Mr Dimitrios Giotikas

Consultant surgeon in trauma and orthopaedics in London & Cambridgeshire

MD PhD

GMC: 7179554

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Mr Dimitrios Giotikas is a leading consultant surgeon in trauma and orthopaedics based in London, UK and Athens, Greece. He specialises in limb lengthening, management of bone infections, nonunions and limb deformities alongside knee surgery, complex orthopaedic trauma and stature increase treatment. In the UK, he privately practises at 10 Harley Street (Consulting Rooms) and Woodlands Surgery from 2012 until 2019.

He worked full time for the NHS in some of the most prestigious NHS trusts like Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Until 2020 he kept an honorary consultant post with Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for clinical research.

Mr Giotikas is highly qualified. He graduated from the Military Medical Academy of the Greek Army and from the Medical School of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki in Greece, beginning his career as a medical officer in the Hellenic Army. He then went onto specialise in trauma and orthopaedic surgery, qualifying in 2008, and then began his subspecialisation training in complex trauma and limb reconstruction at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

In 2013, Mr Giotikas obtained prestigious membership of the Hellenic College of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeons, and three years later in 2016 he was awarded a PhD from the Medical School of University of Thessaly, Greece. His research into minimally-invasive techniques in total knee replacement. His PhD paper has received hundreds of citations.

Mr Giotikas is also a respected name in medical education, and in 2017 he was appointed as an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the Faculty of Medical Science at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. From 2014 until 2018 he was a tutor at the Medical School of Cambridge University. He has also been a tutor for international speciality training trauma courses in Yangon, Myanmar.

Further to his published PhD research, Mr Giotikas' work has been published in various peer-reviewed journals and he is a member of various professional bodies. These include the British Orthopaedic Association, British Medical Association, British Limb Reconstruction Society, Hellenic College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology and AO Trauma International. He is also registered with the General Medical Council since 2011 and has been revalidated most recently in 2021.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍7179554

Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Consultant surgeon in trauma and orthopaedics, Ten Harley Street (Consulting Rooms)
• Consultant surgeon in trauma and orthopaedics, Woodlands Surgery, Ten Harley Street (Consulting Rooms)
• Consultant surgeon in trauma and orthopaedics, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Sub-specialties

• Management of bone infections
• Limb deformities
• Complex orthopaedic trauma
• Stature increase treatment

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Teaching posts

• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Medical Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (March 2017 - January 2018)
• Tutor, Specialty Training Trauma Course, Yangon, Myanmar (July 2015)
• Tutor at Medical School of Cambridge University, Prepare for the Patient B, Clinical Course (January 2014- January 2018)

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Education

• PhD, Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Thessaly (2016)
• Ptychio Iatrikes, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1998)

Publications and conferences

• You can view Mr Giotikas' research here.
• Surgical management of complex intra-articular distal femoral and bicondylar Hoffa fracture.
Giotikas D, Nabergoj M, Krkovic M. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2016 Aug 4:e1-e3. [Epub ahead of print]
• Massive Blood Loss during Graft Harvesting with the Reamer Irrigator-Aspirator.
Nabergoj M, Giotikas D, Krkovic M. MOJ Orthop Rheumatol 5(1): 00166. DOI:10.15406/mojor.2016.05.00166
• A mid-term clinical outcome study of the Advance Medial Pivot knee arthroplasty.
Karachalios T, Roidis N, Giotikas D, Bargiotas K, Varitimidis S, Malizos KN. Knee. 2009 Dec;16(6):484-8.
• Total knee replacement performed with either a mini-midvastus or a standard approach: A prospective randomized clinical and radiological trial.
Karachalios T, Giotikas D, Roidis N, Poultsides L, Bargiotas K, Malizos KN. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008 May;90(5):584-91
• Autograft contamination during preparation for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Hantes ME, Basdekis GK, Varitimidis SE, Giotikas D, Petinaki E, Malizos KN. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Apr;90(4):760-4.

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Prizes and awards

• Member, Hellenic College of Orthopaedic Surgeons (January 2013)

Professional membership

• Hellenic College of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
• AOTrauma International
• General Medical Council
• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Limb Reconstruction Society

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Languages spoken

English
Greek