The Inaugural Congress

Don Lalonde

Professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Dalhousie University in Saint John, Canada. His research focuses on wide-awake Hand Surgery, and he is a past president of the American Association for Hand Surgery.

Photo: Dalhousie University

Konstantinos Ditsios

Professor of Orthopaedics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Director of its Second Department of Orthopaedics. He served as President of the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2019.

Photo: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · CC BY 4.0

Mehmet Alp

Professor and orthopaedic surgeon specialising in Hand Surgery and microsurgery at Memorial Şişli Hospital in Istanbul. He trained at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and was appointed professor at Üsküdar University in 2013.

Lambros Athanatos

Orthopaedic surgeon at Hippocrateon Private Hospital with specialist training in Hand Surgery. He completed his orthopaedic training in the UK and a TIG Fellowship in Newcastle, and teaches at the University of Nicosia Medical School.

Theoni Damaskinou

Orthopaedic surgeon at Nicosia General Hospital. Her clinical specialisation includes Hand Surgery and traumatology.

Andriani Ioannou

Orthopaedic resident at Nicosia General Hospital.

Doctor affiliated with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Nicosia General Hospital. His published research includes limb-lengthening implants and postoperative cognitive complications after hip and knee arthroplasty.

Egor Kostin

Medical student at the University of Cyprus whose research includes orthopaedic trauma and reconstruction. He has co-authored studies with Nicosia General Hospital on wrist contracture and limb reconstruction.

Constantinos Kritiotis

Hand, wrist and elbow surgeon practising in Cyprus and holder of the European Diploma in Hand Surgery. His work includes complex upper-limb reconstruction, tendon and nerve transfers, and surgery for tetraplegia and spasticity.

Marios Nicolaou

Professor at the Medical School of the University of Cyprus and a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with specialist training in Hand Surgery and microsurgery. He trained in the United Kingdom and completed fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania and the Pulvertaft Hand Centre in Derby.

Theodora Papavasiliou

Plastic, reconstructive and hand surgeon at the European Institute of Plastic Surgery. She trained in the UK, completed a Hand Surgery fellowship at St Thomas’ Hospital in London and co-founded Stelth Instruments to develop surgical tools and training models.

Eleana Philippou

Orthopaedic surgeon in Limassol. Her subspecialty training focuses on trauma and Hand Surgery.

Christiana Savvidou

Orthopaedic hand surgeon practising in Dubai, treating adults and children with hand and upper-limb conditions. She completed fellowships at Tampere University and in Hand Surgery and microsurgery at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute and University of Louisville.

Photo: King’s College Hospital London Dubai

Andreas Skarparis

Plastic, reconstructive and hand surgeon practising in Cyprus. He completed a Hand Surgery fellowship at St Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital in New York and further training in congenital hand deformities at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas.