GERIATRICS & HEALTHY AGING
Starantzis Konstantinos
Starantzis Konstantinos
OrthopedicianBorn in Athens. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Thessaly in 2001. He began his basic training in Orthopaedics at the University Hospital of the Cambridge Medical School (Addenbrookes NHS Foundation Trust) which he completed at the University Hospital of King’s College London (Guy’s and St’ Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust). He was then appointed to the First Orthopaedic Clinic of the University of Athens in order to complete his specialization in Orthopaedics, receiving the title of Orthopaedic Surgeon. He is a full member of the College of Greek Orthopaedic Surgeons (KEOX) after examinations and has received the honorary Fellowship of the European Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT Traveling Fellowship) for the year 2012.
His specialization in the field of Spinal Surgery (paediatric and adult) began at the world-renowned center of Nottingham (Queen’s Medical Centre) and continued with a second fellowship in Bristol. Immediately afterwards, he assumed a managerial position in the National Health System of Great Britain as Director of Spinal Surgery (Consultant Spinal Surgeon) at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (capacity 1500 beds – recognized reference center for complex spinal diseases and scoliosis)
In 2016 he was declared a Doctor of Medicine of the University of Athens with the grade of “Excellent”.
He is a member of many Greek and foreign scientific committees and organizations and remains academically active, having published dozens of articles and pioneering surgical techniques in scientific journals and reviews abroad. He has also participated in the writing and translation of modern Orthopedics books.
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- Director of Z’ Orthopaedic Private Clinic, Head of Spine Department (Scoliosis and complex Spine diseases) (15/1/2019- 15/06/2020)
- Director of E’ Orthopaedic Private Clinic (14/2/2018-15/12/2018)
- 01/09/2014 (permanent position): Consultant Spinal Surgeon, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG
- 01/01/2015: Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Nuffield Health, North Staffordshire Hospital, Clayton Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire, ST5 4TB
- 01/01/2015: Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Ramsay Group, Rowley Hall Hospital, Stafford, Staffordshire
- 06/05/2014- 31/08/2014 : Locum Consultant Spinal Surgeon (Fixed-term contract), University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG
- 05/11/2013 – 04/05/2014 Senior Clinical Fellow in Spinal Surgery (Specialist in Spinal Surgery), North Bristol Hospitals NHS, Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay Park Road, Bristol, BS16 1LE (6 months)
- 14/02/2013 – 2/11/2013 Spinal Fellow (Specialized in Spinal Surgery, Paid Clinical Fellow) Centre for Spinal Studies & Surgery of the QMC Nottingham University Hospitals NHS, Nottingham, (9 Months)
- 15/02/2012- 10/2/2013 : Scientific Associate A, Orthopedic Clinic, University of Athens, Spine Department, Attikon General Hospital
- 15/06/2007- 15/12/2011 : Resident Physician A, Orthopedic Clinic, University of Athens, Attikon General Hospital Attikon
- 18/6/2007- 18/6/2008 Department of Pediatric Orthopedics
- A Orthopedic Clinic of the University of Athens, General Hospital, Attikon
- 12/10/2009 – 11/04/2010 A’ Department of Microsurgery of the Hand, General Hospital, KAT
- 01/03/2007 – 14/06/2007 Unpaid Clinical Associate, A Orthopedic Clinic of the University of Athens, General Hospital, Attikon
Attikon
- 08/05/2006 to 08/02/07 Hellenic Army Unit Doctor (KEFG, 264 MKTE, 259 SE)
- 02/02/2005 to 02/04/2006: Trauma Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics GUY’S & ST’ THOMAS’ NHS Foundation Trust, ST THOMAS’ HOSPITAL, King’s College Teaching Hospital, LONDON (14 months) paid position
- 04/08/2004 to 01/02/2005: Senior House Officer in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough, (6 months) paid position
- 04/02/2004 – 03/08/2004: Senior House Officer in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, (6 months) paid position
- 05/12/2002- 04/09/2003: General Surgery Resident at the 2nd Surgical Clinic of the General Hospital Asklepieion of Voula (9 months)
- 16/08/2001- 15/11/2002: Rural Doctor of the Health Center of Tyrnavos, Larissa, (12 months) and Three-month internship at the Regional General Hospital of Larissa
Educational experience
- GMC Appraiser
- Interviewer in the ST3 National Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Selection, Elland Road Stadium, Leeds
- Cervical Myelopathy A-Z Cadaveric Course – Keele University – Oswestry/UHNM T&O training programme. Course Director and Faculty
- Navigation in Spine Surgery OREC Course-Instructor
- Musculiskeletal Oncology Review Course (3 day comprehensive review course – University of Athens) – Instructor
- Educational program A Orthopedics University of Athens (2007-2013)
- Clinical training in Orthopedics for Medical students of the University of Athens
