Michalis is currently an arthroplasty fellow in Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, as well as an honorary Lecturer for University of Leeds. Following the completion of his PhD on “Molecular and Biological Profile on non-union tissue”, he was appointed as an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedics at University of Leeds in 2019, where he continues his laboratory and clinical research activities. His main academic interest lies in the field of bone healing basic sciences including the sequelae of trauma, as well as hip reconstruction and replacement. In 2020 he was awarded with the role of the associate Surgical Specialty Lead (aSSL) for trauma, through an initiative of BOA / RCS (Eng), through which he assists in creating the research strategy for multicentre and collaborative national trials.