Demiri, Efterpi
Plastic Surgery
Undergraduate Studies
1982-1988 : School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
1988 : Ptychio Iatrikis, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Postgraduate Studies
1993 : “Diploma on Microsurgery”
Université de Bordeaux II, Diplôme d’Université : Microchirurgie, France
PhD Studies
1994 PhD Title: «Reconstruction of microvascular defects using synthetic microvascular grafts. An experimental study”
School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
1996 : Fully accredited Plastic Surgeon in Greece
1996 : EBOPRAS Fellow (European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery)
2003 : ‘Training the Trainers’
School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2015: Partner of the European School of Lymphatic Diseases
Postdoctoral Studies/Fellowships
1997-1998: Clinical Fellow in Hand Surgery
Institut Aquitain de la Main, Clinique Tourny Bordeaux, France
1998: Clinical Fellow in Microsurgery
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, CHU Bordeaux, France
2008: Visiting Fellow , Department of Plastic Surgery Department, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK
2014: Visiting Fellow, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK (European Training Programme eLymph)
2015: Visiting Fellow, Hopital San Pau, Universitad Autonoma, Barcelona, Spain (European Training Programme eLymph)
2015: Visiting Fellow, Clinique Hartman Paris, France (European Training Programme eLymph)
Professional Career Milestones
2015: Professor in Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2021: AUSoM Faculty, Professor in Plastic Surgery
2008-to date: Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery of the School of Medicine, AUTH
Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
2013: EBOPRAS (UEMS) Accreditation of the Department of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, AUTH
Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014-2019: FESSH Accreditation as Hand Trauma Center of the Department of Plastic Surgery, School of
Medicine, AUTH, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
2004 to date: Examiner for the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS)
2011: President of the Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand
2013: Director of the European Course in Plastic Surgery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018: President of the Hellenic Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
2018 to date: National Delegate of the European Federation for Societies for Microsurgery (EFSM)
2019 to date: National Delegate of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS)
2019: Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
2019: Visiting Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland
2019: Opponent of the Thesis Dissertation: “Reduction Mammaplasty- Pre and Postoperative detection of
breast cancer and lesions associated with increased risk”
University of Helsinki, Finland
2020-2021: External Evaluator for the promotion of Faculty Members of the Department of Surgery,
Division of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon