Moraitis Dimitrios General Surgeon
Education & Academic Qualifications
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
- General Surgery, Resident & Chief Resident, New York Medical College, New York, USA
- Head & Neck Oncology Surgery, Senior Fellow Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Doctoral thesis
Correlation of smoking and carcinogenesis in the upper respiratory tracts. The role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)
Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees
Hellenic Association for Molecular Cancer Research, Athens
Hellenic Society of Head and Neck Oncology, Athens
Athens Medical Association
British Medical Association, London, UK
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, USA
American Head and Neck Society, USA
American College of Surgeons, USA
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), USA
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, USA
New York Medical College Surgery Association, New York, USA
Work Experience
Surgery Lecturer, New York Medical College, USA
Head & Neck Surgery Lecturer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Clinical & Research Interest
Clinical Interest:
Oncology of endocrine glands (thyroid and parathyroid glands)
Salivary glands (parotid, submandibular glands)
Mouth
Buccopharynx
Larynx
Hypopharynx
Skin carcinomas and head & neck melanoma
Research Interest:
Thyroid gland carcinogenesis & mouth/upper respiratory tract carcinogenesis
Recent Publications
Moraitis D, Karanikou M, Liakou C, Dimas K, Tzimas G, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Patsouris E, Rassidakis GZ, Kouvaraki MA. SIN1, a critical component of the mTOR-Rictor complex, is overexpressed and associated with AKT activation in medullary and aggressive papillary thyroid carcinomas. Surgery, 2014 Dec; 156(6): 1542-9.
Kouvaraki MA, Liakou C, Paraschi A, Dimas K, Patsouris E, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Rassidakis GZ, Moraitis D. Activation of mTOR signaling in medullary and aggressive papillary thyroid carcinomas. Surgery, 2011; 150(6): 1258-65.
D. Moraitis, A. R. Shaha. How I do it: Opening the”gift box”. A systematic approach to expose the superior thyroid vessels in complicated thyroid surgery. J Surg Oncol, 2006; 93(5): 417-9
D. Moraitis, B. Du, M De Lorenzo, J.O. Boyle, B.B. Weksler, E.G. Cohen, J.F. Carew, N.K. Altorki, L. Kopelovich, K. Subbaramaiah, A.J. Dannenberg. Levels of COX-2 are increased in the oral mucosa of smokers. Evidence for the role of EGFR and its ligands. Cancer Res, 2005, 65(2): 1-7