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PRESS RELEASE: Pioneering seminar from Osteon Orthopedic & Spine Clinic in collaboration with the Athens Medical Group

From left: Panagiotis Pantos, Orthopedic Surgeon, Director of the Upper Extremity Department, Athens Medical Center, Vasilios Sakellariou, Orthopedic Surgeon, Director of Minimally Invasive Hip-Knee Surgery (MIS) and Musculoskeletal Oncology, Athens Medical Center, Christos Apostolopoulos, Executive Vice President of the Athens Medical Group, Konstantinos Staratzis, Orthopedic Surgeon, Spine Surgeon, Director of the Spine and Scoliosis Department, Athens Medical Center Athens

A pioneering, for Greek standards, seminar was organized on 2 days, 15 & 16 September in Athens by the Osteon Orthopedic & Spine Clinic in collaboration with the Athens Medical Group. The first Osteon Ortho & Spine Course included 46 lectures, 32 practice tables with the most modern and minimally invasive techniques in the shoulder, knee and spine joints. In addition, 5 sections of case discussions were held, which concerned from the most common to the most unusual orthopedic diseases. Young orthopedic surgeons, spine surgeons and neurosurgeons had the opportunity to be trained by experienced, both in Greece and abroad, qualified scientists.

In two days, theoretical and practical training were combined simultaneously, said Mr. Christos Apostolopoulos, Executive Vice President of the Athens Medical Group, speaking of a “pioneering seminar for Greek standards”, which provided the opportunity for young surgeons, orthopedics and neurosurgeons to be trained by experienced and renowned colleagues both in Greece and internationally. “The Athens Medical Group has repeatedly proven its commitment to both the education of young doctors and the application of innovative and modern techniques”, underlined Mr. Chr. Apostolopoulos.

Christos Apostolopoulos, Executive Vice President of the Athens Medical Group

Mr. Panagiotis Pantos, Orthopedic Surgeon, Director of the Upper Limb Department, Athens Medical Center also spoke about the innovative seminar, emphasizing that “at the 32 practice tables, renowned doctors from Greece and abroad were able to demonstrate new, minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of the most common diseases of the shoulder, knee and spine.”

“Continuous medical education remains a priority for the Athens Medical Group, and one of the main goals of every doctor is the transmission of knowledge from experienced to younger ones, in order to ensure a smooth transition to the new generations,” said Mr. Konstantinos Starantzis, Orthopedic, Spine Surgeon, Director of the Spine and Scoliosis Department, Athens Medical Center.

From left: Panagiotis Pantos, Orthopedic Surgeon, Director of the Upper Limb Department, Athens Medical Center, Vasilios Vougioukas, Neurosurgeon, Director of the Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Department, Athens Medical Center, Konstantinos Starantzis, Orthopedic, Spine Surgeon, Director of the Spine and Scoliosis Department, Athens Medical Center, Vasilios Sakellariou, Orthopedician, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) of the Hip-Knee and Musculoskeletal Oncology, Athens Medical Center

This is the first conference organized by Osteon “in the context of a remarkable effort carried out in collaboration with the Athens Medical Center to promote new techniques with minimal invasiveness in the knee, shoulder and spine,” noted Mr. Vasilios Sakellariou, Orthopedician, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) of the Hip-Knee and Musculoskeletal Oncology, Athens Medical Center. “Particularly important for the development of young doctors,” described the above effort by Mr. Vasilios Vougioukas, Neurosurgeon, Director of the Department of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Athens Medical Center.