MICHAIL GEORGE, Assistant Professor
Sector: Division of Surgery
Clinic/Laboratory: Department of Obstetrics - Gynecology
Knowledge Subject: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Research Area: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, HPV prevention, HPV vaccination, Gynecologic Oncology
Department of Obstetrics - Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rion, 26504, Greece Obs/Gynae Outpatients, Ground Floor, Patras University Hospital
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Summary of Curriculum Vitae
Prof. George Michail MD PhD received his Medical Degree from Athens Medical School, Greece.
He underwent training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Obs/Gynae Department of Patras University Hospital, Greece, and received the title of Obstetrician-Gynecologist in 2005.
In 2006, he embarked on Subspecialty Training in Dublin, Ireland, as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Obs/Gynae Department of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
He presented his PhD Thesis in Patras University in 2007 and later served as a Consultant Obstetrician Gynecologist in Aigion District Hospital, Greece.
He commenced his Academic career in 2013 as a Senior Lecturer and from 2020 onwards as an Assistant Professor in Obs/Gynae in Patras University Medical School, while serving as Consultant Obstetrician/Gynecologist in the Obs/Gynae ward of Rion University Hospital, Patras, Greece.
Qualified as a fully certified colposcopist from the British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (B.S.C.C.P.) and as a Trainer in Colposcopy by the same society since 2015, he is the lead colposcopist in Patras University Hospital Colposcopy Outpatient clinic.
Being an active member of the Hellenic Cervical Pathology Academic Group, he has participated in several national and multinational collaborative protocols in cervical pathology and served for several years as an elected member of the Executive Board of the Hellenic Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (H.S.C.C.P.).
His main scientific interests focus on Cervical Pathology, Cervical Cancer Screening & Prevention, HPV vaccination, HPV latency and Gynecologic Oncology.
Undergraduate Courses
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Semester: 9th & 10th)
- Gynaecology - Obstetrics (Semester: 7th)
- Obstetrics – Gynaecology (Clinical Training) (Semester: 11th & 12th)
Selected Publications
Pubmed Indexed:
1. Michail G, Karahaliou A, Skiadopoulos S, Kalogeropoulou C, Terzis G, Boniatis I, Costaridou L, Kourounis G, Panayiotakis G. Texture analysis of perimenopausal and post-menopausal endometrial tissue in grayscale transvaginal ultrasonography. British Journal of Radiology 2007; 80(956): 609-16.
2. Daponte A, Michail G, Daponte AI, Daponte N, Valasoulis G. Urine HPV in the context of genital and cervical cancer screening – an update of current literature. Cancers 2021; 13(7), 1640.
3. Michail G, Smaili M, Vozikis A, Jelastopoulou E, Adonakis G, Poulas K. Female students receiving post-secondary education in Greece: the results of a collaborative human papillomavirus knowledge survey. Public Health. 2014; 128(12):1099-105.
4. Valasoulis G, Pouliakis A, Michail G, Kottaridi C, Spathis A, Kyrgiou M, Paraskevaidis E, Daponte A. Alterations of HPV-Related Biomarkers after Prophylactic HPV Vaccination. A Prospective Pilot Observational Study in Greek Women. Cancers (Basel). 2020; 12(5):1164.
5. Agorastos T, Chatzistamatiou K, Tsertanidou A, Mouchtaropoulou E, Pasentsis K, Kitsou A, Moysiadis T, Moschaki V, Skenderi A, Katsiki E, Aggelidou S, Venizelos I, Ntoula M, Daponte A, Vanakara P, Garas A, Stefos T, Vrekoussis T, Lymberis V, Kontomanolis E, Makrigiannakis A, Manidakis G, Deligeoroglou E, Panoskaltsis T, Decavalas G, Michail G, Kalogiannidis I, Koukoulis G, Zempili P, Halatsi D, Truva T, Piha V, Agelena G, Chronopoulou A, Vaitsi V, Chatzaki E, Paschopoulos M, Kaufmann A, Adonakis G, Hadzidimitriou A, Stamatopoulos K. Implementation of HPV-based cervical cancer screening combined with self-sampling using a midwifery network across rural Greece. The GRECOSELF study. Cancer Prev Res 2019; 12(10):701-710.
6. Paraskevaidis E, Athanasiou A, Paraskevaidi M, Bilirakis E, Galazios G, Kontomanolis E, Dinas K, Loufopoulos A, Nasioutziki M, Kalogiannidis I, Athanasiadis A, Papanikolaou A, Vatopoulou A, Grimbizis G, Tsolakidis D, Daponte A, Valasoulis G, Gritzeli S, Michail G, Adonakis G, Paschopoulos M, Tsonis O, Anaforidou M-E, Batistatou A, Kyrgiou M and the HECPA (Hellenic Cervical Pathology Academic) group. Cervical pathology following HPV vaccination in Greece: A 10-year HeCPA observational cohort study. In Vivo 2020; 34(3):1445-1449.
7. Androutsopoulos G, Michail G, Adonakis G, Decavalas G. Current treatment approach of endometrial cancer. Int J Clin Ther Diagn 2015;S1(3):8-11. [Special Issue: Endometrial cancer: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment].
