Defying the Status Quo: A New Paradigm for a New Generation | Constantinos Mavrantonis | TEDxAthens скачать в хорошем качестве

Defying the Status Quo: A New Paradigm for a New Generation | Constantinos Mavrantonis | TEDxAthens

Simple steps to fulfil goals and dreams, and lessons learned in the process—mostly by mistakes. Dr. Constantinos Mavrantonis will describe how a small group of surgeons shifted the paradigm of postgraduate training in surgery. Dr Constantinos Mavrantonis is a colorectal surgeon. He graduated from Athens Medical School in 1987 and completed his General Surgery Residency at the Aretaion University Hospital, where he obtained a PhD. He then completed a fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, USA. He is the Director of the 6th Department of Surgery – Hygeia Hospital, and Member of the Hospital’s Scientific Board. He is a nationally recognized expert in the field of colorectal surgery and has the largest laparoscopic colorectal surgery series in the country. Between 2005 and 2012, he served as Chief of Surgery at the “Henri Dunant” Hospital, Hellenic Red Cross, where he also served as Vice-chairman of the Scientific Committee. He served as a Committee Member of the ASCRS Colon and Rectal Surgery Educational Program and is member of the Editorial Board of the Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Techniques in Coloproctology. He has served as Board Vice-Chairman of the Hellenic Society of Medical Studies and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Red Cross. He has been an invited speaker in numerous meetings in Europe and the United States. He has authored over 140 free papers and published 19 scientific papers in Medical Journals, with 2528 citations. He has also authored several book chapters in medical volumes. He teaches colorectal surgery at the European Surgical Institute in Hamburg. He is Founder and Chairman of the NoDE Institute, a Not-for-profit Organization for easy access to specialized postgraduate tutoring and proctorship. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx