Affiliation: Royal Orthopedic Hospital in Birmingham

Petros is currently a Consultant Hand Surgeon mainly working at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. He has a specialist interest in the treatment of patients with Spasticity. Petros has worked as a Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant in the UK and abroad, and he is exclusively practicing Hand Surgery since 2013 giving him a wealth of experience in the treatment of Hand Surgery Conditions

Petros has been trained in world reputed Hand Centres, in Derby, and in Birmingham and is an accredited Hand Surgeon having passed the European Diploma for Surgery of the Hand in 2014. He has also attended further subspecialty training in the treatment of Spasticity of the Upper Limb as well as neurectomies for Spasticity of the Lower Limb.

Petros is currently treating patients with deformities and disabilities caused by spasticity which are secondary to Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, or other neurologic conditions. He provides operative and non-operative treatment and is a member of the Multidisciplinary team that treats patients with Cerebral Palsy in the Birmingham Children’s Hospital giving the patients a smooth transition and continuity of care when moving to adult services

Petros has been the Spasticity Lead at the HaPPeN (Hand, Plastics, & Peripheral Nerve) Research Network, a research network that is based in Birmingham and has a significant portfolio of research trials. His main research interest is basic science in Spasticity treatment with a view to set a light in the changes that need to be acknowledged when planning treatment that reduces the hypertonia of the spastic muscle