Curriculum Vitae

ABOUT THE DOCTOR

Dr. Angelos Karatzias is a Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgeon in Nicosia Cyprus. He studied medicine in Greece / University of Thrace and proceeded to obtain a Master of Science in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair from the University of Cardiff.

Scientific Societies

Courses, Congresses & Seminars

Speaking Engagements

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Personal Information

Name

Dr. Angelos Karatzias MD, MSc, FEBOPRAS Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon

Date of Birth

11th July 1982

Address

Nicholas St. 59, 1st floor, Egkomi, 2408

Telephone

+357-22275522

Fax

+357-22020730

E-mail

[email protected]

Website

www.drkaratzias.com

Dr. Karatzias performs a variety of facial, breast and body cosmetic and reconstructive procedures and as a Plastic Surgeon being dedicated to the highest standards of patient care he focuses on flawless aesthetic results while simultaneously he respects natural appearance and functionality. He is a fellow of the European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (FEBOPRAS) and the owner of K-clinic, a medical capacity in Engomi – Nicosia with a large number of modalities incorporated. In addition, he is the medical director of Mobile Wound Healing Unit, a company dedicated to wounds, ulcers and traumas.

Current Work Status

Practicing as a Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon at Aretaeio Private Hospital in Nicosia working in collaboration with prestigious private clinics and doctors / surgeons of other specialties for achieving a multidisciplinary approach in the reconstructive cases and a successful / safe aesthetic enhancement in cosmetic cases.

Medical Director of Mobile Wound Healing Unit, a home care company dedicated to dealing with chronic wounds and traumas for people unable or unwilling to be transferred from their home, hospital or nursing home.

National and International Memberships

CySPRAS

Cyprus Society of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

EAFPS

European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery

EMEDIP

Greek Diabetic Foot Study Group

PSRC

Plastic Surgery Research Council

MBC

Mediterranean Burn Council

EWMA

European Wound Management Association

ISAPS

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

IWGDF

International Working Group on Diabetic Foot

ECAMS

European College of Aesthetic Medicine & Surgery

ASPS

American Society Of Plastic Surgeons

License to Practice Medicine

Medical Clinical Practice and member of Doctors Council of Greece
Medical Clinical Practice and member of Doctors Council of Cyprus (No. 4839)
Registration as a medical practitioner in the UK by GMC (No. 7463619), Dec. 2013

Previous Experience

2009 – 2011

Resident of General Surgery in Nicosia General Hospital for the speciality of Plastic Surgery, General Surgery Department, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus

2011 – 2014

Training as a registrar Plastic Surgeon, Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus

2014 – 2015

Training as a registrar Plastic Surgeon, Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department, Dubrava Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

Education

POSTGRADUATE

2009 – 2014

University of Cardiff, UK / MSc (Master of Science in Wound Healing & Tissue Repair)

SPECIALTY

2009 – 2016

Specialty of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, appointed by Greek General Administration of Public Health, Attica district, Greece

UNDERGRADUATE

2002 – 2008

University of Thrace, Greece / Medical Degree

Other Information

Life support courses: BLS/AED (2007)

ATLS (2014) / ABLS (2011)

