Dr Petrou S. Athanasios is Associated Professor of Surgery at the European University - School of Medicine and the Director of the Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB), Uper Gasstrointestinal and Sarcoma Surgery Department, at the German Medical Institute, in Limassol (Cyprus).

He completed his Higher Surgical Training in the First Department of Surgery, University of Athens Medical School, LAIKO Teaching Hospital, Greece in 2009, with Internship Training as a Clinical Fellow at the Hammersmith Hospital London NHS Trust - Department of HPB Surgery. During his Higher Surgical Training, he trained extensively in HPB Surgery along with Surgical Oncology.

His expertise in HPB and Surgical Oncology was further enhanced during his Fellowships at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust - Department of Academic Surgery (Surgical Oncology), and, at the University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, NHS Trust - HPB/UGi & Transplant Centre.

He gained a Master of Science (MSc in HPB Surgery), in 2009 from the University of Thrace, and a PhD in Medicine, (Liver Surgery) in 2010 from the University of Athens.

Dr Petrou deals with Surgical Treatments and Management for the whole spectrum of HPB diseases. These includes gallstone, and benign Hepato-Pancreatic diseases. Surgery for cancer of the Liver, Biliary system and the Pancreas also fall within his expertise.

He is also specialized in Surgical Oncology. The treatment of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract malignancies (Oesophageal & Gastric Cancer), as well as, the Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Sarcomas and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis (Cytoreductive Surgery & HIPEC) are integrated in his proficiency.

He is formally trained in Minimal Invasive - Laparoscopic Surgery, and, Board Certified Robotic Surgeon. One of the main topics of his clinical interest is the treatment of non-resectable Pancreatic and Liver malignancies with the IRE - Irreversible Electroporation (Nanoknife) and RE (Electrochemotherapy - ECT) methods.

He is a member of the International and European Hepato – Pancreato - Billiary Associations (IHPBA (EHPBA) & the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO). On 2017, the European - African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA) (http://www.eahpba.org/) has assigned him as Member of Committee on Educational Activities. He has more than 100 publications (https://athanasiospetrou.academia.edu/) (scientific original papers and abstracts) in international peer reviewed journals and decades of studies presented in international surgical meetings and conferences.