Orthopedic Surgeon
MSc in Bone Metabolic Disorders
Medical Acupuncturist
MD, MSc, PhD
George Achilles Lazarou was born in Piraeus in 1966. He graduated from Varvakios Model School and entered the Medical School of Athens University in 1985. He graduated in 1991 and joined a few postgraduate seminars, one for the developing necessity in Greece, called “Tele-medicine”, another one for “Medicine in the workplace” and a third one for “Financial Planning”. He was particularly attracted to History of Medicine and joined the “2nd Annual Postgraduate Seminar for the History of Bio-medical Sciences (1991-2)”, which eventually led to his PhD, titled “Hellenic Medicine in the Danubian Principalties”.
After the mandatory service, he signed a residency for one year in General Surgery at the Metaxa Cancer Hospital and then at the KAT General Hospital, where he practiced in Orthopedics and Traumatology at the 6th Orthopedic Clinic, while specializing in the Microsurgery Clinic, and Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic.
During his specialization in Orthopedics, he additionally dealt with Osteoporosis, participating in a special subsidized program from the Research Center for Musculoskeletal Diseases “Th. Garofalidis” of the University of Athens.
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Interesting Articles
Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology is a huge discipline, covering a variety of afflictions all over the human body, not limited to bone and joints, but also affecting tendons, muscles, nerves and peripheral...
Bone Metabolic Disorders is a relatively new discipline, which mainly concerns Orthopedists, Rheumatologists, Endocrinologists and Physiatrists, without excluding any other medical specialty as is the case with radiologists...
Immediately after qualifying as an Orthopedic Surgeon, back in 2002, I found myself working in primary care. The Orthopedist as a primary care physician had to deal with all accidents in the workplace...
Greek Central Council of Health, in a recent decision No 3/270 Plenary/6.7.2018, recognizes 3 therapeutic modalities, namely Therapeutic Exercise, Spa Medicine and Acupuncture as “Complementary Medicine” rather...
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Orthopedics or Orthopaedics ?
The second version with -ae- comes from what is referred to as the first pediatric-orthopedic treatise of Nicolas Andry “L’ ORTHOPÉDIE OU L’ ART DE PREVENIR ET CORRIGER DANS LES ENFANS LES DIFFORMITÉS DU CORPS… A BRUXELLES Chez GEORGE FRICX… 1743” and was further reinforced by the adoption of the Orthon Paedion – ΟΡΘΟΣ ΠΑΙΣ inscription, written on an open book, by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. However, in this scenario, the etymology is NOT self-evident, what you see is NOT what you get and the connection to the logo is NOT readily apparent.
The second version with -ae- comes from what is referred to as the first pediatric-orthopedic treatise of Nicolas Andry “L’ ORTHOPÉDIE OU L’ ART DE PREVENIR ET CORRIGER DANS LES ENFANS LES DIFFORMITÉS DU CORPS… A BRUXELLES Chez GEORGE FRICX… 1743” and was further reinforced by the adoption of the Orthon Paedion – ΟΡΘΟΣ ΠΑΙΣ inscription, written on an open book, by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. However, in this scenario, the etymology is NOT self-evident, what you see is NOT what you get and the connection to the logo is NOT readily apparent.
Frontispiece of the work of Nicolas Andry L’ ORTHOPÉDIE OU L’ ART DE PREVENIR ET CORRIGER DANS LES ENFANS LES DIFFORMITÉS DU CORPS… A BRUXELLES Chez GEORGE FRICX… 1743.
Depiction of the Archetypal Orthopede in the first written work on Orthopedics. Blank page, unnumbered, between pages 252 and 253, out of 430 total of Nicolas Andry’s book.
Depiction of the Archetypal Orthopede in the first written work on Orthopedics. Blank page, unnumbered, between pages 252 and 253, out of 430 total of Nicolas Andry’s book.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, especially when there is evidence to back it up. However, given the logo of most Orthopedic Societies around the world, including the Greek and the Cypriot ones, and given the original illustration in Andry’s book, which depicts the archetypal orthopede, the etymology is indisputable and the correct spelling should reflect this simple fact.
Left: American Orthopedic Association – AOA 1887, with orthopedic logo. Right: Second logo of the American Orthopedic Association – AOA with the inscription ΟΡΘΟΣΠΑΙΣ and initials ΑΩΑ. Americans adore ancient Greek characters and name their Fraternities and Sororities with Greek capital letters. Greeks are really grateful for their love and appreciation, but this does not mean that we should start spelling Ορθοπεδική – Orthopedics with Ω, simply because Americans find it more impressive.
Lazarou logo or the Orthopede and the children – παιδία.
All personal effort was made so that the Orthopede and the children – παιδία were combined in the same logo, also known as the Lazarou logo, with the four Lazarou offsprings resting in the shade of the scoliotic tree, in need of its Orthopede in order to safeguard its proper development.
