Mr Ioannis Christakis
Consultant Endocrine and General Surgeon
MD, MSc, Msc(surg), Phd, FRCS, FEBS
I am a Consultant Endocrine and General Surgeon with over 20 years of experience in the field. I have a special interest in redo-parathyroidectomies, parathyroidectomies with negative scans, paediatric endocrine surgery (thyroidectomies), MEN1 parathyroidectomies and parathyroid cancer. All of my clinical outcomes are registered in the National Audit Database of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons.
My overall experience in Endocrine Surgery exceeds 2,500 procedures. Over the last five years, I have performed over 650 thyroidectomies, 500 parathyroidectomies and 125 adrenalectomies in both my NHS and private practice.
I am an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, and I have a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Endocrinology from Imperial College London.
I have published a large number of studies in peer-reviewed journals. I have trained in some of the most prestigious units in the world by completing fellowships at MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas, King’s College Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust.
I have a strong interest in medical education, having teaching sessions with medical students and I am a clinical/educational supervisor for medical students and surgical trainees. I have designed and currently run a neck hematoma hands-on simulation course that teaches participants how to manage a patient with a post-operative neck hematoma.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Ioannis Christakis at Spire include:
General surgery
- Gallbladder / gallstone removal
- Hernia surgery
- Thyroidectomy surgery
- Thyroid test
Other treatments
- Adrenalectomy
- Bilateral neck exploration/parathyroidectomy (non-localised/negative preoperative scans)
- Combined complex parathyroid/thyroid operations
- General surgery procedures such as hernia repairs and laparoscopic cholecystectomies
- Graves' disease / thyrotoxicosis thyroidectomy
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomies (transperitoneal or retroperitoneal) or open for indeterminate adrenal nodules, phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma, Cushing's syndrome (Hypercortisolism), Conn's syndrome (Hyperaldosteronism) and adrenal malignancies (adrenal cancer, adrenal metastasis)
- Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
- Oncologic/complex parathyroidectomy for parathyroid cancer
- Paediatric thyroidectomies
- Parathyroidectomy
- Parathyroid operations for secondary/tertiary hyperparathyroidism
- Redo-parathyroidectomy after previously failed neck exploration (persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism)
- Thyroidectomies for thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular, medullary) and thyroid nodules (benign and indeterminate), retrosternal goitre and neck lumps
- Thyroidectomy for rare and genetic diseases including Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN 1 and MEN2), Cowden's syndrome
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
FRCS / Royal College of Surgeons of England / 2012
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
PhD / Imperial College London / 2016
Endocrinology and Investigative Medicine
FEBS / European Board of Endocrine Surgery / 2017
Fellow of the European Board of Endocrine Surgery
Honorary (Clinical) Assistant Professor / University of Nottingham / 2021
Endocrinology
Professional memberships
British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of England
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Professional leadership
Head of Service for the Department of Endocrine and General Surgery Surgery
Thyroid Cancer MDT lead
Current NHS posts
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham
Contact information
| Telephone | 0115 718 1690 |
| ioannis.christakis@nhs.net | |
| Website | https://ioannischristakis.com/ |
| Private secretary | Mrs Julie Welford |
| Private secretary email | hygiamedsec@outlook.com |