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