Prof. Dr. Theodosios Bisdas is a renowned vascular surgeon and currently Head of the 3rd Vascular Surgery Clinic at the Athens Medical Center. He completed his medical studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He then specialized at the Clinic for Cardio, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at Hannover Medical School, where he completed his doctorate in 2010 with a dissertation on the safety of vascular transplants in patients with infected aortic prostheses.
After a year of research at the Crossbit Research Center at Hannover Medical School and the Vascular Surgery Clinic at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, Prof. Bisdas continued his training in endovascular surgery at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in 2012. There, he took over as senior physician in the field of endovascular surgery at the renowned St. Franziskus Hospital. In 2014, he habilitated at the University of Münster and was appointed Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery. During his time in Münster, he performed over 2,000 endovascular procedures and gained extensive experience in this field.
As an active member of the academic community at the University of Münster, Prof. Bisdas continued to teach vascular surgery to medical students and supervised twelve doctoral theses. He has led numerous continuing education and postgraduate seminars and published over 100 scientific articles in international medical journals, with an h-index of 23. He is also a member of the scientific committee of eleven international congresses, a reviewer for several prestigious journals and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Vascular Surgery and Innovative Surgical Science.
Prof. Bisdas has received numerous awards, including five prizes from the German Society for Vascular Surgery, two international prizes from the European Society for Vascular Surgery and the prestigious Vascular Career Advancement Award. He has extensive experience in innovative endovascular techniques and is a member of the advisory boards of several medical technology companies for new vascular prostheses. As principal investigator, he was responsible for the largest open multicenter study (CRITISCH Registry) in the history of the German Society for Vascular Surgery for the treatment of critical ischemia of the lower extremities and diabetic foot.
In addition, Prof. Bisdas is a member of the American Society for Vascular Surgery, co-founder of the first Summer Academy for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine (DGG e.V.) and founder of the internationally renowned platform Vascupedia (www.vascupedia.com) with over 10,000 users in 124 countries. In January 2011, he took part in the Heart Help humanitarian mission to perform cardiac surgery on adults in Eritrea (Africa).