Executive Committee, Scientific Committee
It was my honour to serve as the President of the European Hip Society and welcome you to the 16th EHS Congress in my hometown of Thessaloniki, Greece in October 2025.
I have been closely involved in the evolution of EHS as it has grown in strength internationally, having served two terms as elected EHS Secretary General (from 2014-2021) under four presidents, and was able to ensure that the EHS Presidential line remained intact, to retain the special element which makes EHS such a respected and effective community of hip surgeon friends around the world.
“The Adult Hip – Master Case Series and Techniques” (Springer), is an excellent example of how effective it can be to actively pool our EHS expertise and resources, with over 50 EHS members contributing case studies to a project I am very proud of. MAST Course (Masterclass in Arthroplasty Surgery Thessaloniki in Late Autumn each year) is now in its 13th year and along with several other courses EHS organises throughout the year, is another example of EHS experts coming together.
I maintained and strengthened our relations with other respected ortho societies, such as EFORT, and increased and intensified our educational activities, such as our EHS Fellowships and EHS Webinars, with more to come. We now have members from USA, Australia, Japan, Nigeria, South America and China, as well as the Middle East and almost all of Europe, and as we all saw at the 16th EHS Congress in Thessaloniki where we had more delegates than any congress before (1,098 attendees from 90 ncountries!), our congresses go from strength to strength.
Our excellent committees are the EHS ExCom, the EHS SciCom, the EHS EduCom and the EHS Nat Reps, not to mention the EHS Ambassadors and the EHS Webinar Task Force. Our hip surgeon community is kept connected via our monthly EHS Newsletter (available on this website). Please do contact us if you wish to get actively involved in the society.
MSc (Orth) [2000]
Institute of Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UCL, London, UK
“Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures: Management and Outcome” S: Prof G. Bentley
DMed (Doctorate in Medicine) [2004]
Crete University Medical School, Crete, Greece
“Impaction grafting enhancement using human MSCs and BMP-7” S: Prof A. Hatzipavlou
PhD [2009]
King’s-Guys’-St Thomas School of Medicine, King’s College London, University of London, UK
“Bone Graft Substitutes: Local and Systemic Enhancement of Bone Formation” S: Prof L. Di Silvio
MD Athens University Medical School Cum Laude (1992)
Best Student Award International Hippocratic Foundation Prize (1992)
Military Service Special Forces Lieutenant, Paratroopers Regiment, Hellenic Special Forces (1992-94)
Compulsory Rural Medical Service (1994-95)
James Paget NHS, Norfolk, Senior House Officer (1995-1998)
Exeter (PEOC) NHS, Exeter, Senior House Officer (1998-1999)
Stanmore (RNOH) NHS, London, MSc Registrar (1999-2000)
Whittington NHS, London, Senior Registrar (2000-2002)
Whittington NHS, London, Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, London, UK (2002-2003)
Adult Joint Reconstruction Hip and Knee: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA (2003-04)
Adult Joint Reconstruction Hip and Knee (Ling fellowship): University Exeter, PEOC, Exeter, UK (2004-05)
Arthroplasty & Young Adult Hip Preservation Surgery: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (2011)
Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois, Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Rothman Institute Philadelphia, OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee
Center Charlotte, NC, Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota, Anderson Clinic Alexandria, Washington, VA, Joint
Implant Surgeons, New Albany, Ohio, Stanford Hospital, Stanford University, CA, University of Southern
California, LA, CA, London Health Sciences Centre London, ON Canada, The Center for Hip and Knee Surgery,
Indiana IN.
