Charilaos Ioannidis MD, DMD, PhD – Curriculum Vitae
Charilaos Odysseas Ioannidis was born on 1 January 1955 in Athens, Greece, to Alexandros Ioannidis, physician – endocrinologist and Eirini Bakoyanni, solicitor.
He attended:
- Elementary school (Maraslios Pedagogiki Academia), Athens
- Junior high school and high school (Dörpfeld Gymnasium-Deutsche Schule Athen), Athens
- Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Athens acquiring an MD and a DMD degree.
He trained:
- In General Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Universities of Leiden (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, the Netherlands)
- Nijmegen (Radboud University –former Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
- He served in the Greek Navy as a recruit with the rank of Chief Petty Officer. During that period he held the position of senior registrar at the department of Ear Nose and Throat (ORL), Athens Naval Hospital
- He successfully defended his PhD Thesis on the Intraarticular Cartilage Transplantation in 1987 and was appointed Universitair Docent (Assistant Professor) at the Radboud University in Nijmegen.
- In General Surgery (specialized in Head and Neck Surgery) and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (specialized in Reconstructive Microsurgery) at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL Belgium) and the University College London (UCL-Great Britain).
He was appointed:
- Assoc. Professor of Surgery (Head and Neck Surgery) at the University of Leuven (1991)
- Consultant at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Middlesex Hospital
(University College London Hospitals NHS Trust-1996) - Honorary Consultant at the Whittington Hospital (1996) (London, Great Britain) (General
Medical Council Specialist Reg. No. 4042774). - Since 2002 he has been practicing Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as a Consultant P/R
Surgeon in Athens, Greece
- Head and neck surgery
- Skin cancer (melanoma and non-melanoma)
- Surgical Pathology of the Lymph Nodes
- Soft tissue tumours
- Breast surgery (congenital deformities, oncology, and aesthetic surgery)
- Reconstructive surgery (microsurgery)
- Trauma (head and neck, hand, soft tissues)
- Burns
- Necrotic soft tissue infections
- Aesthetic surgery
In 1981 he commenced an experimental research on intra articular cartilage transplants in guinea pigs (PhD Thesis), which was completed in 1986. His PhD Thesis was successfully defended in June 1987.
He has participated in numerous national and international congresses and conferences were he has presented more than one hundred presentations.
He has published over seventy seven scientific papers in peer reviewed national and international journals (see list of publications).
He has published six scientific books:
- Replacement of the interarticular disc of the craniomandibular joint: An experimental and clinical study( Eurosound Drukkerij, Nijmegen The Netherlands, 209 pages, 1987)
- Carcinomas of the skin and its adnexae in the head and neck (Parisianos Medical Publications, Athens Greece, 217 pages, 2003)
- Cervical lymph node metastases: Diagnosis and Treatment(Foreword Prof. Vasilis Golematis, Athens University/Central Board of Health-ΚEΣΥ) (Parisianos Medical Publications, Athens Greece , 413 pages, 2008)
- Malignant melanoma: Current Concepts (Eleftheroudakis, Athens Greece, 273 pages, 2015)
- Soft tissue injuries of the scalp, face, and neck (Eleftheroudakis, Athens Greece, 191 pages,2020)
- Soft tissue injuries of the head and neck (Foreword Prof.Paul Manson, Johns Hopkins University)(Springer Nature, Switzerland, 189 pages, 2023)
He has also published numerous articles in newspapers and magazines on Plastic Surgery, Skin Cancer, Breast Pathology, Facial Traumatology etc.
He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cranio-Max. Fac. Surgery (since 1989 – has also served as section Editor for the same Journal). He has also served as reviewer for various other international scientific (mainly surgical) journals.
He is, or has been, a member of several medical and surgical societies and associations in Europe, North America, Australia etc. He is also a member of nonmedical societies and associations (Athens Club, Corfu Reading Society etc.)
As a staff member of the aforementioned Universities, he has lectured Medical and Dental students, residents and attending physicians /surgeons (general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, ENT-surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, etc.) on various topics (surgical oncology of the head and neck, surgical pathology of the breast, traumatology, reconstructive surgery etc.) in English, Dutch/Flemish.
He served as instructor of residents in basic surgical techniques (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) as well as instructor of registrars/specialist registrars in microsurgery (London, Great Britain).
- Leibinger Price of the European Association of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery for his work on cartilage transplants (1988)
- Commander's Cross, Order of Merit of the Patriarchate of Alexandria (2004)
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Military and Hospitaler Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem (2010)
- Elsevier, Top Performing Reviewer (2013)
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Parabalani Order of the Patriarchate of Alexandria (2023)
- Grand Cross of the Military and Hospitaler Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem (2023)
His CV is listed in Marquis' Who is Who in Science and Engineering (4th Ed., 1998-1999), Marquis' Who is Who in Medicine and Healthcare (2nd Ed., 1998), Marquis' Who is Who in the World (10th Ed., 1999), and Huebner's Who is Who in Greece (1st Ed., 2006).
He speaks Greek, English, Dutch, German, French and elementary Italian.
- Founding member of non-profit organization Axion Hellas (2016-today)
- Member of non-profit organization Simplefsi
- Charitable work in Democratic Republic of Congo (1991)
- Track and field with participation in the Marathon race (Classic and abroad –six participations/six finishes), as well as various other tracks of shorter distances.
- Art
- Oenology
