CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION————————————————————————————

NAME: KONSTANTINOS

SURNAME: KARLIAFTIS

50 ImittouStr, Vrilissia, 15235 Athens, Greece

+30 210 8032707       +30 6944233630

coskarl@hotmail.com

SEX : Male      DATE OF BIRTH :  11 / O4 / 1962  NATIONALITY : GREEK

MARITAL STATUS :Married , father of a daughter and a son , aged 23 and 16 respectively

POSITION :Military Doctor, Directorof 1st Orthopaedic Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

RANK : Brigadier General

PERSONAL SKILLS—————————————————————————————————

Mother Tongue : Greek

Other Languages : German / Mittelstuffe 2

English / TOEFL

Computer competent

WORK EXPERIENCE ————————————————————————————————

Oct. ’92 – Sep. ’94 : Consultant of 1st Department of Orthopaedics of 401 General Military Hospital

Sep. ’94 – Oct. ’95 : Consultant regularly paid in Pulvertaft Hand Centre – Derbyshire, Royal Infirmary UK ( fellowship in hand surgery )

Oct. ’95 – Sep. ’97 : Vice Commander of Military Unit on the island of Kos, Greece

Sep. ’97 – Sep. ’01 : Consultant of 1st Department of Orthopaedics in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

Sep. ’01 – May ’02 : Consultant of 2nd Department of Orthopaedics in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

May ’02 – Nov. ’02 : Director of the Department of Orthopaedics in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

Nov. ‘02 – Oct.’03 : Consultant of  2nd Department of Orthopaedics in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

Apr. ’98 – Apr. ’02 : Greek Representative at the Emergency Military Medicine Working Group of NATO : Present in all meetings of NATO at :

  • Portsmouth , the UK
  • Halifax, Canada
  • Paris, France
  • Istanbul, Turkey
  • Brussels, Belgium

Oct. ’03 – Oct. ’04 : Director of General Military Hospital of Tripolis, Greece

Oct. ’04 – Mar. ’06 : Consultant of 1st Department of Orthopaedics in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

Mar. ’06 – Present : Director of  1st Department of Orthopaedics in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING ————————————————————————————

Primary and Secondary Education: Sep.’67 – Jun.’79

  • Being the son of a Greek Army Officer, I attended classes in different schools of Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa and Izmir, Turkey.
  • During 1970 and1972, while my father served in NATO at Izmir, I also participated in the team of the American Boy Scouts.
  • During 1977 and 1980, while my father attended the Fῠhrungs Academy in Hamburg, Germany, I was accommodated by relatives in Thessaloniki, where I graduated from Upper High School and took University entrance exams.

Sep.’79 – Jun. ’85 : Military Medical School department of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Sep.’85- Oct. ’86 :Trainee in the Departments of Surgery and General Medicine in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

Oct.’86 – Sep. ’87 : Served as the Doctor of the Military Unit in Herakleion, Crete, Greece

Sep. ’87 – Sep. ’89 : Trainee in General Surgery (1st year) and Orthopaedics ( 1st year ) at the corresponding departments in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens

Sep. ’89 – Sep. ’92 :Trainee in the 1st Department of Orthopaedics in “KAT” Hospital ( Accident Centre) – Director of Department , Dr C. Papadopoulos

Trainee in the Department ofHand Surgery and Microsurgery – Director of Department, Dr N. Daoutis

23 / 09 / 91 – 23 / 12 / 91 :Clinical practice in Microsurgery

Oct. ’92 : Acquisition of Title as Qualified Surgeon in Orthopaedics

CERTIFIED ATTENDANCE OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS ——-————————————————————————————————————————–

  • 13th ICRS CONGRESS

23-27 Sept 2016, SORENTO, ITALY

 

  • SOVEREIGN PIRP WORKSHOP UPPER LIMB UNIT

16 May 2014, WRIGTINGTON, UK

 

