Blevrakis Evangelos
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Blevrakis Evangelos
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics Surgery
Medical School, University of Crete, P.C. 70013 Heraklion, Crete
Evangelos G. Blevrakis, MD, MSc, PhD
Pediatric Surgeon – Intensivist
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Medical School, University of Crete
Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion (Pa.G.N.H.)
DEGREES – QUALIFICATIONS
Primary Degree MD Degree School of Medicine, University of Catania
Postgraduate Training Program EPIM (Emergency Prehospital Medicine) National Emergency Aid Center (EKAV), Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity (Board Decision EKAV No. 5/5-3-2010)
Master’s Degree MSc in Bioethics School of Medicine, University of Crete
Medical Specialty Title Specialty in Pediatric Surgery General Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health
Certificate of Pedagogical and Teaching Competence Graduate of the Annual Pedagogical Training Program (EPPAIK – ASPAITE) Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPAITE), Hellenic Republic
Subspecialization Intensive Care Medicine Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health, Directorate of Health Professions and Welfare
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Professional & Educational Roles
• Board Member of APLS Crete – Instructor
• Secretary & Treasurer, Board of Directors, APLS Crete
o Instructor in Basic and Advanced Life Support for Infants and Children
o Instructor in PLS – APLS
o From 2014 to present
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Research Activities
Role Project Description Institution Year
Project Contractor Research protocol on Pediatric ICU patients with sepsis and trauma Special Account for Research Funds 2014
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Doctoral Degree
• PhD Title:
Study of serum Inhibin B levels in adolescents with varicocele for the investigation of its role as a prognostic factor of infertility
• Institution: School of Medicine, University of Crete
• Year: 2015
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University Teaching Experience
• University Teaching Fellow
Acquisition of Academic Teaching Experience for Early-Career Scientists Holding a PhD
• Independent teaching of the course “Neonatal Surgery”
• Institution: School of Medicine, University of Crete
Academic Years:
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
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Additional Master’s Degree
• MSc in Emergency and Intensive Care of Children and Adolescents
• School of Medicine, University of Crete
• Year: 2018
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Postgraduate Training
• Advanced Training in Laparoscopic and Robotic Pediatric Surgery
o Pediatric Surgery
o School of Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
o 07/06/2019 – 02/08/2019
• Advanced Training in Neonatal and Pediatric Surgery
o Pediatric Surgery
o School of Medicine, University of Belgrade – Serbia
o University Children’s Hospital Belgrade
o 29/06/2020 – 01/03/2021
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Certifications
• Certified Researcher – GCP (Good Clinical Practice)
o Good Clinical Practice, Version 5 (effective 03-Mar-2017)
o Training funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH, USA)
o In collaboration with Pfizer
o Year: 2023
• NAEMT Certified Instructor
o EPC (Emergency Pediatric Care) Instructor
o From 2023
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Recent Advanced Training
• Advanced Training in Laparoscopic and Robotic Pediatric & Neonatal Surgery
o School of Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
o 01/08/2024 – 30/09/2024
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Professional Memberships
• Founding Member of the Hellenic Society of Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery
o Specialty: Pediatric Surgery
o From March 2023 to present
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Medicine, University of Crete — 2015
Dissertation: Study of serum Inhibin B levels in adolescents with varicocele investigating its role as a prognostic marker of infertility. (Impact of varicocele on biological markers of gonadal function)
MD Degree
Medical Specialty
Pediatric Surgery
Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare — 2011
Subspecialty / Advanced Training
Intensive Care Medicine
Ministry of Health — 2014
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POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
MSc in Bioethics
School of Medicine, University of Crete — 2010
MSc in Emergency and Intensive Care of Children and Adolescents
School of Medicine, University of Crete — 2018
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POSTGRADUATE & ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAINING
Emergency Prehospital Medicine (EPIM)
National Emergency Aid Center (EKAV), Ministry of Health — 2009
Advanced Training in Laparoscopic and Robotic Pediatric Surgery
School of Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
07/06/2019 – 02/08/2019
Advanced Training in Neonatal and Pediatric Surgery
University Children’s Hospital Belgrade, Serbia
29/06/2020 – 01/03/2021
Advanced Training in Laparoscopic and Robotic Pediatric & Neonatal Surgery
School of Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
01/08/2024 – 30/09/2024
Pediatric Surgery
Neonatal Surgery
1.Quality of Life of Adolescents and Young Adults After Testicular Prosthesis Surgery During Childhood: A Qualitative Study and Literature Review
Chantzi Z, Fouzas S, Drivalos A, Stamati A, Gkentzis A, Athanasopoulou M, Kambouri K, Gkentzi D, Kostopoulou E, Vareli A, Blevrakis E, Zachos K, Alexopoulos V, Panagidis A, Plotas P, Louta A, Karatza AA, Dassios T, Dimitriou G, Jelastopulu E, Sinopidis X Children May 31;12(6):720 2025
2.Balancing Between Negative Appendectomy and Complicated Appendicitis: A Persisting Reality Under the Rule of the Uncertainty Principle
Stylianos Roupakias , Katerina Kambouri , Angelos Al Nimer , Konstantina Bekiaridou , Evangelos Blevrakis , Christos Tsalikidis , Xenophon Sinopidis Cureus. Mar 31;17(3):e81516. 2025
