IOANNIS G. KEHAGIAS

Assistant Professor of Surgery – Medical School, University of Patras

SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE

Date and place of birth: 06/01/1961 – Patras, GreeceMedical degree: 1990, Medical School of Patras, Fair.Doctorate thesis: 2001, Medical School of Patras, Excellent.

Professional positions1991-1998: Resident in general surgery

1998: Staff surgeon, Surgical Department, Medical School, University of Patras

1999: Intensive care unit training (two years).

2002: Staff surgeon, Surgical Department, Medical School, University of Patras

2007: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Department, Medical School, University of Patras

Additional training

1996: Instructor of A.T.L.S.

1999: Instructor of P.H.T.L.S

2004: Advance training in laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Aosta-Italy

2009: SILS (single incision laparoscopic surgery) Masterclass course, Elancourt

France)

Publications: 18 in international peer-reviewed journals680 citations (10/2010)h-index 12

Invited lectures, focused on bariatric surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery in many Greek and International congresses.

Publications in international peer-reviewed journals

1. Kalfarentzos F., Kehagias J., Mead N., Kokkinis K., and Gogos C.A.

“Enteral nutrition is superior to parenteral nutrition in severe acute

pancreatitis: results of a randomized prospective trial”.British Journal of

Surgery 84:1665-1669, 1997 (*)

(*) Η ανωτέρω εργασία έτυχε παγκόσμιας αναγνώρισης και

αναδημοσιεύτηκε στο “The Year Book of SURGERY”1999,Chapter 8,186-

187

2. Kalfarentzos F., Kehagias J., Kakkos S., Petsas T., Kokkinis K.,

Gogos C., Androulakis J.

“Treatment of patients with severe acute pancreatitis based on prospective

evaluation”

Hepato-Gastroenterology, 46:3249-3256, 1999

3. Kalfarentzos F., Dimakopoulos A., Kehagias I., Loukidi A., Mead N.

“Vertical banded gastroplasty versus standard or distal Roux-en-Y gastric

bypass based on specific selection criteria in the morbidly obese: preliminary

results”

Obesity Surgery, 9:433-442, 1999

4. Vagianos C.E., Kehagias J.G.

“Mesenteric ischemia. Therapeutic options”

Archives of Hellenic Medicine, 16 (2), 119-126, 1999

5. Fotopoulos L., Kehagias I., Kalfarentzos F.

"Dermolipectomies following weight loss after surgery for morbid obesity“

Obesity Surgery, 10:451-459, 2000

6. Kalfarentzos F., Kehagias I., Soulikia K., Loukidi A., Mead N.

“Weight loss following VBG in the morbidly obese: intermediate results of a

prospective study”

Obesity Surgery, 11:265-270, 2001

7. F.Kalfarentzos, F.Stavropoulou, S. Yarmenitis, I. Kechagias, M.

Karamesini, A. Dimitrakopoulos, A. Maniati

“Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism Using Two Different Doses of

Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (Nadroparin) in Bariatric Surgery: A

Prospective Randomized Trial”

Obesity Surgery, 11:670-676, 2001

8. F.Kalfarentzos, S. Papadoulas, G. Skroubis, I. Kehagias, A. Loukidi,

N. Mead

Prospective Evaluation of Biliopancreatic Diversion with Roux-en-Y Gastric

Bypass in the Super Obese

JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, 8:479-488, 2004

9. F.Kalfarentzos, G. Skroubis, I. Kehagias, N. Mead, K. Vagenas

A Prospective Comparison of Vertical Banded Gastroplasty and Roux-en-Y

Gastric Bypass in a Non-Superobese Population

Obesity Surgery, 16:151-158, 2006

10. G. Skroubis, S. Anesidis, I. Kehagias, N. Mead, K. Vagenas,

F. Kalfarentzos.

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass versus a Variant of Biliopancreatic Diversion in a

Non-Superobese Population: Prospective Comparison of the Efficacy and the

incidence of Metabolic Deficiencies

Obesity Surgery, 16:488-495, 2006

11. I.Kehagias, S.N. Karamanakos, S. Panagiotopoulos, K.

Panagopoulos, F. Kalfarentzos.

Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: which way to go?

World J Gastroenterol. 2008 Aug 21;14(31):4909-14.

12. Spyropoulos C, Bakellas G, Skroubis G, Kehagias I, Mead N.

Vagenas K, Kalfarentzos F.

A prospective evaluation of a variant of biliopancreatic diversion with Roux-

en-Y reconstruction in mega-obese patients (BMI>or=70kg/m(2))

Obes Surg. 2008 Jul;18(7):803-9

13. Vagenas K, Panagiotopoulos S, Kehagias I, Karamanakos SN, Mead

N, Kalfarentzos F.

Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic Roux en Y gastric bypass in

patients with clinically severe obesity.

World J Gastroenterol. 2008 Oct 21;14(39):6024-9.

14. Kehagias I, Karamanakos SN, Panagiotopoulos S, Giali S, Gogos CA,

Kalfarentzos F.

A rare case of intussusception leading to the diagnosis of acquired immune

deficiency syndrome: a case report.

J Med Case Reports. 2009 Feb 11;3:61.

15. Triantos CK, Kehagias I, Nikolopoulou V, Burroughs AK.

Incarcerated umbilical hernia after large volume paracentesis for refractory

ascites.

J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2010 Sep;19(3):245

16. Triantos CK, Kehagias I, Nikolopoulou V, Burroughs AK

Surgical Repair of Umbilical Hernias in Cirrhosis With Ascites.

Am J Med Sci. 2010 Sep 30

17. Karamanakos SN, Sdralis E, Panagiotopoulos S, Kehagias I.

Laparoscopy in the emergency setting: a retrospective review of 540 patients

with acute abdominal pain.

Karamanakos SN, Sdralis E, Panagiotopoulos S, Kehagias I.

Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2010 Apr;20(2):119-24.

18. Spyropoulos C, Kehagias I, Panagiotopoulos S, Mead N, Kalfarentzos

F.

Revisional bariatric surgery: 13-year experience from a tertiary institution.

Arch Surg. 2010 Feb;145(2):173-7.