{"id":1822,"date":"2022-02-13T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T16:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/doctor\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:54:49","slug":"doctor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/en\/doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"DOCTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-23d1cd15\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7f17ab43 mydoc\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-2af36eea\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2af36eea\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full iatrio doc doc-page\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1029\" height=\"1430\" src=\"https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Foto2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Foto2.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Foto2-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Foto2-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Foto2-768x1067.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-f8060f11\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f8060f11\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-48f7999a lux\">Evangelos Christodoulou, MD, PhD, MHCM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director of Deformities &amp; Spine Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St. Vinzenz Hospital D\u00fcsseldorf \u2013 Heinrich Heine University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-667d3c6c29fe915dbdf1506e94505a6e\" style=\"color:#000000\">Evangelos Christodoulou is a specialized spine surgeon with <strong>20 years of experience in Germany<\/strong>. He has trained and worked in leading European centers, performing a large number of procedures across the spectrum of spine diseases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cervical spine:<\/strong> cervical myelopathy, herniated discs, stenosis, tumors, fractures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thoracic region: <\/strong>stenosis, herniated discs, cysts, tumors, deformities, kyphosis, scoliosis, fractures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lumbar spine:<\/strong> herniated discs, stenosis, instabilities, osteoporotic fractures, deformities, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, ganglia, cysts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sacred fate:<\/strong> fractures, Tarlov cysts, tumors. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"gb-element-b92c3586\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-a2602027\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa1383485b603869144d334132a10ebd\"><strong>Specialization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-909a171e19dfd8fed1529cb17e4a9538\">Endoscopic &amp; minimally invasive surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50dea06f850ce84df1b0bc5f23653dea\">Microsurgery of neural structures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c8f85cd56636d1cae43cfaac017a87a5\">Deformity surgery in adults &amp; adolescents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-de23edacf5ab69be61dcfd385e1c0b4f\">Metastases and primary tumors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e460d3577783968d0a6907e7b67fbea7\">Revisions of difficult surgeries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ac720e1ea275f893e0de51de1a58003\">Surgery with neuromonitoring and 3D-navigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0e2f8ed1eaa6c10464f9980f436aee9e\">His approach combines modern technology, safety and personalized care.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96bcd197b2fce5175505cfac0d5330cf\"><strong><strong>Short Biography<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2296bde0f930f8c9ff5b2edbfc8bb96f\"><strong>20 years of clinical experience in Germany<\/strong> in the field of spine surgery, with more than <strong>4,000 spinal procedures<\/strong>, including complex deformity corrections and degenerative spine surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3576edbafaa54b2700f295b02b6ddfcd\"><strong>5 years as <\/strong><strong>Head<\/strong><strong> of Deformity and Spine Surgery<\/strong> at a specialized center (<em>St. Vinzenz Hospital, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-770b41101d3608db6bbc2e01220daf5c\">Among the <strong>first surgeons in Europe<\/strong> to be certified with the <strong>Advanced Diploma<\/strong> of the European Spine Society (<strong>EUROSPINE<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c1f9902513304e11034a667afd837a00\">Certified with the <strong>Master Certificate in Spine Surgery<\/strong> by the three parent societies:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>DWG<\/strong> (German Spine Society)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DGOU<\/strong> (German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DGNC<\/strong> (German Society of Neurosurgery)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8e10ac4fff453bc5cc621d32b86c52ea\"><strong>3.5 years of neurosurgical fellowship training<\/strong> in spine surgery at a specialized center (<em>Clinic for Spine &amp; Pain, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/em>, PD Dr. med. J. Herdmann).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2abf509d291e48abd333df73518abaab\"><strong>3.5 years of advanced training in adult and pediatric spine surgery<\/strong> (<em>Spine Center Oberpfalz, Asklepios Clinic<\/em>, Prof. Dr. med. K. Kafchitsas).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a11f10e63fe91a05f2c5195b6399883f\">Performed more than <strong>2,000 spinal injections<\/strong> (epidural, periradicular, transforaminal, etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8ab56984f977d913945df4170d96c953\"><strong>Board-certified Orthopaedic Surgeon<\/strong> (Medical Association of Mainz, 2013) and <strong>certified Specialist in Advanced Orthopaedic Surgery<\/strong> (<em>Spezielle Orthop\u00e4dische Chirurgie<\/em>, Bavarian Medical Association, 2016).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55b0e11d585f98a88f6fd39cfe528721\"><strong>Doctor of Medicine (PhD)<\/strong>, <em>Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz<\/em>, Germany (2013).<br><strong>Doctoral thesis:<\/strong> Comparative study of pull-out strength among different pedicle screw systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b7884f10ef82748786db237f19f266f\"><strong>2020\u20132022<\/strong>: Master\u2019s Degree Program at the <em>Open University of Cyprus<\/em> (distance learning):<br><strong>Magister Artium in Healthcare Management<\/strong>, final grade <strong>Excellent (9.19\/10)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7269c8c7fbea82cec532e1b05c126383\"><strong>2012\u20132013<\/strong>: Postgraduate Program, <em>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki<\/em> (distance learning), focusing on metabolic bone diseases, spinal disorders and injuries, and upper limb arthritis and trauma.