Mr Georgios Vasilikostas
Qualifications
MD, PhD
Specialties
General Surgery
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About
Mr Vasilikostas trained at St Pierre Hospital, Brussels, and completed a Fellowship in Advance Laparoscopic Surgery at the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels.
He has an academic background with peer-reviewed publications and gives many national and international lectures and presentations on weight loss surgery. Mr Vasilikostas also has experience in both clinical and lab-based research, leading to the award of PhD in 2008 from the University of Athens’ School of Medicine.
Special interests
- Keyhole surgery (laparoscopic)
- Upper GI surgery
- Weight loss (bariatric) surgery
- Weight loss medication, injections (Saxenda, Ozempic, Wegovy)
- Gastric balloons (Allurion, Orbera 365, Spatz)
- Sleeve
- Gastric bypass and mini-bypass
- Gastric band
- SADIs
- Revisional weight loss surgery
- Gallstones (cholecystectomy)
- Hernia repair (inguinal, groin, incisional, umbilical, epigastric, ventral, lumbar)
- Laparoscopic repair of rectus muscle divarication
- Anti-reflux surgery (Nissen, LINX, Stretta, hiatus hernia)
- Endoscopy
Languages spoken
English, Greek, French
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Georgios Vasilikostas at Nuffield Health
- LINX™ procedure
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair
- Sleeve gastrectomy
- Hernia repair
- Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder removal)
- Gastric band (lap banding)
- Gastric balloon (BiB)
- Bilateral (inguinal) hernia repair
- Hernia unilateral
- Gastric bypass
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal)
- Swallowable Gastric Pill Balloon
Locations Mr Georgios Vasilikostas works with
Related experience
Memberships
- Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (AUGIS)
- Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons (ALS)
- British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMS)
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)
- European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
Other posts held
- St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust