PAPADOPOULOS DIMITRIOS
ORTHOPEDIST
Professional Experience
Health Services Application School, 2007–2008
Director, Reacquisition Station (STEP), 2nd Commando Battalion, 2008–2012
Physician, Peacekeeping Mission in Afghanistan, Foreign Commendation & Honorable Mention, 11/2009–03/2010
Physician, Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo, Foreign Commendation & Honorable Mention, 12/2011–09/2012
Resident, General Surgery, 11/2012–11/2013
Resident, Orthopaedics, 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, 11/2013–02/2015
Resident, Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Clinic N.E.E.S., 2015–2018
Physician, 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, deployed, Orthopaedic Clinic NIMTS
Attending Surgeon, 2nd Orthopaedic Clinic, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, 2021–2024
Attending Surgeon, Orthopaedic Clinic, NIMTS, 2024–Present
Education
Medical Faculty, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Postgraduate Degree: Metabolic Bone Diseases, NKUA
Military School of Corps Officers (SSAS)
ATLS Certification, 2010
Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine and Nursing School, 2011
PhD Candidate, 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), “Stable and Unstable Pseudarthroses of the Scaphoid”
Specialty
401 General Military Hospital of Athens: 1 year General Surgery
401 General Military Hospital of Athens: 1 year Orthopaedics
N.E.E.S.: 2.5 years Orthopaedics & Traumatology
K.A.T. Hospital: 6 months Hand Clinic – Upper Limb Microsurgery
Children’s Hospital “Aghlaia Kyriakou”: 1 year Pediatric Orthopaedics
Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty Certification, 13/06/2019
Foreign Languages
English
Publications
Zagas I., Aslanidis H., Papadopoulos D., Galanopoulos H., “Bilateral traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon in a healthy adult,” 72nd Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology Congress (oral presentation)
Zagas I., Papadopoulos D., Aslanidis H., Galanopoulos H., “A rare case of osteoid osteoma in the diaphysis of the 3rd metacarpal,” 72nd Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology Congress (oral presentation)