Biography
Dr. Nikolaos Christodoulou is Chairman of Orthopedic Surgical Department in Iatriko Psychikou Clinic - Athens Medical Group (Greece). He has studied medicine in the University of Athens having succeeded the Greek National Scholarship (IKY). He had courses in internal medicine by “Exchange Program of Students” in Frankfurt University in Germany, experience of a biostatistics annual program of the University of Athens.He was specialised in orthopedic surgery in AsclepeionOrthopedic Hospital of Hellenic Red Cross. He achieved the Scholarship of “Collège de Médecine des Hôpitaux de Paris (CMHP) in 1981 and worked at the post of “Résident des Hôpitaux des Paris” in the University Hospital A-PARE” in Paris, France (1981-1982). He has been Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon in AsklepeionOrthopedic Hospital at Athens in1983-1985 and received hisPhD from the University of Athens concerning the influence of intrinsic factors in the anatomical patern and location of fractures of the proximal femur. He has been also Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon-Orthopedic Department of Korinthos Hospital, Greece (1985-1989), Chief Clinical Director, Orthopedic Department of Karpenissi Hospital, Greece (1989-2009), Chief Clinical Director, Orthopedic Department of “White Cross” Hospital, Athens, Greece (2009-2011) and from 2011 until now Chairman Clinical Director of Orthopedic Department of IatrikoPsychikou Clinic - Athens Medical Group, Athens.Clinical innovations include achievements of two patents for in field “External Fixators” (CH-N external fixators for sub-trochanteric fractures and tibial osteotomies) entitled CH-N from the initial letters of his name. He has published many clinical and research works accompanied by extensive citation concerning mainly Hip Fractures, Hip arthroplasties, High Hip Center technique in Congenital Hip Dislocation cases, Anterolateral Knee instability, Knee osteotomies, Hip, Knee and Foot External fixation, New MIS hip approaches and the ALMIS personal technique using a different surgical table and legs position during femoral exposure. His publicationshave been in many serious international orthopedic magazines, mainly as first name, in Clinical Orthopaedic and Related Research, JBJS, Acta OrthopedicaScandinavica, Orthopedics, Revue de ChirurgieOrthopédique, C.I.O.D. (Italiano Dell OsteosinthesiDinamica), Aggiorn Club Ital Osteosint, Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Spine and Journal of international medical research