Professor Alexander D. Rapidis MD DDS PhD FACS
Alexander D. Rapidis studied Dentistry and Medicine at the University of Athens, Greece, and received his PhD in Oral Medicine and Pathology from the same university. After training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of London, UK, he became an Honorary Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at King’s College Hospital Medical School, London. Since 1990, Professor Rapidis has been Chairman of the Department of Head and Neck / Maxillofacial Surgery in the Greek Anticancer Institute, “Saint Savvas Hospital”, Athens. He was elected Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Athens in 2000, an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Maxillofacial Surgery at Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, UK in 2004, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Pathology at the University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, USA in 2007. In August 2007 he was appointed Hon. Professor in Maxillofacial Surgery at Eastman Dental Institute, University College London. He is also Chairman of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Therapeutic Management Team in head and neck cancer of the Greek Anticancer Institute, “Saint Savvas Hospital”, Athens.
Professor Rapidis is a fellow of the European Board of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery (EBOMFS), Vice President of the Medical Council of the Greek Anticancer Institute, “Saint Savvas Hospital”, Athens, and a member of the Greek and the European Examining Boards for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has been a Visiting Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in both the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA (2005), the Head and Neck Service of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA (2006) and the Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, USA (2007). He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and the American Head and Neck Society, an honorary member of the Israeli Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, a founding fellow of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, Treasurer at the 2007-2009 Council, and Vice-President for the 2009-2011 Council. In 2010 he was elected to the Council of International Federation of Head & Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) as its Treasurer. Professor Rapidis is a member of the Hellenic Association of Surgical Oncology and the Hellenic Cancer Society, and President of the Hellenic Association for the Treatment of Maxillofacial Cancer. In addition, he serves as a member of the Editorial Board of Oral Oncology, Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery Journal, World Journal of Oncology and World Journal of Radiology. He also acts as a reviewer for another twenty national and international journals including the Lancet Oncology, International Journal of Cancer, British Journal of Cancer, Journal of Surgical Oncology and Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.
Professor Rapidis was President of the 10th International Congress on Oral Cancer, Crete, Greece in 2005 and the 1st World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 2007 and served as its Scientific Committee Co-Chairman for the 2nd World Congress held in Toronto, Canada in July 2009. He was also Co-Chairman in the 1st International Meeting on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Facial Surgery held in Mykonos in May 2009 and Local Chairman of the 4th European Conference on Head and Neck Oncology (EHNS) in March 2010. He has authored over 500 scientific works, 180 of which are publications in national and international medical journals. He has delivered numerous lectures, seminars, and round table presentations at universities and hospitals in both Greece and abroad.
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The 2nd IMAFR Meeting grants
18 European CME Credits (ECMEC)
by the European Accreditation
Council for Continuing
Medical Education (EACCME)
When: 1-3 September 2011
Where: Kos, Greece
Venue: Iberostar Kipriotis Panorama Hotel & Suites
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May 15th, 2011
Abstract Submission Deadline
August 8th , 2011
Extension of Deadline for Early Registration
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