Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Neurosurgeon with a spinal interest (2012 - Today) in the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
Research interests
Hydrocephalus
Neurosurgical oncology
Spine
Pain
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Neurovascular diseases
Personal interests
Classical music
Basketball
Awards received
Two Scholarships from the Hellenic Neurosurgical Society.
Two best poster presentations awarded in the 7th Pan-Hellenic congress on Epilepsy. Athens, 30th March to 1st of April 2012.
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Greek, Modern
- Native or bilingual
Publications
1. Intraparenchymal Myxopapillary Ependymoma: Case Report: Nikolaos Tzerakis, M.D. et al. Neurosurgery. 2004 Oct;55(4):981.
2. Cerebrospinal fluid [(tau)], phospho-[(tau181)] and [(beta)]-amyloid 1-42 in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: discrimination from Alzheimer disease. Eur J Neurol. 2007 Feb;14(2):168-73.
3. Ruptured cerebral aneurysm in a patient with Floating-Harbor syndrome:Clin Dysmorphol. 2008 Oct;17(4):283-5
4. Venous anastomotic circle, multiple varices and oculomotor palsy-a rare coincidence. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2010 Dec;152(12):2205-9. Epub 2010 Oct 7.
5. Subdural effusions with hydrocephalus after severe head injury: successful treatment with ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: report of 3 adult cases. Case Report Med. 2010;2010:743784. Epub 2010 Dec 12.
6. Giant solitary cystic schwannoma of the cervical spine: A case report Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Nov 19.
7. Dumbbell ganglioneuroma mimicking lumbar neurofibroma: A case report and review of the literature. Br J Neurosurg. 2013 Feb 27.
8. Upper cervical cord enterogenous cyst mimicking transient ischaemic attacks. BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Sep 20;2013.
9. Intradural extramedullary cavernoma of a lumbar nerve root mimicking neurofibroma. A report of a rare case and the differential diagnosis. Spine J. 2014 Dec 1;14(12)
10. Management of adult spontaneous spondylodiscitis and its rising incidence. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2015 Sep;97(6):451-5.
11. Teachers' knowledge about epilepsy in Greece: Information sources and attitudes towards children with epilepsy during school time.Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Jul;60:218-24
12. Reduction of inflammation after administration of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: results of the Subcutaneous Interleukin-1Ra in SAH (SCIL-SAH) study. Galea J, Ogungbenro K, Hulme S, Patel H, Scarth S, Hoadley M, Illingworth K, McMahon CJ, Tzerakis N, King AT, Vail A, Hopkins SJ, Rothwell N, Tyrrell P. J Neurosurg. 2017 Feb 24:1-9. doi: 10.3171/2016.9. JNS16615.
13. The challenges that parents of children with epilepsy face: A qualitative study. Kampra M, Tzerakis N, Lund Holm Thomsen L, Katsarou E, Voudris K, D Mastroyianni S, Mouskou S, Drossou KS, Siatouni A, Gatzonis S. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Jun;71(Pt A):94-103
14. Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Dex-CSDH Trial Collaborator. Trials. 2018 Dec 4;19(1):670.
