Mr Dimitrios Giotikas

Dimitrios currently works as a Consultant Surgeon in Trauma & Orthopaedics at his private practice in London and Athens (Greece). He graduated from the Military Medical Academy of Greek Army. As a Military surgeon, he has served in military hospitals, the Greek Marines and in Afghanistan. Dimitrios moved to the UK in 2012 and sub-specialized in complex trauma and limb reconstruction (lengthening, correction of deformities, bone defects), working at Cambridge University Hospitals as a specialist surgeon for 5 years. Following that, he has worked at the NHS as a consultant at Oxford University Hospitals and Sussex University hospitals. His scope of clinical practice as well as his research interest focus on complex orthopaedic trauma, distraction osteogenesis for the management of non-union of fractures and osteomyelitis, limb lengthening correction of limb deformities, osteotomies around the knee for preservation of the native joint and regenerative treatments for the management of early knee arthritis. Dimitrios has published numerous studies related to his scope of practice in peer reviewed journals. His PhD dissertation was about knee arthritis and minimally invasive knee replacement. His current research interest is about the clinical outcomes and the standardization of assessment and rehabilitation protocols related to limb lengthening for stature increase.