Mr Nikolaos Tzerakis

Mr Nikolaos G. Tzerakis, FRCS (SN). GMC NUMBER: 6104742 EDUCATION - TRAINING Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Medical Degree “PTYCHIO IATRIKES” 1995 First Part of EANS examinations 2004 Neurosurgical examinations in Greece 2004 Second Part of EANS examinations (completion of EANS exams) 2006 Completion of 4 modules EANS training cycle 2004 Advanced Trauma Life Support 2006 First part of Intercollegiate Specialty Examinations in Neurosurgery, FRCS I 2007 Second part of Intercollegiate Specialty Examinations in Neurosurgery, FRCS II 2007 Completion of EANS training cycle in Spinal Surgery 2008 Completion of ESPN training cycle in Paediatric Neurosurgery 2009 cLINICAL EXPERIENCE More than 4000 cranial and spinal operations Consultant Neurosurgeon with a spinal and Neurovascular interest 2012 - Today University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent AWARDS Two Scholarships from the Hellenic Neurosurgical Society Two best poster presentations awarded in the 7th Pan-Hellenic congress on Epilepsy. Athens, 30th March to 1st of April 2012. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 25 lectures (under- and post-graduate) 12 Presentations in International Congresses 26 Presentations in National Congresses Participation in 7 International Congresses Participation in 14 National Congresses Participation in Management courses Participation in 16 hands-on Workshops (Cranial and Spinal Surgery) PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS Fifteen publications on Medline Seven published proceedings from International Meetings Author of a chapter in E-Brain project Peer reviewer for National Institute for Health research (NIHR) and several International journals MEMBERSHIPS British Medical Association Society for British Neurological Surgeons British Association of Spinal Surgeons

- Spinal Surgery (trauma, oncology, tumours of the spine, spinal degeneration, spinal fixation, spinal fusion, disc protrusion, sciatica, stenosis, cervical brachialgia, vascular pathologies of the spinal cord) - Hydrocephalus and CSF disorders - Trigeminal neuralgia - Vascular Neurosurgery (Brain aneurysm, cavernous malformations, AVM)