Date of Birth 06/07/1980
Address Polemi 33, Athens, Greece
Telephone +306944874901, +302102016009
Email liakosfaidon@gmail.com
CURRENT PROFESIONAL STATUS
04/2013 – Scientific coordinator at the Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
EDUCATION
01/2015 Neurosurgical specialty qualification
11/2010-01/2015 Training in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
05/2010-11/2010 Training in Neurology, Department of Neurology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
03/2010-05/2010 Training in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
03/2008–03/2009 Training in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Agrinio, Agrinio, Greece
01/2006-02/2008 Rural service at Primary Health care center of Vonitsa city, Region of Aitoloakarnania, Greece
09/1999-08/2005 Medical Degree, School of Medicine, University of Athens “Very Good”
PUBLICATIONS
Towards a revised Spetzler-Martin arteriovenous malformations grading scale. Redefining the “eloquent brain areas”., Liakos F, Stranjalis G, Koutsarnakis C., Journal of Neurosurgical sciences (in press)
Effects of intracranial meningioma location, size and surgery on neurocognitive functions : a 3-year prospective study, Liouta E, Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Stranjalis G, J Neurosurg. 2015 Dec 4:1-7. [Epub ahead of print], PMID:26636380
The Cerebral Isthmus: Fiber tract anatomy, functional significance and surgical considerations., Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Liouta E, Themistoclis K., Sakas DE, Stranjalis G., J Neurosurg. 2015 Sep 11:1-13. [Epub ahead of print], PMID:26361277
The role of white matter dissection technique in modern neuroimaging: can neuroradiologists benefit from its use?, Liakos F, Koutsarnakis C., Surg Radiol Anat. 2015 Aug 23. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available., PMID:26298829
A laboratory manual for stepwise cerebral white matter fiber dissection, Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Kalyvas AV, Sakas DE, Stranjalis G, World Neurosurg. 2015 Apr 24. pii: S1878-8750(15)00420-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.04.018., [Epub ahead of print]
Letter: the “over the wire” technique for ventricular catheter revision and a proposed access kit for this purpose., Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Stranjalis G., Neurosurgery. 2014 Nov;75(5):E605-6.
Novel case of familial normal pressure hydrocephalus., Liouta E, Liakos F, Koutsarnakis C, Katsaros V, Stranjalis G., Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2014 Jul;68(7):583-4.
Neuropsychological examination detects post-operative complications in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH): report of two cases., Liouta E, Kalamatianos T, Liakos F, Stranjalis G., Neurocase. 2015;21(2):211-5.
ATTENDANCE IN NEYROANATOMICAL COURSES
01/2014 2nd INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED COURSE IN SURGERY OF CERVICAL SPINE, HANDS ON TRAINING IN FRESH FROZEN CADAVERS, ANATOMY LABORATORY, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE.
11/2013 NEUROANATOMY COURSE, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH
05/2013 NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY COURSE, MICRONEUROSURGERY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, EVEGGELISMOS HOSPITAL, ATHENS.
11/2012 NEUROANATOMY COURSE, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH
12/2011 NEUROANATOMY COURSE, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH
04/2011 NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY COURSE, ANATOMY LABORATORY, NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, ATHENS
11/2007 Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS).
TRAINING EXPERIENCE
09/2015 TRAINER IN THE “BRAIN AND SKULL BASE ANATOMY”, ANATOMY LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, LABORATORY FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN NEUROSCIENCE, ATHENS, GREECE
04/2015 TRAINER IN THE “NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY AND WHITE MATTER DISSECTION” COURSE, MICRONEUROSURGERY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, EVVAGELISMOS HOSPITAL, ATHENS (INTERNATIONAL COURSE, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF EANS)
05/2015 TRAINER IN THE 4th NEUROSURGICAL ANATOMY COURSE, MICRONEUROSURGERY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, EVAGGELISMOS HOSPITAL, ATHENS, GREECE
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
29th HELLENIC NEUROSURGICAL CONGRESS 28-30/05/2015 The cerebral isthmus : definition, white matter anatomy, function Liakos F, Koutsarnakis C, Liouta E, Kalyvas A, Stranjalis G (Prize for the best oral presentation) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece Anatomical study “Approaching the frontal horn of the lateral ventricle through the cerebral isthmus” Liakos F, Koutsarnakis C, Komaitis S, Themistoklis K, Stranjalis G Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece Tumor and surgery effects on neurocognitive functions in patients with intracranial meningiomas :a 3 – years prospective study Liouta E, Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Stranjalis G Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece Parietal association cortex deficits in patients with brain gliomas Liouta E, Nikolaidis P, Liakos F, Koutsarnakis C, Stranjalis G Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
WRITTEN PRESENTATIONS (POSTERS)
29th HELLENIC NEUROSURGICAL CONGRESS 28-30/05/2015 ATHENS The “over the wire” technique for the ventricular catheter revision and a proposed access kit for this purpose Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Themistoklis K, Kalyvas A, Stranjalis G Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece Surgical effectiveness and complications in the treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension : a systemic review and meta-analysis Kalyvas A, Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Fougias I, Stranjalis G Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece School of medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Department of clinical neuroscience, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK 5th CONGRESS OF HELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF TRUMA AND SURGERY 19-21/02/2009 ATHENS Traumatic rapture of the third part of the duodenum Aggelakis C, Galanopoulos K, Christogiannis I, Liakos F, Papaioanou S Department of Surgery, Hospital Of Agrinio, Agrinio, Greece
LANGUAGES
English, (First Certificate, University of Cambridge), IELTS SCORE 7, (C1)