Name: George K. Kyriakides M.D.

Date of Birth: 22 December 1943

Place of Birth: Nicosia, Cyprus

Nationality: American Citizen, Cypriot Citizen



BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURES:

American Board of Surgery 1977.

Licenced in Minnesota and Florida.

Licenced in Cyprus.



PRESENT APPPOINTMENT:

June 1986 - Present : Director of the Surgical and Transplant Center, Cyprus.



PAST APPOINTMENTS:

June 1985 - June 1986:

Professor of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine.

Associate Director, Transplant, Division, University of Miami and Jackson
Memorial Hospital.



July 1981 - June 1986:

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine,

Associate Director, Transplant Division.



July 1978 - June 1981:

Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Miami,Transplant Division,

Assosiate Director, Transplant Division.



MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School 1962 - 1968, M.D.



POST DOCTORAL TRAINING

a. Internship:

Jan. 1969 to Jan. 1970: Internship, Rambam Hospital, Haifa, Israel.



b. Residency:

July 1970 to July 1972:

Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota.

Jan. 1973 to July 1974:

Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Veteran
Administration Hospital.

July 1974 to June 1976:

Chief Resident in Surgery, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Veterans
Hospital.



c. Fellowships:

July 1972 to Jan. 1973: Research Fellow, Department of Surgery Laboratory,
University of Minnesota Hospital.

July 1973 to June 1974: Postdoctorate Research Fellow in Transplantation,
University of Minnesota School of Medicine and Minneapolis Veterans
Administration Hospital.



January 1977 to June 1978:Clinical Transplant Fellow, Department of Surgery,
University of Minnesota.



SOCIETIES:

American College of Surgeons

The Society of University Surgeons

Association for Academic Surgery

The Transplantation Society

American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Dade County Medical Association

National Association of V.A. Physicians

Florida Medical Association

Collegium Internationals Chirurgie Digestive

Societe Internationale de Chirurgie

European Society of Organ Transplantation (E.S.O.T.)

European Liver Transplant Association (E.L.T.A.)

Hellenic Surgical Society

Hellenic Society of Transplantation

Hellenic Society of Nephrology

Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation (M.E.S.O.T.)



HONORS AND AWARDS:

1. Full Scholarship from World Health Organization for Medical School 1962-1970.

2. Member, Board of Clinical Editors of Transplantation Proceedings.

3. Member, Abstracts Editorial Board of Transplantation Proceedings.

4. Vice-president, Execute Council of MESOT.

5. Visiting Professor Departments of Nephrology and Surgery, University of
Bucaramanga, Colombia, 1983.

6. Visiting Professor, Department of Nephrology, Technion University of Haifa,
January 1990.

7. Visiting Surgeon, Department of Surgery, University of Birmigham,May1993.

8. Visiting Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, May 1997.

9. Member Committee of Experts on Transplantation, The Council of Europe.

10. Member National Bioethics Committee, Cyprus

11. Founding Member, European Transplant Network.

Scientific Activity

Clinical and Laboratory research. Numerous invited lectures in Cyprus, Europe
and United States. Chapters in several books and many scientific presentations
and publications.

Organization of Scientific Meetings:

1. The 9th Pan Hellenic Meeting, Hellenic Society of Transplantation, Cyprus,
November 1995.

2. The 5th International Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ
Transplantation, MESOT, Cyprus, October 1996.

3. International Seminar: Extending the Horizons in Immunosuppression, Cyprus,
March 2002.

4. International Seminar on “New Trends in Immunosuppression:“Experience with
Rapamune in Cyprus”, Cyprus, November 2002.

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