Mario Pedonomou Bariatric Surgeon

Marios Pedonomou MD, MSc, PhD

Speciality:            Consultant Surgeon

Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery

Degrees:                MD                            University of Düsseldorf Medical School, Germany

MSc                           Open University of Cyprus

PhD                           University of Düsseldorf Medical School, Germany

Dissertations:

                                    PhD                           “Prognostic Factors in the Treatment of Ewing’s Sarcoma” (German)

MSc                           “The Quality of Life in Morbidly Obese Patients Before and After Bariatric      Surgery” (Greek)

Specialization in Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery in

-        Athens Medical Center and Henry Dunant Hospital Athens, Greece

-        Evangelische Huyssenstiftung, Essen, Germany

-        Ninewells Hospital, Cushieri Skills Center, Dundee, UK

-        European Surgical Institute, Norderstedt, Hamburg, Germany

-        Lutheran Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Prizes/ Awards 

11/2002                                   Award for the Oral Presentation “Pancreas Resection in the Treatment of Pancreas Malignancies” 

                                                23rd Pan-Hellenic Surgical Congress, Athens, Greece

02/2003                                   Second Prize for Distinction in Postgraduate Surgical Seminars for 2002. Hellenic Society for Surgery. Athens, Greece

02/2004                                   Honorary Distinction for the highest level of score at the Postgraduate Surgical Seminars for 2003. Hellenic Society for Surgery. Athens, Greece

02/2004                                   Scholarship for 2004, after competition from the Hellenic  Society for Surgery. Athens, Greece: Training in Laparoscopic Surgery in Germany.

09/2009                                   Scholarship for 2010, after competition from the Fulbright Commision: Training in Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery in the USA

11/2010                                   Nomination for the Best Poster Presentation for the Study “Job’s Syndrome with Necrotizing Fasciitis. A very rare clinical case”

                                                27th Pan-Hellenic Surgical Congress and International Surgical Forum 2010, Athens, Greece 

02/2012                                   Honorary Distinction for the highest level of score at the Postgraduate Surgical Seminars for 2011. Hellenic Society for Surgery. Athens, Greece

2014                                        Ass. Professor of Surgery (hon) at the University of Nicosia/St. George’s Medical School of London

Membership

1995-1997                               Medical Society of Nordrhein- Westfalen, Germany

From 1997                               Pancyprian Medical Association

From 2000                               Athens Medical Society

From 2000                               Hellenic Surgical Society

From 2005                               Cyprus Surgical Society

From 2009                               Greek Society for Laparo-Endoscopic Surgery

From 2010                               European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)

From 2010                               American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

From 2010                               International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

Presentations (Selection)

-        “Our Experience in Laparoscopic Surgery: The First Results Four Years After Introduction of Laparoscopic Surgery in Larnaca General Hospital”

17^th Pancyprian Medical Congress. 6-7 November 1999, Protaras, Cyprus

-        “Bile Leakage After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy”

7^th Panhellenic Hepatobiliary Surgical Society. 19-21 September 2002, Alexandroupolis, Greece

-        “Problems related to the insertion of trocars in laparoscopic cholecystectomy”

2^nd Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Congress. 31 October-3November 2002, Athens, Greece

-        “Cholelithisis and Choledocholithisis: Surgical and Endoscopic Treatment”

22^nd Panhellenic Gastroenterology Congress. 21-24 November 2002, Athens, Greece

-        “The Introduction of Laparoscopic Surgery in a Small District Hospital”

7^th Panhellenic Congress of LaparoEndoscopic Surgery. 19-22 May 2005, Ioannina, Greece

-        “Morbid Obesity: A Modern Medical Problem”

9^th Scientific Meeting, Larnaca Medical Association. 24 September 2006, Larnaca, Cyprus

-        “Obesity: Surgical Management and Nutrition”

3^rd Scientific Congress of the Nicosia and Kyrenia Medical Associations. 5-6 November 2011,

Nicosia, Cyprus

-        “The Role of Bariatric Surgery in the Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases”

21^st Scientific Meeting of the Greece and Cyprus Societies for Diabetes Mellitus. 7-8 April 2012,

Agia Napa, Cyprus

-        “Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as Surgical Method of Choice in the  Treatment of Morbid Obesity”

28^th Panhellenic Surgical Congress and International Surgical Forum 2012. 21-24 November 2012, Athens, Greece

-        ‘Is bariatric surgery the surgical answer to the treatment of diabetes mellitus type II between morbidly obese patients?”

28^th Panhellenic Surgical Congress and International Surgical Forum 2012. 21-24 November 2012, Athens, Greece

-        “Morbid Obesity and Surgical Treatment”

13^th Pancyprian Perioperative Congress. 4-5 October 2013, Protaras, Cyprus

-        “Morbid Obesity and Quality of Life after Bariatric Surgical Management”

14^th Cyprus Surgical Congress. 5-6 December 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus