Christos Markopoulos

Christos J. Markopoulos is full Professor of Surgery at the Medical School of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece and director of the Breast Unit at “Athens Medical Centre” Hospital. He qualified from Athens University Medical School in 1979 and he specialized in general surgery (1985). He received his PhD from Athens University Medical School in 1985 and his MPhil degree in Oncology–Breast Cancer from St. George’s Medical School of the University of London, United Kingdom, in 1988. He specialized in breast cancer management working as senior registrar in surgery at the Breast Unit of St George’s Hospital and Medical School and at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London (1985-1988). He has also been research fellow at Ludwing Institute for Cancer Research at Sutton - Surrey, United Kingdom. Professor Markopoulos is the current President of the Division of Breast Surgery at the European Board of Surgery of UEMS and head of the examination board for the European Board of Surgery Qualification (EBSQ) in Breast Surgery exams (2016-2020). He has been an elected member of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) Executive Committee (2010 -2016) and he is a member of several medical associations and societies including the Association of Breast Surgery at The Royal College of Surgeons (ABS), American College of Breast Surgeons (ACBS) and the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO). He is the founder of the Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons (HSBS), which also served as President from 2000 to 2015, and he was the head of the education, training and clinical trials section of the society. He is also the responsible professor of the elective course on Breast Disease and Cancer for the final year students of Athens University Medical School. Professor Markopoulos is national coordinator and principal investigator in a number of international and national research projects and clinical trials and has published over 350 scientific papers in international and Greek medical journals with over 7,000 citations. He has also authored (4) and edited (17) several books on breast disease and cancer, including the “European textbook of Breast Cancer management for Surgeons” (Springer 2018), official book of the EBSQ exams in Breast Surgery. He is President of the scientific committee in two Greek breast cancer advocacy groups and Europa Donna Hellas. He has organized a large number of national and international postgraduate courses and meetings on breast cancer over the last 30 years, including the 2- days October’s meeting on the “Advances in Breast Cancer Management” organised annually since 1996, and he has lectured extensively as an invited speaker at national and international congresses.