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Vassilis Petsinis

Assistant Professor


Phone: 210-746-1271
Email:vasipets[at]dent.uoa[dot]gr

Mailing Address:
2 Thivon Str, 115 27, Goudi, Athens, Greece

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Education / Qualifications

  • 1982-1988: Dental School, University of Athens, DDS
  • 1993-1998: Medical School, University of Athens, MD
  • 1993-1997: MSc in Oral Pathobiology with Clinical Specialization in Oral Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens
  • 1998-2007: PhD in Oral Pathobiology
  • December 2001–December 2004: Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens, “Evagelismos” General Hospital, Athens
  • July 2001–December 2001: Residency in Surgery, “KAT” General Hospital, Kifissia
  • July 2000–July 2001: Residency in Thoracic Surgery, “KAT” General Hospital, Kifissia
  • March 1999–April 1999: Residency in Surgery, General Hospital of Chalkida
  • February 1999–March 1999: Residency in Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Chalkida
  • January 1999–February 1999: Residency in Cardiology, General Hospital of Chalkida

Academic and professional positions held

  • August 2014–date: Assistant Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens.
  • December 2009–2014: Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens.
  • January 2005–December 2009: Associate of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Dental Department, University of Athens
  • January 2005–date: Private practice in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Official Journal of  the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
  • Assistant Editor of Journal of Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Official Journal of the Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • Member, Organizing Committee of the Scientific Meetings of the University Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, “Evagelismos” Hospital, 2006-13
  • Member, General Assembly of the Dental School, University of Athens, 2012-13, 2013-14
  • Member, Organizing Committees, 25th, 26th and 28th Congresses of the Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2011, 2012, 2014
  • Member, Organizing Committee, 2nd of the International Congress of Hellenic, Israeli and Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2012
  • Member, Organizing Committee for the 2013-14 postgraduate training program for Residents in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Member, Organizing Committee, Continuing Education in Oral Surgery, Dental School, University of Athens, 2013
  • Faculty, Course in Head and Neck Surgery on Cadavers, Cyprus,, Nicosia, 2013
  • Member, Organizing Committee, 1st Course in Head and Neck Surgery on Cadavers,  University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, “Evagelismos” Hospital, Athens, Greece, 2014
  • June 1999–May 2000: GP-Rural Doctor, Health Centre Stropones–Evia and Hemodialysis Unit General Hospital of Chalkida
  • September 1988–September 1990: Military Personnel Dentist, 401 Military Hospital of Athens

Memberships

  • Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
  • Stomatological Society of Greece
  • Hellenic Society of Oral Medicine and Pathology
  • Hellenic Association of Bone-Incorporated Dental and Maxillofacial Implants  

Awards

  • Co-author in the study «Guided bone regeneration for residual ridge augmentation: Clinical, histologic and histomorphometric study in 46 patients», Best Clinical Study of the International Osteology Symposium, Monaco, 10-12 May 2007

Research Theses – Books

  • PhD thesis: “Immunohistochemical study of the metastases and micromatastase to the facial lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity”, Dental School, University of Athens
  • MSc thesis: “Teeth transplantation and re-implantation”, Dental School, University of Athens

Co-author in scientific books chapters

  • Auxiliary surgical procedures in maxillofacial surgery. Cricothyrotomy–Open tracheostomy–Percutaneous tracheostomy. Datseris G, Petsinis V, Kolomvos N, A. Aggelopoulos. In: Aggelopoulos A, Alexandridis K, Katsikeris N: Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2nd Edition, Chapter 29. 926-953. Athens, 2010
  • Auxiliary surgical procedures in maxillofacial surgery. Skin grafts. Intestinal feeding–Feeding tubes–Gastrostomy–PEG–Jejunostomy. Datseris G, Petsinis V, Skouteris C.  In: Aggelopoulos A, Alexandridis K: Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chapter 29, 899-918. Athens, 2004

