Lecture: The FORTE (Functional Oral Rehabilitation Tissue Engineered) flap: application and long
Nikolaos Kalavrezos
Lecture: The FORTE (Functional Oral Rehabilitation Tissue Engineered) flap: application and longΟΜΙΛΙΑ
ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 25 Ιανουαριου
16:00-17:00
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Nicholas Kalavrezos is a Senior Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgeon in the Head and Neck Centre at University College London Hospital with a background in Oral and Maxillo-Facial surgery.
Nicholas is also the Lead Head and Neck Sarcoma Surgeon for the London Sarcoma Service. His clinical practice includes ablative and reconstructive surgery for the head and neck with a special interest in bone sarcomas and functional outcomes following reconstructive surgery. His clinical practice also includes surgical treatment of salivary gland and thyroid neoplasias.
Nicholas’ research interests include applications of “tissue engineering” in head & neck reconstruction. Nicholas is a founding member of the “Centre for Reconstructive Surgery” at University College London and holds a Senior Lecturer post at the same Institution. He is also a member of the “Face Transplant Group” based at Royal Free Hospital aiming to perform the first face transplant in the UK.
He has joint research projects in the Nanotechnology Lab of UCL on “tissue engineered bio-scaffolding” aiming to replace defects of the head and neck with tissue– engineered based micro-vascular flap reconstruction. The FORTE flap is a paradigm to this direction.
Nicholas lectures regularly at national and international meetings and is the President of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (EACMFS).
Experience
CONSULTANT MAXILLOFACIAL / HEAD & NECK SURGEON 04/2002 – present
University College London Hospitals – UK
Clinical Lead 2007-2018
CONSULTANT HEAD & NECK SURGEON 04/2002 – present
London Sarcoma Service – London, UK
Clinical Lead Head & Neck Sarcoma Surgery 2007 – present
Core Qualifications
Medical School of University of Patras, Greece (1993)
Dental School of University of Athens, Greece (1986)
Education
Royal College of Surgeons – Edinburgh | Intercollegiate Fellowship in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery FRCS (OMFS) – 2001
Royal College of Surgeons – Dublin, Ireland, Ireland | Fellowship of the Faculty of Dentistry- FFD FRSCI – 1999
Royal College of Surgeons – Edinburgh | Fellowship FRCS (Ed) – 1998
University of Zurich – Zurich, CH | Dr Med Dent – 1998
Long term results after treatment of frontal sinus fractures:
Clinical and radiological aspects
University of Zurich (USZ) – Zurich, CH | Doctor of Medicine – 1995
Bone scanning for the evaluation of carcinomatous invasion of the mandible
Accomplishments
Development of the Head & Neck Surgical Services in Sarcomas at UCLH
Largest head & neck sarcoma surgery series in Europe
Ethical Approval and Clinical Application for Pre-fabrication of Osseo-Mucosal Free Flaps in Head & Neck Reconstruction
Pre-fabrication of osseo-mucosal flaps combining free vascularised fibula bone flap and artificial dermis (INTEGRA) in conjunction with osseo-integrated dental implants for immediate use
Lipo-transfer for Fibrosis Reversal in Head & Neck post-radiotherapy patients Joint clinic with Prof Peter Butler (Plastic Surgery) for management of post-irradiation secondary problems
Development of European Fellowship in Head & Neck Surgery UCLH