Curriculum vitae Zachariou
Born in Limassol in 1957. Graduated in 1985 at the Medical School of the University of Heidelberg, Germany - MD Diploma with dissertation. Between 1985 to 1991 he was trained in the Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg and in 1992 he obtained the specialty of General Surgeon. After a two-year additional postgraduate training, he acquired the sub-specialty of Pediatric Surgery. Between 1991 to 1994, he obtained a Ph.D. in the area of small bowel transplantation with a competitive grant from DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at the University of Heidelberg. In 1994 he was appointed Assistant Professor of General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery at the University of Heidelberg and in 2000 Professor of Pediatric Surgery at the same University. From 1998 to 2003 he was Deputy Director of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Heidelberg. In 2003 he was appointed Director and Chair of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Bern, Switzerland. In 2013 he was appointed Deputy Dean and Director of Phase III (clinical training) at the newly founded Medical School of the University of Cyprus and then Dean in 2015-2016. He is a founding member of the European Pediatric Surgeons' Association and has been a treasurer for two terms and the President (2013-2015). Since 2014, he is a member of the Executive Committee of UEMS - Section Pediatric Surgery (European Commission for recognition of specialty). For 12 years he participated in the ERASMUS Program as a visitor to the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was repeatedly invited speaker in China, Poland Egypt, Romania, Hungary, Russian Federation, Iran, Turkey and Serbia. In 2004 he was awarded the title "Dr. honoris causa "of the Iuliu Hatieganu Medical University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 2014 the title of guest professor at the University of Pecs Hungary and is in the process for being awarded the title of visiting professor at the University of Nis, Serbia. He is an Honorary Member of 8 Pediatric Surgery Associations and a member of the editorial board of the main scientific journals of Pediatric Surgery. He is the publisher of 2 Pediatric Surgery Books (Springer Berlin, Heidelberg) with Chinese, Russian and Greek translations and 4 CD-ROMs as an interactive teaching instrument for application of Pediatric Surgery techniques.