Education / Qualifications

• 1986: DDS, Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• 1994: MD,  Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• 1993-1994, 1995-1996: Postgraduate studies in Oral Pathobiology with Clinical Specialization in Oral Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 1994 –1995: GP, Health Center Aliartos-Viotias
• 1996 –1997: Resident Doctor in General Surgery, “Tzanio” and “Metaxa” General Hospital, Piraeus
• 1997 –2000: Specialist Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of  Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of  Athens, “Evaggelismos” General Hospital of Athens
• 1998: MSc in Oral Pathobiology and Clinical Specialty Certificate in Oral Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2000: Vocational license of specialty (Practicing Certificate) in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• 2007: Doctorate Degree (PhD), Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2013: Doctorate Degree (PhD), Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 1/7/2013–31/12/2013: Further education abroad and training in Reconstructive Surgery (free flaps and microvascular surgery), Klinikum rechts der Isar, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany

Academic and professional positions held

• 2023 – today: Associate Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• 2014 – 2023: Assistant Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• 2008-2014:Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2000-2002 and 2005-2008: Associate of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Academic and professional responsibilities

• Member, Organizing Committee of the Scientific Meetings of the University Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, “Evaggelismos” Hospital, 2006-13
• Member, General Assembly of the Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2010-11, 2014-15.
• Member, Organizing Committee, 25ο, 28ο Congress of the HAOMS, Athens, 2011, 2014.
• Treasurer, Board, Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 27/11/2011 – 29/11/2014.
• Member, Organizing Committee, Continuing Education in Oral Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2013.
• Secretary General, Board, Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 30/11/2014 – 16/2/2017, Secretary for Professional Issues 17/2/2017 – 1/6/2017 and Treasurer 2/6/2017 – today.  
• Member, Organizing Committee, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Anatomical Course in Head and Neck Surgery,  University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, “Evangelismos” Hospital, Athens, Greece, 13-14 February 2014, 4-6 June 2015 and 2-6 June 2016.
• Member, Organizing Committees, IFHNOS, WHNCD 2016, University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, “Evangelismos” Hospital, Athens, Greece, 15 July 2016 and,  IFHNOS, WHNCD 2017 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, “PAGNI” University General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, 5 July 2017.
• Delegate, European Union of Medical Specialties, Oro-maxillo-facial Surgery, Section and Board (UEMS-OMFS, S & B), January 2016 – today.

Awards and Honours

• “Eminent Scientist of the year 2011 in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery”, International Research Promotion Council (IRPC)

Memberships

• Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
• European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
• International Αssociation of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
• Hellenic Stomatological Society
• Hellenic Society of Oral Medicine and Pathology
• Hellenic Association of Supportive Care of the Cavity in Cancer
• Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research

Research Theses - Books

• MSc Thesis: Mandibular Condylar Fractures. Conservative and Surgical Treatment. Athens, 1997.
• PhD Thesis: Fractal Analysis in the Study of Oral Cancer. Athens 2007.
• PhD Thesis: Investigation of a Possible Association between Diabetes Mellitus and Oral Cancer. An Experimental Study in Sprague Dawley Rats. Athens 2013.
• Methodology on the treatment of outpatients and hospitalized patients. Goutzanis L, Skouteris C. Chapter In: Aggelopoulos A, Alexandridis K: Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chapter 4, Pages: 98-114. Athens 2004.

