Sourmelis Savvas – George Orthopedist

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

• Fellow of Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

• International Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

• AO Trauma International

• EBOT examiner, European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

  January 2013 – Present

• Chairman of Orthopaedic Educational meeting “Hygeia” Hospital of Athens.

• June 2010– June 2013

  President Educational Committee “Hygeia” Hospital of Athens

• January 2008-January 2010

  President of Hellenic Association of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

• January 2007-January 2008

  President of Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

• January 2002-January 2003

  President of Hellenic Association of Reconstructive Microsurgery

• January 2002-December 2010

  Representative of Greece to European U.E.M.S.-Orthopaedics

• January 2000-January 2004

  Vice President of Hellenic Blood Transfusion Society

• January 1993-January 1995

  General Secretary of Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

• June 1991-June 2000

  Vice President of Postgraduate Educational Board “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens

Work Experience

• January 2003-Present

  Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. Director Second Orthopaedic Department Hygeia Hospital of Athens

• January 1991-December 2002 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Laiko General Hospital of Athens

• January 1988-December 1990 Senior Registrar Orthopaedic Department Evangelismos Hospital of Athens

• October1986-January 1988 Registrar Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Nottingham, Great Britain

• October 1985–September 1986 Registrar—Research Fellow, Canniesbur Hospital, Glasgow, Great Britain

• October 1984-September 1985 Senior S.H.O. Orthopaedic Department, Derby Royal Infirmary, Great Britain

• August 1983-September 1984 Registrar, Hand Department, Derby Royal Infirmary, Great Britain

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical Interest:

• Hand and upper limb surgery

• Trauma

• Total hip and knee replacement

• Blood management

• Deep vein thrombosis

Honors & Awards

• 1/1982-6/1982 – K. KONIALIDES Fellowship in Orthopaedics De-partment of Orthopaedics in Athens

• 9/1990 – Fellowship of HAOST to University Orthopaedic Clinic of Helsinki Finland

Books

Guidelines for prophylaxis of DVT in Orthopaedics

• Hellenic Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

  Chairman: S. Sourmelis

  September 2009

Recent Publications

• The accessory anteroinferior tibiofibular ligament as a cause of talar impingement : a cadaveric study

  Constantinos E Nikolopoulos, Athanasios I Tsirikos, Savas Sourmelis, Georgios Papa-christou

  Am J Sports Med. 2004 Mar; 32 (2):389-95

• Repair of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb

  Savas Sourmelis Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Vol. 68, Suppl. 275, pp 52-54, October 1997

• Changes of coagulation parameters in fractures of the hip

  Patoulis, H. Hatzaki, C. Tsoukala, S. Sourmelis, J. Papargyriou, T. Mandalaki 13th International Congress on Thrombosis, Bilbao 6-10 June 1994 Haemostasis Vol. 24, Suppl. 1, 1994

• Retrieval of the retracted flexor tendon

  Sourmelis SG, McGrouther DA Combined meeting of British and Scandinavian Societies for Surgery of the Hand, Newcastle 7-9 May 1986 The Journal of Hand Surgery Vol. 12B, No 1, pp 109-111, 1987

• A review of total elbow arthroplasty and an early assessment of the Liv-erpool elbow prosthesis

  Sourmelis SG, Burke FD, Varian JP J Hand Surg BR. 1986 Oct; 11(3):407-13