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-49ffd33e2b989cd1617245685be40b48\"><strong>Instructor of more than 50 surgeons<\/strong> in modern spine surgery techniques, with active participation in international training programs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e462571b93a32c224ab8701c0e59678\">Extensive scientific work, including publications in Greek and international peer-reviewed journals, as well as presentations at national and international conferences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-8907ba81\"><strong>Clinical experience\/ Professional experience &amp; Postgraduate education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61ef8922b254e5551f1c6bff0311c21f\">From 01.04.2021 to present <strong>Director <\/strong>of Deformities and Spine Surgery, St. Vinzenz Krankenhaus D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6165aca80704c845337f2ebc5eef9e19\">Postgraduate training in orthopedics and spinal surgery for adolescents and adults:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A) From 01.09.2017 \u2013 31.03.2021: Paid Postgraduate Training as Curator A at the Spine and Pain Clinic, St. Vinzenz Krankenhaus D\u00fcsseldorf (Director: Neurosurgeon, PD Dr. med. J. Herdmann)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--base-4);\">B) From 15.05.2014 \u2013 30.08.2017: Paid Postgraduate Training as Curator A at the Oberpfalz Spine Center at Asklepios Klinik Lindenlohe, Schwandorf (Director: Orthopedic, Prof. Dr. med. K. Kafchitsas)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--base-4);\">27.11.2013 \u2013 30.04.2014: Specialist in orthopedics and traumatology at the Center for Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University Clinic of Mainz, Universit\u00e4tsklinikum Mainz (Prof. Dr. med. P.M. Rommens)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--base-4);\">01.10.2012- 27.11.2013: Resident at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Center at the University Clinic of Mainz, Universit\u00e4tsklinikum Mainz (Prof. Dr. med. P.M. Rommens)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--base-4);\">15.07.2009 \u2013 30.09.2012: Residency in Orthopedics and Traumatology at St. Marien Hospital, M\u00fclheim a.d.Ruhr (Dr. med. S. Elenz)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--base-4);\">01.06.2008 \u2013 30.05.2009: Residency in General Surgery, Visceral Surgery and Transplant Surgery at the University Clinic of Essen, Universit\u00e4tsklinikum Essen (Prof. Dr. med. A. Paul)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30.08.2007 \u2013 31.05.2008: Residency in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at St. Anna Hospital\/ Herne (Prof. G. Godolias)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b6aec544650ac3d97306110873bd759\"><strong>Diplomas\/Trainings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c3122991a5ad9255d4e42541c561fd5c\">Diploma for radiation protection in tomography examinations other than CT (May 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-438c46aee0dd6b33c3a5353bb06b30b6\">European Basic (September 2019) and <strong>Advanced Spine Diploma <\/strong>(June 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1bf16aafe7441ffdd15f8196fdc126e6\">Acupunkture Diploma A (June 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-07f9a90aae6e85f80eab41f41a47d115\">Diploma in radiation protection in fluoroscopic skeletal procedures (July 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-de5c1a3c4720b402e8d1922d9a517f2e\">Diploma in radiation protection for the whole skeleton (June 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e35e099315f480caf467fbf1f5d1e2f8\">Diploma in Teleradiology (August 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b1ec16c4517e53cb7db8d307d7e1d8a\">Since 01.05.2018 responsible for the further training of specialized orthopedic surgery at <strong>St. Vinzenz Hospital D\u00fcsseldorf<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7bebe1699d84deaa4156ba0d623ecb4\"><strong>Master-Certificate of the German Spine Society<\/strong> (DWG) (September 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9a91ec721689d21698eea8de1c23ea29\">Postgraduate training in specialized orthopedic surgery (December 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d3504696012d0c1a37398c8f85e541d8\">Basis-Certificate of the German Spine Society (DWG) (July 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b51dcb12bd30818daafd875d507fdc24\">Specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology (November 2013, medical association\/Bezirks\u00e4rztekammer Rheinessen) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32d40da0a3c8f1d9d9e3b55b31fb9b1f\">Diploma in Radiation Protection in Emergency Diagnostic Radiology (January 2012, renewed October 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce9c126f0fa25fa46ee74739981d2d15\">ATLS Provider (March 2012) <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b107ebac2f9b9d18f4b21ac649469dfb\"><strong>Participation in clubs\/companies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74de1b6e9afc3e15cffe1c5502b79cbd\">German Spine Society (DWG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b80ac5f2901538000b83a0940808e068\">AO-SPINE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-046680cf45197b8f4eb24d8ec5ec05f4\">AO-TRAUMA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a311b64e98f67611ffb2f614c63e9815\">Medical Association of Thessaloniki<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-555b85e7818c2c086691a674f0b1bc1a\">Association of Greek\/Cypriot Doctors of North Rhine-Westphalia, Genesis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd3a59d2d1b0744dd303d9a995710965\"><strong><strong>Postgraduate training in spine and pediatric orthopedic centers:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c63ddd7d81c394b0299ee34d7b736b39\">June 2018: Orlando Health Central Hospital, U.S.A., Dr. Masson, minimally invasive Spine Surgery, iMAS System<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9c71aff4fcbcc55e01fab6c1f335cc8\">November 2021: Full endoscopic spine surgery, St. Anna Herne, Germany, PD Dr. med. S. Ruetten<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b908821369531f29758c52e5070a5b6\">February 2022: Brainlab Navigation, Helios Klinikum Siegburg, Germany, Prof. Dr. med. Gregor Stein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ed826b1356e135067c9f9ab6845160e2\">August and October 2022: Vertebral Body Tethering, Eifelklinik St. Brigida Simmerath, Germany, PD Dr. med. Per Trobisch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-base-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10c2a941a85f31dc15621ac685b8953f\">May 2025: Oberlinklinik Potsdam Germany, specialized clinic in pediatric-orthopedics\/neuroorthopaedics<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-03716030\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"1430\" src=\"https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3D-Navigation-1-1024x525.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3D-Navigation-1-1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/christodoulouspine.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3D-Navigation-1-300x154.png 300w, 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