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3 WELCOME ADDRESS 3 Dear Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Thessaloniki, Greece, for the State of the Art Surgical Symposium The Last Supper organized by the First Surgical Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Greek Chapter of the International College of Surgeons. During these two days we will hear about and discuss cutting edge topics in both General and Vascular surgery, as this meeting represents the combined efforts of both surgical specialties. This same spirit is representative of the clinical and research work conducted at the First Department of Surgery of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This meeting will provide us with an opportunity to review the current state of General and Vascular Surgery in Greece, as well as identify future challenges and goals. In this effort we will have the valuable contribution of our esteemed international colleagues. Along these lines, I am extending a special welcome to the International College of Surgeons. This meeting will signify the beginning of what I believe will be an academically very productive relationship between Greek surgeons and the International College of Surgeons, as a way to exchange experience, knowledge, and most of all promote the education of the future generations of surgeons. Once again, welcome to Thessaloniki and I hope that you have the opportunity to enjoy the rich history and beautiful sights of the birthplace of Alexander the Great. Dimitrios Kiskinis Head and Professor of Surgery First Department of Surgery Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

4 4 WELCOME ADDRESS Dear Members of the International College of Surgeons in Greece and Members of the Greek Surgical Community As ICS World President, I welcome you to the First Department of Surgery/International College of Surgeons Meeting at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, on May 4-5, I thank the Administrators and Surgeons of the First Surgical Department of the Aristotle University for their willingness to be a collaborative partner with the International College of Surgeons. Greece is a most important country in Europe. Because of this importance, the status of the ICS Greek Section is of critical interest to the College we are committed to giving major support to the members of the ICS Greek Section. For these reasons, I commend Dr. Georgios Tsoulfas, a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons, for his efforts in organizing this meeting with the theme State of the Art Surgical Symposium, which will address current controversies and topics of interest in general and vascular surgery. The combination of International and Greek speakers will provide an interesting and insightful program of significant educational value. The International College of Surgeons is a collaborative organization with members in over 105 countries of the world. Our vision is to improve the lives of patients through the education of our members and the development of the field of surgery. We are grateful for this opportunity to reach out to all members of the Greek surgical community and welcome all of you to this joint meeting with the First Surgical Department of the Aristotle University. I regrettably will not be able to be with you, but I look forward to receiving the report of the meeting. I send very best wishes to all of you for successful discussions. Sincerely Said Daee, MD World President International College of Surgeons

5 5 ORGANIZED BY 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital International College of Surgeons ENDORSED BY Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical Faculty, 1st Surgery Department CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Dimitris Kiskinis Professor of Surgery- Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Director of 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Greece GENERAL SURGERY VASCULAR SURGERY

6 6 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME FRIDAY MAY :30 09:00 09:00 10:30 REGISTRATION SESSION 1: GENERAL SURGERY ROUND TABLE: Chairperson: Update in Rectal Cancer Athanasios Sakantamis 09:00 09:20 09:20 09:40 09:40 10:00 10:00 10:20 10:20 10:30 10:30 11:00 Early rectal cancer George Mpasdanis Robotic assisted rectal surgery: is it better than conventional laparoscopy? W.L. Law Selection of patients for neoadjuvant chemoradiation for cancer Andreas Kaiser Watch and wait after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and a complete response Rodrigo Perez Commentator: Constantine Spanos Discussion COFFEE BREAK 11:00 13:00 SESSION 2: VASCULAR SURGERY Carotid Artery Disease Chairpersons: Thomas Gerasimidis Christos Liapis Commentator: Nikolaos Saratzis Diagnosis and Imaging Nikolaos Liasis The role of the atherosclerotic plaque Christos Liapis Patient selection for endovascular treatment Thomas Gerasimidis

7 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME FRIDAY MAY Type of stent choice of cerebral protection Christos Karkos ICA indications - techniques Dimitris Papadimitriou ICA stent angioplasty studies George Pitoulias Experience and choice of imaging modalities Spyros Basdekis Experience from the use of IVUS Themistoklis Toufektsis Experience in CAS Nikolaos Melas Experience with CEA Konstantinos Katsenis Experience with the neck approach Dimitrios Christopoulos CAS Experience Dimitris Karamanos Management of patients with synchronous CAS and coronary disease Ioannis Velissaris 13:00 14:30 SESSION 3: GENERAL SURGERY ROUND TABLE: Chairperson: Other topics Ioannis Makris 13:00 13:20 13:20 13:40 13:40 14:00 The role of damage control in trauma surgery Evangelos Athanasiou The role of simulation training in surgical education Richard Satava Sarcomas: state-of-the-art surgical management Eelco De Bree

