Dr. med. Konstantinos Vakalopoulos

After studying in New York (USA) and the Netherlands, Dr. Vakalopoulos completed his medical studies at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam (NL). He also joined a surgical research team which led to a Doctorate (Phd) in Surgery in 2014. Dr. Vakalopoulos trained in general surgery, then hand surgery, at the University Hospitals of Geneva, where he also worked as assistant chief of clinic, before setting up as an independent hand surgeon in Geneva.

He is also accredited by the European Board of Hand Surgery and is a member of the Geneva Hand Surgeons Association.

Dr Vakalopoulos is an expert in pathologies of the hand and wrist, and is trained in new techniques such as arthroscopy of the hand and wrist, as well as aesthetic medicine of the hand, for which he is also a consultant at the Nescens clinic in Genolier.

• Traumatology of the wrist bones and ligaments
• Recent fractures of the metacarpals and fingers and their sequelae
• Post-traumatic reconstruction of the hand
• Prosthetic joints of the fingers and thumb
• Microsurgery
• Arthroscopy of the wrist
• Compression syndromes and peripheral nerve injuries
• Osteoarthritis and rheumatic diseases of the wrist and fingers
• Injuries in athletes and musicians
• Aesthetic medicine of the hand and wrist
• Hand rejuvenation
• Minimally invasive surgery
• WALANT ('wide awake' local anaesthetic without tourniquet)

• President of the European Association for Surgical Research(ESSR)
• Fellow of the European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS)
• Federation of European Societies for Hand Surgery (FESSH)
• Federation of Swiss Doctors (FMH)
• Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand (SSCM)
• Geneva Doctors' Association (AMG)
• Geneva Association of Hand Surgeons
• American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine (AAAM)