MD, MPhil (UK), PhD, FEBS, CEBS Full Professor of Surgery at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece and Director of the Breast Unit of the Athens Medical Center in Athens.
Prof. Markopoulos qualified from Athens University Medical School in 1979 and specialized in General Surgery. He holds a PhD from Athens University and an MPhil degree in Oncology–Breast Cancer from University of London – UK (1988). He worked as Senior Registrar at the Breast Unit of St. George’s and The Royal Marsden Hospitals in London (1985-1988) and he was also research fellow at Ludwing Institute for Cancer Research at Sutton, UK. He has been an elected member of the EUSOMA Executive Committee and member of several medical associations, including ABS, ACBS and ESSO. He is the founder of the Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons (HSBS 2000); he was President until 2016 and head of the education, training and clinical trials section of the society. Prof. Markopoulos is national coordinator / PI in a number of international and national research projects and clinical trials and has published over 350 papers in peer-reviewed international and Greek medical journals with > 8,500 citations and a current h-index of 42 and i10-index of 129. He has also authored (4) and edited (17) several books on breast disease and cancer, including the “European textbook of Breast Cancer management for Surgeons” (Springer 2018), official book of the EBSQ exams in Breast Surgery. He has received a number of scientific awards in congresses and honorary awards for his work with breast cancer patients.
Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon, Doncaster Teaching Hospitals, UK Past President of BASO (British Association of Surgical Oncology) Past Chair of the ESSO Education and Training Committee Prof. Wyld is the Secretary of the European Breast Examination Board, past Board member of EUSOMA, Board member of the UK Association of Breast Surgeons.
Professor of surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ljubljana since 2021.
Prof. Janez Žgajnar, MD, PhD graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana in 1991 and became research fellow in surgical oncology at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana. In 1995 he became Master of Science. In October 1998, he passed Board exam in general surgery.
Between January and December 2000 he was a fellow at the Senology Department of the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy. Between 2003 and 2007 he was the Head of breast team at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana. In 2004 he achieved the PhD degree. From 2005 he was assistant professor, from 2010 associate professor and from 2021 full Professor of surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ljubljana.
Since 2001 Prof. Žgajnar has been regularly invited as a speaker for the European School of Oncology. From 2007 until 2015; he was the medical director at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana. His main scientific interest includes predominantly breast cancer and melanoma. He is an author and co-author of 66 publications in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in several oncology textbooks. He is the President of the Slovenian Cancer Society and vice-president of the Slovenian Senologic Society.
This Board has an advisory function and it is working under the direction of the Breast Surgery Division. The members of this Board assist the Breast Surgery Division in the examinations, not only as examiners, but also as advisers to improve the examination.
Egypt Omar Sherif Omar Finland Tiina Jahkola Karl von Smitten Marjut Leidenius Tuomo Meretoja
Germany Christian Jackisch
Greece Christos Markopoulos Elias Sanidas
Ireland James Geraghty Niall O´Higgins Maurice Stokes
Hungary Zoltan Matrai
Italy Roberto Agresti Luigi Cataliotti
The Netherlands Liesbeth Jensen Marjolein Smidt Jakob de Vries
Norway Ellen Schlichting
Poland Agniezka Kolacinska
Portugal Maria Joao Cardoso
Russia Vladimir Semiglazov
Slovenia Ibrahim Edhemovic Marco Hocevar Janez Zgajnar
Spain Isabel Rubio Mar Vernet Tomas
Sweden Kerstin Sandelin Fredrik Wärnberg Helena Sackey Andreas Karakatsanis Malin Sund Anna-Karin Falck
Switzerland Michael Knauer Georges Vlastos
Turkey Can Atalay N. Zafer Canturk Bahadir M. Gulluoglu Hasan Karanlik
UK Riccardo Audisio Michael Douek Sarah Downey Kieran Horgan Chris Holcombe Tibor Kovacs Masoom Muttalib Gabor Peley Jerome Pereira Hodigeree Ramesh Jois Zenon Rayter Lynda Wyld Charlie Chan Fiona MacNeill Andrew Baildam
European and National Societies
EUSOMA -European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists www.eusoma.org
ABS – Association of Breast Surgery www.associationofbreastsurgery.org.uk
BASO – British Association Of Surgical Oncology www.baso.org.uk
ESSO- European Society of Surgical Oncology www.essoweb.org
BSI- Breast Surgery International www.breast-surg-intl.org
UEMS Section of Surgery
