Dimitrios Oikonomou (Economou)
Surgical Pulmonologist
EDUCATION
3/2010-2/2011: Worked and trained in Pleural Disease (Medical Thoracoscopy and Chest Ultrasound) and Bronchoscopy, under the supervision of Dr. G.F Tassi and Dr. Pierfranco Foccoli, Ospedaliero Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
30/09/2009: Official license for practicing the profession of Pulmonologist after written and oral exams
13/01/2005-17/07/2009: Trainee in Pulmonary Medicine in “Amalia Fleming” General Hospital, Athens, Greece, Department of Pneumonology (including 6 months of training in Intensive Care Unit, KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece)
1993-2000: Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
PRESENTATIONS
09-11/10/2009: Vibration response imaging, “Recent developments in clinical medical practice”, Drama, Greece
20-24/05/2008: Poster presentation entitled “Pulmonary embolism and patients with COPD exacerbation”, 34th annual Panhellenic Medical Congress, Athens, Greece
20-24/05/2008: “Eosinophilic pleural effusions in patients with peripheral blood eosinophilia”, 34th annual Panhellenic Medical Congress, Athens, Greece
06-07/12/2007: Poster presentation entitled “The diagnostic role of minithoracoscopy in pleural effusions”, 16th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
06-07/12/2007: “Advantages and disadvantages of minithoracoscopy”, 16th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
06-07/12/2007: “Risk factors for COPD exacerbations”, 16th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece
01-04/12/2005: “Epidemiological data of lung cancer in patients over 70 years old”, 14th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases, Thessaloniki, Greece
01-04/12/2005: “Microbiological investigation in community acquired pneumonia at patients over 65 years old”, 14th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases, Thessaloniki, Greece
Currently in preparation: Presentations for the 18th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases, November 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece
“The diagnostic value of TBNA in direct endoscopic endobronchial . findings.”
“The contribution of interventional bronchoscopy and surgery in cases of airway stenosis.”
“Mediastinal tumors – A 1998-2008 retrospective study.”
“Modern treatment of haemoptysis with intraarterial embolization.”
PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES AND SEMINARS
06-09/12/2007: 16th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases – Hellenic Thoracic Society, Athens Greece
02-05/11/2006: 15th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases – Hellenic Thoracic Society, Heraklion, Greece
01-04/12/2005: 14th annual Panhellenic Congress on Chest Diseases – Hellenic Thoracic Society, Thessaloniki, Greece
PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS
15-17/10/2009: Postgraduate European Respiratory Society (ERS) seminar on Medical Thoracoscopy – Hands-on-course – Prof. Paolo Palange, Prof Gilbert Massard, Prof. Demosthenes Bouros, Prof. Marios Froudarakis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
13-15/6/2006: 3rd Teaching Seminar “Bronchoscopy: Science, Technique & Art” organized by the Hellenic Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians– Hands-on-course – P.A. Kvale, U. Prakash , N. Siafakas, Nest. Angomachalelis, Athens, Greece
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
10/2009-present Pulmonologist
Interbalkan Medical Center, Department of Pneumonology
10 Asklipiou Street, 57001 Pylaia, Thessaloniki, Greece
11/2003-12/2004: Assistant pulmonologist
Interbalkan Medical Center, Department of Pneumonology
Head of Department: Dr. H. Titopoulos
10 Asklipiou Street, 57001 Pylaia, Thessaloniki, Greece
05/2002-9/2003: Military doctor in the Hellenic Air Force
02/10/2000-18/01/2002: General practitioner Accident-Emergency Ward Ierapetra General Hospital-Health Centre, Crete, Greece
IN PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
Number of bronchoscopies performed: >500
Number of thoracoscopies performed: >90
LANGUAGES
English Fluent (University of Cambridge First Certificate in English (grade A)
German Fair (Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache – Goethe Institute)
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
10/2009 Member of European and Greek Respiratory Society