CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Theophilos S. Paleologos
DATE OF BIRTH: June 23th, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH: Athens, Greece
HOME ADDRESS:
55, Polemiston st.,
16674 Glyfada,
Athens, Greece
Tel: (0030) 210-9623821,
Fax: (0030) 210-9625308
e-mail: theo.palai@gmail.com
CURRENT ADDRESS:
Department of Neurosurgery,
General State Hospital of Nikea-Pireus “Ag.Panteleimon”,
Mantouvalou 3, Nikea, Athens, Greece
LANGUAGES:
Greek
English: a. Certificate of Proficiency in English, Cambridge Univ.
b. Advanced Proficiency in English, Oxford University
German: Zertificat in Deutsch als Fremdsprache
French: Certificat de langue Francais
MEDICAL QUALIFICATION: 1983-1989 Faculty of Medicine, National University of Athens, Greece (“Ptychio Iatrikes”)
Very Good (8.3/10)
POST GRADUATION TRAINING AND APPOINTMENTS:
Appointments in Greek National Health System (E.S.Y)
1990 – 1997 Resident of Neurosurgical Department of General State Hospital of Nikea-Piraeus, Athens, Greece
NEUROSURGICAL ACCREDITATION: Certificate of Medical Specialization in Neurosurgery, 18.12.97/ obtained 13.02.98. No 7635
APPOINTMENTS AS A SPECIALIST NEUROSURGEON
Appointments Abroad
From 27 December 1997 to 14 July 1998 Clinical Assistant in Neurosurgery (Honorary Contract) to Professor D.G.T.Thomas,University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG.
From 15 July 1998 to 1 August 2001 as a salaried Specialist Neurosurgeon in Clinical Lecturer Grade, Specialist Clinical and Research Fellow in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
From 1 October 1998-1 August 2001:
Locum Neurosurgeon, Cromwell Hospital,
Cromwell Road, London SW5 OTU,
United Kingdom
From 1 October 1998-1 August 2001:
Clinical Fellow in Radiosurgery under Professor C.Lindquist, Gamma-Knife Unit, Cromwell Hospital, , London SW5 OTU,
United Kingdom
Appointments National
From 14 September 2001- Now Consultant Neurosurgeon and since 2013 Consultant in Chief, General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus, Athens, GREECE
EUROPEAN EXAMINATIONS IN NEUROSURGERY
(EuropeanAssociationNeurosurgicalSocieties Examinations): (Southampton , September 1997 and Brussels September 1998).
RESEARCH ACTIVITES:
-Technical and Software Developments in Image-Guided Neurosurgery
-Technical Developments in Functional Neurosurgery (DBS)
-Key Person in the MIND (Multimodality Imaging in Neurosurgical Development). Project of the 5th Framework Programme of European Union Research, Technology Development and Demonstration, (IST-1999-10585, European Commission)
Dr Paleologos took part in more than 100 publications in International and National Medical Journals and in more than 400 presentations in International and Greek Medical Congresses. He has been participated in round tables and given various lectures in many national and international congresses. He has been participated in the Committees of numerous national and international congresses as well. Since 2017 has been elected twice in the Educational Committee of Hellenic Neurosurgical Society.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Medical Society of Athens, Medical Society of Greece, Hellenic Neurosurgical Society, Greek Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, SBNS, EANS, CNS (2000-2011), European Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (1999-2008)
Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons FRCS (July 1998)
GMC FULL REGISTRATION : February 1998, Number 4487597
SOME PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL PRESS
SOME PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNALS (total 64):
• Post-traumatic spinal cord lesions without skeletal or discal and ligamentous
abnormalities : The role of MR imaging. Paleologos T.S., Fratzoglou M., Papadopoulos S., Chatzidakis E., Gouliamos AD., Kourousis DD. Journal of Spinal Disorders, 1998 Aug; 11(4): 346-9.
