Efstathios Papatsoutsos
Otorhinolaryngologist
Dr. Efstathios Papatsoutsos is a Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeon. He specialises in otology/otologic surgery, endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery and salivary gland diseases.
Dr. Efstathios Papatsoutsos studied medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens where he graduated in the year 2010 with the grade Very Good (Λίαν καλώς).
After the completion of his studies Dr. Papatsoutsos moved to Germany where he started his postgraduate training first in General and Surgery for two years (Common Trunk Training) and later in Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery in the Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg. After successfully passing the German Otorhinolaryngology Board Exams, he continued his training as a Otology/Neurotology/Otologic Surgery Fellow in the Otorhinolaryngology Department of the University Hospital of Magdeburg. He became a leading member of the Cochlear-Implant team and was responsible for the cochlear implant program.
Dr. Papatsoutsos completed his doctoral thesis with Honours (magna cum laude) at the Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg in 2021.
In 2022 he was appointed as a Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery department of the University hospital of Magdeburg and a year later joined the Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Surgery team of the largest hospital of the city of Dortmund (Klinikum Dortmund) as a Consultant.
After 14 consecutive years in Germany, Dr. Papatsoutsos is now offering his medical services as an ENT-expert in the German Medical Institute in Limassol, Cyprus with special interest in otology/otologic surgery, endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses as well as skull base surgery (with neurosurgical co-operation).
Education/Academic Experience
1. Joint European Diploma of Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
Université Paris Cité, Paris, France (2022 – 2023)
2. MSc in Surgical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (2013 – 2016)
3. Medical Doctoral Thesis with Honors ‘magna cum laude’ (04/2021), Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
4. Medical Degree (MD), Grade: Very Good
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2004 – 2010)
Professional Experience
10/2025 – present: Consultant ENT-Surgeon
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
German Medical Institute, Limassol
11/2022 – 06/2025: Consultant ENT-Surgeon
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Klinikum Dortmund, Germany
01/2022 – 09/2022: Consultant ENT-Surgeon
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University Hospital of Magdeburg, Germany
07/2020 – 12/2021: Clinical Fellow in Otology, Neuro-otology and Middle Ear-Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University Hospital of Magdeburg, Germany
07/2020: Successfully passed the ENT Specialty Certification Exams.
Governing Body: Regional Medical Board, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
11/2014 - 07/2020: ENT – Resident
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University Hospital of Magdeburg, Germany
06/2012 - 06/2014: Surgical Resident (Common Trunk)
Department of General and Visceral Surgery
Sankt Marien Hospital Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany
Certification/Courses
Dr. Papatsoutsos has attended numerous specialized courses. He regularly visits conferences both as attendee and as presenter.
Publications
MC. Makris, A. Alexandrou, E. Papatsoutsos, G. Malietzis, DI. Tsilimigras, AD. Guerron, D. Moris
Ghrelin and Obesity: Identifying Gaps and Dispelling Myths. A Reappraisal
In Vivo. Nov-Dec 2017;31(6):1047-1050.
E. Papatsoutsos, PM. Spielmann
Self - Evaluated Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes after Microsurgery, Stereotactic Radiation or Observation-Only for Vestibular Schwannoma of the Adult Patient: A Systematic Review
Otol Neurotol. 2018 Feb;39(2):232-241.
E. Papatsoutsos, V. Aumann, P. Vorwerk, A. Redlich, I. Tammer, C. Arens, U. Vorwerk
Cervical lymphadenitis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in children with different residence
Laryngorhinootologie. 2020 Sep;99(9):628-636
E. Papatsoutsos, A. Kalyvas, E. Drosos, E. Neromyliotis, C. Koutsarnakis, S. Komaitis, V. Chatzinakis, G. Stranjalis, C. Georgalas
Defining the limits and indications of the Draf III endoscopic approach to the lateral frontal sinus and maximizing visualization and maneuverability: a cadaveric and radiological study
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Oct;279(10):4969-4976