Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia & Prostatitis

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Assistant Professor of Urology, University Hospital of Larissa

Since 2005, Dr Gravas has been Staff Member (Consultant) at the Department of Urology of the University Hospital of Larissa and is currently in charge of the Outpatient Clinic on Nephrolithiasis and its Metabolic Evaluation.

EDUCATION:
Dr Gravas graduated as a Medical Doctor from the Medical School of the University of Athens in 1989. After completing his training, he became a qualified Urologist in 1999. He earned his PhD from the University of Athens (2005) and the AMC University Hospital of Amsterdam (2007).

FELLOWSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS:
• Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU)
• Fellow on Endourology (2002) at Minimal Invasive Urology Centre and Laparoscopy of the University Hospital in Nijmegen (Programme director: Dr Jean de la Rosette)
• Member of the Editorial Board at Large of European Urology and Editorial Board of Hellenic Urology and regular reviewer in European Urology, Journal of Urology, Journal of Endourology and Hellenic Urology
• Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines Working Group on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
• Member of the Committee on New Minimally Invasive and Surgical Developments in the Management of Benign Prostatic Obstruction of the International Consultation on Prostate Diseases, patronized by World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Member of the Hellenic Urological Association (HUA), Hellenic Society of Oncology (HSO), European Association of Urology (EAU), European Society of Urological Technology (ESUT) and Endourological Society
• Scholar of the 'Maria-Pantelis Laimos Foundation' for the years 1997, 1998 and 2002