• Paraganglioma of the cauda equina: a case presenting features of increased
intracranial pressure. Paleologos T.S., Gouliamos AD., Kourousis DD., Papanikolaou P., Vlahos K.,`Kyriakou T. Journal of Spinal Disorders, 1998 Aug; 11(4): 362-5
• Computer-assisted surgery for vascular lesions. Wadley J., Kitchen N., Paleologos TS., Gerritsen F., Thomas DGT. Journal of Neurovascular Disease, 1998 Sept/Oct; 3(5): 193-202
• Computer-assisted surgery for vascular lesions. Wadley J., Kitchen N., Paleologos TS., Gerritsen F., Thomas DGT. Journal of Neurovascular Disease, 1998 Sept/Oct; 3(5): 193-202
• A Statistical Model For Evaluating the Outcome of Acute Epidural Haematomas. Paleologos TS., Papanikolaou P., Vlachos K., Kourousis D., Boviatsis E., Kazdaglis K. The European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 1999 June; 22(2):73-81
• Neurosurgical Outcome in Interactive Image-Guided Excision of Glial Tumours. Paleologos TS, Wadley JP, Dorward NL, Kitchen ND, Thomas DGT Procceedings of the 11th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Monduzzi Eds, Bologna 1999, pp 337-342
• Spinal Neurenteric Cysts without Associated Malformations. Are they the same as those presenting in spinal dysraphism? Review Article Paleologos TS, Thom M, Thomas DGT British Journal of Neurosurgery, 14 (3): 185-194, June 2000
• Clinical Utility and Cost Effectiveness of Interactive Image-Guided Craniotomy: Clinical Comparison between Conventional and Image-Guided Meningioma Surgery. Paleologos TS, Wadley JP, Kitchen ND, Thomas DGT. Neurosurgery, 47(1): 40-48, July 2000
• Clinical Validation of True Frameless Stereotactic Biopsy: Analysis of the first 125 consecutive cases. Paleologos TS, Dorward NL, Wadley JP, Thomas DGT Neurosurgery, 49(4):830-5, October 2001
• Interactive Image-Guided Transcallosal Microsurgery for Anterior Third Ventricular Cysts. Paleologos TS, Wadley JP, Kitchen ND, Thomas DGT Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, 44(3): 157-62, September 2001
• The advantages of frameless stereotactic biopsy over frame-based biopsy. Dorward NL, Paleologos TS, Alberti O, Thomas DGT Br J Neurosurg. 16(2): 110-8, April 2002
• Striatal contribution to cognition: working memory and executive function in Parkinson’s disease before and after unilateral posteroventral pallidotomy. Jahanshahi M, Rowe J, Saleem T, Brown RG, Limousin-Dowsey P, Paleologos TS, Rothwell JC, Thomas DG, Quinn NP J Cogn Neurosci. 15;14(2) :298-310, February 2002
• Mild Head Injury (MHI) Revisited: Clinical predictors for Abnormal CT scans in MHI. A Prospective survey of 2668 cases in a developing country. Paleologos T.S., Papageorgiou N., Chatzidakis E., Triantafyllou T., Stagas S., Drouzia P., Papatheodorou G., Kourousis D., Christodoulidis A., Kazdaglis K.
Proceedings of 12th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Lisbon, pp 621-6, Monduzzi Editore S.p.A, Bologna, 2003
• Symptomatic Subependymoma of the lateral ventricle. Presentation of two cases and literature review. Paleologos T.S., Chatzidakis E., Triantafyllou T., Papageorgiou N., Kiriakou T., Christodoulidis A., Kazdaglis K.
Proceedings of 12th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Lisbon, pp 237-42, Monduzzi Editore S.p.A, Bologna, 2003
• PLIF without reduction in non-traumatic Lumbar 1st to 2nd degree spondylolisthesis. A 3-year follow-up. Christodoulidis A., Paleologos T.S., Papageorgiou N., Lipiridis S., Stagas S., Drouzia P.
Proceedings of 12th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Lisbon, pp 829-834, Monduzzi Editore S.p.A, Bologna, 2003
• Shunt revision after 33 years in a patient with bilateral calcified chronic subdural hematomas. Case illustration. Papanikolaou P.G., Paleologos T.S., Triantafyllou T.M., Chatzidakis E.M.
Journal of Neurosurgery 108:401, February 2008