Βorn in 1978 in Crete (Greece), studied medicine in the University of Heraklion received a PhD degree in medicine on the topic of malignant melanoma of skin in 2008. During 2005-2007 he worked as postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Dermato-oncology in the University of Tuebingen. His topic of research was mainly was on preclinical assessment of new melanoma targeted treatments. In 2013, he completed his specialization in general surgery in the University Hospital of Crete (Greece). He received the major clinical training fellowship grant of the European Society of Surgical Oncology for 2013 and worked for six months in the Department of Visceral and Oncological Surgery of the Hospital Klinikum Bremen Mitte in Bremen (Germany). In 2014, he passed the European Board of Surgery Examinations for Surgical Oncology. Between 2013 2015 was appointed as a general surgeon in the Department of General Surgery, in York Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. His main research interests are melanoma and surgery in the elderly. He has published more than 75 articles in international medical journals and he is member of the editorial board of four international medical journals and reviewer in several melanoma, surgery and gastroenterology journals. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO).