Athens Medical Center: Innovative training of young Surgeons at the 17th Hand & Upper Limb Surgery Seminar
The 17th Seminar on Applied Hand and Upper Limb Surgery, organized by the Department of Upper Limb Surgery and Microsurgery of the Athens Medical Center, was held with great success this year, in the Athens Medical Group‘s amphitheatre. The seminar has now become established as an institution in the field of specialized medical education, bringing together distinguished scientists from Greece and abroad every year.
The seminar was attended by 35 speakers – trainers, from all the University schools of the country, from ESY clinics and from Private Hospitals, while four Professors of Orthopedics from America also presented lectures. The seminar included a demonstration of surgical cases in real time, lectures and practical exercises on cadaveric hands. Specifically, during the seminar in the Live Surgery section, ten (10) surgeries of varying severity and specialization were demonstrated, while in the theoretical section, 38 different topics were analyzed by specialized speakers with proven experience in the field. Finally, all trainees practiced Hand Surgery on cadaveric specimens in two workshops lasting a total of 8 hours.
Image 1: From left: Mr. Theodoros Hamakiotis, General Director of the Athens Medical Center, Dr. Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Scientific Director of Athens Medical Center, Mr. Diamantis Misitzis, Director of Upper Extremity Surgery and Microsurgery, Athens Medical Center, Mr. Christos G. Apostolopoulos, Executive Vice President of Athens Medical Group, Mr. Panagiotis Giannakopoulos, Director of Upper Extremity Surgery and Microsurgery, Athens Medical Center, Mr. Georgios Boutsioukos, Member of the Board of Directors of Athens Medical Group.
The Executive Vice President of the Athens Medical Group, Christos G. Apostolopoulos, stated: “The participation of distinguished scientists from Greece and abroad, the live surgical interventions, the practical training and the theoretical training offered within the framework of the seminar, reflect the timeless philosophy of our Group: knowledge must be transmitted, developed and transformed into practice, in order to have a substantial impact on people and their health. At the Athens Medical Group we consistently support such initiatives, which shape the future of medicine in our country”.
The organizer of the seminar, Panagiotis Giannakopoulos, Orthopedician, Upper Limb Surgeon, Director of Upper Limb Surgery and Microsurgery at the Athens Medical Center, stated: “As every year, this year too we emphasized the live training of new colleagues, offering them a live surgery in real time, as well as practice on cadaveric hands. The combination of these two educational activities offers direct access to the trainees from theory to practice.”.
Image 2: Mr. Christos G. Apostolopoulos, Executive Vice President of the Athens Medical Group.
For his part, the co-organizer of the seminar, Diamantis Misitzis, Upper Limb Orthopedic Surgeon, Director of Upper Limb Surgery and Microsurgery at the Athens Medical Group at the Athens Medical Center, emphasized: “It is our great pleasure that for another year the Athens Medical Group supported this important organization, an institution for the education of Greek Orthopedists Surgeons in our country. The active participation of distinguished Greek and international specialists enhances the transfer of knowledge and promotes continuous development in upper limb surgery.”
Dr. Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Scientific Director of the Athens Medical Center, stated: “We are proud of the Athens Medical Group because we offer education and training not only in this specific field, but also in many other fields such as robotic surgery. We are particularly pleased that the Athens Medical Group gives us the opportunity to participate in education and training and, above all, to be first and present in the development of technologies and to present our own techniques at international conferences with great success.”