8 148 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME FRIDAY MAY :00 14:20 14:20 14:30 14:30 15:00 15:00 16:30 Surgical management of liver metastatic disease Konstantinos Tsalis Commentator: Spyros Miliaras Discussion LIGHT LUNCH BREAK SESSION 4: VASCULAR SURGERY Peripheral Vascular Disease Chairpersons: Dimitrios Papadimitriou Ioannis Tsolakis Commentator: Kyriakos Ktenidis Anesthesiological challenges in General and Vascular Surgery Antigoni Mpakola Hybrid procedures involving cemoral artery Miltiadis Matsagkas Occlusive lesion of tibial arteries Dimitris Siamplis Popliteal artery aneurysms choice of method of treament Miltiadis Lazaridis Splanchnic artery aneurysms and occlusions Antonis Filippidis Experience from the endovascular repair of SFA lesions - complications Ilias Dalainas Experience from the endovascular repair of the iliac arteries TASC II III IV Ioannis Kakisis Angioplasty experience below the knee - cryoplasty Argyrios Giannopoulos Experience from the endovascular repair of popliteal artery aneurysms Petros Chatzigakis

9 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME FRIDAY MAY Experience from splanchnic artery stenosis Ilias Dalainas 16:30 17:00 17:00 18:00 COFFEE BREAK SESSION 5: VASCULAR SURGERY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE Chairperson: Dimitrios Kiskinis The role of diabetes in vascular and endovascular surgery and the future of vascular surgery Dieter Raithel Professor of Vascular Surgery 18:00 21:00 18:00 18:30 18:30 19:30 OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CONFERENCE Welcome Address Dimitrios Kiskinis LECTURES The history of the First Surgical Department Spyros Miliaras The Apostles The history of the Last Supper in the Art Miltiadis Papanikolaou Professor of History of Art 19:30 21:00 Cocktail Reception

10 10 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME SATURDAY MAY :00 11:00 SESSION 6: VASCULAR SURGERY ROUND TABLE: Chairpersons: Commentator: Aortic Aneurysms Dimitrios Kiskinis Miltiadis Lazaridis Ioannis Lazaridis Indications for endovascular repair of AAA Thomas Kotsis Complications of endovascular approach Aggelos Megalopoulos Thoracoabdominal aneurysm management Hybrid technique Kyriakos Ktenidis Thoracoabdominal aneurysm management Fenestrated Theodossios Perdikidis Ruptured AAA Konstantinos Papazoglou Aortoenteric fistulas Stavros Kakkos Mutlilayer stent Ioannis Lazaridis Excluder stent graft Ioannis Tsolakis Stent-graft Endurant Argyrios Giannopoulos Stent graft Anaconda Nikolaos Saratzis Attachment methods for endovascular stents Nikolaos Melas

11 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME SATURDAY MAY Endologix stent graft Kyriakos Ktenidis New stent devices (Nelix, in- graft, ) Prodromos Papapavlou 11:00 11:15 11:15 11:30 11:30 12:30 COFFEE BREAK INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PRESENTATION George Tsoulfas STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE AND DISCUSSION Chairpersons: Dimitris Kiskinis Costantine Spanos Fistula-in-Ano: from John Arderne to 2012 Stanley Goldberg 12:30 14:00 12:30 12:50 12:50 13:10 13:10 13:30 13:30 13:50 13:50 14:00 14:00 15:00 SESSION 7: GENERAL SURGERY ROUND TABLE: Chairperson: Laparoscopic Surgery Emmanuel Leandros Role of laparoscopy in colorectal surgery Andreas Kaiser Role of surgery in the obesity epidemic Scott Shikora Single incision colectomy: is there any advantage other than cosmesis? W.L. Law Complications in laparoscopic surgery Carol Scott- Conner Commentator: Kleanthis Giannoulis Discussion LIGHT LUNCH BREAK

