Georgios M Kontakis
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Georgios M. Kontakis
Professor of Orthopedics
Medical School, University of Crete, P.C. 71003 Heraklion, Crete
Georgios M. Kontakis is a Professor of Orthopedics and the Rector of the University of Crete.
He is the Director of the Orthopedic Clinic at the University General Hospital of Heraklion.
He has previously served as the Dean of the Medical School at the University of Crete.
He has undergone advanced training in new techniques for shoulder and spinal surgery at various specialized university centers and hospitals in Europe and the United States, including:
▪ Spine Surgery, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (September 2012, March, November 2013).
▪ Upper Limb Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds General Infirmary, UK (March to September 2009).
▪ L’Archet II Hospital, Nice, France (April to October 2000).
▪ University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA (July 1998).
▪ Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland (January 1998).
▪ Balgrist Hospital, University of Zurich, Switzerland (March, November to December 1996).
▪ Shoulder and Elbow Clinic, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark (September 1995).
▪ 1987 – Medical Degree, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (“Very Good”)
▪ 1995 – Doctoral Diploma, School of Medicine, University of Crete. (“Excellent”)
His research interests focused on fracture healing, shoulder surgery, and spinal surgery.
He has 109 publications in peer-reviewed international journals (Google Scholar citations: 5602, h-index: 42, i10-index: 77), 10 contributions as an author in chapters of international books, and participation in translating abstracts of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons into Greek.
He has participated as an invited speaker at international and Greek scientific conferences and seminars and has served as a reviewer, upon invitation, for international journals and editorial series.
▪ Rector of the University of Crete, from September 1, 2020, to the present.
▪ Dean of the Medical School of the University of Crete (two terms: September 1, 2014, to August 31, 2018, and September 1, 2018, to August 27, 2020).
▪ Director of the Orthopedic Clinic at the University General Hospital of Heraklion, from September 10, 2012, to the present. The clinic serves as a referral center for the Crete health region for shoulder, spinal, and pelvic conditions and injuries, as well as complex trauma cases.
▪ Director of the Postgraduate Program “Surgical Sciences” at the Medical School of the University of Crete (2019 to 2022).
▪ Director of the “Orthopedic Research Laboratory” in the Department of Surgery at the Medical School of the University of Crete.
▪ Deputy Administrator of the University General Hospital of Heraklion (2012 to 2013).
▪ President of the Shoulder-Elbow Surgery Department of the Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology for two years (2010 to 2011).
▪ Served for many years as an elected faculty member of the Assembly of the Medical School and as a member of the Senate of the University of Crete, in his capacity as Dean of the School.
▪ Scientific Supervisor of three courses in the undergraduate program of the Medical School of the University of Crete:
a) mandatory course “Orthopedics” in the 7th semester,
b) mandatory course “Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System” in the 1st semester,
c) elective course “Trauma of the Musculoskeletal System” in the 9th semester.
▪ Scientific Supervisor of the clinical training for students in the 9th and 10th semesters.
▪ Active participation in the education/teaching of undergraduate students of the Medical School of the University of Crete, from lectures, in clinical practice, and in the laboratory, as well as students of the Medical Department of the Democritus University of Thrace (2000-2002).
▪ Scientific Collaborator at the Department of Nursing of the TEI of Heraklion (now the Hellenic Mediterranean University) for teaching the course in Orthopedics (1996–1999).
▪ Postgraduate courses and lectures for the orthopedic residents of the Orthopedic Clinic at the University General Hospital of Heraklion.
