic to grant specialization in vascular ultrasounds (1 of 2 in Greece)
- Organization of optional compulsory undergraduate courses of the Department of Medicine of the University of Thessaly
- Hemodynamics of vascular diseases (2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2 016-2017, 2017 -2018, 2018-2019)
- Fundamentals of Vascular & Vascular Surgery (2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016)
- Organization of the compulsory undergraduate course "Medical Responsibility & Ethics" of the Department of Medicine of the University of Thessaly (2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019)
- Organization of post-training courses in the Vascular Surgery Clinic (2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 20 2016-15, 2016-2017 , 2017-2018, 2018-2019)
- Organization of postgraduate courses in the Department of Surgery (2009-10, 2010-11)
- Organization of the clinical practice of 6-year medical students in the Department of Surgery (2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013)
- Organization of the Institute of Vascular Diseases based in Larissa (2010 to date)
- Coordinator of the P.G.N. Larissa as a clinical practice center for postgraduate students of the Postgraduate Program: Vascular surgery - endovascular techniques of the Vascular Surgery Clinic of the Medical School of the University of Athens P.G.N. "ATTICON"
- Organization of international & national Conferences: 74
- Library organization at the Vascular Surgery Clinic of the University of Thessaly
- Organization of the Postgraduate Study Program of the University of Thessaly entitled: "Ultrasound functional imaging for the prevention and diagnosis of vascular diseases" (2015-present)
- President of the Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the University of Thessaly (September 2018- August 2020)
- Founding Member and President of the Institute of Vascular Diseases (IAD) (2010-present)
- Chairman of the Advisory Committee in the organization of the International Vascular Surgery Symposium LIVE
- Member of the ESVS Guidelines Committee on "Chronic Venous Disease"
- Secretary General of the European Venous Forum (2000-present)
- Member of the Editorial Board of EJVES magazine (2005-2010)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Int Angiol (2010-present)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal J Endovasc Ther (2011-present)
- ESVS Advisor (2014-2016)
- Vice-President of the Balkan Venous Forum (2010-2016)
- President of the Balkan Venous Forum (2016-2019)
- President of the European Venous Forum (2017-2018)
- Honorary Member of the Cardiovascular Society of Serbia (2018)
| Email: | giannouk@med.uth.gr |