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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Obstetrician – Gynecologic Surgeon, M.Sc. (Master’s Degree)

PhD Candidate, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

LICENSES – MEDICAL SPECIALTY TITLE

07/2019: License to perform obstetric and gynecological ultrasound examinations (Ref. No. G5a/G.P. 28658 – 02/07/2019, Ministry of Health)

01/2012: Medical specialty title in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ref. No. 13752 – 20/01/2012, Region of Attica – Directorate of Public Health)

10/2001: License to practice medicine (Ref. No. 12301 – 08/10/2001, Prefecture of Eastern Attica)

EDUCATION – POSTGRADUATE TRAINING – DEGREES

GRADUATE STUDIES

In 2009, he received a Master’s Degree (M.Sc. - Master’s Degree) in “Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery, and Telesurgery” from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Thesis Title: “A Review of the Complications of Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy”.

Master’s Degree (M.Sc.).

Grade Point Average: 9.38 – A.

Awarding of a scholarship for the best academic performance and the highest degree.

2010: Completion of a doctoral dissertation in the field of Assisted Reproduction at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in collaboration with the ‘ELENA VENIZELOU’ General Hospital and Maternity Clinic and the ‘ALEXANDRA’.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

2001: Graduate of the Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras.

Grade: 7.65 – Very Good.

1995: Graduate of Leonteio High School.

Graduation grade: 19 – A.

Awarding of 6 Excellence in Progress Awards in secondary education.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

French: Fluent.

Granting of a teaching certification in French (Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs), Ref. No. D5/16377/552, 1997.

Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in French Studies, University of Paris–Sorbonne (Paris IV), 1995.

Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in French Studies, University of Paris–Sorbonne (Paris IV), 1993.

Degree: Certificat de Langue Française, 1990.

English: Proficient.

Degree: First Certificate in English (Lower), University of Cambridge, 1991.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – CLINICAL WORK

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Hospital “ΜIΤΕRΑ”.

Deputy Director of Medical Services, Mitera General Hospital.

March 2012 – May 2018: Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Research Associate at the “MITERA,” “LITO,” and “REA” Maternity Hospitals.

October 2008 – February 2012: Resident Physician in the Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the “ELENA VENIZELOU” General Hospital and Maternity Ward.

September 2006 – March 2008: Resident Physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the General Hospital of Corinth.

July 2005 – July 2006: Resident Physician at the private General, Obstetrics-Gynecology & Pediatrics Clinic “MITERA.”

August 2004 – June 2005: Physician at the 117th Combat Wing (Andravida Military Airfield) as part of my mandatory military service in the Air Force.

March 2003 – June 2004: Resident Physician in the Department of Surgery at the General Prefectural Hospital of Pyrgos.

February 2002 – February 2003: Rural Physician on secondment to the Surgery Department of the General Prefectural Hospital of Pyrgos.

November 2001 – February 2002: Three-month training, as part of my field service, in the Departments of Surgery, Pathology, and Cardiology at the General Hospital of Pyrgos.

TRAINING & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Instructor in the Postgraduate Clinical Training Program in Laparoscopic Surgery and Urogynecology organized by the “MITERA” Maternity Hospital from 2012 to the present.
• Certificate of successful completion of the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO, 2010) program. Grade: 92/100.
• Annual training in laparoscopic techniques using simulators at the Medical Physics Laboratory of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Scientific Director: Professor E. Georgiou. Simulator type: LapVR. Acquisition of qualifications and the ability to provide training in Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Gynecological Techniques on simulators (2009). The Laboratory has received certification of proper operation from the American College of Surgeons (Division of Education – Accreditation, 2009).
• Certificate of successful completion of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Course for Doctors, in accordance with the standards established by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma (CS: 27681-P, September 20, 2005), valid internationally.
• Attended workshops on Basic Techniques in Laparoscopic Surgery as part of the 8th and 9th Panhellenic Congress on Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery, in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
• Attended and completed the 96-hour seminar titled “Advanced Computer Use,” held at CONSUL K.E.K. in Pyrgos, Elis, in 2003.
• Participation as a speaker at scientific conferences, symposia, and workshops in Greece and abroad.
• Attendance at continuing education courses organized by the First and Second Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of the University of Athens, as well as the private General, Obstetrics and Gynecology & Pediatrics Clinic “MITERA.”

RESEARCH WORK

• CONTRIBUTION TO THE WRITING OF A SCIENTIFIC TEXT

Collaboration and contribution to the book: “Antimicrobial Agents During Pregnancy and Lactation” (Nikolaos I. Kampas and Ioannis A. Kyriazis), 2008. Authored the following chapters: Chapter 3—Penicillins, Chapter 4—Erythromycin and Other Macrolides—Carbapenems, Chapter 8—Sulfonamides.

