Andrew N. Nicolaides MS, FRCS, FRCSE, PhD

Andrew Nicolaides is a graduate of the Pancyprian Gymnasium (Nicosia) and Guy’s Hospital Medical School (London University 1962), and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England, and the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (1967). His higher surgical training was at Oxford University, Kings College Hospital Medical School, and St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London. He was awarded the Jacksonian prize by the Royal College of Surgeons England in 1972 for his work on the prevention of venous thromboembolism and obtained the degree of M.S. (Master of Surgery) in 1976. He was the Professor of Vascular Surgery at the Imperial College School of Medicine (St Mary’s Hospital) Consultant Vascular Surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital from 1983–2000 and Medical Director of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics from 2001-2004. His research group is known internationally in several areas which include noninvasive vascular screening and diagnostic investigation, early detection, and prevention of cardiovascular and venous disease. His research is now directed toward the genetic risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the identification of individuals at risk, and the development of effective methods of prevention, especially stroke. He is Past-President of the International Union of Angiology and Past-President of the Section of Measurement in Medicine of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has received many awards and honorary memberships from many scientific societies. He is Chairman of the Board of the European Venous Foundation, Editor-in-Chief of International Angiology, and is on the Editorial Board of many vascular journals. He is Professor Emeritus at Imperial College and an examiner for MS and PhD degrees at London University. He is now a “Special Scientist” at the University of Cyprus, Chairman of the Cyprus Cardiovascular Disease Educational and Research Trust (CCDERT), and Medical Director of the Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centres in London and in Cyprus. He has trained over 200 vascular surgeons who are practicing all over the world; twelve of them are holding prestigious Chairs as professors in vascular surgery in the UK, USA, Greece, Australia, and South Africa. He was made Archon Megas Referendarios, an Honor bestowed by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1994. He is a co-author of over 500 original papers and editor of 14 books.