Mr Nikos Gougoulias

Dr. Nikolaos Gougoulias, MD, PhD, EFAScert. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon General Hospital of Katerini, Greece European Foot Ankle Society (EFAS) Council & Education Committee member Associate Editor "Foot Ankle Surgery" journal ORCID: 0000-0001-8455-0007 Specialty Practice - Work experience Dr. Nikolaos Gougoulias, born in Greece in 1973, is a fellowship trained Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, specializing in Foot & Ankle Surgery, including complex hindfoot reconstructive surgery, arthroscopy, foot and ankle trauma and post-traumatic reconstruction. Dr. Gougoulias is certified by the European Foot Ankle Society (standing successfully the certification examination in 2015). He works at the General Hospital of Katerini, an acute hospital of the Public Health Service in Greece, since March 2021. His current commitments involve on call duties (approx. 8/month) managing general orthopaedic trauma, operating theatres (performing approx. 300 procedures/year), outpatient clinics (seeing approx. 60 patients/week). The Orthopaedic Department is recognised as training centre by the European Foot Ankle Society, receiving international fellows. Previously (2009-2021), he worked as a Consultant Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon in Frimley Park Hospital (NHS), in Surrey, United Kingdom, and part-time privately in Greece. Dr. Gougoulias is regularly organizing and participating in EFAS meetings and educational activities since 2007, having earned more than 700 CME points. He has been a faculty member in numerous national and international meetings (congresses, instructional courses, cadaveric courses), and is committed to training and teaching younger orthopaedic surgeons. Training • National Service in the Hellenic Army as Medical Practitioner (1997-1999) • Emergency Medicine / General Practice training (1999-2000) • Core surgical training in Greece (1999-2001) • Orthopaedic specialty training in Greece and United Kingdom (2001-2007). • "Surrey Foot Ankle Fellowship" in the United Kingdom (12 months; 2008 – 2009) • Knee Fellowship at the Guy’s Hospital London, UK (6 months; 2007) • Arthroscopy and Sports Injuries Fellowship at University Hospital North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, UK (6 months; 2008) Professional achievements • Associate Editor of Foot Ankle Surgery journal, since January 2026 • Member of EFAS Council since 2024 • Member of EFAS Education Committee since 2018 Scientific achievements • Successful defence of PhD Thesis (Physiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece) in 2003 (grade 10, “excellent”). • Publications: 73 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals (Pubmed indexed) and 7 book chapters. • Reviewer in scientific journals (CORR, BMJ, Bone Joint Journal, Foot Ankle Int, Foot Ankle Surg).