In memoriam
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Hellenic Journal of Surgery (2014) 86:6, 399
In memoriam The sudden death of Christos Pissiotis shocked the surgical community of Athens. The Hellenic Surgical Society has lost a worthy and active member. Though recently he no longer served on the Board of Executives of the Society, he was always keen to help and give his opinion on surgery and medicine in Greece today, especially in stormy weathers. His contribution to strengthening the liaison and cooperation with the UWMS, Department of Surgery, was always very significant and very important for our Society. I personally was quite close to Christos. We met for the first time 48 years ago, in 1966. We were both practicing our specialty in Surgery as interns, during a hard and difficult period for young interns. Our careers followed parallel paths: teaching at the Athens University Medical School and as surgeons at different
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University Clinics in Athens for 25 years, both becoming assistant professors and then associate professors at the same time. We were appointed Directors and Chairmen of large NHS surgical clinics. Later, Christos chose to work in private practice. Some years ago, quite by chance, Christos built his seaside home on the island of Mykonos, next door to mine. We spent considerable time together, taking long walks always accompanied by his dog, a German Shepherd. I will remember those getaways with nostalgia and the long, though not always calm discussions, about almost everything. I'll miss Christos as a friend, as a colleague, as a good surgeon and above all as the doctor who practiced humane medicine. The poet whispers: "[its then that] the dead dies [only] when we forget them" We shall remember Christos. George Antsaklis President of the Hellenic Surgical Society
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΕΤΟΣ ΙΔΡΥΣΕΩΣ 1928 ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΑΚΑΔΗΜΙΑΣ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ 1978
HELLENIC
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ
JOURNAL OF
SURGERY HELLENIC SURGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED 1928 ATHENS ACADEMY AWARD 1978
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