12 12 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME SATURDAY MAY :00 16:30 SESSION 8: VASCULAR SURGERY ROUND TABLE: Chairpersons: Commentator: Other topics Athanasios Giannoukas Christos Gitas Asterios Katsamouris Endovenous therapy RF- LASER Athanasios Giannoukas Traumatic vascular lesions Ioannis Lazaridis Vascular access in renal failure patients Nikos Bessias Vascular surgery contribution to oncology Kyriakos Ktenidis Hemodynamic testing Asterios Katsamouris Experience from the use of endovenous treatment methods in the management of varicosies John Angelakas Experience from popliteal artery injury in knee dislocation George Georgiadis Experience from the use of permanent endocardiac hemodialysis catheters John Angelakas Management of patients with renal cell cancer extension into the renal vein Konstantinos Dervissis Superior Vena Cava syndrome endovascular management Athanasios Lioupis Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome Konstantinos Gkouvas

13 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME SATURDAY MAY :30 17:00 COFFEE BREAK 17:00 17:30 17:30 19:00 INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS GREEK CHAPTER MEETING SESSION 9: GENERAL SURGERY ROUND TABLE: Chairperson: Future challenges in Surgical Education Konstantinos Simopoulos 17:30 17:50 17:50 18:10 18:10 18:30 18:30 19:00 The OR of the future W.L. Law The triple threat surgeon: is that still feasible? J. F. Fung The liver surgeon in the molecular and technology age Yuman Fong Commentator: George Tsoulfas Discussion 19:30 CLOSING REMARKS Adjustment and end of the Conference

14 14 GENERAL INFORMATION i LOCATION OF THE CONFERENCE Thessaloniki Thessaloniki is the second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre in Greece with a population of 1,200,000 inhabitants. It is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded in about 315 B.C., on a site of old prehistoric settlements going back to 2300 B.C., by Cassander, King of Macedonia, and was named after his wife, Thessaloniki, sister of Alexander The Great. Since then, Thessaloniki has become the chief city of Macedonia and a major transportation hub for southeastern Europe. Thessaloniki retains several Ottoman and Roman structures as well as a large number of Byzantine architectural monuments. Among them the Rotonda of St. George, the churches of St. Demetrius, Panagia Acheiropoietus, Aghia Sophia and the well-known White Tower. In addition to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, there are numerous institutions that contribute to the academic and cultural life of the city. Among them are the University of Macedonia, the Archaeological and Byzantine Museums, the Folklore Museum, the State Conservatory, Theatres and Orchestras, the Society of Macedonian Studies, the Institute of Balkan Studies and other cultural and artistic institutions. Papageorgiou Hospital Thessaloniki Ring Road, N. Efkarpia Thessaloniki, GREECE Tel.: Papageorgiou General Hospital has a wide range of clinics, including pathology and surgery, cardiology and heart surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, and orthopaedics. It also has an outpatient clinic with 60 consulting rooms, in all the specialities, and the capacity to deal with 1,200 patients per day and 300,000 per year.

15 i GENERAL INFORMATION 15 SECRETARIAT THESIS Marketing- Public Relations 6, Stratigou Kallari Str., Thessaloniki, Greece Tel.: / Fax.: thesis@thesis-pr.com LANGUAGE The official language of the Conference is English and Greek. EXHIBITION The sponsor companies form the focal point of the Conference with an exhibition of pharmaceutical products, medical devices and books. The commercial exhibition takes place next to the Conference Hall where space is limited and those interested should reserve a space as soon as possible. For further information, please contact the Secretariat of the Conference. NAME BADGES Delegates and accompanying persons are obliged to wear the official Conference name badges on all occasions, at the location of the Conference. CERTIFICATES OF ATTEDANCE Certificates of Attendance will be issued to all registered delegates by the Secretariat of the Conference. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT The Conference Hall is equipped with data projectors as well as PCs for speakers needs. Speakers are kindly requested to use English language, check and deliver their presentation to the Technical Secretariat of the Conference, at least one hour before their scheduled presentation. WEBSITE The website of the conference is updated on a regular basis and gives the latest details on the Scientific Programme and other useful information. REGISTRATION Registration to attend the Conference is free.