Selected publications in scientific journals

Greek journals

  • Kalfarentzos E, Petsinis V, Papadiohos I, Papadogeorgakis N. Uncommon extension of the main trunk of the facial nerve in a patient with a giant parotid pleomorphic adenoma: Case report. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2013, 3: 153-8
  • L. Goutzanis, V. Oktseloglou, V. Petsinis, N. Papadogeorgakis. Lipoma of the floor of the mouth. A case report and literature review. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2012, 13(3): 145-50
  • Nikitakis N, Kamperos G, Petsinis V, Sklavounou A. Oral Medicine and Pathology Quiz –  Case 12. Archives of Hellenic Medicine 2010, 27(2):283-4
  • Petsinis V, Theologie-Lygidakis N, Iatrou I. Unilateral glossodynia due to Eagle’s syndrome. Case report. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2010, (1):39-47
  • N. Papadogeorgakis, K. Kraniti, V. Petsinis, N. Lefatzis, L. Stavrinou, G. Strantzalis. Surgical treatment of a giant olfactory neuroblastoma with spread into the anterior cranial fossa. Report of a case. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2009, 10(3): 123-31
  • Papadogeorgakis N, Papadopoulos P, Petsinis V, Kostakis G, Oktseloglou V. Observations on the procedure of tracheostomy in maxillofacial patients. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2009, 10(2): 65-72
  • V. Petsinis, N. Papadogeorgakis, I. Evagelou, L. Goutzanis, A. Pantelidaki, K. Alexandridis. Immunohistochemical study of the facial lymph nodes metastases and micrometastases in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2009, 10(1): 15-26
  • Petsinis V, Papadogeorgakis N, Goutzanis L, Alexandridis K. Ranula surgical treatment in a 7 years old child. Pedodontia 2008, 21(3):127-31
  • Goutzanis L, Papadogeorgakis N, Petsinis V, Pantelidaki C, Plochoras I, Papanikolaou S, Pavlopoulos P, Patsouris E, Alexandridis K. Fractal dimension as a prognostic factor for oral cancer. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2007, 8(2): 55-71
  • Papadogeorgakis N, Fotopoulos D, Petsinis V, Kyriakou S, Aggelopoulos A. The use of IMF screws in the treatment of maxilla and mandible fractures. Technical note. Hellenic Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2004, 5(2): 69-75

International journals

  • An asymptomatic tumor on the dorsal tongue. Kalogirou E, Tosios K, Petsinis V, Chatzistamou I, Sklavounou A.  Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2013 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Chondrosarcoma of the mandibular condyle in a patient with Werner syndrome: a case report. L. Goutzanis, E. Kalfaretzos, V. Petsinis, N. Papadogeorgakis. Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surg 2013, 41(7):e170-4
  • Multinodular recurrence of a parotid gland pleomorphic adenoma with neck involvement. A Case Report. N. Papadogeorgakis, E. Kalfaretzos, E. Parara, V. Petsinis. Oral Maxillofac Surg 2012, 16(1):137-40
  • Management of malignant parotid tumors. N. Papadogeorgakis, L. Goutzanis, V. Petsinis, C. Alexandridis. Oral Maxillofac Surg 2012, 16(1):29-34
  • A retrospective review of malignant minor salivary gland tumors and a proposed protocol for future care. N. Papadogeorgakis, E. Parara, V.Petsinis, H. Pappa, A. Nikolaidis, C. Alexandridis. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction 2011, 4(1):1-10
  • A case of successfully treated rhinocerebral mucormycosis: dental implications. N. Papadogeorgakis, E. Parara, V. Petsinis, M. Samarkos, Ch. Vourlakou. International Journal of Dentistry 2010:273127
  • 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
  • Large olfactory neuroblastoma (esthesioneuroblastoma) surgically treated with an Altemir technique modification: a case report. Papadogeorgakis N, Petsinis V, Eleftheriades E, Dimtsas S, Protopappa D, Alexandridis C. Oral Maxillofac Surg 2009, 13(3):171-5
  • A method for marking histopathological specimens of neck – technical note. Papadogeorgakis N, Parara E, Pappa E, Petsinis V. Int Journal of Oral and Maxill Surg 2009, 38(11):1208-9
  • 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
  • Branchial cleft cysts in adults. Diagnostic procedures and treatment in a series of 18 cases. Papadogeorgakis N, Petsinis V, Parara E, Papaspyrou K, Goutzanis L, Alexandridis C. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009, 13(2): 79-85
  • Hypoglossal nerve palsy caused by a large vagal paraganglioma: case report. Papadogeorgakis N, Petsinis V, Evangelou I, Alexandridis C. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009, 47(1):69-70
  • Intramuscular myxoma of the masseter muscle. A case report. Papadogeorgakis N, Petsinis V, Nikitakis N, Goutzanis L, Alexandridis C. Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009, 13(1):37-40
  • Use of a porcine dermal collagen graft (Permacol) in parotid surgery. Papadogeorgakis N, Petsinis V, Christopoulos P, Mavrovouniotis N, Alexandridis C. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009, 47(5): 378-81
  • 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 2008, 31(3):298-307
  • 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
  • Giant dumbbell-shaped middle cranial fossa trigeminal schwannoma with extension to the infratemporal and posterior fossae. Kouyialis AT, Stranjalis G, Papadogeorgakis N, Papavlassopoulos F, Ziaka DS, Petsinis V, Sakas DE. Acta Neurochir 2007, 149(9):959-63
  • Management of sternal fractures: 239 cases. Potaris K, Gakidis J, Mihos P, Voutsinas V, Deligeorgis A, Petsinis V. As Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2002, 10(2):145-9

Areas of scientific interest

  • Oral and maxillofacial surgical oncology
  • Reconstruction in oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Salivary glands surgery
  • Grafting and tissue regenerative surgical techniques in implantology 

  

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