Career
In 1971, he joined the Academic Surgical Unit at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School under Professor Hugh Dudley who was his academic mentor and trained in vascular surgery by Mr. H.H.G. Eastcott. He became Senior Lecturer and Consultant Vascular Surgeon in 1977, Reader in 1980 and was the Professor of Vascular Surgery at Imperial College School of Medicine from 1983 to 2000. In 2000 he returned to Cyprus to become the Medical Director of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics until 2004. He is now Professor Emeritus at Imperial College London, an examiner for MSc and PhD degrees for the University of London and Director of the Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre in London. He is also a “Special Scientist” at the University of Cyprus, Chairman of the Cyprus Cardiovascular Disease Educational and Research Trust (CCDERT) and Medical Director of the Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre (VSDC) in Cyprus. He has created the first stroke prevention clinic in Cyprus.
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