Stavros Antoniou
General surgeon with specific focus on colorectal, abdominal wall hernia, and antireflux surgery. A graduate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with postgraduate training in Germany and the United Kingdom. Holder of Master Degree in Public Health and HBA and Fellow of the European Board of Surgery. Member of the advisory board of Cochrane Greece. Research focused on advanced evidence synthesis and guideline methodology. Certified guideline methodologist and currently chair of the EAES Guidelines Subcommittee. Served as coordinator or member of several guideline development groups, serving as subject editor in Surgical Endoscopy, and associate editor in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Reviewer for governmental and non-profit grant awarding bodies of Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Canada. Consultant general surgeon at the Papageorgiou General Hospital of Thessaloniki.