Christos Markopoulos is Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece and Head of the Breast Unit. He is the President of the Division of Breast Surgery of the UEMS Section of Surgery and the founder and Chair of the Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons (2000-2015). He is an active member of multiple Breast International Societies, including British Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) and European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and has been elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA).Professor Markopoulos has published over 300 scientific papers in peer reviewed national and international medical journals having over 9,000 citations and has also authored several books on the management of breast disease.Andreas Karakatsanis is Associate Professor of Breast Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden and a Senior Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon in the Breast Unit of the Uppsala University Hospital (Akademiska). He is member of the Executive Committee of the Division of Breast Surgery of the UEMS Section of Surgery and Board Member of the Swedish Society for Breast Surgery. He is an active member of multiple International Societies, including the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO), the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) and a member of the Scientific Committee of the EUBREAST Research Group and the BRESO initiative.Dr Karakatsanis has published extensively in peer reviewed in international medical journals having over 1,000 citations and has also authored several books on the management of benign and malignant breast disease.