- Medical School 1995 – 2001 Medical School of the University of Thessaly (Larissa)
- PhD, University of Athens (2016)
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Spinal Surgery, North Bristol Hospitals NHS ,Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay Park Road, Bristol, BS16 1LE Nov2013-May 2014
- Spinal Fellow Centre for Spinal Studies & Surgery of the QMC Nottingham University Hospitals NHS, Nottingham, Feb 2013-Nov2013
- EFFORT Travelling Fellowship Autumn 2012 (Barcelona-Madrid)
- Visiting Clinician Department of Orthopaedics Mayo Clinic Rochester MN, 29/07/2011 to 12/08/2011
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Complex Pathology
- Spinal Deformities (Children and Adults)
- Degenerative Spine Diseases
- Spinal Infections and Tumors
- Spinal Trauma-Fractures
- Failed Back Surgery –Reviews of Failed Spine Surgeries
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Intradiscal Biologics
- Global Sagittal Alignment of the Spine
- Turin 2015 Italy 8th EFOST Congress on Sports Traumatology SIGASCOT AWARD Best Podium Presentation
- EFFORT Traveling Fellowship Autumn 2012 (Barcelona-Madrid)
REVIEWER
- CORR – Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research
- Injury
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- MOJ group
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
- GMC FULL Registration No 6061215
- BASS full membership (British Association of Spine Surgeons)
- BSS full membership (British Scoliosis Society)
- BMA full membership
- MPS
- Hellenic College of Orthopedic Surgeons (full-after examinations)
- Hellenic Association of Spine Surgeons (full)
- Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (full)
- Medical Association of Athens (full)
ORIGINAL ARTICLES (referenced in the citation index)
1. Sleep-disordered breathing in 3680 Greek children
Pediatric Pulmonology.2004 Jun;37(6):499-509
2. Major complication following minor outpatient procedure: osteonecrosis of the knee after intraarticular injection of cortisone for treatment of knee arthritis.
Kontovazenitis PI, Starantzis KA, Soucacos PN.
J Surg Orthop Adv. 2009;18:42-44.
Soultanis K, Karaliotas GI, Mastrokalos D, Sakellariou VI, Starantzis KA, Soucacos PN.
Injury. 2010 Jul 5.
Mavrogenis AF, Papadopoulos EC, Starantzis K, Korres DS, Papagelopoulos PJ.
J Surg Oncol. 2010 Mar 1;101(3):253-8.
5. Postoperative spinal infection mimicking systemic vasculitis with titanium-spinal implants.
Sakellariou VI, Atsali E, Starantzis K, Batistaki C, Brozou T, Pantos P, Stathopoulos K, Soultanis
Scoliosis. 2011 Sep 13;6(1):20.
Soultanis K, Grivas TB, Starantzis KA, Stavropoulos NA, Markopoulos C, Papagelopoulos P.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2012;176:232-7.
7. Outcome of a dynamic neutralization system for the spine.
Sapkas G, Mavrogenis AF, Starantzis KA, Soultanis K, Kokkalis ZT, Papagelopoulos PJ.
Orthopedics. 2012 Oct 1;35(10):e1497-502. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20120919-19.
8. Insidious Onset of Tetraparesis due to Cervical Epidural Abscess from Enterococcus faecalis.
Soultanis KC, Sakellariou VI, Starantzis KA, Stavropoulos NA, Papagelopoulos PJ.
Case Rep Med. 2013;2013:513920. doi: 10.1155/2013/513920. Epub 2013 Mar 20.
9.When and how to operate on thoracic and lumbar spine fractures?
Soultanis KC, Mavrogenis AF, Starantzis KA, Markopoulos C, Stavropoulos NA, Mimidis G, Kokkalis ZT, Papagelopoulos PJ.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2013 Oct 25.
10. Late diagnosis of perforation of the aorta by a pedicle screw.
Soultanis KC, Sakellariou VI, Starantzis KA, Papagelopoulos PJ.
Acta Orthop Belg. 2013 Aug;79(4):361-7.
11. Open reduction and posterior instrumentation of type III high transverse sacral fracture-dislocation. A technical note.
K.A. Starantzis, B. Mirzashahi, E. Behrbalk , M. Sadat, M.Shafafy
J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Aug;21(2):286-91.
12. Technical note: A new type of reconstruction of the hemi-pelvis after Type 3 amputative sacrectomy using pedicled fibula.
K.A. Starantzis, V.Sakellariou, P.Rose, M. Yaszemski, P.Papagelopoulos
J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Aug;21(2):195-202.
13. The Potentially Positive Role of PRPs in Preventing Femoral Tunnel Widening in ACL Reconstruction Surgery Using Hamstrings: A Clinical Study in 51 Patients
K. A. Starantzis et al
Journal of Sports Medicine
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 789317, 10 pages
14.Is once failed back surgery, always failed back surgery? A relative success of surgical intervention in a patient with failed back surgery on Intrathecal Morphine Pump
K.A.Starantzis, M.Shafafy
MOJ Orthopedics & Rheumatology Nov 2014
15. Rib hump deformity assessment using the rib index in adolescent idiopathic scoliotics treated with full screw or hybrid constructs: aetiological implications.
Soultanis KC, Stavropoulos NA, Grivas TB, Tsiavos K, Starantzis K, Papagelopoulos PJ.
Scoliosis. 2015 Feb 11;10(Suppl 2):S10. doi: 10.1186/1748-7161-10-S2-S10. eCollection 2015.
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