• Apr 1995 – Oct 2001 - Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

• Mar 2007 - IELTS Certificate (Overall Band Score 7.5)

• Feb 2011 - CCST in Urology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

• June 2012 - Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)

• Sept 2014 - Fellow in Andrology/Reconstructive Surgery (Mr Giulio Garaffa, UCLH / Mid-Essex)

• Apr 2016 - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS Eng)

• Oct 2018 - Honorary Senior Lecturer St Andrews University

• Sep 2019 - Urology ChM Tutor in Andrology and Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIMS) University of Edinburgh

• Aug 2020 - European Union Expert Panel Member of in vitro Medical Devices (EU EXPAMED)

Current appointment

• May 2022- Present         Consultant Urologist German Oncology Centre, Limassol, Cyprus

Previous appointments

• Nov16- May 2021       Consultant Urological Surgeon Victoria/ Queen Margaret Hospital Fife, Scotland.

• Nov 2012 - Oct 2016      Consultant Urologist Broomfield Hospital, Mid-Essex Hospitals Trust 

• Jan 2011 - Oct 2012      Urology Clinical Research Fellow, Spelialist Registrar Level), Bristol Royal Infirmary, United Bristol Hospitals Trust

• Dec 2009 -Dec 2010      Urology Resident G. Gennimatas Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• Performing routine and major Penile / Urethral Reconstruction as well as Core Urology procedures twice weekly at Victoria and Queen Margaret Hospitals (Green light prostatectomy, Urolift Service lead, Prostate template biopsies, General urology)

• Consultant Urologist providing and supervising the services of andrology and urethral reconstruction surgery. Also covering a general urology one stop outpatient clinics three times per week (Victoria and Queen Margaret Hospitals).

• Participation in once weekly local cancer and once monthly specialist male uro-genital reconstruction MDT meetings (Honorary contract at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh) as well as grand ward rounds.

• Undergraduate student trainer and member of examiners panel at St Andrews University, Scotland.

• Participation in 1:9 on call Urology Consultant rota.

• Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (NHS Fife) lead investigator. A prospective, multicentre study with subgroup randomisation into MRI-U/S image fusion guided prostate biopsies and routine transrectal U/S guided biopsies.  (MULTIPROS Study)

• Broomfield Hospital (MEHT) sub-investigator. A pragmatic multicentre randomised superiority trial of open urethroplasty versus endoscopic urethrotomy. (OPEN Study)

• Broomfield Hospital (MEHT) sub-investigator. A Multicentre randomised controlled trial of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic treatment, for ureteric stones. (TISU Study)

• Bristol Royal Infirmary sub-investigator. A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial of the Use of Drug Therapy in the Management of Symptomatic Ureteric Stones in Hospitalised Patients. (SUSPEND Study)

• Bristol Royal Infirmary sub-investigator. A Multicentre Prospective Single Arm Intervention Trial Evaluating Focal Therapy using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Sonablate 500) for Localised Prostate Cancer. (HIFU INDEX Study)

• Bristol Royal Infirmary sub-investigator, A Randomised Controlled Trial to Determine the Effect of Decapeptyl on Reduction of Prostate Volume Pre-Radiotherapy Compared with Standard Therapy (Zoladex). (EDVART Study)

Day Case GreenLight Laser Photoselective Vaporisation of the Prostate (GLPVP).Evaluation of Outcomes from a District General Hospital Experience of 538 Cases. Trail M, Good D, Clyde D, Brodie K, Leung S, Simpson H, Kata S G, Tsafrakidis P, Chapman RA, Mitchell I, Janjua K, Al Jaafari F. https://doi.org/10.22374/jeleu.v4i3.128

• The effect of pharmacotherapy on prostate volume prostate perfusion and prostate-specific antigens (prostate morphometric parameters) in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms and benign prostatic obstruction. Asystematic review and meta-analysis. Sakalis V, Gkotsi A, Charpidou D, Tsafrakidis P, Apostolidis A. Central European Journal of Urology 202. doi:10.5173/ceju.2021.3.132.R1

• Tsafrakidis P, Al Jaafari F, Anastasiadis A, Sakalis V, Guillaumier S, Siatos D, Trail M. Transition from day theatre to ambulatory setting for prostatic urethral lift in Fife. e-poster SIU 40th World Virtual Congress, 10-11 Oct 2020

• Tsafrakidis P, Al Jaafari F, Urolift. A first Scottish NHS experience. (Submitted pending review)

• Gkikas C, Ram M, Tsafrakidis P. Latent progression paediatric scrotal schwannoma. A case report. Elsevier Urology Case Reports 6 (2016),21-23

• Gkikas C, Ram M, Tsafrakidis P. Urinary bladder paraganglioma and concomitant metastatic lung cancer to the liver. A case report. Elsevier Urology Case Reports 5 (2016)17-19

• Garaffa G, Gentile V, Antonini G, Tsafrakidis P, Abdel Rahhem A, Ralph DJ ‘’ Penile Reconstruction In The Male ‘’, Arab Journal of Urology.Vol.11 Issue 3. 267-271. 2013

• Ansell J, Thurairaja R, Johnson E, Tsafrakidis P, Whittlestone T, Persad R, “Subcutaneous Mercury Injection into Scrotum. Case report and literature review”, British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology. 36-38.2010-3

• Tsafrakidis P, Ansell J, Brigic A, Pearcy R, Persad R, “BPH management in transplant patients”, British Journal of Transplantation, Vol. 4 Issue 1- Spring 2009. ISSN 1743-0216 

• Tsafrakidis P, Blake C, Pearcy R, Persad R, “Peyronie’s disease”, Trends In Urology Gynaecology And Sexual Health, Vol. 1, Issue 2, April-May 2009

• Tsafrakidis P, Pearcy R, Persad R, “Lichen Planus. Premalignant or not ? “, Oncology News,, Vol 3 Issue 3, ISSN 1751- 4975, 16-18 October- November 2008

• Tsafrakidis P, Pearcy R, Persad R, “Penile prosthesis and the Lue procedure- The Southwest experience”, ANIR Official Journal of the Hellenic Society of Andrology, Vol 10, 117, April-May-June 2008

• Fife Simulation BPH Course Fascilitator (Scottish Urology Training Programme, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dumfermline Fife)

• Urology Simulation boot camp Faculty member (St James's University Hospital, Leeds)

• General Practitioner Urology Training Programme Fascilitator (ScotGem)

• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessor (St Andrews University Medical School)

• Teaching (case-based discussions) and trainee supervision in theatres (East Anglia / East of   Scotland Deaneries trainees)

• FY1 Doctors Urology teaching Bristol Royal Infirmary (University Bristol Hospitals Trust)

• Undergraduate teaching of medical students in General Hospital of the city of Drama, Greece

• Anatomy, Physiology and First Aid to Undergraduate nursing students