PERSONAL INFORMATION————————————————————————————
NAME: KONSTANTINOS
SURNAME: KARLIAFTIS
50 ImittouStr, Vrilissia, 15235 Athens, Greece
+30 210 8032707 +30 6944233630
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- BABALIS, CH. GIANNAKOPOULOS, K. KARLIAFTIS, E. ANTONOGIANNAKIS
Journal “INJURY”, issue 35, p. 309-317, 2004
Impact Factor 2.269
- LATE DISENGAMENT OF KNOTLESS ANCHOR
- 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
- 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