Vassilis Hadjianastassiou

Vassilis Hadjianastassiou is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Nicosia Medical School. He graduated with a BMBCh (Oxon) from the University of Oxford Medical School and completed his doctoral thesis (DM) on abdominal aortic aneurysms. He is a specialist in General Surgery (FRCS), Vascular Surgery (FEBS), and Transplant Surgery (Kidney/Pancreas, FEBS).

His research focuses on carotid and peripheral arterial disease, laparoscopic abdominal surgery, and vascular innovations. He pioneered several procedures in Cyprus, including carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia, fenestrated endovascular AAA repair, laparoscopic nephrectomy for kidney donors, simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation, and incompatible blood group kidney transplants.

No scientific awards or active grants/students are listed in the provided text. His work emphasizes surgical innovation and clinical practice in vascular and transplant surgery.