Panagiotopoulos Dimitrios Obstetrician - Gynecologist

PhD/ Thesis

The vulvar carcinoma of the anterior fourchette. A new tumor entity?
Institution: Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Board Member

• German Society for Obstetrics & Gynecology (DGGG)

• German Society for Gynecological Endoscopy (AGE)

• European Society for Gynecological Endoscopy (ESGE)

• The International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy (ISGE)

• German Society for Ultrasonography in Medicine (DEGUM)

• German Society for Cervix Pathology & Colposcopy (AG-CPC)

• German Society for Urogynecology and Plastic Pelvic Floor Reconstruction (AGUB)

• The German Continence Society (Deutsche Kontinenz Gesellschaft)

• German Society for Botulinumtoxin (Botox) Therapy (DGBT)

Professional Experience

• 01.09.2022 onwards: Private Clinic, Scientific Associate MITERA Hospital

• 01.09.2014 – 30.08.2022: Senior Consultant Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rheinland Klinikum Dormagen, Germany, Department Laparoscopic & Endoscopic Surgery Officially Certified Center and Official Training Center for  Gynecological Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery Coordinator of the Officially Certified Endometriosis Center  (Director: PD Dr. G.-K. Noé)

• 2012 – 2014: Clinic for Obstetrics & Gynecology, Bethesda Hospital Wuppertal, Germany Officially Certified Center and Official Training Center for Gynecological Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery  (Director: Prof. Dr. J. Hucke)               

• 2011 – 2012: Clinic for Gynecology & Gynecological Oncology, Kliniken Essen Mitte, Essen, Germany, Special Center for Gynecological Oncology  (Director: Prof. Dr. A. du Bois)

• 2007 – 2011: Clinic for Obstetrics & Gynecology, Düsseldorf University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, (Director: Prof. Dr. H.-G. Bender ; Prof. Dr. W. Janni)

Education Experience

• Officially Certified International Trainer-Surgeon in Advanced Laparoscopic Operations of the Pelvic Floor (Prolapse Surgery & Urinary Incontinence Surgery)

• Trainer-Surgeon (Theory & Practice) in the Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Courses (AGE-Advanced Training Courses) of the German Society for Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery (AGE), Laparoscopic Surgery Training Centers Rheinland Klinikum & Wuppertal (2012 – 2022)

• Trainer-Surgeon (Theory & Practice) in the Advanced Laparoscopic Courses for Laparoscopic Pectopexy, 11. German Urogynecology Congress, Berlin, Germany (21. – 23.03.2020)

Clinical and Research Interest

Clinical Interest:

Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Surgery, Urogynecology, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Prolapse of Pelvic Organs, Urinary Incontinence

Research Interest: 

Therapy of Pelvic Floor Disorders, Prolapse of Pelvic Organs, Urinary Incontinence

Awards

• MIC III – Certification (Minimal Invasive Surgery III) – Senior Laparoscopic Surgeon of the German Society for Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery (AGE)

• The MIC III – Certification represents the highest ranking in the field of Laparoscopic Surgery in German

• Gynecological Endoscopist Certificate, European Academy of Gynecological Surgery of the ESGE (European Society for Gynecological Endoscopy

• Consultant of The German Continence Society (Deutsche Kontinenzgesellschaft)

• AGUB I Certification – The German Society for Urogynaecology and Plastic Pelvic Floor Reconstruction (AGUB)

• Special Qualification in the Field of Endometriosis – The German Society of Endometriosis Research (SEF)

• DEGUM I Certification for Obstetrics & Gynecology – The German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM)

• Colposcopy Diploma – The German Society for Cervix Pathology and Colposcopy (AG-CPC)

• Qualification Laser in Medicine

• First trimester-screening and nuchal translucency Certification – Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) Germany

• Psychosomatic Medicine

Recent Publications

• Anapolski Μ, Schellenberger A, Alkatout I, Panayotopoulos D, Gut A, Soltesz S, Schiermeier S, Papathemelis T, Noé GK: Preclinical safety testing and initial experience of a morcellation bag with four sealable ports. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 22;11(1):20882

• Anapolski M, Alkatout I, Soltesz S, Schiermeier S, Papathemelis T, Panayotopoulos D, Noé GK: Lateral Transperitoneal Access to the Retropubic Space: A Surgical Alternative. Videourology March 2020 34(2).

• Anapolski M, Alkatout I, Wedel T, Panayotopoulos D, Soltesz S, Schiermeier S, Papathemelis T, Noé GK: Laparoscopic approaches to the retropubic space: three alternatives with anatomical considerations. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2019 Dec 23:1-9.  

• Anapolski M, Panayotopoulos D, Alkatout I, Soltesz S, Schiermeier S, Noé G: Preclinical safety testing for morcellation and extraction for an endobag with sealable ports: in vitro pilot study. Surg Endosc. 2016 May 18.

• Anapolski M, Panayotopoulos D, Alkatout I, Soltesz S, Mettler L, Schiermeier S, Hatzmann W, Noé G: Power morcellation inside a secure endobag: a pilot study. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2016 Aug;25(4):203-9.

• Kaleta T, Stock A, Panayotopoulos D, Vonend O, Niederacher D, Neumann M, Fehm T, Kaisers W, Fleisch M: Predictors of impaired postpartum renal function in women after preeclampsia: Results of a prospective single center study. Dis Markers 2016;2016:7861919.

• Reuschenbach M, Roos J, Panayotopoulos D, Baldus SE, Schnürch HG, Berger A, Petry KU, Duerst M, Seiz M, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Hampl M: Characterization of squamous cell cancers of the vulvar anterior fourchette by Human Papillomavirus, p16INK4a , and p53. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2013 Jul 17(3):289-297

• Gliem M, Panayotopoulos D,  Feindt P, Heikaus S, Fleisch MC, Seitz RJ: Cerebellar degeneration as presenting symptom of recurrent endometrial stromal sarcoma with sex-cord elements. Case Rep Neurol 2011 Feb 21;3(1):54-61.

• Hampl M, Panayotopoulos D, Roos J, Petry KU, Dürst M, von Knebel Döberitz M, Reuschenbach M: The small vulvar cancer of the anterior fourchette: A specific tumor entity? (58. Kongress der DGGG, München, 5-8 Oktober 2010)

• Panayotopoulos D, Gliem M, Feindt P, Heikaus S, Seitz R, Fleisch M : Paraneoplastische cerebellare Degeneration als leitendes Symptom eines endometrialen Stromasarkom – Rezidivs mit sex-cord ähnlichen Elementen (58. Kongress der DGGG, München, 5 – 8 Oktober 2010)