16 GUEST FACULTY CVs 16 Yuman Fong Dr. Fong is an attending surgeon at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), where he holds the Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery. He is a Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Yuman Fong received a BA in medieval literature from Brown University in 1981, and an MD from Cornell University Medical College in This was followed by surgical training at the New York Hospital /Cornell Medical Center under Dr. G. Thomas Shires, a research fellowship under Dr. Stephen Lowry, and a surgical oncology fellowship with Dr. Murray F. Brennan at the Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Fong is best known clinically for his extensive work in the field of hepatobiliary surgery especially for hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer, gallbladder cancer, and cholangiocarcinoma. He has pioneered many surgical, laparoscopic, and ablative therapies for these cancers that occur in over a million people yearly worldwide. Nationally and internationally, he has also participated in and coordinated many studies aimed at understanding, preventing, and treating these cancers. In particular, he is focused on developing low cost and minimally invasive treatments for these cancers that are particularly common in emerging nations. Dr. Fong leads an active laboratory studying the use of genetically modified viruses for the killing of cancer. He was one of the first investigators to administer engineered viruses into the blood stream of humans for treatment of cancer. He is active at coordinating trials of such novel viruses in international clinical trials. He has co-authored over 500 peer reviewed articles and numerous text books. He is a member of numerous of scientific and medical societies including the American Surgical Association, Southern Surgical Association, and American Society for Clinical Investigation. He has served on the editorial boards of 14 journals. He has received many honors and awards including the James IV Surgical Traveler, and the Shipley Award from the Southern Surgical Association. He has served on the board of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and the board of the James IV Society of Surgeons. He has been Chair of the Gastrointestinal Organ Site Committee of the ACS Oncology Group. He is currently Chair of the recombinant DNA advisory committee of the National Institutes of Health. John Julian Fung EDUCATION 1980 University of Chicago, Ph.D. Immunology, Chicago, IL 1982 University of Chicago, M.D., Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL ACADEMIC POSITIONS Director of Histocompatibility, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1988 Instructor in Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 1989-Present Director of Transplantation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

17 Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Chief, Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Associate Director for Research and Clinical Services, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Professor of Surgery with Tenure, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Inaugural Holder of the Thomas E. Starzl Professorship in Transplantation Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2004-present Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 2004-present Director, Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 2008-present Chairman, Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 2008-present Chairman, Department of Surgery in the Education Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH PUBLICATIONS Scientific Articles: 891 Chapters: 84 Abstracts: 264 Stanley Goldberg Stanley M. Goldberg, M.D. has been at the forefront of colon and rectal surgical education for over half a century. He was born and educated in Minneapolis where he first received a Bachelor s degree cum laude in In 1956, he graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and also completed his General Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery training at the University of Minnesota. He was awarded an American Cancer Society grant in 1962 to study at St. Mark s Hospital in London. On his return, he joined the clinical faculty in the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota. At the same time, he became a founding partner of Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates, Ltd.; the practice that has had a long-standing relationship with the University of Minnesota Medical School. In 1972, Dr. Goldberg was named a Clinical Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he served as the Director of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery until Internationally, Dr. Goldberg has been awarded recognition by some of the most prestigious surgical colleges in the world. Among the many Honorary Fellowships he holds are from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Spanish Association of Surgeons, Philippine College of Surgeons, Honoris Causa in Lleida and in 2008, he received an honorary membership from the Japanese Surgical Society. Dr. Goldberg is among the few American surgeons to have been awarded an Hono-

18 18 rary Fellowship by the Royal Society of Medicine of England and the Association of French Surgeons. In 1996, he received the Harold S. Diehl, M.D. Award from the University of Minnesota Medical School in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments. In 2000, the Stanley M. Goldberg, M.D., F.A.C.S. Chair in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School was established. Dr. Goldberg received the Surgical Alumnus of the Year Award in 2006 from the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery. As a prolific writer in the field of colon and rectal surgery, his name often appears at the end of the list of authors; a sign that it is his department and his inspiration that has been responsible for the scientific standards and the surgical infrastructure. He has the reputation of inspiring enormous loyalty in the many fellows from around the world who have gone to work in his active department. His technical competence, his availability, and his wisdom are legendary. Dr. Goldberg is a member of the editorial board of many prestigious surgical journals. He continues to serve as an ambassador for the University of Minnesota, enhancing its profile to a worldwide audience. Andreas Kaiser Professor Kaiser grew up in Switzerland but now lives in Los Angeles. He did both his Medical School (1988) and General Surgery training in Switzerland. He spent two years for research at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. After doing Visceral Surgery at the University Hospital in Zurich, he completed in 2001 a fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California where he has been on the faculty since. Dr. Kaiser has received the Swiss FMH Board Certification in General Surgery, as well as in Visceral Surgery, and the European EBSQ Board Certification in Coloproctology. From 2008 to 2009, he served as the Chairman of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS), and a member of several national and international professional associations. W.L. Law Professor Law graduated from Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong in He obtained the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in He was then trained in colorectal surgery and received his overseas training in Houston, Texas. He was conferred the degree of Master of Surgery in 2001 and the research was on surgical treatment for rectal cancer. Professor Law was appointed as the Clinical Professor of Surgery at The University of Hong Kong in Currently he is the Chief of Division of Colorectal Surgery at Queen Mary Hospital. He is also the Director of Skills Development Centre in the Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong. Professor Law s main clinical and research interests are in colorectal and minimally invasive surgery. He has been active in developing advanced laparoscopic techniques, transanal endoscopic surgery, robotic surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. Professor