  • EFSM 12th CONGRESS

3-5 April 2014, BARCELONA, SPAIN

 

  • AANA (ARTHROSCOPIC ASSOSIATION OF NORTH AMERICA)

24-27 April 2008, WASHINGTON DC, USA

 

  • 8th CONGRESS OF EFFORT

11-15 May 2007, FLORENCE, ITALY

 

 

  • 4th INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED COURSE ON SURGICAL KNEE ARTHROSCOPY

October 2007, TOURS, FRANCE

 

  • NICE SHOULDER COURSE

1-3 June 2006, NICE FRANCE

 

  • LOCKING NAILING TRAINING COURSE

21 Nov 2005, STRASBOURG, FRANCE

 

  • ICRS SURGICAL SKILLS COURSE

28 Oct 2005, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

 

  • ISACOS

10-14 Mar 2003, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

 

  • ROTATOR CUFF AND SHOULDER PROSTHESIS

8-10 May 2003, PADOVA, ITALY

 

 

  • 1st SEMINAR ILIZAROV EXTERNAL FIXATION

16 Nov 2003, ATHENS, GREECE

 

  • ICS

6June 2002, GMUDEN, AUSTRIA

 

  • AANA

3 Aug 2001, USA

 

  • 3rd ADVANCED COURSE ON SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY

23 Jan 2000, VAL D’ ISERE, FRANCE

 

  • AANA

30 Oct 1999, USA

 

  • AANA

4-8 Feb 1999, USA

 

  • AO HAND COURSE

25-29 Sept 1994, DERBY, UK

 

  • ORTHOFIX SEMINAR

18 May 1993, VERONA, ITALY

 

  • INSTRUCTION COURSE FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS & ENDOPROSTHETIC

4 May 1992, HOMBURG, GERMANY

 

 

TEACHING/MENTORING EXPERIENCE IN CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS RELATED TO MEDICAL SPECIALISATION———————————————————————————-

  • 1st ARHTROSCOPIC CONGRESS OF ATHLETIC INJURIES

12-14 June 2008, PATRAS, GREECE

 

  • ATHENS SHOULDER COURSE

Mar 2008, ATHENS, GREECE

 

  • 3ndARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER SEMINAR

Nov 2007, ATHENS, GREECE

 

 

 

  • 2ndARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER SEMINAR

June 2007, ATHENS, GREECE

 

  • 3rd DAY SEMINAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER SERGERY

Jan 2005, ATHENS, GREECE

 

  • SEMINAR OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT ARTHROSCOPIC RECONSTRUCTION

May 2003, ATHENS, GREECE

 

GUEST LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES RELATED TO BASIC MEDICAL STUDIES—————————————————————————————————————————-

  • ISACOS CONGRESS “COMPICATIONS IN SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY”

June 3003, AUCKLAND, N.Z

 

  • 8th CONGRESS OF BALCAN MILITARY MEDICAL COMMITTEE

21 Sept 2003, ROMANIA

GUEST LECTURER IN NATIONAL CONGRESSES RELATED TO BASIC MEDICAL STUDIES————————————————————————————————————————————

  • 4th PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OF GREEK ARTHROSCOPIC ASSOCIATION

22-25 June 2011, RETHIMNO, CRETE

 

  • 1st ARTHROSCOPIC CONGRESS OF ATHLETIC INJURIES

12-14 June 2008, PATRAS

 

  • POSTEDUCATIONAL ATHLETIC INJURY SEMINAR OF PELOPONNESE

19-21 Sept 2008, PIRGOS

 

 

  • 3nd EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR OF ARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER SERGERY

8-9 Nov 2007, ATHENS

 

 

  • 2nd EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR OF ARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER SERGERY

7-8 June 2007, ATHENS

 

  • INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE FOR BIOABSORBABLE INION SYSTEMS

12 Feb 2005, ATHENS

 

  • POSTEDUCATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC SEMINAR OF PELOPONNESE

