Alexandros Beris, MD – Cirriculum Vitae

Ορθοπεδικός Χειρουργός Μπερής Αλέξανδρος

Alexandros Beris, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon
Professor of Orthopedic
Member of Ιnternational Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

Clinical Interests

Professor Alexandros Beris is considered a pioneer in Microsurgery and Hand Surgery in Greece treating amputations, severe trauma, bone defects with vascularized fibular graft, congenital l deformities with toe to hand transfer, radial clubhand , congenital psendarthrosis of the tibia etc.

In total hip and knee replacement he has more than 30 years experience with small incisions and immediate Rehabilitation, as well as personalized THR and TKR, also in revision THR and TKR due to septic or aseptic loosening.
He is one of the most experienced microsurgeons in treating osteonecrosis of the femoral head with a free fibula transplant and peripheral nerve injuries and lesions.
He is treating ectopic ossifications and spasticity of limbs in patients with brain or CNS injuries by removal of the ossification and elongation of the muscles.
Long standing experience in the care of children with orthopaedic problems.
Treatment of tumors with radical excision and reconstruction with personalized total replacement or microsurgical transfers.

Education – Academic Titles

Residency in Orthopedic 1977-1980 in Orthopedic Department Athens University Medical School KAT- Kifissia ( Dir Prof. Hartofilakides)
1980-1982 Fellowship in Children Orthopedics Agia Sofia Childrens Hospital ( Dir Morakis Andreas)
1979 member of Microsurgical unit ( Prof PN Soucacos) and in 1983 he presents the Thesis <<Bridging arterial defects with microvenous grafts >> Athens University
1986-1987 fellowship in Microsurgery and hand surgery in the Orthopedic Department DUKE University Medical school North Carolina USA ( Prof. J. Urbaniak MD)
1989 – 2002 Supervisor Microsurgery Lab Orthopedic Department Ioannina University Medical school
2002 -2015 Director Microsurgery Lab Orthopedic Department Ioannina University Medical School
2004 -2006 Chief and Chairman Orthopedic Department Ioannina University Medical school
2006 -2010 Director “St.Niarchos” Rehabilitation Center
2010 – 2011 Director Surgical Department of University Hospital
2011 – 2015 Chief and Chairman University Orthopedic Department Ioannina University Medical School
Scientific Supevisor from 1990 and Vice President from 2001in ELEPAP Ioannina.

Academic Positions Chairman of scientific societies

December 2000 elected as Professor of Orthopaedics Ioannina University Medical School.
He has served from 1982 – 2000 in all the positions as lecturer, Assistant and Associate Professor.
Member of many Hellenic and international Societies.
President of Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology ( HAOST 2006)
1979 -2015 Member of the Microsurgery Unit of the Orthopedic Department University of Ioannina Medical School
1985 -2009 Organizer – President of the yearly Micro Seminars
1993 President of Hellenic Society ofRreconstructive Microsurgery
1998 President of Hellenic Society of Surgery of the Hand
2004 President of Children Orthopaedic section of HAOST
2007 President of the Organizing Committee of the World Society of Reconstructive
Microsurgery Athens 2007 (WSRM)
2003 – 2015 President of the yearly Seminars of Surgical Anatomy of the Hand
2010 – 2015 President of the yearly Seminar of Surgical Anatomy of Foot & Ankle
1999 -2015 Organizer of 46 Micro – Surgery Weeks

Research interests

Research interests are focused in standing neural lesions in the sciatic nerve of the rat with the help of behavioral Analysis:

Study of end to side cooptation
Acute nerve elongation
Peripheral nerve expansion
Injury of spinal cord
Study of the use of the tibial nerve as conduit in end to side nerve coaptations in the rat

International Publications

Management of acute acromioclavicular joint dislocation with a double-button fixation system

Beris A, Lykissas M, Kostas-Agnantis I, Vekris M, Mitsionis G, Korompilias A. Injury. 2013 Mar;44(3):288-92. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.01.002. Epub 2013 Jan 24. PMID: 23352675

Treatment of full-thickness chondral defects of the knee with autologous chondrocyte implantation: a functional evaluation with long-term follow-up

Beris AE, Lykissas MG, Kostas-Agnantis I, Manoudis GN. Am J Sports Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):562-7. doi: 10.1177/0363546511428778. Epub 2011 Dec 2. PMID: 22138109

Vascularized fibula transfer for lower limb reconstruction

Beris AE, Lykissas MG, Korompilias AV, Vekris MD, Mitsionis GI, Malizos KN, Soucacos PN. Microsurgery. 2011 Mar;31(3):205-11. doi: 10.1002/micr.20841. Epub 2011 Feb 25. Review. PMID: 21360586

Congenital pseudarthrosis of the radius treated with gradual distraction and free vascularized fibular graft: case report

Beris AE, Lykissas MG, Kostas-Agnantis I, Vasilakakos T, Vekris MD, Korompilias AV. J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Mar;35(3):406-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.11.022. Epub 2010 Feb 4 PMID: 20133088