Professor G. Kreatsas is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical School of the University of Athens and former Director of the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at “Aretaieio” University Hospital. He received further training in Reconstructive Gynecologic Surgery at the University of New York, Buffalo, USA, and at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospitals in London. Since 1982, one of Professor Kreatsas’s main initiatives, together with his collaborators, has been to educate young people on issues of interpersonal relations and reproductive health, through visits and lectures at hundreds of schools across Greece. He also authored the first book on the subject, Adolescence. It’s Wonderful to Grow Up, which was recently republished.
From 2001 to 2003, he served as Deputy Chair of the Medical School of the University of Athens, President of the Board of Directors of Aretaieio Hospital, and Vice President of the Board of Directors of “A. Syngros” Hospital, and from 2003 to 2007 he was Chair of the same School.
In 2006, he was elected and served as Vice-Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for the term 2006–2010, as well as President of the Eugenidion Hospital and the “Tsagaris” Hospital. Professor G. Kreatsas was named Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG, 2005) and of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG, 2007). He is also Honorary President of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as President of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Climacterium and Menopause. He has also been Vice President of the European Board and College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and a Board Member of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS). In addition, he has served as President of the Hellenic Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, the Hellenic Society of Family Planning, and as President — now Honorary President — of the International Federation of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ). He established the IFEPAG Fellowship within FIGIJ, and is a Founding Member and former President of the European Society of Contraception (ESC). He has also been, or remains, a member of other international scientific societies, including: the Royal Society of Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics (1985), the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (1996), the Society of Adolescent Medicine (1980), the International Academy of Human Reproduction (1985), and the American Menopause Society (2000).
He has contributed to 433 research papers published in international medical journals (PubMed), with 4,591 citations and an h-index of 33, in the fields of Reproduction, Menopause, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Reconstructive Gynecologic Surgery, and Family Planning. He has authored books on Obstetrics and Gynecology and on Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
In the field of female reproduction, he has focused on the surgical correction of congenital anomalies of the uterus and vagina. He developed his own technique for the reconstruction of vaginal aplasia or agenesis in girls born without a uterus and vagina. This procedure is internationally known as the Creatsas Vaginoplasty — Creatsas G, et al. Creation of Neovagina after Creatsas Modification of Williams Vaginoplasty for the Treatment of 200 Patients with Mayer-Rokitansky (Fertil Steril 2010, 2011). To date, 302 such procedures have been performed worldwide.
Georgios Kreatsas
V.President
Professor G. Kreatsas is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical School of the University of Athens and former Director of the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at “Aretaieio” University Hospital. He received further training in Reconstructive Gynecologic Surgery at the University of New York, Buffalo, USA, and at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospitals in London. Since 1982, one of Professor Kreatsas’s main initiatives, together with his collaborators, has been to educate young people on issues of interpersonal relations and reproductive health, through visits and lectures at hundreds of schools across Greece. He also authored the first book on the subject, Adolescence. It’s Wonderful to Grow Up, which was recently republished.
From 2001 to 2003, he served as Deputy Chair of the Medical School of the University of Athens, President of the Board of Directors of Aretaieio Hospital, and Vice President of the Board of Directors of “A. Syngros” Hospital, and from 2003 to 2007 he was Chair of the same School.
In 2006, he was elected and served as Vice-Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for the term 2006–2010, as well as President of the Eugenidion Hospital and the “Tsagaris” Hospital. Professor G. Kreatsas was named Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG, 2005) and of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG, 2007). He is also Honorary President of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as President of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Climacterium and Menopause. He has also been Vice President of the European Board and College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and a Board Member of the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS). In addition, he has served as President of the Hellenic Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, the Hellenic Society of Family Planning, and as President — now Honorary President — of the International Federation of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (FIGIJ). He established the IFEPAG Fellowship within FIGIJ, and is a Founding Member and former President of the European Society of Contraception (ESC). He has also been, or remains, a member of other international scientific societies, including: the Royal Society of Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics (1985), the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (1996), the Society of Adolescent Medicine (1980), the International Academy of Human Reproduction (1985), and the American Menopause Society (2000).
He has contributed to 433 research papers published in international medical journals (PubMed), with 4,591 citations and an h-index of 33, in the fields of Reproduction, Menopause, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Reconstructive Gynecologic Surgery, and Family Planning. He has authored books on Obstetrics and Gynecology and on Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
In the field of female reproduction, he has focused on the surgical correction of congenital anomalies of the uterus and vagina. He developed his own technique for the reconstruction of vaginal aplasia or agenesis in girls born without a uterus and vagina. This procedure is internationally known as the Creatsas Vaginoplasty — Creatsas G, et al. Creation of Neovagina after Creatsas Modification of Williams Vaginoplasty for the Treatment of 200 Patients with Mayer-Rokitansky (Fertil Steril 2010, 2011). To date, 302 such procedures have been performed worldwide.