Zoras Lab
LABORATORY OF SURGERY
University of Crete
CURRICULUM VITAE
Odysseas (Ulysses) Zoras , MD PhD FACS
Laboratory of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
University of Crete, Voutes, Heraklion 71 003, Crete, Greece
Phone +30-2810-394762, Fax +30-2810-542115
Professor in Surgery
University of Crete, Medical School
Dean of Medical School
President of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncology (HSSO)
Graduation from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Medical School “con Lode” in 1980.
Title of specialization in General Surgery, Athens Greece, in 1988.
Title of specialization in Oncology from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1992.
Doctoral thesis (PhD) from the University of Athens in 1988 with honors.
In 1990 full registration in the General Medical Council, UK.
Post-graduate studies in Milan Cancer Institute, Glasgow University Royal Infirmary and University of Rochester, Medical Center, New York.
Since 1992 member of the WHO Melanoma Programme.
Since 1996 active member of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO). Since 2010 editorial board of the Annals of Surgical Oncology and member of the International Committee of the SSO.
Since 2002 full member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Since 2002 Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
Vice President of the International Society of Cryosurgery (field of interest: liver cryoablation, breast cancer, bone metastases).
Between 2007-2008 Vice President of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncology.
Since 2009 President of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncology.
Chairman of the Department of Surgery of Medical School, University of Crete 2005-2006.
Teaching activities in Surgical Pathology, Surgical Oncology and Molecular and Cellular Oncology.
Author or co/author in more than 70 publications in cited scientific journals and contributed author in one textbook of Surgical anatomy. Editor of one textbook entitled “Regional Oncotherapies”.
Invited speaker in more than 140 national and international congresses.
Vice Dean of Medical School in the University of Crete Greece 2003-2007.
Since 2007 Dean of Medical School in the University of Crete Greece.
Main clinical activities in melanoma, soft tissue sarcoma (accreditated for the use of TNF-alpha in HILP for the treatment of sarcomas of the extremities by Boehringer Ingelheim), breast cancer, liver metastasectomies and colorectal cancer.