3. Primary Omental Torsion in Children in the Laparoscopy Era: What Have we Learned so far?
Vasileios Alexopoulos, Xenophon Sinopidis, Aspasia Louta, Christos Damaskos, Nikolaos Garmpis, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Stylianos Kykalos, Katerina Kambouri, Evangelos Blevrakis, Stylianos Roupakias, Antonios Panagidis and Dimitrios Dimitroulis in vivo 38: 1030-1041 2024
4. Ileocolic Intussusception in infancy is not always idiopathic – Adenomyoma as the leading point
Blevrakis E, Stefanaki M, Ntoulios G, Kafaraki P, Datseri G, Kalemou PE, Rasouli K, Blevrakis G, Sinopidis X. Am J Case Rep 6:24 2023
5. Triorchidism in a Pediatric Patient: A case report and a literature revies
Blevrakis E, Kargioti S, Ntoulios G, Moustou E, Papaioannou A, Nyktari V, Kehagias E, Sinopidis X. Ann Case Rep 8:1328 2023
6. Post-Traumatic Stress as a Psychological Effect of Mild Head Injuries in Children
X. Sinopidis, P. Kallianezos, C. Petropoulos, D. Gkentzi, E. Kostopoulou, S. Roupakias, S. Fouzas, T. Dassios, A. Vervenioti, A. Karatza, A. Panagidis, E. Blevrakis, E. Jelastopulu Children 10: 1115. 2023
7. Child abuse experience, training knowledge, and attitude of health care proffesionals in sixty hospitals in Greece.
Panagopoulou K, Gkentzi D, Fouzas S, Mentis M, Kostopouloy E, Plotas P, Papaevangelou V, Soldatou A, Karatza A, Berzouanis A, Spyridakis I, Sfoungaris D, Zavras N, Salakos C, Blevrakis E, Sakellaris G, Kambouri K, Giapros V, Roupakias S, Jelastopulu E, Chantzi Z, Panagiotopoulos V, Varvarigou A, Dimitriou G, Sinopidis X. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 27:659-672 2023
8. Mesenteric Lympadenitis Presenting as Acute Abdomen in a Child with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome.
Blevrakis E, Vergadi E, Stefanaki M, Alexiadi-Oikonomou I, Rouva G, Germanakis I, Galanakis E Infect. Dis. Rep. 14: 428-432, 2022
9. Abdominal Coccon Syndrome: An Extremely Rare Case of Small Bowel Obstruction
Karona P, Blevrakis E, Kastanaki P, Tzouganakis A, Kastanakis M. Cureus. Apr 7;13(4):e14351 2021
10. Testicular torsion in newborn: a case report
Blevrakis E, Xenaki S, Chrysos E. G Chir. Jan-Feb 40(1):54-57
, 2019
11. Τhe role of blood inflammatory markers in the diagnosis of appendicitis in children: a prospecti9e study from a University Hospital in Greece
G Sakellaris, D. Dimopoulou, M. Niniraki, A. Dipopoulou, A. Alegakis, E. Symvoulakis, D. Kostaki, E. Blevrakis, S. Kolivaki, E. Chryssos , Gazzetta Medica Italiana. Nov 178(11):861-7, 2019
12. Multiple magnet ingestion causing intestinal obstruction and entero-enteric fistula: which imaging modality bedsides radiographs? A case report
Blevrakis E, Raissaki M, Xenaki S, Astyrakaki E, Kholcheva N, Chrysos E. Ann Med Surg. May 30;31:29-33, 2018
