BIOGRAPHIC NOTES

Lefteris Demetriou, MD, FRCSP, FICS
Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon

Dr. Lefteris comes from a family of doctors; both his parents and 3 uncles are doctors, so medicine is a kind of family tradition. He was born in Athens from a Cypriot father and a Greek mother. When he was three, the family moved to Cyprus.

Following the successful completion of the Pancyprian Gymnasium high school in Nicosia, he was admitted in the famous Medical School of Vienna University. He finished his medical degree in 1971 and was given the title of Doctor of Medicine.

In 1972 he traveled to United Kingdom where he started working for specialization. After rotational courses in Medicine - Cardiology, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Accident and Emergency, Thoracic Surgery and taking exams, he was accredited in Gen. Surgery.

Since 1980 he has concentrated on Plastic Surgery. He started working as a Senior Resident Surgeon with a highly respected plastic surgeon in U. K. Mr. Ian Muir, at the Aberdeen University Hospital and continued his training in Plastic Surgery at the Newcastle University Hospitals in England, until 1986. He subscribed in several teaching seminars and courses of Plastic Surgery over a period of 4 years. For a period he worked with Mr Frederick Nicolle, entirely on Cosmetic Surgery, in Harley Street, London. Soon after he was accredited in Plastic Surgery.

In 1986 he returned to Nicosia, Cyprus. He is the first full time Aesthetic Surgeon in Cyprus and is highly sought after for his skills, resulting in a successful career.

Delicate for Cypus for The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS), the British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPRAS), European Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESPRAS), the Greek Society of Plastic Surgery, the Cypriot Society of Plastic Surgery (elected to be the President), The International College of Surgeons (FICS), the Cyprus Surgical Society, the Cyprus Medical Association, The International Federation of Sport Medicine (FIMS), etc.

Belonging to all these societies has the purpose of gaining prestige and assuring the patients of the qualifications and the recognition of skills of Dr. Lefteris.

He has a teaching experience with teaching undergraduates at the University Hospitals, while he was Senior Resident and Chief Resident. He was given a scholarship by Israel at the Hadassah Hospital and once or twice a year he takes part in National and International Conferences and Courses to upgrade his knowledge and be up to date with the technical developments of his craft. This also helps him to collect the necessary points of Continuous Medical Education (CME) for the annual Professional Licence. He has published several articles and reviews of his specialty, in medical and non medical journals. He also has been guest in radio and TV programs talking about Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery.

Since in Cyprus, he has carried out over 3000 operations of Plastic Surgery in general. He performs all types of aesthetic surgery and the main load of his work is breast surgery (enlargement, reduction, and lift), nose surgery (rhinoplasty), tummy tucks and liposuction.

He is married to Pamela from England and they have 4 daughters. Three have finished their University degrees and the last one is at Bristol University.

He has a Private Pilot Licence and has taken part in many flying sport events. He was a field athlete and continues his interest in athletics being the official sport team doctor for the Federations of Judo and Tae Kwon Do.

He speaks Greek, English and German well.

He sees and operates on his patients in Nicosia and Larnaca but when the circumstances require it, he may operate in the town of Ayia Napa as well.