The Adult Hip: Master Case Series and Techniques, ISBN 978-3-319-64177-5, Springer 2018
4 Post Docs, 11 PhD, 11 MSc, 3 BSc (PS: Primary Supervisor)
Post Doc Mehran Mozen Mechanical Engineering, Leeds, UK (completed) PS
Post Doc Zak Gammie, Orthopaedics, Leeds, UK (completed) PS
Post Doc Stathis Kenanidis, AUTh, Greece (completed) PS
Post Doc Christos Topalis, AUTh, Greece (completed) PS
PhD Jonathan Mik, Mechanical Engineering, Leeds, UK (completed) PS
PhD Lee Elcherst, Mechanical Engineering, Leeds, UK (completed) PS
PhD Makis Savvidis, AUTh, Greece (completed) PS
PhD Anastasia Georgiou Imperial College London, UK (completed)
PhD Robert MacFarlane Imperial College London, UK (completed)
PhD Klontzas Michael, Imperial College London, UK (completed)
PhD Theofylaktos Kyriakidis, AUTH, Greece (completed)
PhD Akis Tzavelas Thessaloniki, AUTH, Greece (ongoing) PS
PhD Andrew Leonidou, AUTh, Greece, (ongoing) PS
PhD Chris Milaras, AUTh, Greece (ongoing) PS
PhD George Paparoidamis, AUTh, Greece, (ongoing) PS
MSc Orthopaedics Theofylaktos Kyriakidis, Erasmus University Belgium (completed) PS
MSc Science Dimitra Nella, AUTh, Greece (completed)
MSc Science Chris Topalis, AUTh, Greece (completed) PS
MSc Science Andrew Fonatlis, AUTh, Greece (completed) PS
MSC Science Theodore Michael, AUTh, Greece (completed)
MSc Maria Hadjidakis, Imperial College London (completed)
MSc Mech Eng Andrew Leonidou, Cardiff, UK (completed)PS
MSc Mech Eng Paul Panteliadis, Cardiff, UK (completed) PS
MSc Surgery Joseph Pagkalos, University of Edinburgh, UK(completed) PS
MSc in Trauma Surgery Greg Rudol, Swansea University, UK (completed) PS
MSc Mech Eng Simon Graham, University of Leeds, UK (completed)PS
BSc Orth Zubeir Ali, University College London, UK (completed)
BSc Orth Amit Bhalla, University College London, UK (completed)
BSc Orth Amir Rushdi, University College London, UK (completed)
1. Furlong Research Charitable Foundation: £ 60.000 Injectable cellular constructs h-MSC
2. Latta Fellowship: £ 400.000 BOA+ Leeds University Finite Element analysis of PPFF
3. BOA: £ 200.000 Fracture healing acceleration with PTH
4. Kuros Biotechnology: £ 90.000 PTH for intra-articular tibial plateau fractures
5. Yorkshire Children’s Spinal Foundation: £ 25.000 Congenital heart Disease and Scoliosis
6. Stryker USA Boston University: 200.000 USA Dollars PTH vs OP-1 in healing
7. Onassis Foundation: £ 20.000 HA with MSCs and OP-1 in vitro osteogenesis
8. Culier Grant, NHS, UK: £ 15.000 Enhancing impaction grafting with OP-1 and MSCs
9. NIR (Nat. Inst. Res) 93933 RCT pharmacology anticoagulant Ab testing ΙΙΙβ PRONOMOS €22.000
10. NIR 93950 ART €33.000
11. NIR 92882 MAST €12.300
12. NIR BAY 1213790 RCT multicenter pharmacology study II FOXTROT €150.000
13. FARE Grand AAHKS USA, Collaboration with NUY, $25.000
14. ESPA ORamaVR with AUTh and UTH €600.000
15. PJC ORamaVR with UOC €550.000
16. NIR 99834 RCT multicenter pharmacology study 70033093 AXIOMATIC-TKR: €150.000
17. Culier Grant, NHS, UK: £ 15.000 Enhancing impaction grafting with OP-1 and MSCs
18. NIR (Nat. Inst. Res) 93933 RCT pharmacology anticoagulant Ab testing ΙΙΙβ PRONOMOS €22.000
19. NIR 93950 ART €33.000
20. NIR 92882 MAST €12.300
21. NIR BAY 1213790 RCT multicenter pharmacology study II FOXTROT €150.000
22. FARE Grand AAHKS USA, Collaboration with NUY, $25.000
23. ESPA ORamaVR with AUTh and UTH €600.000
24. PJC ORamaVR with UOC €650.000
25. NIR 99834 RCT multicenter pharmacology study 70033093 AXIOMATIC-TKR: €50.000
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, J Arthroplasty (Editorial Board), Journal of Cellular and Molecular
Medicine, Injury (Invited Editor), Tissue Engineering, Cell Tissue Organs, Arthritis Treatment and Research,
BMJ, Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology, Expert opinion in Pharmacotherapy, Expert opinion in
Biological Therapy, Expert opinion in Investigational Drugs, Expert op in Drug Safety (Editorial Board),
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, Acta Biomaterialia, Hip International, Acta Orthop., J Orthop
Research, J Bone Mineral Research., Bone and Joint J.
EHS, EKS, BOA, BTS, BORS, BHS, BMA, GMC, EBJIS, HAOST, HHKS, Onassis Foundation, RCS, ACS.
275 Publications in Peer Reviewed International Journals (PubMed & Scopus)
Total Impact Factor: 854.927
Citations (Google Scholar 2019): 8,873
H-factor: 43
i10-index: 126
105 Book Chapters in International Orthopaedics textbooks
180 Invited and Guest lectures in National & International Conferences
250 Abstracts presented in National & International Conferences
