Southeastern Europe

1. 1. Invited speaker at the Workshop organized by the Cyprus Gastroenterological Society on “Gastroesophageal reflux – Diagnosis and Treatment”, with a talk on “Application of Robotic Surgery in the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease”. The Workshop was held at the University of Nicosia, Nicosia, on Saturday 9 March 2013.

    

   2. Invited speaker at the 16th International Workshop in Robotic Surgery for Southeastern Europe, with a talk entitled “Robotics in upper GI surgery”, held at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens on 20 May 2013, 14:05 – 14:30.

    

   3. Keynote speaker at the 7th congress of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery (RAES) (ARCE 2013), which also hosts the 5th Symposium of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, at the World Trade Center, Bucharest, 21 to 23 November 2013. Dr. K. Konstantinidis gave two lectures on the following topics:

A) Single-incision robotic surgery: How soon, how far?
(Friday 22 November, Conference Room 2, 11.00-13.00)

B) Robotic hiatal hernia repair and gastroesophageal reflux. The safest approach in difficult cases.
(Friday 22 November, Conference Room 2, 14.00-16.00).

4. Single Site Robotic Surgery (Keynote lecture); 1^st SEERS International Congress in Robotic Surgery; Grand Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, November 2012.

5. Robotic Surgery of the Upper GI (lecture); 15^th International Workshop in Robotic Surgery for Southeastern Europe. Foundation of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens. October 2012.

6. Robotics in Upper GI Surgery (lecture). 14^th International Workshop in Robotic Surgery for Southeastern Europe. ELPEN Pharmaceuticals Experimental Research Center, Athens, July 2012.

7. Robotic Single Site Surgery (lecture); 6th National Congress of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery; Bucharest, Romania, November 2011.

8. Single Site Robotic Surgery (lecture); 6th National Congress of the Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery; Bucharest, Romania, November 2011.

9. Robotic Surgery: from many incisions to one incision. Serbian Diaspora Medical Congress 2011. Belgrade, Serbia. September 2011.

10. Robotics in upper GI Surgery. 8^th International Workshop in Robotic Surgery for Southeastern Europe. Foundation of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens. Athens, Greece. May 2011.

11. Robotic Surgery – Four years of experience. Symposium of Advanced Medical Technologies at the National Institute of Statistics, Bucharest, Romania. November 2010.

12. Robotics in upper GI Surgery. 4th International Workshop in Robotic Surgery for Southeastern Europe. Foundation of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens. Athens, Greece. May 2011.

13. Robotics in Upper GI Surgery. 3rd International Workshop in Robotic Surgery for Southeastern Europe. Foundation of Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens. Athens, Greece. November 2009.

14. Robotic General Surgery – State of the Art (lecture). 11^th Pancyprian Surgical Congress, Invited Speaker. Cyprus, December 2008.
15. Laparoscopic Hernia Repair – 17 Year Experience (lecture). 11^th Pancyprian Surgical Congress, Invited Speaker. Cyprus, December 2008.

16. Robotics in upper GI Surgery (lecture). 1^st International Workshop in Robotic Surgery for Southeastern Europe. Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens; Athens, Greece. December 2008.

17. Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery. Limitations and capabilities. 8^th Hellenic-Cypriot Surgical Congress. Nicosia, Cyprus. November 2007.

18. Pericardial Cysts: Thoracoscopic Operative Technique. 2^nd Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress. November 2002. Athens.