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Dr Nicolaou Panayiota

Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist

Ptychio Iatrikes (MBBS Equivalent)

             University  of  Szeged

             Semptember 1999                                      

                                        

 Grants and Prizes Awarded

  1. Prizes

 Prize for Poster Presentation for the Abstract :

Non-fuctional neuroendocrine tumors of pancreas(Poster)    

G.C.Nikou,C.Toumpanakis,.P.Nicolaou , V.Sazanidis , K.Marinou, E.Mallas

In  the  26nd Hellenic conference of Gastroenterology, 2006

 

Membership of Professional Organizations

Member of  Hellenic (Greek)  Society of Gastroenterology

Member of Cyprus  Society of Gastroenterology

 

Present  Post

 Private Medicine in Cyprus as Gastrenterologist

  A)Gastroenterology

  • Fully competent in management of patients with general Gastrointestinal (GI) problems and especially IBD. Two outpatients clinics per week (One General Gastroenterology and one IBD clinic). Co-operation with the Specialist Gastroenterology Nurses.
  • Supervising endoscopy list and  contribution in endoscopy teaching of  the trainees. .
  • Participation in the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Service meetings and contribution in the development of the department.
  • Lectures to the GPs, regarding the management of various GI problems in the primary  care.

B) Hepatology

  • Fully competent in management of patients with chronic liver disease and especially with viral hepatitis.

Performed a sizable number of diagnostic and  therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopies. Participation  in  research  protocols. Working  on  my  PhD.

 

3/8/2003-  23/8/2007         Specialist  Registrar   in  Gastroenterology/ Hepatology/ Internal Medicine  at  the  1st  Department of  Propaedeutic  Internal  Medicine,  “Laiko”  Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, Greece (Consultant : Associate Prof. Mrs  I. Zoumboulis-Vafiadis) .

 Rotation training (one day /week) at :

  1. Section of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrinology, “Laiko” Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine , Greece , from 12/7/2004- 12/7/2006  (Consultant : Dr. G.C.Nikou )
  2. Gastrointestinal and Liver Unit ,General Hospital of Athens “Elena Venizelou”, from 28/9/2004 – 20/12/2006 ( Consultant : Associate Prof.  Mavrogiannis)

 

                                     [ Equivalent ot UK Higher Medical Training]

Significant  experience  in  the  management of  patients  with  acute  and  chronic  gastrointestinal  and  liver  diseases. 

Management  of  Ward  patients and  experience  in  Outpatient  Clinics , regarding  patients  with  inflammatory  bowel  disease, chronic  viral  hepatitis, cirrhosis,  chronic  pancreatitis, nutritional problems, as well as, liver  and  pancreatic  cancer.

Many On-Calls in General / Internal Medicine (2/week), covering the A&E department as well as, Ward patients.

Significant experience in the management of patients with various types of acute medical problems, including Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Haematology, Renal Medicine, Chest Medicine, Oncology, Rheumatology, and  Infectious Diseases.

Complete  successfully the  training  in  diagnostic and interventional  endoscopy (diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopies, capsule endoscopies polypectomies, band ligations, endoscopic haemostases of bleeding peptic ulcers, ERCPs).Also experience in oesophageal manometry.

Case  presentations  and  bibliography  reviews  during  departmental  meetings  and  seminars. Presentation of interesting  cases in Medical Grand Rounds . Participation  in  several  research  protocols.

 Contribution  in  management of patients with  neuroendocrine  tumours, in the special Section of  Gastrointestinal  Neuroendocrinology (Greek  Referral  Centre ).

Audit for GI bleeding.

Start working on my PhD

 

23/7/2001- 22/7/2003  Specialist Registrar  in   Internal   Medicine, Department  of   Clinical  Therapeutics ,Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus ( Consultant:Dr .A.Yiannakis Head of the Department)

 

                                        [ Equivalent ot UK Higher Medical Training]

 

Significant  experience in  the  management  of  acutely  ill  patients  without  on  site  available senior support.

