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KONSTANTINOS KATOUMAS

Konstantinos Katoumas

Assistant Professor

Clinic of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

 
Contact details

Phone: (+30) 210-746-1267
Email: kkatouma[at]dent[dot]uoa[dot]gr

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

Profiles and publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4264-4878

   

Education / Qualifications

  • Dental Degree, 2006, 2001-2006, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. Admission to the Dental School of the University of Athens, Greece after Greek National Entrance Exams in 2001.
  • Medical Degree 2010, 2007-2010 Medical School, NKUA, Greece. Admission to the Medical School of the University of Athens after University Admission Exams in 2007.
  • Master of Science (MSc) in Oral Pathobiology, 2012 Dental School, NKUA, Greece. Admission after exams, 2007-2009, presentation of MSc thesis concerned “Antineoplastic effects of Sulindac in in-vivo oral carcinogenesis model” in 2012.
  • PhD in Medicine, 2015, Medical School, NKUA, Greece, 2009-2015 PhD thesis titled “In-vivo analysis of the effects of cyclooxygenase inhibitors in an oral carcinogenesis model”
  • Awarded the title of Dental and Medical Specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2017, Athens, Greece, 07/09/2010-15/03/2011 General Surgery Resident, General Hospital of Tripoli «Panarkadiko», Tripoli, Greece, 13/01/2012-10/09/2013 and 02/09/2014-04/07/2017 Resident of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital «G. Gennimatas», Athens, Greece, 05/07/2017-01/10/2017 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, General Hospital «G. Gennimatas», Athens, Greece.
  • International Bone Research Association (IBRA) Scholarship Program B, 4 weeks at the Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic Facial Surgery of the University of Frankfurt, Germany, from 19/02/2018 to 18/03/2018.
  • Fellow of the European Board of Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery Head and Neck Surgery, 17/09/2018.
  • Diploma of Oral Medicine, European Association of Oral Medicine, 29/09/2018.
  • Awarded the title of the Dental Specialty of Dentoalveolar Surgery, 27/1/2022, later renamed as Oral Surgery.
  • 2023 AOCMF Fellowship, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • 2023 EACMFS Postgraduate Programme Head and Neck Surgery: Oncology.
  • 2025 AO Foundation Oral Cancer Diploma

Academic and professional positions held

  • Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 02/12/2024 current possition, Athens General Hospital “Evaggelismos” and Dental School, University of Athens, Greece.
  • University Fellow of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 13/09/2019-01/12/2024 Athens General Hospital “Evaggelismos” and Dental School, University of Athens, Greece.
  • Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, 15/05/2019-13/09/2019, Athens General Hospital «G. Gennimatas», Athens, Greece.
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Cyprus Facial Surgery, 02/10/2018-01/01/2019, Cyprus.
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece. From 02/10/2017 until 02/10/2018.
  • Teaching and supervising responsibilities as a PhD student in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University of Athens during the academic year 2015-2016 teaching and supervising 4th and 5th year dental students of the University of Athens.
  • Educative experience as a post-graduate student teaching 4th year and 5th year students of the Dental School of Athens as well as dentists in the Clinic of Hospital Dentistry of the Dental School of the University of Athens, during the academic years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.

Academic and professional responsibilities

  • Scientific Supervisor for the postgraduate Subject of “Dental Anesthesia”
  • Scientific Supervisor for the postgraduate Subject of “First Aids”

Awards and Honours

  • 2019-2020 IAOMS Foundation Visiting Scholarship.
  • International Bone Research Association (IBRA) Scholarship Program B, 2018.
  • Scientific Award, 36th National Greek Dental Congress, 2016, Athens, Greece.   
  • John Lowry Congress Scholarhip Award. European Association For Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS) 2016.
  • Commentation for high scientific quality presentation at the 11th Biennial Congress of the European Association of Oral Medicine, 13th – 15th Semptember 2012, Athens, Greece. “Molecular analysis of Sulindac antineoplastic effects in in-vivo oral carcinogenesis”.Katoumas K., Nikitakis N., Perrea D, Dontas I., Sklavounou A.
  • European Association of Oral Medicine Young Clinician/Scientist Award in the 10th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Oral Medicine London, United Kingdom 2010.
  • 1st Prize of Best Poster in the 1st Greek National Congress of Stomatology, 2-4 April 2009, Athens with the Poster:Cluster Headache: Report of a rare case. Sarlani-Nikitaki H., Katoumas Κ., Nikitakis Ν., Sklavounou Α.
  • Scholarship from the Colgate Company for my academic performance in the Oral Pathobiology MSc during the academic year 2007-2008.
  • Scholarship from the Dental School of the University of Athens, Greece for my academic performance in the Oral Pathobiology MSc during the academic year 2007-2008.

