Anastasios G Hantzakos
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Anastasios G Hantzakos United Arab Emirates |
Dr. Hantzakos is Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist and a co-founding member of the Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD) since its opening in 2014. He is Clinical Assistant Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is currently the director of the Voice Clinic at CCAD. He served as a Consultant at the 1st Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (AORL) of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in Hippocration General Hospital of Athens since 2007. He received his Medical Degree in 1991 from the NKUA. He completed his basic surgical training at Emory University in Atlanta, USA, and received his Specialist Certification in Otorhinolaryngology from the AORL. He received additional training as a Senior Registrar in the East Anglia Deanery Training Scheme in the UK with a special interest in Rhinology and Otology. He received his PhD from the NKUA in 2003 and a Master’s Degree in Health Administration (MHA) at the Hellenic Open University in 2016. He was employed as a Consultant in the Hellenic National Health System since 2004. He has obtained a fellowship in Phonosurgery and Laryngeal Laser Surgery in 2006 from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery of the University of Louvain at Mont-Godinne University Hospital in Belgium. Since 2008, he serves as an active member of the Scientific Council of the European Laryngological Society (ELS) and Chairman of the Phonosurgery Committee. He is an examiner and a fellow of the European Board Examinations in Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery since their onset in 2010, and an examiner for Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD) since 2016. He is also a member of the Voice Foundation and the European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD).
Dr. Hantzakos has authored numerous papers in peer – reviewed international journals and has written chapters in national and international textbooks and books. He is a member of various study groups and committees within the ELS.