The IASO Children's Hospital Neurosurgery Department is hosting an informational event for healthcare professionals at Elysian Luxury Hotel & Spa in Kalamata on Wednesday 6 November at 17:00.

The event is addressed to doctors from the Prefecture of Messinia, who will be briefed on the activities of the Neurosurgery Department, as well as the targeted, innovative and minimally invasive treatments performed on children.

Neurosurgery Professor Vasileios Zerris, MD, MPH, MSc, FAANS and Director of the Neurosurgery Department, who has long experience in major centers in the USA, will talk about scientific pediatric neurosurgery topics, such as craniosynostosis, cranial and spinal dysraphism, Chiari malformation, neonatal posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and spasticity.

The IASO Children's Hospital Neurosurgery Department treats all brain and spinal conditions affecting children, from birth to adolescence.

Specifically, it treats:

• Craniosynostosis and craniofacial dysplasias, working with a craniofacial surgeon, trained in the USA
• Hydrocephalus, which is treated with implantation of externally programmable latest generation drainage systems (non-visible externally) or with the innovative endoscopic third ventriculostomy technique
• Brain and spinal tumors (surgical resection or minimally invasive stereotactic biopsy, depending on the indications)
• Encephaloceles or meningoceles
• Traumatic brain injury and traumatic spine and spinal cord injury
• Chiari malformation
• Spinal dysraphism, fixation of last spinal cord filament, myelomeningocele
• Spasticity (often as a result of brain paralysis), which is treated with the innovative selective dorsal rhizotomy surgical technique or with placement (non-visible externally) of pump for intrathecal administration of baclofen, making the daily care of young patients easier
• Syringomyelia
• Scoliosis, even performing highly complex spondylodesis techniques, depending on the indications
• Drug-resistant epilepsy, which is treated with selective resection of the epileptic focus or implantation of vagus nerve stimulator
• Movement disorders, such as dystonia, which are treated by performing superselective pathogenic tissue damage or with implantation of neural function stimulators or inhibitors (deep brain stimulation)
• Brain and spinal abscesses

The IASO Children's Hospital Neurosurgery Department, headed by Neurosurgery Professor Vasileios Zerris, MD, MPH, MSc, FAANS, offers permanent treatment, even for conditions that were deemed incurable until recently or were accompanied by severe neurological deficits. To be able to offer even more targeted, innovative and minimally invasive treatment, the experience of the surgical team is coupled with the top infrastructure of IASO Children's Hospital, offering the best possible solution to each child's problem and ensuring the best possible outcome.

At IASO Children's Hospital, the largest and most modern pediatric hospital in Greece, we provide each child with comprehensive medical treatment and care. The experienced medical and nursing staff and the state-of-the-art facilities are available 24/7 to offer your child the nurturing care he or she needs.

For more news-related information: Nancy Christopoulou, Commercial Division of the IASO Group, Tel.: +30 210 6383917, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The IASO Group received the Business Excellence Award at the Salus Index Awards 2019 for its sophisticated and state-of-the-art equipment, as well as its concerted actions regarding Corporate Social Responsibility issues. The IASO Group was distinguished among the companies with the healthiest growth in the area of Health / Pharmaceuticals / Beauty.

The annual Salus Index Awards business excellence meeting was hosted by New Times Publishing at Grande Bretagne Hotel Athens on Wednesday 6 November 2019. The event was attended by representatives from healthcare sector bodies, the political and business arena, and the media. The awards were presented to representatives of the business community and leading individuals from the medical world who have been distinguished for their scientific achievements. The awards were strictly based on financial criteria, including profitability, investments, human resources and research programs.

Ms Christina Korovesi, Head of Marketing at IASO, accepted the award from Mr Theodoros Giarmenitis, President of the Panhellenic Association of Industries and Representatives of Cosmetics and Fragrances.

The IASO Children's Hospital Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Center is an International Model Center of Reference. It provides comprehensive treatment of conditions involving the cranium, face, maxilla and mouth and is staffed by the most experienced, highly trained and internationally certified team with a specialty in pediatrics.

The center specializes in monitoring and surgically treating all cranial and facial malformations and genetic deformities, as well as functional or aesthetic problems that may occur throughout childhood. Each child is treated in accordance with a comprehensive and individualized medical treatment and care plan based on international protocols.

Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons from the U.S.A. with extensive experience and training at some of the largest hospitals abroad. Spiros A. Lazarou M.D., Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeon and head of the IASO Children's Hospital Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Center, and Vassilios A. Zerris, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., FAANS, a neurosurgeon and head of the IASO Children's Hospital Pediatric Neurosurgery Department, and their scientific associates guarantee top-quality care that meets the highest international standards. It is indicative that the team has presented a number of papers at Greek and international conferences, with more than 300 papers published in Greek and international medical journals and it continues to publish new surgical techniques.

It is also specialized in the diagnosis and invasive and non-invasive treatment of cranio-maxillofacial conditions in children with:

• Clefts
• Craniosynostosis (Scaphocephaly, Trigonocephaly, Premature fusion of the anterior or posterior fontanel, etc.)
• Hypertelorism
• Blepharoptosis
• Congenital melanocytic nevi
• Craniofacial trauma
• Craniofacial tumors
• Giant nevi
• Otoplasty
• Upper/lower jaw occlusion anomalies and facial asymmetries, etc.

At IASO Children's Hospital, the largest and most modern pediatric hospital in Greece, we provide each child with comprehensive medical treatment and care. The experienced medical and nursing staff and the state-of-the-art facilities are here 24/7 to offer your child the nurturing care he or she needs.

For more news-related information: Nancy Christopoulou, Commercial Division of the IASO Group, Tel.: +30 210 6383917, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.