• PUBLICATIONS IN GREEK JOURNALS

1. Katsakos I., Chremou K. “Ideal Nutrition During Pregnancy.” *Art of Life and Health* 2018; vol. (89): 56–57.
2. Katsakos, I. “Cervical Cancer: Recent Developments in Women’s Screening.” Art of Life and Health 2017; vol. 86: 80–81.
3. Katsakos, I. “Fertility: What Every Woman Should Know.” Art of Life and Health 2014; vol. 79: 69–71.
4. Katsakos I, Karpeta M, Papadis P, Paparisteidis N. “A review of injuries to the digestive system and blood vessels during laparoscopic total hysterectomy.” Hellenic Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2011; vol. (3): 95-104.
5. Katsakos I., Karpeta M., Mantzavinos S., Paparisteidis N., Kampas N., Katsakos C. “A review of the embryotoxicity of antifungal agents.” Topics in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2011; vol. (1): 28–36.
6. Katsakos I., Karpeta M., Paparisteidis N., Katsakos C. “A review of urinary tract complications following laparoscopic total hysterectomy.” Topics in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010; vol. (3): 166-174.
7. Katsakos I, Mantzavinos S, Karpeta M, Kapetanakis N, Kampas N. “Embryotoxicity of Aminoglycosides.” Topics in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008; vol. (3): 210–220.
8. Kambas N, Mantzavinos S, Katsakos I. “Quinolones and Pregnancy.” Topics in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007; vol. (2): 114–125.

• PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Loukas C, Nikiteas N, Kanakis M, Schizas D, Katsakos I, Georgiou E. University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece. «Decomposing Laparoscopic Competence in a Virtual Reality Simulation Environment». Annual Meeting of the ACS-AEI Consortium, Chicago, USA, March 2010.
2. Katsakos I, Papageorgiou E, Roubis K, Vlachos C. «Development of right inguinal hernia after surgery of right varicocele. Is there a relationship between them?». 1st International Congress of the Europian Hernia Society, Prague, Czech Republic, April 29-May 1, 2004.
3. Vlachos C, Katsakos I, Roubis K, Papageorgiou E. «Abdominal wall disasters. Recurrence of large abdominal hernias». 1st International Congress of the Europian Hernia Society, Prague, Czech Republic, April 29-May 1, 2004.

• PRESENTATIONS AT GREEK CONFERENCES

1. Katsakos, I. “Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approach for Couples with Recurrent First-Trimester Miscarriages.” 4th Panhellenic Scientific Conference of the Hellenic Society of Reproductive Medicine, Aegli Zappeion, June 6–9, 2019.
2. I. Katsakos. “HPV Infection in Women: Diagnosis and Management.” 3rd Panhellenic Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zappeion Hall, February 10–12, 2017.
3. Κatsakos Ι, Κapetanakis Ν, Paparistidis Ν. «Assisted reproductive technology complications: a case report». 8th congress on women’s health and disease, kos island, September 1-3, 2011.
4. Paraskevaidis C, Κatsakos Ι, Papaeuthimiou Ε, Paparistidis Ν, Verikios Ν. «Giant hepatic hemangioma mimicking pelvic tumor». 8th congress on women’s health and disease, kos island, September 1-3, 2011.
5. Katsakos I., Schizas D., Alevizos L., Mallios D., Spiliopoulou C. “The Physician Who Uses Psychoactive Substances.” 4th Scientific Symposium on General Medicine, Loutraki, September 25–28, 2008.

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• Secretary General of the Hellenic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
• Full member of the Hellenic Society of Gynecological Endocrinology.
• Full member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
• Full member of the Hellenic Society of Robotic Surgery.
• Full member of the World Society of Robotic Surgery.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Knowledge using computers in an MS Windows XP environment, including the following programs: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and the Internet.

SOCIAL WORK

Voluntary membership in the HOPEgenesis network of collaborating physicians since 2016. In addition, participation in workshops on primary health care and continuing education through a series of lectures on current obstetric and gynecological topics such as HPV vaccines, sexually transmitted diseases, abortions, the H1N1 virus, and pregnancy, etc., at health centers, schools, and women’s associations in the prefectures of Corinthia and Attica. The lectures and presentations were deemed scientifically sound and incorporated the most recent knowledge and guidelines in these specific fields. They took place during the period 2006–2018.