Pavlakis Aristidis Urologist

Education & Academic Qualifications

Graduate, Athens University Medical School
Diplomate, Greek Board of Urology
Diplomate, E.C.F.M.G. (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates)
Diplomate, FLEX (Federal Licensure Examination) , registration as fully qualified physician in Massachusetts, USA
Diplomate, American Board of Urology

Study of renal cysts by use of b-ultrasonography. Athens University School of Medicine

Editorial Boards
AD-HOC REVIEWER for peer-reviewed international journals

Fellow, Department of Urology, Lahey Clinic Boston
Senior and Chief Resident, Department of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine/ Department of Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Neuro-Urology Fellow, Department of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine
Attending Surgeon, Department of Urology, Boston City Hospital
Neuro-Urology Consultant, Braintree Hospital, Braintree, Massachusetts
Neuro-Urology Consultant, VA Outpatient Clinic, Boston
Registrar, Department of Urology, Athens General Hospital
Senior Registrar NHS, Hippokrateion Hospital, Athens
Attending Urologist, Apollonio Hospital, Athens
Consultant Urologist, USAF Hospital, Elliniko
Professor, Athens Technical Institution and Head of Urodynamic Laboratory, National Rehabilitation Institution, Athens
CEO and Head, Department of Urology, Apollonio Hospital, Athens
Head, 2nd Department of Urology, “Henri Dunant” Hospital, Athens
Consultant Urological Surgeon, “Hygeia” Hospital, Athens

Education Experience:

Invited speaker since 2005 in the annual “resident’s course” of the Hellenic Urological Association

Clinical Interest:

Research Interest:

Prostaglandins in lower urinary tract (Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University)

Director’s Expression of Satisfaction, Naval Hospital of Crete.
Best academic performance among Chief Residents, Department of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine
3rd Prize for medical presentation, New England Section, American Urological Association
Continuing Medical Education Award, American Medical Association
First among 50 speakers as evaluated by the residents in the “Resident’s Course” of the Hellenic Association of Urology.
Elected member of the Ethics Committee of the Hellenic Association of Urology.
Research protocols reviewer for the National Drug Organization.

Pavlakis, A : Blood and lymph circulation of the testis. In: Blood Vessels and Lymphatics on Organ Systems, Academic press, 1984
Pavlakis,A. Cauda equine and pelvic plexus injury. In: Clinical Neuro-Urology. Little, Brown, 1991

Pavlakis, A. Et al: Neuro-urologic findings in Parkinson’s disease J Urol, 129:80-83, 1983 ( 75 citations)
Wheeler, J, Pavlakis, A. et al: The changing neuro-urologic patterns of multiple sclerosis. J Urol: 130:1123-1127, 1983 (36 citations)
Pavlakis, A. et al: Neuro-urologic findings in conus medullaris and cauda equine injury. Arch Neurol. 40:570-573, 1983 (25 citations)
Leslie, C. Pavlakis, A. et al: Release of arachidonate cascade products by the rabbit bladder: Neurophysiological significance? : J. Urol. 132:376-380, 1984 (25 citations)
Pavlakis, A. et al: Neurogenic detrusor arreflexia: Corellation of perineal electromyography and betanechol chloride supersensitivity testing. J Urol, 129:1182-1184, 1983 (17 citations).