Curriculum Vitae
Elias C. Papadopoulos, M.D
Spine/ Scoliosis Surgeon
Lecturer, Orthopedic Department
University of Athens, School of Medicine
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PERSONAL
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Date of Birth
Place of Birth
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PRESENT POSITION
2005- present
Elias C. Papadopoulos, M.D.
Ypsilantou 18 Str ; Athens, 10676; Greece
January 21, 1970
Athens, Greece
Greek
+30 210 7218719
+30 6944 469944
hpapado@yahoo.com
Spine/ Scoliosis and Orthopedic Trauma Service
University of Athens, School of Medicine
EDUCATION
9/1988-7/1994
School of Medicine
National and Kapodestrian University of Athens
Medical Degree Grade: Excellent; Rank: Upper 2%
9/1994-10/1994
University of Berlin, Oscar Helene-Heim Hospital
Elective Clerkship in Orthopedics and Trauma
9/1995-10/1996
Internship in General Surgery
Athens Naval Hospital
1/1997-1/1998
Public Service, General Practice; Evia Island, Greece
2/1998 - 3/2003
Resident in Orthopedic Surgery
Department of Orthopedics
University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece
1/2000-7/2000
Visiting Resident in Orthopedics (6 months)
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota
2003
Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Certification; Greece
7/2003-6/2005
Fellow in Spinal and Scoliosis Surgery
Hospital for Special Surgery, NY
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University, NY
2003-2005
Spine and Scoliosis Surgery Certification; USA
2012
Scoliosis Research Society Travelling Fellowship
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MILITARY SERVICE
11/1994-10/1996
GREEK NAVY
Officer, Naval Medical Corps
1994
Naval School for Reserve Medical Officers (2 months)
1995
Naval School of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (2 months)
MEDICAL LICENSURE
1994
Greece
2000
ECFMG Certification
2008
State of Connecticut Licensure
HONORS / AWARDS
1990-1994
Papadakis Scholarship
Award for Academic Achievement
1993
Greek Ministry of Education
Award for Excellence
Ranked Third in Fifth year Medical School Class
1994
Athens University Medical School Graduation Award
Upper 2% throughout the Medical School
2003-2006
Empirikion Foundation scholar
2006
Spine Surgery Scholarship, Greek Orthopedic Society
LANGUAGES / CERTIFICATIONS
1986
French Language
Certificat Pratique de langue Francaise
1988
German Language
Mittelstufe Zeugnis Diploma
2002
Certificate of Proficiency in English
The University of Michigan
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SOCIETIES
1994-
Medical Society of Athens
1999-
Hellenic College of Orthopedic Surgeons, Athens
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2003-
Hellenic Medical Society, New York
June 2008-
FOCOS (Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine)
2008-
North American Spine Society
2009-
Scoliosis Research Society
2010-
European Spine Society
2012-
Education Commity, Scoliosis Research Society
2012-
Global Outreach Commity, Scoliosis Research Society
DOCTORAL THESIS
“Pyriformis Syndrome”. Pathologic study in cadavers.
Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, University of Athens
PUBLICATIONS-ARTICLES
1.
Bone Marrow Edema of the Knee. A Review
E. C. Papadopoulos, P. J. Papagelopoulos, P. Boscainos, D. Pascaloglou, N. D. Gandaifis,
M. Kasseta, D. S. Korres, K. G. Stamos.
(Orthopedics. 2001 Jan; 24(1): 69-73)
2.
Total Knee Arthroplasty Following Distal Femoral Fractures
Elias C. Papadopoulos, Javad Parvizi, Choon Hin Lai, David G. Lewallen
(Knee. 2002 Dec; 9(4): 267-274)
3.
Tuberculous sacroiliitis
Elias C. Papadopoulos, PJ Papagelopoulos, OD Savvidou, ME Falagas, GS Sapkas, EG Fragkiadakis
Orthopedics. 2003 Jun;26(6):653-7
4.
Bone Marrow Edema Syndrome of the Knee. A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Elias C. Papadopoulos, Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos, Maria Kaseta, George S. Themistocleous, Demetrios S.
Korres
(Knee; 2003; 10: 295-302)
5.
Five-year experience with the Orthofix tibial nailing system
Elias Ch. Papadopoulos, George C. Babis, Nikolaos D. Gandaifis, Theophilos Karachalios, John Tsarouchas
(Osteosynthese International; 2003; 11: S113-S116)
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Outcome after anatomic reduction and transfixation with Kirschner wires of Lisfrank Joint injuries
D. S. Korres, I. P. Psicharis, N. Gandaifis, E. C. Papadopoulos, A. B. Zoubos, K. Nikolopoulos
(European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology; 2003; 13: 85-90)
7.