Doctor's Clinic
The Clinic of Orthopedic Surgeon George Achilles Lazarou is located at 5, Petriti Street, Drosia Attikis, 14572. Patients may park on the premises, an important fact for orthopedic patients with likely mobility issues. The clinic is situated on the 2nd floor of the building, above Fusion Pharmacy and a Paediatrician clinic.
Dr George Achilles Lazarou has many years of experience and expertise in all fields of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, with special interest in Bone Metabolic Disorders and in Children Orthopedics. He also specializes in Medical Acupuncture, a non-pharmacologic intervention that may be used in conjunction with standard orthopedic care.
5 Petriti Str. Drosia
Books
Forty years have passed since graduating from the Varvakeio Standard School, while obtaining a medical degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has officially surpassed the time span of a generation. Attending the “2nd Postgraduate Series of Courses in the History of Biomedical Sciences”, something similar to the current Postgraduate Study Programs long before they were established and spread, led very early on to the preparation of a doctoral thesis from the History of Medicine School, a fact that inevitably had a decisive influence on way of thinking of the young doctor at the time and gave him a special perspective, both in terms of dealing with daily clinical problems, as well as considering the whole working life.
Specializing in the CAT Hospital and daily dealing with surgical pathology of the musculoskeletal system for over 20 years also inevitably enriched the brain’s hard drive with knowledge and experiences, while further dealing with Metabolic Bone Diseases clearly broadened the horizons of thought .
At the same time, since the student years, the systematic engagement with Martial Arts, initially Japanese Karate and then Korean Taekwon-Do, in its authentic version as an art instead of a sport, obviously strengthen both the body and the spirit, especially when combined with a thorough study of the most “documented” Martial Art, Real Taekwon-Do, the only martial art with a clearly defined training program, promotion schedule and fifteen volume training manual.
After 15 years of practicing acupuncture and Eastern Medicine, all of the aforementioned knowledge finally seems to come together in a peculiar and unique amalgam of overlapping information, related to the musculoskeletal system, its anatomy, its physiology, its pathology , treating it both conservatively and surgically, preventing the disease and maintaining health, especially with the contribution of Eastern wisdom and the complementary use of acupuncture. This alloy seeks a way out through the writing of books and because of the special love for them, not only the writing but also the translation, publishing, editing. Surprisingly, this love is also shared by the Tax Office, with the easy granting of an extension of activities and an additional KAD as “Writing, Translation, Publishing and Sale of Books” under the same VAT number.
This route could not be completed without the creative and typographical assistance of a family business, Lychnia SA and its staff. In fact, the logo of the publishing house was also created along the way.
The beginning was made in 2017, with the “Killing Art”, translated from English world best-seller, related to the history of Taekwon-Do.This was followed by the previously unpublished doctoral thesis, its enrichment with images and additional bibliographic references and its publication in 2017 under the title “Greek Medicine in the Transdanubian Hegemony”.From the same source came a second, independent authorship, entitled “Iakovos Vassilikos Heraklides. His action in Europe of the 16th Century, From the Medical School of Montpellier to the Hegemonic Throne of Moldavia”.
The “Introduction to Real Taekwondo” series is a long-term plan, with the guidance and collaboration of Master Dimitris Balabanou from Larissa. A total of nine volumes are planned, as many as the degrees of the black belt, the so-called dans, with the number of each volume illustrated on the cover in Latin numerals above the black belt. However, the unimaginable increase in postage makes it unprofitable to send the volumes separately, and the solution of the trilogy, in a special protective case, is consciously chosen.
A particularly far-reaching publishing project is the publication of the “Taekwon-Do Study Companion” series, by analogy with the fifteen-volume Bible of the Art, as an educational aid and “Study Companion” for a fuller and easier understanding of the Art and providing answers to potential questions. The first two volumes have already been published and the remaining thirteen are planned! In this series, the edition is literally precious both in terms of paper and binding, and the breadth and depth of knowledge provided.
A more recent attempt in Greek is the hardbound volume “Acupuncture and Orthopedics”, with many color pages, decisive for the understanding of “anatomical acupuncture”, i.e. the stereotactic awareness on the part of the acupuncturist of the position of the tip of the needle in the 3 dimensions of space.
The advancement of technology essentially required the creation of an online store as well, with the aim of easy online searching first and then selling, with automatic mailing and minimizing the inconvenience of the prospective reader. In addition, a conscious choice and a sign of respect for the readership is the rather unusual practice of including both VAT and postage in the set price of the book. In this way, the one-size-fits-all attempts of the countless supposed discount websites, whose starting price is temptingly lower but the final price turns out to be significantly higher (as long as the prospective buyer realizes it, of course) are effectively nullified. Cash on delivery is consciously not supported, while technology provides solutions again, with the introduction of the IRIS system, which significantly speeds up the whole process. It goes without saying that in order to start shipping the product, the order and payment must be completed using one of the available methods, just as it happens with all electronic – online purchases.