About
Mr Christakis is everything you could want in a surgeon; his experience, dedication and caring approach means you have the utmost confidence in him and his team. I couldn’t be happier with the treatment I have received. Thank you!
Education
• Honorary (Clinical) Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, School of Medicine (present)• Founder and Organiser of the Hands-on Simulation Course “Management of Neck Hematoma and Post-operative Hypocalcemia”, Post-graduate Education Centre, City Hospital, Nottingham
• Clinical and Educational supervisor for medical students• Weekly teaching sessions to medical students, teaching by the bed-side and in operating room, OSCE examiner for medical students• Supervising research/audit projects of PhD projects, surgical trainees and medical students
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List of Treatments
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Work Experience
• More than 10 years of experience• Consultant Endocrine and General Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (2019 – present)
• Post-CCT Senior Clinical Fellow in Endocrine Surgery, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (2017 – 2019)• Post-CCT Senior Clinical Fellow in Endocrine Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford (2016 – 2017)• Postdoctoral Fellow in Endocrine Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, United States of America (2015-2016)• Post-CCT Senior Clinical Fellow in Endocrine Surgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London (2014 – 2015)• PhD student, Department of Endocrinology and Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London (2011-2014)• Deanery trainee in General Surgery, General Hospital of Athens “Polikliniki”, Athens (2005-2011)
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Special Interest
• Normocalcemic and normohormonal hyperparathyroidism• Bilateral neck explorations (non-localised/negative preoperative scans)
• Redo-parathyroidectomy after previously failed neck exploration (persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism)• Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy• Parathyroid operation for parathyroid cancer• Thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular, medullary)• Rare and genetic diseases including Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN 1 and MEN2)• Thyroid nodules (retrosternal goitre)• Neck lumps• Graves’ disease / thyrotoxicosis• Phaeochromocytoma• Cushing’s syndrome (Hypercortisolism)• Conn’s syndrome (Hyperaldosteronism)• Extra-adrenal abdominal paraganglioma• Adrenal malignancies• Adrenalectomy-minimally invasive (laparoscopic)
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