Memberships

  • Hellenic Association of Supportive Care of the Oral Cavity in Cancer. Since 2008.
  • Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. Since 2008.
  • European Association of Oral Medicine. Since 2008.
  • International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Since 2013.
  • European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Since 2014.
  • Hellenic Society of Oral Medicine and Pathology. Since 2016.
  • AO Foundation. Since 2016.
  • Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Since 2016.
  • International Bone Research Association (IBRA). Since 2019.

Selected publications in scientific journal

  • Katoumas K, Kouri M, Anterriotis D, Georgaki M, Nikitakis NG. Large Buccal Space Lipoma Excised Through an Intraoral Approach. Cureus. 2024 Sep 29;16(9):e70475. doi: 10.7759/cureus.70475. PMID: 39479140; PMCID: PMC11522671.
  • Katoumas K, Mitsopoulos G. Vacuum-assisted closure of a tissue deficit of the submental area in a patient with a necrotizing soft tissue odontogenic infection. OOOO 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2023.10.013.
  • Papadopoulou E, Pettas E, Gkoutzanis L, Katoumas K, Georgaki M, Vardas E, Piperi E, Nikitakis NG. Co-existence of Congenital Epidermoid Cyst and Ranula in a Newborn. Report of a Unique Case. J Oral Maxillofac Res. 2023;14(1):e5. doi: 10.5037/jomr.2023.14105. PMID: 37180404; PMCID: PMC10170660.
  • Papadopoulou E, Vardas E, Tziveleka S, Georgaki M, Kouri M, Katoumas K, Piperi E, Nikitakis NG. Oral Side Effects in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Receiving the Antiangiogenic Agent Pazopanib-Report of Three Cases. Dent J (Basel). 2022; 10(12):232. doi: 10.3390/dj10120232. PMID: 36547048; PMCID: PMC9777138.
  • Katoumas K, Anterriotis D, Fyrgiola M, Lianou V, Triantafylou D, Dimopoulos I. Epidemiological Analysis of Management Of Severe Odontogenic Infections Before Referral To The Emergency Department. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 2019; 47(8): 1292-1299. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2019.05.002. PMID: 31331847.
  • Fyrgiola M, Lianou V, Katoumas K, Nikitakis N. Nasolabial cyst in a patient with cleft lip and recurrent dacryocystitis. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology. 2019; 31(5): 365-368. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoms.2019.02.008.
  • Katoumas K, Lianou V, Fyrgiola M, Dimopoulos I, Chrysomali E, Sklavounou A. Large Erupted Complex Odontoma with Dentigerous Cyst.Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology. 2018; 30(4): 330-335. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoms.2017.08.002.
  • Fyrgiola M, Liannou V, Katoumas K, Dimopoulos I. A Rare Sporadic Case of Camurati-Engelmann Disease With Jaw Involvement. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2017; 75(11): 2385-2390. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.03.059. PMID: 28499806.
  • Katoumas K., Nikitakis N., Perrea D., Dondas I., Sklavounou A. In vivo antineoplastic effects of the NSAID sulindac in an oral carcinogenesis model. Cancer Prev Res. 2015; 8(7):642-9. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-14-0447. PMID: 25939347.
  • Nikolaos Nikitakis, Grigorios Polyzois, Konstantinos Katoumas, Savvas Titsinides, Vassiliki Zolota, Alexandra Sklavounou, Theodoros Papadas. Extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma of the palate and paranasal sinuses. Am J Case Rep. 2012;13:79-85. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.882802. PMID: 23569495; PMCID: PMC3615940.

Areas of scientific interest

  • Oral Surgery
  • Orthognathic Surgery
  • Head and Neck Trauma
  • Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Implant Surgery
  • Computer Planning, CAD/CAM in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Head and Neck Oncology
  • Oral Medicine
  • Laser Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Management of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Odontogenic Infections
  • Jaws Osteonecrosis

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