Mr Nicos Kessaris

 Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Consultant transplant surgeon, London Bridge Hospital 
• Consultant transplant surgeon, The Portland Hospital 
• Consultant transplant surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' Private Healthcare
• Consultant transplant surgeon, International and Private Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital
• Consultant transplant surgeon, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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 Sub-specialties

• Renal transplant
• Living donor nephrectomy
• Vascular access surgery for adults and children
• Parathyroidectomy for renal failure
• Peritoneal dialysis catheter incision for adult and children
• Paediatric transplant surgery
• Pancreas transplantation
• General surgery for the renal patient
• ABO and HLA incompatible transplantation

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 Positions in public associations

• Board member, European Kidney Transplant Association (2017 - 2019)
• Scientific committee member, European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) (2019) 
• Councillor, ESOT (2019)

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary senior lecturer, King´s College
• Co-creator, E-learning platform on paediatric transplantation, ESOT Transplant Live
• Teacher, Live Donor Nephrectomy (LiDo) course, Rotterdam (2016 - present)
• Organising committee member, Paediatric Transplant Symposium, London (2015 - present) 
• UEMS Examiner, Transplant Surgery (2014 - present)

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 Education

• MBBS, University of London (1996)

 Publications and conferences

• Chandak, P., Kessaris, N., Uwechue, R.U., Abboudi, H., Hossain, M., Harris, F., Jones, K., Fronek, J., 2014. Successful excision of a suspected mycotic transplant renal artery patch aneurysm with renal allograft autotransplantation. Transplantation. 97(3) pp. e25-6.
• Benaragama, S.K., Tymkewycz, T., John, B.J., Davenport, A., Lindsey, B., Nicol, D., Olsburgh, J., Drage, M., Mamode, N., Calder, F., Taylor, J., Koffman, G., Kessaris, N., Morsy, M., Cacciola, R., Puliatti, C., Fernadez-Diaz, S., Syed, A., Hakim, N., Papalois, V., Fernando, B.S., 2014. Do we need a different organ allocation system for kidney transplants using donors after circulatory death? BMC Nephrol.15:83.
• Hossain, M.A., De Souza, A.I., Bagul, A., MacPhee, I.A., Kessaris, N., Morsy, M.A., 2014. HSP70, Peroxiredoxin-3 and -6 are upregulated during renal warm ischaemia in a donation after circulatory death model. J Proteomics. 108 pp. 133-45.
• Karunanithy, N., Uwechue, R., Calder, F., Mamode, N., Mailli, L., Chandak, P., Morsy, M., Fronek, J., Makanjuola, D., Roebuck, D., Kessaris, N., 2014. Endovascular Repair of Late Onset Anastomosis Site Pseudoaneurysms Complicating Renal Transplantation. J Vasc Med Surg. 2(4).
• Couzi, L., Manook, M., Perera, R., Shaw, O., Ahmed, Z., Kessaris, N., Dorling, D., Mamode, N., 2015. Difference in Outcomes after Antibody Mediated Rejection between ABO-Incompatible and Positive Crossmatch Transplantations. Transplant International. 28(10) pp. 1205-15.
• Kessaris, N., Papalois, V., Canelo, R., Hakim, N., 2010 Live Kidney Transplantation In: V. Papalois, R. Canelo, N. Hakim. Ed. 2010. Living Related Transplantation, World Scientific. London: Imperial College Press. pp39-63.
• Kessaris,N., Mamode. N.,2012. Antibody incompatible kidney transplantation. In: I. MacPhee and J. Fronek Ed. 2012, Handbook of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp271-285.
• Fronek, J., Kessaris, N., 2012. Live Donor Nephrectomy In: I. MacPhee and J. Fronek Ed 2012. Handbook of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp109-140.
• Fronek, J., Kessaris, N., 2012. Live Donor Nephrectomy In: I. MacPhee and J. Fronek Ed 2012. Handbook of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp173-190.
• Kessaris, N., Hakim, N.S., 2012. Renal Transplantation In: N.S.Hakim Ed. 2012. Introduction to Organ Transplantation, 2nd Edition, London: Imperial College Press. pp83-110.

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 Professional membership

• Fellow,  Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
• British Medical Association
• British Hernia Society
• Vascular Access Society
• British Transplantation Society
• European Society for Organ Transplantation
• Transplantation Society
• American Society of Transplantation
• Paediatric Transplant Association

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