13. A rare case of appendicitis incarcerated in a inguinal hernia in an 8-year old male child.
Blevrakis E. Xenaki S, Chrysos E. J Preg Child Health. 5:1-2, 2018
14. Anesthetic management of a pediatric patient with Electron Transfer Flavoprotein Dehydrogenase deficiency (ETFDH) and acute appendicitis: case report and review of the literature. Lilitsis E, Astyrakaki E, Blevrakis E, Xenaki S, Chalkiadakis G. BMC Anesthesiol Aug 29;17 (1):116, 2017
15. Primary bacterial peritonitis in a previously healty adolescent female: A case report
Blevrakis E, Anyfantakis D, Blevrakis E, Vlachakis I. Int J Surg Case Rep. 28:111-113, 2016
16. Impact of varicocele on biological markers of gonadal function.
Blevrakis E, Chatzidarellis E, Anyfantakis D, Sakellaris G, Raissaki M, Zoras O, Mamoulakis C, Sofras F, Chrysos E. Hernia. June 20(3):435-439, 2015
17. Acute coagulopathy in children with multiple trauma: a retrospective study.
Sakellaris G, Blevrakis E, Petrakis I, Dimopoulou A, Dede O, Partalis N, Alegakis A, Seremeti C, Spanaki AM, Briassoulis J Emerg Med. Nov 47(5):539-545 , 2014
18. A fatal case of seronegative, late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with motror sensory axonal polyneuropathy.
Anyfantakis D, Symvoulakis EK, Barbounakis E, Kastanakis M, Athanasakis E, Blevrakis E, Kastanakis S. Mod Rheumatol. Sep 24(5):858-861, 2014
19. Fournier’s gangrene associated with local cutaneous HPV lesions in a previously healthy girl.
Tsinti M, Tsekoura T, Blevrakis E, Vlachakis I, Tsilimigaki-Christaki A Case Rep Pediatr. 2013:704532, 2013
20. Meckel’s divericulum in paediatric practice on Crete: a 10-year review. Blevrakis E, Partalis N, Seremeti C, Sakellaris G. Afr J Paediatr Surg. Sep-Dec 8(3):279-282, 2011
21. Abdominoscrotal hydrocele in a 9-month old infant.
Blevrakis E, Anyfantakis D, Sakellaris G. Hernia. Apr 15(2):201-203, 2011
22. Hepatopulmonary hydatidosis ina ten-year-old girl: a case report.
Anyfantakis D, Blevrakis E, Vlachakis, Arbiros I. J Med Case Rep. July 2;4:205, 2010
23. Small bowel Intussusception with pelvic plastron secondary to acute appendicitis in child.
Blevrakis E, Tampakaki Z, Dimopoulou A, Bakantaki A, Blevrakis E, Sakellaris G. J Pediatr Surg. Mar 45(3):E5-7, 2010
24. Is there correlation between hypetrophic pyloric stenosis and congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract in children?
Partalis N, Blevrakis E., G. Sakellaris Hellen J Surg. 82:2, 2010
25. Selective mutism due to a dog bite trauma in a 4-year-old-girl: a case report.
Anyfantakis D, Botzakis E, Mplevrakis E, Symvoulakis EK, Arbiros I. J Med Case Rep. Nov 3:3:100, 2009
26. Acute jejunoileal obstruction due to a pseudopolyp in a child with undiagnosed Chron disease: a case report.
Christianakis E, Pashalidis N, Kokkinou S, Pitiakoudis M, Mplevrakis E, Chorti M, Rizos S, Filippou D. J Med Case Rep. Feb 20:2-54, 2008
1. Hellenic Pediatric Surgical Society
2. European Paediatric Surgeon’s Association (EUPSA)
3. European Society of Paediaric Endoscopic Surgeons (ESPES)
4. National Association of Emercency Pediatric (NAEMT)
5. Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)
6. Hellenic Society of Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery (Founding Member)
