Mr Efstathios Drampalos

Mr Efstathios Drampalos is a distinguished consultant orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon currently practising as the Chief Foot and Ankle Consultant at Forth Valley Royal Hospital and at Circle Health Group Kings Park Hospital. He is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery. He worked at Manchester University NHS FT from 2018 to 2019 as an Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle/Limb Reconstruction Consultant before moving to Scotland.Mr Drampalos has pursued an impressive academic journey. He first qualified with an MD from the University of Bologna in Italy with first-class honours and distinction (110/110 e lode), before going on to receive further prestigious qualifications. He completed training in Orthopaedic Surgery in the major orthopaedic centres of Athens, obtaining an FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) equivalent title and a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Trauma & Orthopaedics in 2013, developing a special interest in foot and ankle surgery. In 2013 obtained the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology certification in Barcelona (FEBOT). He holds both a PhD and MSc in Orthopaedics.  As an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow Medical School, Mr Drampalos also contributes to the education and training of future medical professionals. He completed two prestigious fellowships of the Wrightington Elective Centre in the Greater Manchester Area (foot and ankle surgery and lower limb reconstruction), specialising in treatment of sport injuries, arthritic conditions of foot and ankle and total hip/knee arthroplasty, and then the fellowship of Wythenshawe Hospital (Manchester) with a focus on complex trauma, Ilizarov techniques and bone infections as a member of the Ortho-Plastic Team. He also treated diabetic foot problems as the Orthopaedic Surgeon of the famous multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Team of Greater Manchester and has completed a one-year BOA National Clinical Leader Programme. He has undertaken further specialist training in ankle replacement and foot deformity correction with leading European foot and ankle surgeons including the foot and ankle fellowship of Stepping Hill Hospital in Manchester, a visiting fellowship at CFR Hospitaler A/S, Hellerup, Denmark. Furthermore, he has completed a fellowship in Ilizarov techniques and limb deformity correction at the renowned Mediclinic Midstream, Pretoria, in South Africa.  Mr Drampalos has also completed a visiting fellowship in minimal invasive surgery (MIS) for foot conditions in Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals. In addition to his clinical expertise, Mr Drampalos is actively engaged in research, as evident by his numerous publications. He has published more than 40 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 2 books and more than 60 presentations and abstracts in congresses. He is running several research programmes at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. 

Sub-specialties • Bunion surgery • Minimally-invasive foot and ankle surgery • Foot and ankle sports injuries • Heel pain and platelet rich plasma injections (PRP) • Ankle and foot arthritis • Big toe fusion and replacement • Achilles tendonitis • Plantar fasciitis • Flatfoot and high arch foot deformities • Toe deformity correction • Ankle fusion and total ankle replacement