My name is Leonidas Trakolis and I was born in Thessaloniki. After a year in the Department of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki I decided to study medicine. I studied in Comenius University of Bratislava in Slovakia where I graduated with grade “Excellent” (1,36) while I received my first degree (MUDr) for my dissertation in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care of St. Elizabeth Cancer Institute in Bratislava about “Principles of hemodynamic monitoring with special reference to semi-invasive methods”.
After graduation I began with my residency in Neurosurgery in Germany where I received a high-quality education. I got my specialisation degree from the University Clinic of Tübingen receiving the best possible training next to the world-renowned neurosurgeon Professor Dr med Marcos Soares Tatagiba. Through his guidance I completed my second dissertation with Thema “Persistent tinnitus after vestibular schwannoma resection: clinical and imaging indications of neuroplasticity, this time in German language and received my second title (Dr med) with grade “Excellent – 1 Magna cum laude”. In the meantime, I made numerous publications in renowned medical journals, a brief list of it can be found in section: Publications. In addition, I was jointly responsible for the hydrocephalus outpatient consultation of the clinic.
My surgical evolution continued in Marienhospital of Luenen, academic hospital of the University of Muenster, where I worked as a Consultant for Neurosurgery. There, I had the chance to get the necessary routine in the common neurosurgical operations and expand my surgical skills in spine surgery. In addition, I received the European Spinal Cord Certificate of Eurospine. I organised and guided the interdisciplinary neurovascular board and I was responsible for the neurosurgical patients of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
After 17 years of education abroad I decided to start my personal praxis in the city of Kavala. In cooperation with the best private Hospitals in Greece and through my platform for online diagnosis, every patient, from every corner of Greece and abroad can receive a high qualified diagnosis and therapy. I cover the whole spectrum of neurosurgery using the most modern (surgical and conservative) methods in order to offer a service of highest quality.
