Vergados Nikolaos

Vergados Nikolaos Orthopedist

Assistant, 1st Orthopaedics Department HYGEIA Hospital

Education & Academic Qualifications

  • March 2005 – March 2010 Orthopaedic Clinic General Hospital Laikon, Greece
  • March 2004 – December 2004  Orthopaedic Clinic 251 General Air Force Hospital of Athens, Greece

 

Doctoral thesis

  • PhD Candidate in the University of Athens Medical School with the title: “The effect of bone healing in bone metabolic indexes of diabetic patients” 

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

  • Medical Association of Athens, Greece 2000, #54456

  • Sports Medical Society (ATHLETIA)

  • Τhe Hellenic Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society

  • Orthopaedic residents delegate in the board of directors of the Hellenic Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (2007 and 2008)

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society for the years 2007 and 2008 

  • Member of the Management Committee of the College of Greek Orthopaedic Surgeons for the year 2007 

  • Member of the Foot and Ankle society of the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

  • Member of the European Foot and Ankle Society 

  • Member of the I.S.E.T.A.T. (Institute For The Study and Education On Thrombosis And Antithrombotic Therapy)

 

Work Experience

  • From April 2010 in 2nd Orthopedic Clinic of ‘’HYGEIA’’ Hospital

  • March 2005 to March 2010 in Orthopedic Clinic of ‘’Laikon’’ General Hospital of Athens

  • March 2004 to December 2004 in Orthopedic Clinic of ‘’251’’ General Air Force Hospital

  • July 2003 to February 2004, Athens Medical Center Department of Sports Injury

  • January 2000 to January 2011 Doctor in the Hellenic Football Federation 

Educational Experience:

  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the postgraduate courses of the Ankle and  Foot Society 2005-2014 

  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Congress of Ankle – Foot Society, Edipsos, June 2-4, 2006 

  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the first Greek-Austrian Congress of Ankle and Foot Society. Mykonos, September 21-23, 2007 

  • Member of the Organizing Committee for the 63th National Congress of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Society, Athens, October 21-23, 2007

  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the 9th International Congress of Sports Medicine Association of Greece. Eugenides Foundation, Athens, March 27-30, 2008

  • Member of the Organizing Committee for the Annual Congress of the Ankle and Foot Society, Nafplio, September 4-7, 2008

  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 68th National Congress of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Society, Athens, October 3-6, 2012 

  • Lecturer on educational content courses for the nursing staff of ‘’Hygeia’’ Hospital from 2011 to date. 

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Scientific Association of ‘’Hygeia’’ Hospital Doctors from 2014 to date 

 

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical interest:

  • Minimal invasive surgery

  • Total hip replacement – knee and ankle

  • Athletic injuries

  • Knee and shoulder arthroscopic surgery 

  • Modern osteosynthesis technique for fractures

  • Surgical treatment of elbow diseases 

  • Hand surgery and microsurgery

  • Carpal tunnel endoscopic surgery 

  • Foot surgery

  • Modern treatment techniques of hallux valgus and metatarsal fractures (bunion)

Research interest:

  • Upper limb microsurgery 

  • Transfusion

  • Haematological diseases

  • Foot surgery

 

Honors & Awards

  • 2/1999 Diploma Thesis titled: ‘’Upper limb ligations – Long term results’’ Grade: ‘’Excellent’’ (A)

  • Scholarship to a Medical Foot Center abroad. Foot ( Problems and Treatment Principles ) Best Paper Award Annual Conference of the Ankle and Foot Department. Nafplio, September 4-7, 2008

 

Books

  • Participation in the writing of the book ‘’The rheumatoid foot’’ Ε.D ounis – Χ. Moutsopoulos 

  • Participation in the translation of the book ‘’Oxford Handbook of Sports Medicine’’ Editing: Α. Mitsou 

 

Recent Publications

  • Ιntra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid for the treatment of haemophilic arthropathy Ηaemophilia 2006, Vol. 12 (2) 80-90. 

  • Foot and ankle injuries during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2: 9 

  • Treatment of peritrochanteric fractures with Endovis-type intramedullary nail 10th EFORT (European Federation of Orthopedics and Traumatology) Congress  Vienna, Austria, June 3-6, 2009

  • Proximal humeral fracture osteosynthesis with titanium locking plate 66th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, October 13-16, 2010.

  • Surgical treatment of middle-third clavicle fractures 66th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, October 13-16, 2010.

  • The functional result of the surgical treatment of intra-articular fractures of the distal humerus 67th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, October 12-16, 2011

  • Surgical treatment of the Achilles Tendon ruptures 68th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, October 3-6,2012

  • Arthrodesis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint for the treatment of severe hallux valgus deformities 68th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, October 3-6, 2012

  • The opening base wedge osteotomy of the first metatarsal for the treatment of severe hallux valgus deformities 68th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, October 3-6, 2012

  • Risk factors and treatment of venous thrombosis in orthopedic surgery 2nd Panhellenic Thrombosis Congress – Antithrombotic therapy, Athens, April 11-12, 2014