DR George CHRISTOPOULOS
MD, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.Sc.
GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL SPECIALIST REGISTER (GMC, 7517534)
Dr George Christopoulos is an experienced aesthetic doctor and plastic surgeon, with a particular focus on aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, as well as body contouring. He has fulfilled clinical fellowships in the plastic surgery departments of some of the UK’s most respected hospitals and holds practice privileges at a number of London’s leading clinics. Additionally, he holds the position of ‘Assistant Professor of Aesthetic Medicine’ at the College of Medicine & Dentistry of the Ulster University. Dr Christopoulos has published and presented extensively on aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery.
He undertook his medical education at the Medical School of Athens and his core surgical training at National General Hospital of Athens. Following this, he fulfilled his first Master’s Degree in ‘Health Care Management’ at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and undertook a Clinical Fellowship at the University Hospital of Skin & Venereal Diseases in Athens. During that time, he obtained with Distinction his PhD title from the Medical School of Athens on the surgical treatment of skin cancer.
In 2015, Dr Christopoulos relocated to the UK and took on the role of SHO Doctor in Burns and Plastics at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, followed by a Clinical Fellowship in Burns and Plastics at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. He completed his second M.Sc. in ‘Reconstructive Microsurgery’ at Queen Mary University of London in 2018, achieving again a Distinction for the highest grade of his year. Following this he has held roles as Plastic Surgery Registrar and Plastic Surgery Senior Clinical Fellow at the renowned Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, and as Trauma and Reconstructive Fellow at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals.
Dr. Christopoulos has actively participated in more than 70 Conferences and attended more than 50 training courses and hands-on seminars; among them:
- CATBBAS V: Controversies, Art & Technology in Breast & Bodycontouring Aesthetic Surgery (Brussels, Belgium)
- Facial ultrasound in Aesthetic Practice (Academy of Regenerative Medicine, London)
- 1-on-1 training on Breast Aesthetic Surgery with Prof. Marcos Sforza (Weymouth Hospital, London)
- CO2 laser SmartXide DOT Workshop (DEKA, London)
- Facetite & Morpheus8 Workshop (Inmode, London)
- Injectable Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) on face and body (Singlair, London)
- Lipomodelling Training Course (QEHB, Birmingham)
- IX Breast Reconstruction Course on Cadaver (Miguel Hernández University, Alicante)
- Aesthetic Training Cadaveric Course (BAAPS, Newcastle)
- 26th Stuttgart Advanced Course for Rhinoplasty (Marien Hospital, Stuttgart)
- Cadaveric Hand Trauma Course (University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen)
- Surgical Anatomy of the Head & Neck (The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London)
- Yorkshire Microsurgery Course (Pinderfields General Hospital, Bradford)
- Training course on PDO & MLT COG Threads (Athens)
- Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS, Athens)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS, Athens)
Dr. Christopoulos works as a Visiting Associate Professor of Aesthetic Medicine at the College of Medicine & Dentistry of the Ulster University serving as Co-Lead at the Master’s Program in in Facial Aesthetics.
Furthermore, he is an Editorial Board Member at the Annals of Breast Surgery (ABS) Journal, an OSCE Examiner at the Barts and the London School of Medicine, and he has held the position of an Honorary Research Fellow at the Queen Mary University of London (Blizard Institute, Centre for Cell Biology & Cutaneous Research) for two years actively contributing to the works of the Master programme on “Reconstructive Microsurgery”.
Dr. Christopoulos has published a plethora of scientific papers in esteemed journals and he won the ‘’Best Paper Award’’ by the renowned ‘’Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery’’ journal in 2021.
‘Best Paper award by the esteemed journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2021’
‘Dr Christopoulos in a cadaveric demonstration on facial anatomy in the context of the Master Programme on ‘’Facial Aesthetics’’ of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of the Ulster University.’