19 19 Professor Law is a member of numerous professional societies. He was on the Education Resources Committee of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the Membership Committee of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. He is currently the Secretary-General of the International Society for Digestive Surgery and a committee member of the International Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Professor Law has authored over 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has given numerous lectures, both in Hong Kong and overseas. He is currently on the editorial board of about 10 journals including Surgical Practice. Rodrigo Perez EDUCATION Medical Degree University of São Paulo School of Medicine São Paulo, Brazil POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING PhD. in Medicine University of São Paulo School of Medicine São Paulo, Brazil Post-Doctorate in Medicine 2007-present University of São Paulo School of Medicine São Paulo, Brazil PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Associate Physician 2004-present Colorectal Surgery Division Department of Gastroenterology University of São Paulo School of Medicine São Paulo, Brazil AWARDS SSAT Resident Research Forum Award June 2007 ASCRS International Fellowship Award 2008 Richard Satava Richard Satava, MD, FACS, is Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center, and Senior Science Advisor at the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) in Ft. Detrick, MD. He has been continuously active in surgical education and surgical research, with more than 200 publications and book chapters in diverse areas of advanced surgical technology. During his 23 years of military surgery he has been an active flight surgeon. While striving to practice the complete discipline of surgery, he is aggressively pursuing the leading edge of advanced technologies to formulate the architecture for the next generation of Medicine.

20 20 During the current tour at USAMRMC he has been involved in numerous research initiatives, including simulation and skills training, combat casualty care, robotic surgery and battlefield medicine, the Blast Program, the Armed Forces Institutes for Regenerative Medicine, and the Virtual Autopsy, with a focus on harvesting revolutionary technologies and transitioning them into the mainstream DoD acquisition process. He has fostered the development of at least 3 new areas of medical science surgical simulation, robotic surgery and plasma medicine, which did not exist before they became DoD programs under his management. Carol Scott- Conner EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY A. Institutions Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS, Electrical Engineering 1969 Cambridge, Massachusetts New York University School of Medicine MD 1976 New York, New York University of Kentucky PhD, Anatomy 1988 Lexington, Kentucky Else School of Management MBA 1995 Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi New York University Medical Center Resident, Surgery New York, New York New York University Medical Center Chief Resident, Surgery New York, New York B. Professional and Academic Positions Held Clinical Instructor New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York Assistant Professor Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia Chief, Gen Surgery Veterans Administration Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia Associate Professor Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia Associate Professor University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi Staff Surgeon & Acting Chief of Surgery Veterans Administration Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi Professor University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi Staff Physician 1995-present The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa Consultant 1995-present Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa Professor and Head, Department of Surgery University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Professor 1995-present University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

21 Scott Alan Shikora EDUCATION Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. B.S. Degrees in Biology and Natural Sciences, June June Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. M.D. Degree, June 1981-June HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, July August Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA, September 1995-June Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, September 1995-October Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, July 1996-June 1997, October present. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, June 2005-October