Courses – Seminars – Attachments

Northwick Park Microsurgery Workshop (35h) (CPD), London, Mar. 2011
Recent Advances in Burn Care, Advanced Educational Course organized by BAPRAS, Manchester, May 2011, CME: 13
Practical seminar of head and neck surgery on fresh frozen cadavers and special "hands-on" training for parotidectomy, rhinoplasty, tracheostomy and neck dissection, Nicosia, Oct. 2013.
Practical "hands on" seminar on animals for training in incisions flaps and suturing, Nicosia, Oct. 2013.
22nd European Course in Plastic Surgery, Thessaloniki, Nov. 2013, CME: 15
Clinical attachment (8 weeks) at National Spinal Injuries Centre and Plastic Surgery Department in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Feb. 2014
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course, Nicosia, Sep. 2014
8th International Microsurgery two-days hands-on course, Zagreb, Nov. 2014
Greek exams for the specialty of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and appointed Plastic Surgeon, Athens, Jan 2016
Part 1 of European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS)exam fellowship, Brussels, Jan 2016
Practical "hands on" course on fresh frozen cadavers for training in rhinoplasty, Thessaloniki, Apr. 2016
Plastic Surgery meeting, Belgrade, May 2017
Botti's Best Face Course 2017, Gardone, May 2017
Polytech's Masterclass, Dubrovnik, April 2018
Facial Makeover (Science & Art of Facial Makeover), Beirut, April 2018
EWMA New Frontiers in Wound Management, Krakow, May 2018
Botti's Best Breast Course 2018, Gardone, May 2018
Live Makeover 5 – Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Athens, Aug. 2018
ESPRAS 2019 Microsurgery Hands on Course, Limassol – Cyprus, Oct. 2018
ESPRAS 2019 meeting, Limassol – Cyprus, Oct. 2018
APAAC 2018, Daegu – S. Korea, November 2018
Polytech's Workshop, Athens, Dec. 2018
Smith & Nephew Workshop on Wound Care, Warsaw, Mar. 2019
Polytech's Masterclass, Sibenik, April 2019
EWMA 2019, Gothenburg, May 2019
Live Makeover 6 – Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Athens June 2019
The Art and Science of Sculpting the Lower Face, Athens June 2019
8ο ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ ΕΠΟΥΛΩΣΗΣ ΤΡΑΥΜΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΛΚΩΝ 2019
APAAC 2019,Daegu – S.Korea, November 2019
ISAPS, Fresh Cadaver Aesthetic Dissection Course on Facial anatomy, Liege, Belgium January 2020
ISAPS, Fresh Cadaver Aesthetic Dissection Course on Nose anatomy, Liege, Belgium January 2020
22nd Annual world congress IMCAS, Paris, France,, Jan. 2020
23rd Annual world congress IMCAS, Paris, France, June 2022
European Rhinoplasty Course, Brussels, Belgium, April 2022
14th Panhellenic Congress of Plastic Reconsructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Thessaloniki, Greece, Oct. 2022
5th Asia Pacific Anti-Aging Conference, Daegu, South Korea, Dec. 2022
1st Mediterranean Conference of Plastic Surgery Innovations, Limassol, Cyprus, May 2023
Breast Symposium by Mentor, Madrid, Spain, June 2023
24th Annual world congress IMCAS, Paris, France, Jan. 2023
ISAPS Olympiad World Congress Athens, Greece, Sep. 2023
Inmode's Summit, Limassol, Cyprus, Sept. 2023
Lipedema World Congress, Potsdam, Germany, Oct. 2023
Teoxane 20 Years Anniversary, Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2023
25th Annual world congress IMCAS, Paris, France, Jan. 2024

Other Achievements

Member of the Mediterranean Burn Council (MBC) since Jul. 2012
National delegate of Cyprus in IPRAS-TA (International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – Trainees Association)
Member of the 1st Executive Committee (ExCo) of IPRAS-TA since November 2012
Scholarship (financial) awarded by the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Society of Wound Healing including one month of training in a center specialized in healing chronic wounds and ulcers and financial support, Apr. 2013
Appointed as Honorary Lecturer at the University of Nicosia Medical School, St George's University of London, Oct. 2013
Lecturer in Educational Program for Nursing Health Services organized by Ministry of Health on Acute and Chronic Wound Management, Nicosia, Jan.-Mar. 2014
Member of the organizing committee of the International Hands on Course in Breast Reconstruction with Autologous Tissues held in Athens, Greece, March 2014
Representative of Cyprus for International Working Group on Diabetic Foot (IWGDF), The Hague, May 2015
Lecturer in Educational Program for Nursing Health Services organized by Ministry of Health on Acute and Chronic Wound Management, Nicosia, Nov. 2015
Organizing Committee of ESPRAS 2018 Limassol – Cyprus, Oct. 2018
Participation in General Assembly of International Working Group on Diabetic Foot, Hague, May 2019
Artistic Facial Transformation course using Teosyal Injectables, October 2019
Lip Masterclass using Teosyal Injectables, October 2019
Polytech's Masterclass, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2022
Polytech's Bright Talents Event, Mallorca, Spain, 2022

