DR CHRISTOPOULOS

MD, Ph.D., M.Sc.

Specialist Register of the General Medical Council (GMC, 7517534)

Dr Christopoulos is an experienced aesthetic doctor and surgeon. 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.

He undertook his medical education at Athens Medical School of the University of Athens and his core surgical training at Athens General Hospital. Following this, he undertook a Clinical Fellowship in the Plastic Surgery Department at the Hospital of Skin & Venereal Diseases at the University of Athens, and roles at the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention in Athens during which time he completed his PhD at the Athens Medical School on the subject of ‘Surgical treatment of skin lesions of the nose’.

In 2014 Dr Christopoulos relocated to the UK and took on the role of Grade 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 an MSc in Reconstructive Microsurgery at Queen Mary University of London in 2018, achieving a Distinction and the highest grade of his year. Following this he has held roles as Plastic Surgery Registrar and Plastic Surgery Senior Clinical Fellow at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, and as Trauma and Reconstructive Fellow at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals.

Dr Christopoulos has a particular focus on aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, including augmentation, reduction, lifting and reconstruction.

Dr Christopoulos has published and presented extensively on aesthetic plastic surgery.

Courses

Dr Christopoulos is dedicated to an ongoing programme of professional development.
His academic and professional training includes;

  • 26th Stuttgart Advanced Course for Rhinoplasty – Associated with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • 28th Seminar of Microsurgery – Associated with National General Hospital of Athens “G.Gennimatas”
  • ABLS / Advanced Burn Life Support – Associated with National General Hospital of Athens “G.Gennimatas”
  • ATLS / Advanced Trauma Life Support – Associated with National Primary Healthcare Center of Paros
  • BAAPS Aesthetic Training Cadaveric Course – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • BAAPS Aesthetic Training Day on Breast Surgery – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • BLS / Basic Life Support – Associated with Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
  • Coolsculpting – Associated with Chrysalis medical spa
  • Course of The Royal College of Surgeons of England on Basic Surgical Anatomy of the Head & Neck – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • DEKA CO2 laser SmartXide DOT Workshop – Associated with Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Essential Hand Surgery Cadaveric Workshop – Associated with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Hand & Cannulated Compression Screw Training Session – Associated with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • IX Breast Reconstruction Course on Cadaver – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • Inmode Workshop: Facetite-Radio-Frequency Assisted Lipolysis, Morpheus8-Subdermal adipose remodelling – Associated with Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Lipomodelling Training Day – Associated with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Live Educational Day: Open Rhinoplasty” – Virtual Course by Dr Enrico Robboti – Associated with Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Local Flap & Skin Graft Course by Surgical-Art – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • Mini CATBBAS Course – Associated with Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Online course for the use of a Mini C Arm Image Intensifier by “The Pulvertaft Hand Centre” – Associated with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • QMUL 5-Day Microsurgical Workshop – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • QMUL 5-Days Reconstructive Microsurgery Summer School on Live Animal Models – Associated with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • QMUL 5-Days Reconstructive Microsurgery Summer School on Live Animal Models – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • RESUS Training: HLS,ALS,PBLS – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • Training course in Intralipotherapy – Associated with Chrysalis medical spa
  • Training course in MLT COG Threads – Associated with Chrysalis medical spa
  • Training course in Mesolifting Thread Therapy Training course in Mesolifting Thread Therapy – Associated with Chrysalis medical spa
  • Training course in Micro-schlerotherapy – Associated with Chrysalis medical spa
  • Training course in PDO Lifting Threads – Associated with Chrysalis medical spa
  • Ultherapy – Associated with Chrysalis medical spa
  • University of Aberdeen Cadaveric Hand Trauma Course – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • Virtual Reality in Medicine and Surgery-VRiMS 2020 – Associated with Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Wakefield Cadaveric Hand Surgery Course – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester
  • XIAPEX on-line training – Associated with Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Yorkshire Microsurgery Course – Associated with Wythenshawe Hospital / University Hospitals of South Manchester

PAPERS PUBLISHED

Dr Christopoulos continues to publish peer reviewed papers on various aspects of plastic surgery.   

  • “A useful technique for templating the reverse radial forearm flap for thumb degloving injuries” Plastic Surgery · Feb 20, 2022
  • “Bilateral TUG flaps for unilateral breast reconstruction: A 4-year retrospective study of the “2-in-1” technique and a systematic review with meta-analysis.” Annals of Plastic Surgery · Feb 20, 2022
  • “Intra-muscular course of gracilis pedicle in reconstructive surgery – an important anatomic variant” JPRAS Open · Mar 31, 2021
  • “Fibonacci sequence ‘snail’ flap versus skin grafts in scalp reconstruction: a comparative study” European Journal of Plastic Surgery · Jan 1, 2021
  • “The use of bi-pedicled DIEP flap for unilateral breast reconstruction: A 5-years retrospective study.” European Journal of Plastic Surgery · Jan 1, 2020
  • “The “Snail Flap”: A Rotation Flap in Scalp Reconstruction.” PRS Global Open · Jan 1, 2020
  • “Fulminant necrotizing fasciitis to the hand in a patient on high-dose steroids: A case report of successful limb salvage.” Journal of Surgical Case Reports · Jan 1, 2020
  • “The use of the bi-pedicled deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap for unilateral breast reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.” Annals of Plastic Surgery · Jan 1, 2022
  • “The free anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap for microsurgical reconstruction of traumatic defects in pediatric foot: A systematic review of international literature.” Journal of Surgery and Anesthesia · Jan 1, 2018
  • “Surgical treatment and recurrence of cutaneous nasal malignancies: a 26-year retrospective review of 1795 patients.” Annals of Plastic Surgery · Jan 1, 2016
  • “CASE REPORT Metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the Intrapancreatic bile duct.” Journal of the Korean Surgical Society · Jan 1, 2013Journal of the Korean Surgical Society · Jan 1, 2013
  • “Smoking: financial consequences on Greek society.” National & Kapodistrian University of Athens · Jan 1, 2010