Prof. Konstantinos M. Konstantinidis

President of the Department of General, Bariatric, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery at the Athens Medical Center. Professor of Surgery at Ohio State University, USA. Scientific and Medical Director of the Athens Medical and Pediatric Center.

Prof. Konstantinidis is a graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He completed his residency in general surgery at Riverside Methodist Hospital, owned by Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He has participated as a visiting professor in over 400 Greek and international conferences.

A renowned surgeon, Dr Konstantinidis actively shares his expertise and often performs surgeries live on TV shows and conferences. Currently, he has over 14,000 laparoscopic and over 750 robotic surgeries in his experience. – He was one of the first surgeons in Greece to introduce and implement laparoscopic and robotic surgeries. In 2000 he introduced the Aesop3000 robotic system and in 2006 he introduced the Da Vinci system in Greece. He is currently practising surgery in his clinic and trains other surgeons in minimally invasive surgery.

Membership in professional organizations:

• He is a member of more than 36 medical and surgical associations;
• President of the Greek Chapter of the American College of Surgeons;
• President of the European Society for Robotic Surgery;
• President of the Greek Society for Robotic Surgery.

Doctor’s specialities: advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery, obesity surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, gynecologic surgery, hernia surgery, liver surgery, breast and thyroid surgery.