Gianakikou Josephine Anaesthesiologist

Education & Academic Qualifications

01/2016-12/2025 Re-certification -Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesia
01/2016-12/2025 Re-certification -Diplomate of the American Board of Critical Care Medicine
09/2005-12/2015 Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesia
09/2005-12/2015 Diplomate of the American Board of Critical Care Medicine
94 – 99 MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Βachelor of surgery) Honors

Education:

07/04-08/05 Fellow, Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
07/01-06/04 Resident, Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
07/00-06/01 Intern, Internal Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
01/00-07/00 House Officer, Internal Medicine, Lewisham University Hospital, London, UK.
08/99-01/00 House Officer, General Surgery, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK.
09/94-06/99 Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine, King’s College, University of London, London, UK.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Society οf Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA)
Society of Airway Management (SAM)
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
European association of cardiothorasic anesthesiologist’s (ΕACTA)
Greek Society of Anesthesia

Work Experience

Anesthesia for RRP. 2nd Greek-italian conference in Urology, Athens, Greece. February 3 2006
5th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Erikos Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. January 27-28 2006
6th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bronchus. Erikos Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 3-4 2007
7th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bron-chus.Airway anatomy. Erikos Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 1-2 2008
8th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bron-chus.Airway anatomy. Erikos Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 6-7 2009
9th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bron-chus.Airway anatomy. Erikos Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 12-13 2010
Preoperative evaluation for anesthesia. Greek American Medical College. Athens, Greece. May 5th, 2010
10th Clinical workshop for fibreoptic intubation and selective intubation of one bron-chus.Indications for fibreoptic intubation. Skills and pitfalls. Erikos Dynan Hospital, Athens, Greece. February 18-19 2011
Cardiac patient for non-cardiac surgery. New practice advisory. Athens Medical School, Ath-ens, Greece. March 9, 2011
Chin implant masking difficult airway. Society of Airway management, Scottsdale, Arizona. USA. Sept16-18, 2011
Failed Glidescope intubation due to “long” neck. Society of Airway Management, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Sept 16-18, 2011.
Scavenger obstruction. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. New York, NY, USA. Dec 9-13, 2011 .
Fist Aid in Kids. Lecture and Workshop. Athens Greece. Jan 21-22, 2012.
OR safety and ACLS update. Athens Medical Vision. Athens, Greece. May 11, 2012
Sedation in ICU. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology).Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. Dec 7-9, 2012.
Anesthesia for Head and Neck surgery. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anes-thesiology).Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. May 17-18, 2013.
OR Fire. Ygeia Hospital. Annual Nurse Anesthetists Grand Rounds. Athens, Greece. June 15, 2013.
Fist Aid in Kids. Lecture and Workshop. Athens Greece. June 15, 2013.
Anesthesia. What does a non anesthesiologist MD should know? Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds. Mitera Hospital. Athens, Greece. June 27th, 2013.
Anesthesia. What does every physician should know about anesthesia? Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds. Mitera Hospital. Athens, Greece. November 28th, 2013.
Instructor. Difficult airway workshop.Onassio Heart Center, Athens, Greece. December 14th, 2013
Searching the Internet. Clinical Trials Workshop. Hellenic Society of Anesthesiology. Athens, Greece. March 29, 2014
Statistics for Anesthesilogists. Clinical Trials Workshop. Hellenic Society of Anesthesiology. Athens, Greece. March 29, 2014
Evaluating a paper. Clinical Trials Workshop. Hellenic Society of Anesthesiology. Athens, Greece. March 29, 2014
Anesthesia. Myths & Legends. Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds. Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece. September 11, 2014.
Sepsis and Multiorgan Failure. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiolo-gy). Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. December 13, 2014.
Sedation in ICU. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anesthesiology).Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. Dec 5, 2015.
Anesthesia for Head and Neck surgery. CEEA (Committee for European Education in Anes-thesiology).Onassio Heart Center. Athens, Greece. May 22-23, 2016.
Teaching the residents, Department of Anesthesia & Critical care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Clinical associate, Baltimore, MD, USA. 2007- current

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical Interest:

Critical care Anesthesiologist

Research Interest:

ETOH withdrawal protocol. . Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Standardized protocol for the intravenous administration of heparin. Department of Anesthe-sia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
An imaging study of Parkinsonism among African-Caribbean and Indian London communi-ties. Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK.
Cooper metabolism abnormalities in patients with cranio-cervical dystonia. Movement Disor-ders Unit, Department of Neurology, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Medicine, King’s College London, UK.

Honors & Awards

94 – 99 MBBS awarded with Honours.
07/98 Distinction in Clinical Pharmacology Final Exams.
12/97 Distinction in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Final Exams.
12/97 Distinction in Pediatrics Final Exams.
06/99 Hopkins Prize for Anesthetics.
10/98 The British Medical & Dental Trust Award.
06/98 The Enid Linder Foundation Award.

Books

Marcucci L. Avoiding common ICU errors. Do not use cooling blankets to cool. Lippincott Wil-liams& Wilkins, 2007.
Marcucci L. Avoiding common ICU errors. Treat methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus with a minimum of 14 days of antibiotics. Lippincott Williams& Wilkins, 2007.

Recent Publications

Bhattacharya K F, Giannakikou I Munroe N.and Chaudhuri KR. Primary Anticholiner-gic-Responsive Pisa Syndrome. (Movement Disorders, Vol. 15, No. 6, 1285-1286, 2000)
Vlahos N F, Giannakikou I. Anesthesia in Assisted Reproductive Technology. (Postgraduate obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol.23, No.7, 1-10, April 2003)
Giannakikou I, Vlahos N. Water Intoxication Syndrome in Gynecologic Surgery. ( Postgraduate Obstetrics & Gynecology; Vol 2, No 23, 1-8, Nov 2004)
Vlahos NF, Giannakikou I, Vlachos A, Vitoratos G. analgesia and anesthesia for assisted repro-ductive technologies (Int J Gynaecol Obstet; Feb 25 2009)
Giannakikou I. Bad Gram Negatives are “big” in Greece. The Pulmonary Review blog. (Pulmo-nary Reviews, March 2012)
Giannakikou I., Karra A. Anaesthesia for a patient with b-thalassaemia. (Southern African J of Anaesthesia & Analgesia; Vol 21, 3, 85-87, July 2015)