CONSULTANT ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
Dr. Panagiotis Vazoukis is a Specialist Orthopaedic Traumatologist. He is a graduate of AUTH (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). His passion is to provide services that ensure rapid assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, individually tailored to the patient's needs. Dr. Vazoukis speaks fluent Greek, German, and English. He is a father and has one son.
He obtained his surgical - orthopaedic specialization in Germany (2009-2015), having trained in the department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Sana Klinik Rummelsberg hospital in Nuremberg and at the St. Marienhospital in Mülheim an der Ruhr – NRW.
He obtained the title of specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology in May 2015 (Düsseldorf, Germany).
He served as Consultant A' in the spine diseases department of the St. Marienhospital clinic in Mülheim an der Ruhr until August 2017. He worked as Consultant A' in the orthopaedic clinic and arthroplasty center LVR Viersen Orthopädie in the state of NRW (10.2017 – 01.2018). He continued (03.2018 - 04.2019) as a specialist orthopaedic surgeon in the corresponding department of St. Vinzenz Hospital Dinslaken (cartilage transplantation center). His professional career in Germany was completed as Consultant A' in the department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Elisabeth Krankenhaus Recklinghausen (05.2019 - 09.2020).
He is a member of the Pancyprian Medical Association, the German Spine Society (DWG – Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft), and the Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA – Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie).
Dr. Vazoukis deals with a wide range of orthopaedic conditions, as well as injuries and trauma to the musculoskeletal system. He performs arthroscopic surgery on the shoulder, knee, and ankle joints. He has particular experience and interest in the conservative and surgical treatment of spine conditions. His broader surgical field includes total arthroplasty of the hip, knee, and shoulder joints, as well as the surgical treatment of fractures of the upper and lower limbs.
He has been contracted with the GHS (General Healthcare System) since December 2020 and provides his services (conservative and interventional medicine) at his practice in the Nicosia Polyclinic.
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- 2002-2008: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - School of Medicine
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- 03.2009-07.2012
Clinic of Orthopaedics – (certified endoprosthetic centre), Traumatology and Spinal Therapy
SANA Hospital Rummelsberg, Nürnberg-Schwarzenbruck, Germany under the supervision of principal consultant Prof. Dr. med. Rudolf Ascherl
- 09.2012-05.2015
Clinic of Orthopaedics – (certified endoprosthetic centre), Traumatology and Spinal Therapy
St. Marienhospital Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany under the supervision of principal consultant Dr. med. S. Elenz
- May 2015: Certification as Specialist in Trauma and Orthopaedics (Düsseldorf , Germany)
- 06.2015 – 08.2017:
Consultant, Clinic of Orthopaedics St. Marienhospital, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, under principal consultant Dr. med. S. Elenz and Spine Department consultant Priv. Doz. Dr. med. C. Hessler
- 10.2017-01.2018 :
Consultant, Clinic of Orthopaedics LVR Viersen (certified endoprosthetic centre),
Viersen, Germany under principal consultant Prof. Dr. med. D.P. König
- 03.2018 – 04.2019:
Clinic of Orthopaedics – (certified endoprosthetic centre), Traumatology, St. Vinzenz Hospital Dinslaken , NRW , Germany under the supervision of principal consultant Dr. med. W. Zinser
- 05.2019 – 09.2020:
Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Elisabeth Krankenhaus Recklinghausen, NRW , Germany under the supervision of principal consultant Dr. med. Ulrich Schneider.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Joint reconstruction, specialising in knee , hip and shoulder joint replacements
- General trauma
- Sports medicine including shoulder and knee arthroscopic surgery
- Spinal surgery
- Hand and Foot surgery