Piriformis Syndrome and low back pain: a new classification and review of the literature
Elias C. Papadopoulos, Safdar N. Khan
(Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 2004 Jan;35(1):65-71)
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Piriformis Syndrome
Elias C. Papadopoulos, D.S. Korres, G. Papachristou, N. Efstathopoulos
(Orthopedics. 2004 Aug;27(8):797, 799; author reply 799)
9.
Bone Density Study at the distal Radius using pQCT analysis in Greek Thalassemic Patients.
Vassilis Ladis, Nicos Gandaifis, Elias C Papadopoulos, George M Gavras, Ioannis Papasotiriou, Dimitrios S
Korres, Christos A. Kattamis
(Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2004 Dec;2 Suppl 2:307-9)
10.
Acute thoracic outlet syndrome after internal fixation of a clavicle pseudarthrosis
Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos, Elias Ch. Papadopoulos, Olga D. Savvidou, MA Kaseta, George S. Themistocleous, FG
Milas
(Orthopedics. 2005 Jun;28(6):606-8)
11.
Accuracy of Single-Time, Multilevel Registration In Image-Guided Spinal Surgery
Elias C. Papadopoulos, Federico P. Girardi, Andrew Sama, HS Sandhu, Frank P. Cammisa, Jr
(Spine J; 2005 May-Jun;5(3):263-7; discussion 268)
12.
Scoliosis In Steinert’s Syndrome; a case report
Themistocleous GS, Sapkas GS, Papagelopoulos PJ, Stilianessi EV, Papadopoulos EC, Apostolou CD. (Spine J.;
Mar-Apr;5(2):212-216)
13.
Tuberculous sacroiliitis. A case report and review of the literature
PJ Papagelopoulos, Elias C. Papadopoulos, AF Mavrogenis, GS Themistocleous, DS Korres, PN Soucacos
(Eur Spine J. 2005 Sep;14(7):683-8)
14.
Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with pre-existing Fracture Deformity
Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos, George S. Themistocleous, Theophilos Karachalios, Elias Ch. Papadopoulos, Olga
D. Savvidou, James A. Rand
(Orthopedics. 2007 May; 30(5):373-8)
15.
Three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plate fixation: radiographic and clinical results
Elias C. Papadopoulos, Federico P. Girardi, Russel C. Huang, Keith Synnott, Frank P. Cammisa, Jr
(Spine; 2006 Apr 15;31(8):897-902)
16.
Outcome of revision discectomies following recurrent lumbar disc herniation
Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD; Federico P. Girardi, MD; Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD; Patrick F. O'Leary, MD; Frank P.
Cammisa, Jr, MD, FACS
(Spine; 2006 Jun 1;31(13):1473-6)
17.
Postoperative infection in posterior and anterior interbody fusion for degenerative diseases of the spine
Ioannis p. Pappou, Elias C. Papadopoulos, Andrew A. Sama, Federico P. Girardi, Frank P. Cammisa
(Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Mar;444:120-8)
18.
Spinal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
Matthew E. Cunningham, Federico Girardi, Elias C. Papadopoulos, Frank P. Cammisa
(Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Mar;443:73-82)
19.
Pott’s disease in the thoracolumbar spine with marked kyphosis and progressive paraplegia necessitating
posterior vertebral column resection and anterior reconstruction with a cage.
Ioannis P. Pappou, Elias C. Papadopoulos, A. Swanson, Federico P. Girardi.
(Spine. 2006 Feb 15;31(4):E123-7)
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20.
Measurement Error of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Range-of-Motion
Moe R. Lim, MD; Randall T. Loder, MD; Stephen Lyman, PhD; Kai Zhang, MD; Andrew Sama, MD; Elias C.
Papadopoulos, MD; Kristin Warner, MD; Russel C. Huang, MD; Federico P. Girardi, MD; Frank P. Cammisa, Jr.,
MD
(Spine; 2006 May 1;31(10):E291-7)
21.
Lumbar microdiscectomy under epidural anesthesia
Elias C. Papadopoulos, Federico P. Girardi, Andrew A. Sama, Ioannis P. Pappou, Michael K. Urban, Frank
Cammisa
(Spine J; 2006 Sep-Oct;6(5):561-4)
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Osteoporotic vertebral fractures and collapse with intravertebral vacuum sign-Kűmmel’s disease.
Ioannis P. Pappou, Elias C. Papadopoulos, Andrew N. Swanson, Frank P. Cammisa, Federico P. Girardi
(Orthopedics; 2008 Jan;31(1):61-6)
23.
Postoperative spine infections: a retrospective analysis of 21 patients
G.S. Sapkas, A.F.Mavrogenis, D.S. Mastrokalos, E.C.Papadopoulos, P.J.Papagelopoulos
(Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol; 2006 Dec; 16(4):322-326)
24.
Unipedicular Balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures; early
results
Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD; Folorunsho Edobor-Osula, MPH; Michael J. Gardner, MD; Michael K. Shindle, MD;
Joseph M. Lane, MD
(Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques; 2008 Dec;21(8):589-96)
25.