26-27 Nov 2004, TRIPOLIS

 

  • SHOULDER & KNEE ARTHROSCOPIC DAY SEMINAR

20 Nov 2004, ATHENS

 

  • NATIONAL CONGRESS OF GREEK ORTHROPAEDIC ASSOCIATION

Oct 2003, ATHENS

 

  • SEMINAR OF ARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER SURGERY

28-29 Mar 2003, ATHENS

 

  • 1st NATIONAL CONGRESS OF SHOULDER- ELBOW

26 April 2002, ATHENS

 

 

PUBLICATIONS IN FOREIGN MEDICAL JOURNALS ———————————————————

  • COMPLEX SEGMENTAL FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS AND ULN WITHOUT ASSOCIATED DISTOCATION OF LIGAMENTONS INJURY: A CASE STUDY REPORT
  1. KAPOUTSIS, I. LACHANAS, I.ZAGAS, K. KARLIAFTIS

Journal of Balkan Military Medical Committee, vol. 16, no 1, 2013

5th Congress of the Greek Arthroscopic Association 3-6 Apr 2013, LARISSA, GREECE

 

  • INRO- OPERATIVE AND LATE COMPICATIONS IN ARTHROSCOPIC ANTERIOR SHOULDER INSTABILITY RECONSTRUCTION
  1. KARLIAFTIS, E. ANTONOGIANNAKIS, CH. GIANNAKOPOULOS, P. LAMBRINAKOS

Journal “ARTHROSCOPY” vol. 19, issue 6, p.21

Impact Factor 3.317

 

  • MULTIPLE STRESS FRACTURES: A CASE STUDY REPORT
  1. KOKKINAKIS, S. DARMANIS, S. ANASTASOPOULOS, I. ZAGAS, K. KARLIAFTIS

Journal “JOURNAL OF MEDICAL CASES” vol. 2, no 1, Feb 2011

 

  • PERONEAL ARTERY PSEUDO- ANEURYSMS FOLLOWING BLUNT INJURY
  1. TZILALIS, K. KARLIAFTIS, A. TSAKIRIS, M. LAZARIDES

Journal “ACTA CHIR BELGICA”, p.106, 2006

 

  • PREVENTION OF POST- TRAUMATIC HYPOXAEMIE IN ISOLATED LOWER LOMB LONG BONE FRACTURES WITH MAMMAL PROPHYLACTIC DOSE OF CORTICOSTEROIDS
  1. BABALIS, CH. GIANNAKOPOULOS, K. KARLIAFTIS, E. ANTONOGIANNAKIS

Journal “INJURY”, issue 35, p. 309-317, 2004

Impact Factor 2.269

 

 

  • LATE DISENGAMENT OF KNOTLESS ANCHOR
  1. ANTONOGIANNAKIS, CH. GIANNAKOPOULOS, K. KARLIAFTIS, CH. CARABALIS

Journal “ARTHROSCOPY” vol. 18, issue 8, p.40, Oct 2002

Impact Factor 3.317

 

  • ARTHROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF THE ACUTE AND CHRONAL ANTERIOR INSTABILITY OF SHOULDER
  1. KARLIAFTIS

Journal “ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA HELLENICA” vol. 52, issue 3, Sept 2001

 

 

PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES—————————————————————–

17  PAPERS  in international othopeadic   congresses and meetings

POSTERS IN NATIONAL CONGRESSES————————————————————————

68 PAPERS in national othopeadic  congresses and meetings

COMMUNICATIONSKILLS —————————————————————————————

  • Very good communication skills gained through my experience as a hospital doctor
  • Excellent contact skills withal age groups gained through my experience as a military doctor

ORGANISATIONAL /MANAGERIAL SKILLS——————————————————————-

  • Leadership (currently responsible for a team of 10  doctors  and  8   nurses
  • Very good organisational skills gained through my experience as the Consultant and Director of Orthopaedics in different hospitals

 

 

 

 

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