Tsekouras Anastasios

Tsekouras Anastasios Plastic Surgeon

Education & Academic Qualifications

  • 1987:Faculty of Medicine Graduate, University of Athens
  • 1992 – 1994: Plastic Surgery specialization, Hillington South Manchester Hospital, Mount Vernon Hospital, Countess of Chester Hospital, Withington University Hospital, UK, under Prof. J. Bostwick III

Postgraduate Studies

  • 1998 – 1999: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA; Centro de Estudos Ivo Pitanguy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under Prof. I. Pitanguy; University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, under Prof. Z. Arnez
  • 2/1999 Plastic Surgery specialty

 

Doctoral thesis

  • Candidate PhD student, University of Athens

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

  • Regular member of the Hellenic Society of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

  • Plastic Surgery Consultant, Breast Department, Hellenic Surgical Society

  • Scientific Associate of the Greek School of Senology

  • Member of various international Plastic Surgery associations (BAPRAS, AACS, ESPRAS, ESLAS, IPRAS, ISPRAS, ISAPS)

 

Work Experience

  • 5/2002-4/2008: Director, 2nd Plastic Surgery Clinic, Athens Medical Group

  • 5/2008-currently: Director, Plastic Surgery Clinic, LETO Hospital

  • He has successfully renewed his professional medical license from the General Medical Council, UK, where he has been active since 2013. He is based in Athens.

 

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical Interest:

  • Cosmetic Surgery, Reconstructive Breast Surgery, Microsurgery, Endoscopic Plastic Surgery, Laser in Plastic Surgery

Research Interest:

  • Speaker in various Greek & international conferences.

  • He has had articles published in foreign scientific medical journals and has written the chapter “Endoscopic Plastic Surgery” in the book Laparoscopic & Minimally Invasive Surgery (In Hellenic Surgical Society [Ed.] Laparoscopic & Minimally Invasive Surgery 2002, Chapter 51:p555-566).

  • He has also written the chapter “Palmar fasciectomy and keloid formation: a case report,” in Countess of Chester Hospital Br J Plast Surg, 1999; Vol 52:p593-594.

  • His views and proposals for Breast Reconstruction following mastectomy are included in the book entitled National Guidelines in Breast Surgical On-cology (2013). It is the first comprehensive effort made in Greece to record the national guidelines for breast oncology, based on documented medical options and the specific conditions that apply in Greece.

  • Reviewer for the British Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Sur-gery since 2006.

 

Honors & Awards

  • State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) scholarship holder (1982-1987

  • Hellenic Surgical Society awards in 1991 and 1992.

 

Recent Publications

  • Endoscopic Plastic Surgery. A. Tsekouras, In Hellenic Surgical Society (Ed.). Laparoscopic & Minimally Invasive Surgery. 2002, Chapter 51: p555-566

  • Palmar fasciectomy and keloid formation: a case report. A. Tsekouras, D. McGeorge. Countess of Chester Hospital, Br J Plast Surg. 1999; Vol 52: p593-594