2022: Specialist for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery, medical association of Brandenburg 

2014: Approbation (Medical license in Germany) from LaGeSo, Berlin

2007 – 2013: Medical studies at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

2005 – 2007: Military Service in Larnaka, Cyprus

1998 – 2005: Secondary education at the “American Academy“ in Larnaka, Cyprus

2023 – : Head of Plastic Surgery at the German Medical Institute in Limassol, Cyprus

2022: Senior consultant in the department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery in Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann in Bad Belzig (Chief Physician Ass. Prof. Dr. Ghods)

2018 – 2021 : Resident Physician in the department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Microsurgery/Hand Surgery in Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann in Potsdam (Chief Physician Ass. Prof. Dr. Ghods)

2018 – 2020: Research Assistant at Helmholtz Institute in Teltow (Head of Institute Prof. Lendlein) (Part-time)

2017 – 2018: Resident Physician in the Sinis Clinic for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery in Berlin (Chief Physician Prof. Sinis)

2016 – 2017: Resident Physician in the department of Trauma Surgery of the Hannover Medical School/MHH (Chief Physician Prof. Krettek)

2014 – 2016: Resident Physician in the Surgical Department of the Sophien Clinic in  Hannover (Head of Department Dr. Young)

→ Aesthetic breast reconstruction Masterclass, Madrid (Dr. Antonio Tejerina), 03/24

→ Moderator for the live liposuction masterclass session, 1st Lipedema World Congress, Potsdam, Germany, 10/23

→ Guest visit with special interest on reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery, Helios Hospital, Berlin-Buch (Ass. Prof. Dr. Oliver Thamm), 07/23

→ Guest visit with special interest on microsurgical breast reconstruction, Sana Hospital, Gerresheim (Prof. Dr. Chris Andree), 06/23

→ Poster presentation on “Free Flaps in Sternal Osteomyelitis After Median Sternotomy”, 1st Mediterranean Conference of Plastic Surgery Innovations; Limassol, Cyprus, 05/23

→ Guest visit with special interest on the surgical treatment of skin tumor, Klinikum Gütersloh (Dr. Albrecht Krause-Bergmann), 11/22

→ ISAPS Fellowship on aesthetic facial and breast surgery, Villa Bella, Saló (Prof. Giovanni and Dr. Chiara Botti) 07-09/22

→ Keynote speech on “Persistent lipedema symptoms in patients after bariatric surgery”, Lipoedema Conference, London, UK, 05/22

→ Video presentation on “Free Flap Reconstruction in Sternal Osteomyelitis after Cardiothoracic Procedures - a Single Center's 12-Year Experience”, Plastic Surgery The Meeting, Atlanta – virtual, 10/21

→ Keynote speech on “12 year experience in defect reconstruction of sternal osteomyelitis wounds using free flaps”, 51st annual DGPRÄC/25th annual VDÄPC congress, Potsdam, 10/21 

→ Keynote speech on “Multimorbid patient with extensive multiple recurrent decubitus ulcers”, 51st annual DGPRÄC/25th annual VDÄPC congress, Potsdam, 10/21

→ Video presentation on “10-year experience in the surgical treatment of lipedema - the Potsdam concept”, Clinical Congress 2020, Chicago, Illinois – virtual, 10/20

→ Keynote speech on “Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flaps and Their Use in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction”, 50th annual DGPRÄC/24th annual VDÄPC congress, Hamburg,09/19

→ I Georgiou. Commentary: The Superior Lateral Genicular Artery Flap for Reconstruction of Knee and Proximal Leg Defects. February 2024. CC BY 4.0; Arch Plast Surg 2022; 49(01): V1, DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777217

→ I Georgiou; C I Ioannou; J Schmidt (MD)1; J Eschborn; G Mostofizadeh-Haghighi; M Infanger; M Ghods; P Kruppa. Free flaps in sternal osteomyelitis after median sternotomy – a center’s 12-year experience. 2023 Jan 24.  doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1761208. 

→ German ISAPS members implement partnership with São Tomé and Príncipe establishing the development for future missions. September 2022, ISAPS News, Volume 16, Number 3, pages 34-35

→ Kruppa  P, Georgiou  I, Schmidt  J, Infanger  M, Ghods  M. A 10-Year Retrospective before-and-after Study of Lipedema Surgery: Patient-Reported Lipedema-Associated Symptom Improvement after Multistage Liposuction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. January 2022. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008880

→ Eschborn J, Kruppa P, Georgiou I, Infanger M, Ghods M. Long-term Results After Autologous Fat Transfer for Treatment of Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds. The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds. June 2021. doi:10.1177/15347346211027684

→ Schmidt, J., Kruppa, P., Georgiou, I., Ghods, M. Management of Large Volume Liposuction in Lipedema Patients with von Willebrand Disease: A Systematic Review and Treatment Algorithm. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc.; 2021 Apr 1. doi: 10.3233/CH-201063.

→ Ghods, M.,  Georgiou, I., Schmidt, J. Kruppa, P. Disease progression and comorbidities in lipedema patients - a 10-year retrospective analysis; Dermatol Ther; 2020 Nov 13;e14534. doi: 10.1111/dth.14534.

→ Georgiou, I., Kruppa, P., Schmidt, J., Ghods, M. Liposuction for Lipedema: Functional Therapy or Aesthetic Procedure?. Aesth Plast Surg (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-020-01910-z

→ Ghods M, Georgiou I, Kruppa P; Aktueller Stand der chirurgischen Behandlung des Lipödems; derm 4/2020; 340; https://www.omnimedonline.de/admin/omnimed/article/derm/2020/4/26778

→ Kruppa P, Georgiou I, Biermann N, Prantl L, Klein-Weigel P, Ghods M; Lipedema – Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment options. DtschArzteblInt 2020;117:396–403.DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0396

→ Georgiou I, Kruppa P, Ghods M; Use of a Total Leg Fillet Flap to Cover Multiple Pelvic Pressure Ulcers. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2019;7:e2084; doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002084

→ Ghods M, Kruppa P, Thiels K, Georgiou I; Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flaps and Their Use in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction - A Case Series. Adv Plast Reconstr Surg, 2018; 2(4): 225-229; doi: 10.31700/2572-6684.000153

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