8. Chatzistamatiou K, Vrekoussis T, Tsertanidou A, Moysiadis T, Mouchtaropoulou E, Pasentsis K, Kitsou A, Moschaki V, Ntoula M, Zempili P, Halatsi D, Truva T, Piha V, Agelena G, Daponte A, Vanakara P, Paschopoulos M, Stefos T, Lymberis V, Kontomanolis EN, Makrigiannakis A, Deligeoroglou E, Panoskaltsis T, Adonakis G, Michail G, Stamatopoulos K, Agorastos T. Acceptability of Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus-Based Cervical Cancer Screening. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020; 29(11):1447-1456.
9. Xenaki D, Plotas P, Michail G, Poulas K, Jelastopulu E. Knowledge, behaviours and attitudes for human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention among educators and health professionals in Greece. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2020; 24(14):7745-7752.
Contribution in Books/Book Chapters:
1. Karahaliou A, Skiadopoulos S, Michail G, Kalogeropoulou C, Boniatis I, Kourounis G, Panayiotakis G, Costaridou L. Textyre Analysis for classification of endomtrial tissue in gray scale transvaginal ultrasonography. in "IFIP International Federation for Information Processing", Volume 204, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, eds. Maglogiannis, I., Karpouzis, K., Bramer, M., (Boston: Springer), 2006, pp. 713-721.
2. Michail G. Endometrial Cancer – Diagnosis. Special Issue on "Endometrial Cancer: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment" Int J Clin Ther Diagn. S1:005 17-27 SciDoc Publishers, ISSN 2332-2926.
3. Androutsopoulos G, Karnabatidis D, Michail G, Decavalas G. Uterine artery embolization as an alternative to hysterectomy, in patients with uterine myomas. Approaches to hysterectomy, InTech 2015:35-47. ISBN 978-953-51-2199-2.
4. Pouliakis A, Margari N, Karakitsou E, Pergialiotis V, Valasoulis G, Michail G, Damaskou V, Panayiotides IG. Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis for the Identification of Endometrial Malignancies: A Comparative Study. Book: “Quality Assurance in the Era of Individualized Medicine”. Editor: Anastasius S. Moumtzoglou. IGI Global Publishers, November 2019 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2390-2.ch005. ISBN13: 9781799823902
5. Pouliakis A, Valasoulis G, Michail G, Salamalekis E, Margari N, Kottaridi C, Spathis A, Karakitsou E, Gouloumi AR, Leventakou D, Chrelias G, Nasioutziki M, Kyrgiou M, Dinas K, Paraskevaidis E, Chrelias Ch, Daponte A, Panayiotides IG. New Aspects and an Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Detection of Cervical Abnormalities in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era. Book: “Quality of Healthcare in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic” Εditors: Anastasius S. Moumtzoglou. IGI Global Publishers, December 2021 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9198-7.ch011. ISBN13: 9781799891987
6. Androutsopoulos G, Styliara I, Zarogianni E, Michail G, Adonakis G. Is It Time to Reconsider the Clinical Role of ErbB Targeted Therapy in Endometrial Cancer? Book “Endometrial cancer. Current Epidemiology, Detection and Management” 2nd Edition, Editors: Samir A Farghaly. Series: Obstetrics & Gynecology Advances Nova Science Publishers, November 2022. DOI: 10.52305/XDFN1391. ISBN979-8-88697-405-8 (eBook).
Selected Presentations
LECTURES IN INTERNATIONAL VENUES:
1. “ASCCP Guidelines on the management of precancerous cervical pathology”. Lecture in the Thessaloniki Webinar on Guidelines of Gynaecological Cancer Management. Co-organized by the 2nd Ob/Gyn Dept Aristotele University and the ESGO. Thesaloniki, Greece, February 19th, 2022.
2. "Expression of PTEN in the progression of cervical neoplasia and it's relation to adhesion proteins". Presentation of Free Communication in the joint 7th Hellenic - 3rd Turkish Colposcopy Meeting. Athens, Greece, October 11-13, 2013.
3. "Condylomata". Session "Lower genital tract Pathology", Invited Lecture in the 2012 International Course in Colposcopy and Cervical pathology. Organized by the Greek Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (HSCCP). Ioannina, Greece, November 8 – 10, 2012.
4. "Update on the Natural history of HPV infection". Invited Lecture in the 2011 International Course in Colposcopy and Cervical pathology. Organized by the Greek Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (HSCCP). Ioannina, Greece, November 10 – 12, 2011.
5. "Enhancement of assessment of peri- and postmenopausal endometrial parameters by 2D transvaginal sonography with image analysis techniques". Presentation of Free Communication in the 6th Congress of the European Society of Gynaecology (SEG 2005). Helsinki, Finland, June 2–4, 2005.
6. "Evaluation of supplemental administration of nitric oxide donors in preventing preterm labor". Presentation of Free Communication in the XIXth European Congress of Perinatal Medicine. Athens, Greece, October 14–16, 2004.