Publications & Keynote speeches
Publications
→ Lipedema reduction surgery: Where functional therapy meets aesthetic leg shaping; Article; January 2026, ISAPS News, pages 36-37
→ Doctoral thesis in Germany: Retrospective analysis of complex wound reconstruction after sternal osteomyelitis following cardiac surgery in 152 patients, University Clinic for Plastic, Aesthetic, and Hand Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg; May 2025
→ I Georgiou. Commentary: The Superior Lateral Genicular Artery Flap for Reconstruction of Knee and Proximal Leg Defects. February 2024. CC BY 4.0; Arch Plast Surg 2022; 49(01): V1, DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777217
→ I Georgiou; C I Ioannou; J Schmidt (MD)1; J Eschborn; G Mostofizadeh-Haghighi; M Infanger; M Ghods; P Kruppa. Free flaps in sternal osteomyelitis after median sternotomy – a center’s 12-year experience. 2023 Jan 24. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1761208.
→ German ISAPS members implement partnership with São Tomé and Príncipe establishing the development for future missions. September 2022, ISAPS News, Volume 16, Number 3, pages 34-35
→ Kruppa P, Georgiou I, Schmidt J, Infanger M, Ghods M. A 10-Year Retrospective before-and-after Study of Lipedema Surgery: Patient-Reported Lipedema-Associated Symptom Improvement after Multistage Liposuction. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. January 2022. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008880
→ Eschborn J, Kruppa P, Georgiou I, Infanger M, Ghods M. Long-term Results After Autologous Fat Transfer for Treatment of Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds. The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds. June 2021. doi:10.1177/15347346211027684
→ Schmidt, J., Kruppa, P., Georgiou, I., Ghods, M. Management of Large Volume Liposuction in Lipedema Patients with von Willebrand Disease: A Systematic Review and Treatment Algorithm. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc.; 2021 Apr 1. doi: 10.3233/CH-201063.
→ Ghods, M., Georgiou, I., Schmidt, J. Kruppa, P. Disease progression and comorbidities in lipedema patients – a 10-year retrospective analysis; Dermatol Ther; 2020 Nov 13;e14534. doi: 10.1111/dth.14534.
→ Georgiou, I., Kruppa, P., Schmidt, J., Ghods, M. Liposuction for Lipedema: Functional Therapy or Aesthetic Procedure?. Aesth Plast Surg (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-020-01910-z
→ Ghods M, Georgiou I, Kruppa P; Aktueller Stand der chirurgischen Behandlung des Lipödems; derm 4/2020; 340; https://www.omnimedonline.de/admin/omnimed/article/derm/2020/4/26778
→ Kruppa P, Georgiou I, Biermann N, Prantl L, Klein-Weigel P, Ghods M; Lipedema – Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment options. DtschArzteblInt 2020;117:396–403.DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0396
→ Georgiou I, Kruppa P, Ghods M; Use of a Total Leg Fillet Flap to Cover Multiple Pelvic Pressure Ulcers. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2019;7:e2084; doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002084
→ Ghods M, Kruppa P, Thiels K, Georgiou I; Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flaps and Their Use in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction – A Case Series. Adv Plast Reconstr Surg, 2018; 2(4): 225-229; doi: 10.31700/2572-6684.000153
Fellowships, masterclasses and guest visits
03/2024: Aesthetic breast reconstruction, Madrid (Dr. Antonio Tejerina)
07/2023: Guest visit with special interest on reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery, Helios Hospital, Berlin-Buch (Ass. Prof. Dr. Oliver Thamm)
06/2023: Guest visit with special interest on microsurgical breast reconstruction, Sana Hospital, Gerresheim (Prof. Dr. Chris Andree)
11/2022: Guest visit with special interest on skin tumors, Klinikum Gütersloh (Dr. Albrecht Krause-Bergmann)
07-09/2022: ISAPS Fellowship on aesthetic facial and breast surgery, Villa Bella, Saló (Drs. Giovanni and Chiara Botti)
Keynote speeches & presentations
→ Faculty Educator, Speaker, Round Table Panel Member, Participant to the initial Canadian Standard of Care Meeting; Lipedema Surgery Abroad: Safety, Complications, and why Aftercare Matters; Lipedema Canada Conference LipCanCon 2026, September 2026; Winnipeg, Canada
→ Speaker and Round Table Panel Member: Ensuring Safe Lipoedema Reduction Surgery in Complex Cases: The Role of Teamwork; Irish National Lipoedema Conference 2026, August 2026; Cork, Ireland
→ Lipedema reduction surgery: Where functional therapy meets aesthetic leg shaping; Article; January 2026, ISAPS News, pages 36-37
→ Speaker and Round Table Panel Member: Improving Lipedema Care in Cyprus: Lessons from the LIPLEG Study in Germany; Lipedema Day Event, May 2026; Nicosia, Cyprus.
→ Lipedema reduction surgery: Where functional therapy meets aesthetic leg shaping; Article; January 2026, ISAPS News, pages 36-37
→ Co-Chair of Session: Lipedema and quality of life – Patient Advocacy; November 5-8, 2025; Lipedema World Congress, Rome, Italy
→ Looking back to move forward: retrospective insights from the first years of an international lipedema center in Cyprus; November 5-8, 2025; Lipedema World Congress, Rome, Italy
→ Lipedema Reduction Surgery – From Functional Therapy To An Aesthetic Outcome; June 18 – 21, 2025; ISAPS Oympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore
→ Setting up an international lipedema center; June 18 – 21, 2025; ISAPS Oympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore
→ Teamwork in Reconstructive Breast Surgery: A collaborative Approach at the German Medical Institute; 16-17.05.2025; 24th PANCYPRINCIPAL CONGRESS OF OPERATIVE NURSING; Ayia Napa, Cyprus
→ Lipedema – Functional therapy with aesthetic implications; 3.-6. October, 2024; Contours of Beauty; Yerevan, Armenia
→ Moderator for the liposuction live masterclass surgery session, 4.-7. October 2023; 1st Lipedema World Congress, Potsdam, Germany
→ Free Flaps in Sternal Osteomyelitis After Median Sternotomy: A Center’s 12-Year Experience, poster presentation. 27.-29. May 2023; 1st Mediterranean Conference of Plastic Surgery Innovations; Limassol, Cyprus.
→ Persistent lipedema in patients after bariatric surgery. 28.05.2022; Lipoedema Conference, London, UK
→ Free Flap Reconstruction in Sternal Osteomyelitis after Cardiothoracic Procedures – a Single Center’s 12-Year Experience. 22.10.2021; Plastic Surgery The Meeting, Atlanta – virtual (On-Demand)
→ 12 year experience in defect reconstruction of sternal osteomyelitis wounds using free flaps. 15.10.2021; 51st annual DGPRÄC/25th annual VDÄPC congress, Potsdam
→ Multimorbid patient with extensive multiple recurrent decubitus ulcers. 14.10.2021; 51st annual DGPRÄC/25th annual VDÄPC congress, Potsdam
→ 10-year experience in the surgical treatment of lipedema – the Potsdam concept. 01.10.2020; Clinical Congress 2020, Chicago, Illinois – virtual
→ Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flaps and Their Use in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. 28.09.2019; 50. Jahrestagung der DGPRÄC & 24. Jahrestagung der VDÄPC, Hamburg