Screening for nuclear replacement candidates in patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease
Ioannis P. Pappou, MD; Federico P. Girardi, MD; Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD; Peter Frelinghuysen, MD; Frank P.
Cammisa, MD, Jr
(SAS journal; Spring 2008;2:114–119)
26.
Sacral Stress Fractures complicating thoracolumbar fusion to the Sacrum
Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD; Frank P. Cammisa, MD, Jr; Federico P. Girardi, MD
(Spine; 2008 Sep 1;33(19):E699-707)
27.
Spontaneous posterior iliac crest regeneration enabling second bone graft harvest; a case report
Papadopoulos EC, O’Leary FP, Pappou IP, Girardi FP
(HSS J; 2009 Sep 5(2):114-6)
28.
Piriformis syndrome – an attempt to understand its pathology
Kanakis DN, Lazaris AC, Papadopoulos EC, Kallitsis EA, Patsouris ES, Paraskevakou HA
(Clinical Neuropathology; 2010 Mar-Apr;29(2):65-70)
29.
Posterior decompression and stabilization and surgical vertebroplasty with the vertebral body stenting for
metastatic vertebral and epidural Cauda Equina Compression
Mavrogenis AF, Papadopoulos EC, Starantzis K, Korres DS, Papagelopoulos PJ.
J Surg Oncol.; 2010 Mar 1;101(3):253-8
30.
Pathophysiology and biomechanincs of the aging spine.
Papadakis M, Sapkas G, Papadopoulos EC, Katonis P.
Open Orthop J. 2011;5:335-42. Epub 2011 Sep 19
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Late treatment of tuberculosis-associated kyphosis: literature review and experience from a SRS-GOP site.
Boachie-Adjei O, Papadopoulos EC, Pellisé F, Cunningham ME, Perez-Grueso FS, Gupta M, Lonner B, Paonessa
K, King A, Sacramento C, Kim HJ, Mendelow M, Yazici M
Eur Spine J. 2012 May 25
32.
Common surgical complications in degenerative spinal surgery
Papadakis M, Aggeliki L, Papadopoulos EC, Girardi FP
World J Orthop. 2013 Apr 18;4(2):62-6
33.
Early outcomes and complications of posterior vertebral column resection
Papadopoulos EC, Boachie-Adjei O, Hess WF, Sanchez Perez-Grueso FJ, Pellisé F, Gupta M, Lonner B, Paonessa
K, Faloon M, Cunningham ME, Kim HJ, Mendelow M, Sacramento C, Yazici M; Foundation of Orthopedics and
Complex Spine, New York, NY.
Spine J. 2013 Apr 25. doi:pii: S1529-9430
BOOK CHAPTERS (GREEK)
1.
G. Babis, E. C. Papadopoulos, P. Nikiforidis
Shock in Orthopaedics. In: 4th I.C.U. Course; Shock.
Editor: G. Baltopoulos
Paschalidis Publications; Athens 2001
2.
E. C. Papadopoulos, G.S. Sapkas
Growth and Metastasis of Musculoskeletal tumors. Chapter 1: p 15-26; In: Current Issues in Spinal Disorders;
Editor: G. S. Sapkas.
Kafkas Publications; Athens 2005
3.
E. C. Papadopoulos, G.S. Sapkas
Pathogenesis of Scoliosis. Chapter 23: p 199-210; In: Current Issues in Spinal Disorders;
Editor: G. S. Sapkas.
Kafkas Publications; Athens 2005
4.
G.S. Sapkas, E Stylianesi, S. Papadakis, E. C. Papadopoulos, N. Gandaifis
Surgical Treatment in Adult Scoliosis. Chapter 36, p 323-337; In: Current Issues in Spinal Disorders;
Editor: G. S. Sapkas.
Kafkas Publications; Athens 2005
5.
G. Babis, E. C. Papadopoulos, G.S. Sapkas
The intervertebral disc. Chapter 13, p109-111. In: Biomechanics, pathophysiology and treatment of the Spine
Disorders
Editor: G. S. Sapkas.
Kafkas Publications; Athens 2006
6.
G.Sapkas, L. Nikolakakos, E. Stylianesi, P. Mposkainos, EC Papadopoulos
Spinal Stenosis. Chapter 39, p 346-355. In: Biomechanics, pathophysiology and treatment of the Spine
Disorders;
Editor: G. S. Sapkas.
Kafkas Publications; Athens 2006
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BOOK CHAPTERS (ENGLISH)
1.
E.C. Papadopoulos, O. Boachie-Adjei
Osteotomies and Vertebral Column Resections for Complex Spinal Deformities. In: Spinal Deformities/ The
Essentials; Chapter 22, pages 230-239
Editor: T. Albert
Thieme, New York, NY: 2007
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