Composition of Current (17th) Term

Spyridonas Pnevmatikos

Member of Parliament Evia

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

He was born in 1964 and is originally from Chalkida.

Marital Status:

He is married to Sofia Chatziioannou, who is also a doctor and Professor of Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and they have two children.

Profession:

Professor and Director of the 3rd Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School (KAT Hospital) and an Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Studies:

He studied Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School and did his residency in Orthopaedics as well as a Spine Fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
After completing his training, he was named Assistant Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine and Assistant Director of Orthopaedics at Ben Taub General Hospital, one of the largest trauma centers in the USA.
He lived in the United States for 14 years, pursuing a highly successful academic and clinical career, before returning to Greece in 2003 where he served as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Athens.

Foreign Languages:

English and German

Parliamentary Activities

He was elected a Member of Parliament for Evia with the ruling party of New Democracy in the July 2019 general election for the first time and is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, the Special Committee on European Affairs and the Special Committee for Environmental Protection of the Hellenic Parliament.

Political/Social Activities

He has served as Vice-Chairman of the National Committee on Ethics from 2013 to 2015.
He is a member of several international medical associations (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society, European Spine Society, AO Trauma, AO Spine) and has participated in many scientific research programs. His work has been published in many international acclaimed peer – reviewed journals and he has authored chapters in several international medical textbooks.

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