22 22 GUEST FACULTY AND SPEAKERS' LIST VassiliοsAndrikopoulos Director of Vascular Surgery Department, Korgialeneio- Mpenakeio Red Cross Hospital, Athens, GREECE John Angelakas Angiologist, Athens, GREECE Evangelos Athanasiou Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Thessaly Director, Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, GREECE Spyros Basdekis Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Athens 3rd Surgery Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, GREECE Nikos Bessias Vascular Surgery Department, Korgialeneio- Mpenakeio Red Cross Hospital, Athens, GREECE Eelco De Bree Surgical Oncology Department, University of Crete Head, Melanoma Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, GREECE Petros Chatzigakis Vascular Surgery Department, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Athens, GREECE Dimitrios Christopoulos AAssociate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2nd Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Ilias Dalainas Vascular Surgery Department, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, GREECE Konstantinos Dervissis Vascular Surgery Department, Konstantopoulio General Hospital, Athens, GREECE Antonis Filippidis Director, Radio-diagnostic Laboratory, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Yuman Fong Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery, Vice Chair, Technology Development, Surgery Department, Director, Center for Image-guided Interventions, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, USA J. F. Fung Professor of Surgery Chairman, General Surgery Department, Cleveland Clinic Director, Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic Chairman, Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery Department, Cleveland Clinic Chairman, Education Institute Surgery Department, Cleveland Clinic, USA George Georgiadis Vascular Surgery Department, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, GREECE Thomas Gerasimidis Professor of Surgery- Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Director, 5th Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Argyrios Giannopoulos Vascular Surgeon, Thessaloniki, GREECE Athanasios Giannoukas Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Thessaly Director, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, GREECE Kleanthis Giannoulis Kleanthis Giannoulis 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Christos Gitas Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Konstantinos Gkouvas Vascular Surgeon, Thessaloniki, GREECE Stanley Goldberg Clinical Professor of Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA Andreas Kaiser Associate Professor of Clinical Colorectal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery Department, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Ioannis Kakisis Vascular Surgery Department, University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, GREECE Stavros Kakkos Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Patras, GREECE Dimitris Karamanos 5th Surgery Department, Aristotle University of

23 Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Christos Karkos 5th Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Asterios Katsamouris Professor of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1st Propaedeutic Surgery Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Konstantinos Katsenis Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens Vascular Surgery Department, Aretaieio University Hospital, Athens, GREECE Dimitris Kiskinis Professor of Surgery- Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Director, 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, GREECE Thomas Kotsis 2nd Surgery Department, University of Athens, Aretaieio University Hospital, Athens, GREECE Kyriakos Ktenidis Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE W.L. Law Professor of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Chief, Colorectal Surgery Division, Queen Mary Hospital Director, Skills Development Centre, Surgery Department, University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG Ioannis Lazaridis 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Miltiadis Lazaridis Professor of Vascular Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace Director, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, GREECE Emmanuel Leandros Professor of Surgery, University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, GREECE Christos Liapis Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens Director, Vascular Surgery Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, GREECE Nikolaos Liasis Radiologist- Angiologist, Athens, GREECE Athanasios Lioupis Vascular Surgery Department, 424 Army General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Ioannis Makris Professor of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2nd Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Miltiadis Matsagkas Surgery- Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, GREECE Antigoni Mpakola Director, Anaesthesiology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Aggelos Megalopoulos Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Nikolaos Melas 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Spyros Miliaras 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, GREECE George Mpasdanis Professor of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Director, 1st Propaedeutic Surgery Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Dimitris Papadimitriou Professor of Surgery- Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Director, Vascular Surgery Division, 2nd Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Miltiadis Papanikolaou Professor of History of Art, History and Archeology Department Dean of School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE Prodromos Papapavlou Vascular Surgeon, Athens, GREECE Konstantinos Papazoglou Associate Professor of Surgery- Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 4rth Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thesaloniki, GREECE 23

24 24 Rodrigo Perez Associate Physician, Colorectal Surgery Division, Gastroenterology Department, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, BRAZIL Theodossios Perdikidis Director, Vascular Surgery Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GREECE George Pitoulias 2nd Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Dieter Raithel Professor of Vascular Surgery Head, Vascular 7 Endovascular Surgery Department, Nuremberg Hospital, GERMANY Athanasios Sakantamis Professor of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Director, 2nd Propaedeutic Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Nikolaos Saratzis Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, GREECE Richard Satava Professor of Surgery, Surgery Department, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA Carol Scott- Conner Professor of Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA Scott Shikora Professor of Surgery Section Chief, Bariatric Surgery Division, Surgery Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA Dimitris Siamplis Professor of Radiology, University of Patras Director, Clinical Radiology Department, University Hospital of Patras, GREECE Konstantinos Simopoulos Professor of Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace Director, 2nd Surgery Department, University Hospital of Alexandroupoli, GREECE Constantine Spanos 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, GREECE Themistoklis Toufektsis 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, GREECE Konstantinos Tsalis Professor of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 4th Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, GREECE Ioannis Tsolakis Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras Director, Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Patras, GREECE George Tsoulfas 1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, GREECE Ioannis Velissaris Vascular Surgeon, Thessaloniki, GREECE

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