Additional Achievements

Founder and Vice President of CWMS (Cyprus Wound Management Society)

National Secretary for Cyprus of the International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

Member of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)

Representative of Cyprus for the IWGDF (International Working Group on Diabetic Foot)

International Trainer and Key Opinion Leader for Apyx Medical (Renuvion)

TOTAL DEFINER MASTER by Alfredo Hoyos

Technologies Used

VASER LIPOSUCTION

Ultrasound Assisted Lipo / UAL

RENUVION SKIN TIGHTENING

(J-Plasma)

Nouvag's Power Assisted Liposuction

MicroAire's Power Assisted Liposuction

(PAL)

Participated as a Speaker

5th National Congress in healing of traumas and ulcers, Athens, Apr. 2011
11th National Perioperative nursing Congress, Limassol, May 2011
Symposium on Recent Advances and New Concepts in Plastic Surgery & Fat Grafting course, Limassol, Oct. 2011
17th MBC meeting / Euro-Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters, Palermo, Jun. 2012, CME: 10
12th National Perioperative nursing Congress, Larnaca, Sep. 2012, CME: 7,8
10th IQUAM Congress and Consensus conference, Athens, Nov. 2012, CME: 12
Symposium of Plastic Surgery for the teenager patient, Limassol, Jan 2013, CME:6
17th IPRAS World Congress, Santiago / Chile, March 2013, CME: 29
27th National Congress of Greek Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nicosia, Oct. 2013, CME:15
11th IQUAM Congress and Consensus Conference and 3rd IPRAS International Meeting of Plastic Surgery Trainees, Budapest, Apr. 2014
7th National Congress of the Helllenic Society of Wound Healing, Athens, Oct. 2015
5th Panhellenic Congress organized by the Greek Diabetic Foot Study Group (EMEDIP), Athens, Feb. 2016
1st International Autologous Rhinoplasty PINOKIO Workshop, Daegu, Korea, Nov 2018
19th Pancyprian Conference for Operating Theatre Nurses, Cyprus, April 2019
Wound Management in Orthopaedics Surgery, "The prevention and treatment of post-operative orthopaedic wound complications" – Master Class, 40th Cyprus Orthopaedic Conference, Landmark Hotel, Nicosia CY, Nov. 2019
2nd International Symposium PINOKIO, Daegu, Korea, 2019
International PINOKIO meeting, Daegu, South Korea, Nov 2022
12th Croatian Esthetic Medicine Symposium, Croatia, March 2023
National Cyprus Podiatry Meeting, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, Sept 2023
20 Years Teoxane educational event, Athens, Greece, Jan. 2024

Publication Articles

"Practical Applications of Small Intestine Submucosa Extracellular Matrix (SIS-ECM): An Expert Panel Consensus."

Authors: Ally-Khan Somani, Leanne Atkin, Falk G Bechara, Jeffrey M Davidson, Steve Jeffery, Eliot Mostow, Richard Simman, David G Armstrong, Angelos Karatzias, José Luis Lázaro Martínez, Jeanette Milne, Melina Vega de Ceniga.

Journal of Wound Care — VOL. 32, NO. Sup9b — Published Online: 13 Sep 2023

"Europe, the Middle East and Africa; The OneNPWT clinical decision tree for open wounds."

Authors: Angelos Karatzias, Ardian Karakushi, Caroline Payne, Ethel Andrews, Kevin Adams, Tomasz Banasiewicz.

International Case Reports 2023, Wound International — Published Online: 16 Feb 2023

Internationally Recognized

Staying at the forefront of medical advancement. Dr. Karatzias is proudly accredited by leading global organizations in both Plastic Surgery and Wound Management.

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