MARIOS CHARALAMBOUS

Marios Charalambous DVM GPCert(Neuro) RSci MRSB MRCVS

 

General

> Worked as intern in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at:
The Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK.

> Worked as a General and Emergency Practitioner at: a small animal private practice in UK.

> Achieved the European (ESVPS) Certificate in Neurology and Neurosurgery.

> Completed the RCVS professional development phase (PDP).
Cert. was awarded after completing the first post-graduate year competences. New graduate able to perform a range of common clinical procedures, deal with general practice caselog and manage them without close supervision, in a reasonable period of time and with a high probability of a successful outcome.

> Participated in the externship & training programmes at the Small Animal Hospitals of:
Iowa State university (USA)
UCDavis, California (USA)
University of Florida (USA)
Royal Veterinary College (UK)
Animal Health Trust (UK)
University of Glasgow (UK).

> Attended courses and conferences such as the clinical pathophysiology course (University of Utrecht, 2010 and the ESVPS CertNeuro Neurology & Neurosurgery courses, 2012-2013) and the ECVN & ESVN Conference (Germany 2011, Gent 2012, Paris 2013).

> Active Member of the Veterinary Neurosurgical Society (VNS),
European Society of Veterinary Neurology (ESVN), Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM) as well as BSAVA, BVA, RCVS, HVMS, HCAVS and HVA.

 

Experience

Veterinary Surgeon
Hollyoak Veterinary Group
August 2013 – March 2014 (8 months)cambridge, united kingdom
General Practice.
Out of ours duty-emergencies.
Dealing with a huge small animal case log including medical and surgical conditions. http://www.hollyoakvets.co.uk/

GPCert(Neuro)
European School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies
January 2013 – February 2014 (1 year 2 months)UK
Courses Attended. Case reports and case studies. Final written exams.

Extern in Neurology and Neurosurgery
Iowa State University
November 2013 – November 2013 (1 month)Des Moines, Iowa Area
USA

Clinical Training Scholar (Intern in small animal medicine and surgery)
University of Cambridge
May 2012 – July 2013 (1 year 3 months)Cambridge, United Kingdom
Rotating Internship at Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital

Clinical work: Clinical Training in small animal referral practice
Dealing with emergency-rspca cases

Research Work: Primary investigator in 3 clinical research projects (incl. syst. review and clinical trial)

Extern in Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal Veterinary College
January 2013 – January 2013 (1 month)London, United Kingdom

Extern in Neurology and Neurosurgery
University of Bristol
December 2012 – December 2012 (1 month)

Extern in Veterinary Neurology & Neurosurgery
UC Davis
November 2012 – November 2012 (1 month)Davis, California, USA
Allocated by the University of Cambridge for further training (elective period).

Veterinary Surgeon
Veterinary Clinic 
August 2010 – April 2012 (1 year 9 months)Athens
It is a private clinic that accepts a variety of cases (first opinion, medical and surgical) and operates also as a referral clinic for many cases, especially for neurology & neurosurgery ones.

Extern in small animal medicine, surgery & neurology
Animal Health Trust
January 2012 – January 2012 (1 month)united kingdom

Extern in Veterinary Neurology & Neurosurgery
University of Glasgow
November 2011 – November 2011 (1 month)Glasgow, United Kingdom

Extern in small animal Internal Medicine
Royal Veterinary College
June 2011 – June 2011 (1 month)London, United Kingdom

Extern in small animal Internal Medicine and Neurology
University of Florida
January 2011 – January 2011 (1 month)Gainesville, Florida Area
USA

Trainee in Clinical Pathophysiology
Universiteit Utrecht
July 2010 – August 2010 (2 months)Utrecht Area, Netherlands
Undertained and participated in research project, studying the pathogenesis of diseases in animal population. My main project was the reperfusion syndrome of ischemic tissues.

 

Education

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
2005 – 2010
Awarded the Academic Performance Scholarship
First of Class

Lyceum Archbishop Makarios III, Cyprus
Apolytirion (School Graduation Degree)

 

Certifications

GPCert(Neuro)
European School of Postgraduate Veterinary Studies (ESVPS)

RCVS Professional Development Phase (PDP)
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, License Achieved

Working Towards the RCVS CertAVP
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

 

Courses

University of Cambridge:
Clinical Research Outreach Programme (CROP) (Mark Holmes, Cambridge Un)

Independent Coursework:
Spinal surgery – Practical course (Mark Lowrie)
Surgical diseases of the spinal cord (Laurent Garosi)
Non-surgical diseases of the spinal cord (Rita Goncalves)
Neuromuscular disorders (Peter Smith)
Neuro-ophthalmology and common cranial nerve disorders (Jacques Penderis)
Intracranial disorders (Jacques Penderis)
Epilepsy, tremors and paroxysmal movement disorder (Laurent Garosi)
Neuroanaesthesia, analgesia and fluid therapy (Louise Clark)
Neuroradiology: Conventional radiology, CT, MRI (Fraser McConnell)
Introduction to neuroanatomy and clinical neurology. (Laurent Garosi)
Clinical problem solving in small animal neurology. e-CPD. RVC (Holger Volk)
Clinical Pathophysiology course (University of Utrecht)
Peculiarities of Feline neurology (Laurent Garosi)
Rehabilitation of the neurological patient (Mark Lowrie)