Management  of  Ward  patients  and  experience  in  Outpatient  Clinics  and multidisciplinary  care.

Many  “on  calls”  at  the  A&E  Department  and  at  the  Medical  Admission  Unit  without  on  site  available senior support, covering patients with Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Renal Medicine, Chest Medicine, Oncology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases.

Three months training in ITU, three months in CCU and two months in the Stroke Unit of the Department.

Special  interest  in  Gastroenterology  &  Hepatology. Presentation of interesting  cases in Medical Grand Rounds.

Audit in Clinical Pharmacology.

11/10/1999- 10/10/2000  House Officer in General  Nicosia Hospital,

 Nicosia , Greece (Consultant : Dr. M.Lerios MRCP)

                       [ Equivalent to  UK  General Profesional Training]     

 

 Training  in  primary  care  medical   services  in  a  rural   area. GP duties covering 5 small villages (250 inhabitants) without senior supervision.  Experience in  A& E  department and caring  for  patients with a variety  of  problems, including  respiratory, cardiovascular  and  gastrointestinal   diseases.  Experience   in  acute trauma  care

 

 Clinical  and  endoscopic  experience

  1. a) Gastroenterology
  • Fully competent in the management of Ward  and  outpatient clinic patients with acute and chronic gastrointestinal (including IBD) and liver diseases.
  • Many outpatient clinics (General Gastroenterology, IBD, Hepatology), consultation of referrals from other medical specialties.

b)Internal  Medicine

  • Fully competent in management of patients with Acute Medical problems, as I have been trained in Internal Medicine for 6 years in two busy teaching Hospitals in Nicosia, Cyprus covering patients with cardiological, haematological, renal, respiratory, oncological problems as well as infectious diseases.
  •  Two General Medicine On-Calls / Week for all over the period of my Higher Medical Training (6 years).
  1. c) Endoscopy

 

Fully competent in diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopies

I  have  performed :

  • More than 4000 upper GI endoscopies ( OGD )
  • More than 3000  colonoscopies (with intubation of cecum > 97%)
  • 300 polypectomies.
  • 20 banding  ligations / ensoscopic glue injection for  gastro-esophageal 
  • 100 endoscopic heamostases  of  bleeding  peptic 

 

 

I  have  participated  in  ERCPs, esophageal  manometry, as  well  as,  in  capsule  endoscopy.

 

Teaching experience

 In Greece, as a Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology I taught the 6th-year Medical Students in terms of various topics from Gastroenterology and Hepatology. At the same time I gave lectures to the Registrars and SHOs of Internal Medicine, regarding Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, and also  I  ran Postgraduate Seminars for Gastroenterology Registrars, regarding  “hot  topics”  of  Gastroenterology.

 

7) Research

  1. PhD

  I am submitting my PhD : “The role of adiponectin , leptin ,apelin and visfatin in HCV ,HBV  patients compared to controls” 1st  Department of  Propaedeutic  Internal  Medicine,  “Laiko”  Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, Greece (Supervisor : Associate Prof. Mrs  I. Zoumboulis-Vafiadis) .

 

  1. Clinical Research  Projects

Gastroenterology / Hepatology

  1. Retrospective study regarding comparison of severity scoring systems (on admission) in patients with non-variceal upper GI bleeding.
  2. Participation in a retrospective multicenter study regarding efficacy and safety of adefovir alone or combination with lamivudine in patient with lamivudine-resistance chronic HBeAg (-) Hepatitis B.
  3. Retrospective study regarding the presence and clinical significance of insulin resistance in cirrhotics.
  4. Participation in a retrospective multicenter study regarding efficacy and safety of peg-interferon and ribavirin in HbeAg (-) patients compared to placebo.
  5. Participation in a retrospective multicenter study regarding efficacy and safety of entecavir alone compared to adefovir in non-compensated liver cirrhosis in patients with HbeAg (-) Hepatitis 

 Publications

1) “Gastrinomas associated with MEN-1 syndrome: new insights for the diagnosis and management in a series of 11 patients”                                                                                                                       Nikou GC, Toubanakis C, Nikolaou P, Giannatou E, Marinou K, Safioleas M, Karamanolis D.

