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Dr. Despoina D. Kakagia
Summary
Despoina Kakagia is an Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery at the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace in Greece.
Professor Kakagia Studied Medicine at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and was trained in Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in prestigious Centres in Greece and Europe including Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in the UK, Institut de Chirurgie Plastique CHU Sart Tilman del Universite de Liege-, Liege, Belgium and the Center of Excellence in Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burn Center, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Professor Kakagia has participated as an invited speaker in numerous Greek and International Meetings and is the author of many scientific publications including articles in peer-reviewed international journals, books, and book chapters. Professor Kakagia is also a member of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons and many other Hellenic and International scientific societies in the field.
Research fields and publications:
Wound Healing-Trauma
1. Monography: Modern Wound Dressings and advances in Wound and Trauma healing
2. Thirty published Papers in Pubmed Journals
3. Two Chapters in books
Surgical oncology of the skin and breast
1. Eighteen published Papers in Pubmed Journals
Methods to increase the survival of free flaps
1. Two published Papers in Pubmed Journals
Local infiltrations of anesthetics in operative models
1. Five published Papers in Pubmed Journals
Adipose tissue Metabolism (in progress) Adipose-derived stem cells- efficacy and safety
1. Three published Papers in Pubmed Journals