Selected publications in scientific journals

• Flail Mandible and Immediate Airway Management: Traumatic Detachment of Mandibular Lingual Cortex Results in Obstructive Dyspnea and Severe Odynophagia.  Ioannis Papadiochos, Lampros Goutzanis, Vasileios Petsinis. The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Volume 28, Number 5, July 2017.
• Trismus as a Clinical Manifestation of Tetanus: A Case Report. Papadiochos I, Papadiochou S, Petsinis V, Goutzanis L, Atsali C, Papadogeorgakis N. J Oral Facial Pain Headache. 2016 Fall;30(4):355-362.
• Reconstruction of various intraoral and extraoral defects with radial forearm free flap. Lampros P. Goutzanis, Marco R. Kesting, Denys J. Loeffelbein, Florian Bauer Klaus-Dietrich Wolff.Hellenic Archives of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (2015) 3, 119-128.
• Chondrosarcoma of the mandibular condyle in a patient with Werner syndrome: a case report. J Goutzanis L, Kalfarentzos EF, Petsinis V, Papadogeorgakis N. Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2013 Oct;41(7):170-4.
• Management of malignant parotid tumors. N. Papadogeorgakis, L. Goutzanis, V. Petsinis, C. Alexandridis. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Mar;16(1):29-34.
• Parapharyngeal space tumors. Surgical approaches in a series of 13 cases. N. Papadogeorgakis, V. Petsinis, L. Goutzanis, C. Alexandridis.Int J Oral and Maxillofac Surg. 2010, 39(3): 243-50.
• Metastases to supramandibular facial lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Petsinis V, Papadogeorgakis N, Evangelou I, Goutzanis L, Pandelidaki E, Alexandridis C. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2009, 67(7): 1401-8.
• Diabetes enhances the expression of H-ras and suppresses the expression of EGFR leading to increased cell proliferation. Vairaktaris E, Goutzanis L, Yapijakis C, Vassiliou S, Spyridonidou S, Vylliotis A, Nkenke E, Lazaris AC, Strantzias P, Patsouris E. Histol Histopathol. 2009 May;24(5):531-9.
• Vascular fractal dimension and total vascular area in the study of oral cancer. Goutzanis LP, Papadogeorgakis N, Pavlopoulos PM, Petsinis V, Plochoras I, Eleftheriadis E, Pantelidaki A, Patsouris E, Alexandridis C. Head Neck 2009, 31(3):298-307.
• Diabetes and oral  oncogenesis. Vairaktaris E, Spyridonidou S, Goutzanis L, Vylliotis A, Lazaris A, Donta I, Perrea D, Yapijakis C, Patsouris E. Anticancer Res. 2007 Nov-Dec;27(6B):4185-93.
• Increased risk of oral cancer in diabetic animals is not associated with c-jun activation pathway. Vairaktaris E, Goutzanis L, Kalokerinos G, Vassiliou S, Spyridonidou S, Avgoustidis D, Strantzias P, Lazaris A, Papageorgiou G, Ragos V, Yapijakis C, Patsouris E.  J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2007 Dec;35(8):382-7.
• Expression of cell cycle regulator p16 is not affected by diabetes during oral oncogenesis. Vairaktaris E, Goutzanis L, Nkenke E, Spyridonidou S, Vassiliou S, Derka S, Vylliotis A, Yapijakis C, Lazaris A, Patsouris E. In Vivo. 2007 Sep-Oct;21(5):745-50.
• Diabetes does not influence oral oncogenesis through fibroblast growth factor receptors. Vairaktaris E, Goutzanis L, Nkenke E, Spyridonidou S, Vassiliou S, Derka S, Vylliotis A, Yapijakis C, Lazaris A, Strantzias P, Kalimeras E, Patsouris E. In Vivo. 2007 Jul-Aug;21(4):623-8.
• Diabetes increases both N-ras and ets-1 expression during rat oral oncogenesis resulting in enhanced cell proliferation and metastatic potential. Vairaktaris E, Goutzanis L, Kalokerinos G, Yannopoulos A, Yapijakis C, Vassiliou S, Spyridonidou S, Vylliotis A, Nkenke E, Lazaris AC, Tesseromatis C, Patsouris E. In Vivo. 2007 Jul-Aug;21(4):615-21.
• Enhancement of erbB2 and erbB3 expression during oral oncogenesis in diabetic rats. Vairaktaris E, Goutzanis L, Vassiliou S, Spyridonidou S, Nkenke E, Papageorgiou G, Strantzias P, Lazaris A, Yapijakis C, Patsouris E. J Cancer ResClin Oncol. 2008 Mar;134(3):337-44.
• Nuclear fractal dimension as a prognostic factor in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Goutzanis L, Papadogeorgakis N, Pavlopoulos PM, Katti K, Petsinis V, Plochoras I, Pantelidaki C, Kavantzas N, Patsouris E, Alexandridis C. Oral Oncology 2008, 44(4):345-53. Epub 2007 Aug 18.
• Diabetes may increase risk for oral cancer through the insulin receptor substrate-1 and focal adhesion kinase pathway. Goutzanis L,  Vairaktaris E,  Yapijakis C,  Kavantzas N,  Nkenke E,  Derka S, Vassiliou S, Acil Y, Kessler P, Stavrianeas N, Perrea D, Donta I, Skandalakis P, Patsouris E. Oral Oncol. 2007 Feb;43(2):165-73.

Areas of scientific interest

• Head and neck cancer surgery
• Reconstructive surgery, free flaps, microvascular surgery
• Fractal analysis in the study of precancerous lesions
• Grafting and bone regeneration

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