Hepatogastroenterology. 2005 Nov-Dec;52(66):1668-76.

 

2) “VIPomas: an update in diagnosis and management in a series of 11 patients”.                           Nikou GC, Toubanakis C, Nikolaou P, Giannatou E, Safioleas M, Mallas E, Polyzos A. Hepatogastroenterology. 2005 Jul-Aug;52(64):1259-65.

 

3)  “Recent aspects in diagnosis , treatment and follow-up ni a series of 1116 carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract”.

Nikou GC, Toubanakis C, Nikolaou P, P.Bobotsi, A.Kolindou, S.Tseleni ,. E.Mallas.

Anals of Gastrenterology , 2005 Apr-Jun; 18(2):160-172

 

 

 Presentations

  1. A) ABSTRACT PRESENTATION

( National & International Medical Conferences)

 

  1. “The significance of combination of imaging studies for detection of primary site in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours” (Oral presentation)

Toumpanakis C, Nikolaou P, Triantafillidou K, Giannatou E, Kosmidis C, Marinou K, Nikou GC.

4th  Hellenic Conference of Pancreatology 2004

 

  1. “The significance of early recognition of symptoms for the overall survival of patients with pancreatic cancer” (Oral presentation)

Pavlatos S, Toumpanakis C, Giamarellos-Bourboulis E, Tsiobanidis I, Nikolaou P, Kazazis C, Nastos K, Nikou GC.

4th  Hellenic Conference of Pancreatology 2004

 

3.“Rectal carcinoids : Diagnosis and management in 11 patients” (Poster)

C.Toumpanakis,M.Tzivras,K.Triantafillidou, P.Nikolaou, E.Giannatou, A.Kolindou, G.C.Nikou

24th   Hellenic  Conference of Gastroenterology 2004

 

  1. “Comparison of severity scoring systems in upper non-variceal GI bleeding” (Poster)

C.Toumpanakis,K.Triantafillidou,P.Nikolaou,I.Tsiobanidis,N.Tentolouris,

E.Zouboulis-Vafiadis

23rd  Hellenic  Conference of Gastroenterology 2003

 

  1. “ Hypoglycemia and insulinoma. ”

Nikou GC ,  P.Nikolaou , C.Toumpanakis , P.Bobotsi , P.Tsapogas , N.Katsilambros.

5th  Hellenic Conference of Pancreatology 2005

  1. “Does the long term use of octreotide influence glucose metabolism? ” .

Nikou GC ,  P.Nikolaou , C.Toumpanakis , P.Bobotsi , K.Marinou

5th  Hellenic Conference of Pancreatology 2005

  1. “ MEN -1 and Gastrinoma. Diagnosis and management of 11 patients”.

 Nikou GC , C.Toumpanakis , P.Nikolaou ,  P.Bobotsi , K.Marinou , D.Karamanolis.

25th  Hellenic  Conference of Gastroenterology 2005

  1.  “Somatostatinoma ; Diagnosis , treatment of 5 patients with this rare tumor”.

Nikou GC , C.Toumpanakis , P.Nikolaou ,  P.Bobotsi , P.Thomakos, C.Kosmidis, E.Mallas.

25th  Hellenic  Conference of Gastroenterology 2005

  1. “ Non-fuctional neuroendocrine tumors of pancreas(Poster) ”

G.C.Nikou,C.Toumpanakis,.P.Nicolaou , V.Sazanidis , K.Marinou, E.Mallas

In  the  26nd Hellenic conference of Gastroenterology, 2006

 

  1. “Stricturing esophageal disease complicating glycogen storage diseas type 1-b : case report”.

P.Nikolaou , P.Petrikos , G.Bamias ,K.Makrilakis , C.Mavrogiannis, N.Katsilambros , I.Vafeiadi.

Falk Symposium IBD Instabul 2007