Alkiviadis Grigorakis is a Urologist Surgeon. He was admitted to the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated in 1990. He specialised in Urology by training at the “Evangelismos” General Hospital of Athens (GNA) and for 6 months at the Children’s Hospital “Aghia Sophia” (training in Paediatric Urology).
In 1997, he received further training in the USA as a Research Fellow in Urogenital Oncology at the Northwest Cancer Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA, under Professor Gerald Murphy, in pioneering research programmes concerning prostate cancer and the then recently discovered PSMA.
In 1999, he further specialised in Reconstructive Urology and urethral surgery at Guy’s Hospital and University College Hospital, London, UK, under Professor Anthony Mundy, Director of the Institute of Urology.
At the same time, he obtained the title of Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU) after successful exams and completed his doctoral thesis on prostate cancer. In 2000, he was awarded a PhD in Medicine from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
In 2001, after successful evaluation, he was appointed as Urology Consultant B at the Special Cancer Hospital of Piraeus “Metaxa”.
In 2003, alongside his clinical work at Metaxa Hospital, he was seconded to the newly established General University Hospital “Attikon”, where he participated in the initial team of doctors who organised and opened the hospital.
He was later transferred to the “Attikon” Hospital, where he worked until 2008, organising and covering the urological needs of the hospital, examining thousands of patients on an outpatient basis, while performing hundreds of surgeries covering the entire spectrum of Urology.
In 2008, after successful evaluation, he was appointed as Consultant A at the Urology Clinic of GNA “Evangelismos,” where he remained, being promoted to the rank of Director of the Urology Department.