Ass. Professor of Surgery
EDITORIAL BOARD

Dr. Schizas was born in Athens at 1977. He studied at the Medical School of Athens and graduated at 2002 (grade “Excellent”). Thereafter, he offered his services as a Military Doctor in Hellenic Navy and Rural General Practitioner. He completed his Specialty Training as General Surgeon in the Third Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, at Attikon General Hospital. In addition, he attended a fellowship program in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at King’s College Hospital in London. He has obtained three MSc diplomas, while his PhD research focused in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in gastric cancer.

Dr. Schizas’ special clinical and research interests are in upper gastrointestinal surgery and especially surgical oncology (gastric, esophageal and pancreatic cancer). He has numerous publications in renowned international scientific journals (Cancer Treatment Reviews, British Journal of Surgery, Diseases of the Esophagus etc.). In addition, he often participates in national and international medical congresses giving lectures in special topics. He is also a reviewer in important medical journals such as British Journal of Surgery, Plos One and Scientific Reports. Finally, he is a member of many international medical associations, such as International Society of Diseases of the Esophagus, European Society of Diseases of the Esophagus and European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.

In 2018, he was unanimously elected Assistant Professor of Surgery and was offered a post in the First Department of Surgery at Laikon General Hospital of Athens.