The First Department of Surgery at the University of Athens Medical School consists of personnel who specialize in the following fields of General and Vascular Surgery:

Upper GI Surgery: Mainly treatment of gastric, esophageal and splenic surgical diseases.

Vascular Surgery: Peripheral vascular diseases, abdominal aortic aneurysms and carotid artery stenosis are the main subjects of surgery. We are close to the beginning of our endovascular division.

Thoracic Surgery: Pulmonary and mediastinum surgical diseases and disorders like lung cancer, exinoccocus cyst, lung volume reduction etc are the main subjects of the division.

Liver Surgery: Liver resections for tumors, removal of stones within the substance of the liver, repair of bile duct injuries within the liver, biopsy of the liver for tumors within the liver.

Pancreatic Surgery: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure), pylorus preserving Whipple procedure,  lateral pancreaticojejunostomy (Puestow procedure), internal pancreatic pseudocyst drainage, pancreatic debridement and drainage for pancreatic necrosis.

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Surgery: Laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy, gallbladder and biliary surgery, surgical repair for bile ducts that have been injured during laparoscopic gallbladder removal, surgical removal of gallbladder and biliary cancers.

Laparoscopic  Surgery: All the aspects of laparoscopic surgery  including morbid obesity surgical treatment, intrabdominal cancer staging etc.

Colorectal Surgery: Surgical procedures of the anorectal region for cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

Endocrine Surgery: Thyroid and parathyroid surgery, pancreatic endocrine tumors and adrenal surgery.

Bariatric Surgery: Vertical banded gastroplasty, distal gastric by-pass open and laparoscopic.

Breast Surgery: For benign and malignant breast diseases.