THANOS C. BADEKAS M.D.

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON-TRAUMATOLOGIST

FOOT & ANKLE SPECIALIST AND LOWER EXTREMITIES SPECIALIST

 

President 2022 Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology

 

Honorary President BAFAS (Balkan Foot and Ankle Society) since 2024

Chairman Scientific Committee EFFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics & Traumatology

 

President BAFAS 2019-2024

Director of the 3rd Orthopedic Clinic Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens Greece

 

Graduate from the Military Medicine Academy and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1989.

 ret Lieutenant General  Director Hellenic Police Health Division 

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 Research Foot & Ankle Fellowship in Hospital for Joint Diseases New York University, New York, USA,

Clinical Foot & Ankle Fellowship in Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, USA, from 1998 to 1999. Directors Mark Myerson, Lew Schon

 

President of HEFAS (Hellenic Foot and Ankle Society) 2007

 

Fellow of International Orthopaedic Trauma Association

 

Council Member of EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society)

2004-2012

Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Foot and AnkleSociety

2007-2012

Honorary Treasurer of the European Foot and Ankle Society

2008-2012

Director Fit Feet Program Healthy Athletes World Special Olympics     Athens 2011

Director Foot & Ankle Sports Medicine Clinic 2004 Olympic Games Athens

Editorial member of the Diabetic Foot and Ankle Surgery

Reviewer of the Journal Foot and Ankle Surgery (official Journal of the European Foot and Ankle Society.

Member of the Editorial of Board of the Journal Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Foot Medicine and Surgery