Background

Papadakis, Nikolas was born on April 5, 1935 in Greece. Son of Konstantinos and Lefkothea (Efthimiou) Papadakis.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Thessaloniki, Greece, 1959.

Career

Intern St. Joseph Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 1962-1963. Resident in surgery Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1963-1964, Norwegian-American Hospital, Chicago, 1964-1965. Resident in neurosurgery University Louisville, Kentucky, 1965-1969.

Fellow Lahey Clinic, Boston, 1969-1970. Instructor surgery Harvard University, Cambridge, 1970-1973, assistant professor surgery, 1973-1982. Professor neurosurgery, chairman department Patras (Greece) University, since 1982.

Director neurosurgery Errikos Dunan Hospital, Athens, Greece, since 2001. Vice rector Patras University, 1987-1989, dean Medical School, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Nikolas Papadakis has been listed as a noteworthy neurosurgery educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Greek Army, 1960-1962. Member American College of Surgeons, American Congress Ceurol. Surgeons, American Association Neurosurgeons, Massachusetts Medical Association, Greek Association Neurosurgeons, Patras Medical Association.

Interests

• Avocations: mountain climbing, playing flute and recorder.

Connections

Married Avgg Grivas, March 7, 1963. Children: Christine, Thalia, Daphne.

Father:

Konstantinos Papadakis

Mother:

Lefkothea (Efthimiou) Papadakis

Spouse:

Avgg Grivas

child:

Daphne Papadakis

child:

Christine Papadakis

child:

Thalia Papadakis