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Mr Dimitrios Miligkos

Mr Miligkos is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who specialises in minimal access surgery.

MRCOG, PhD

Training and education

  • Ptychion Iatrikes (MBBS) - University of Athens, Greece
  • MRCOG (member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)
  • Advanced laparoscopic surgery advanced training skills modules (ATSM)
  • Accreditation in colposcopy from the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) 

Experience

Mr Miligkos joined UHS in August 2012 as a fellow in advanced laparoscopic (minimal access) surgery. He completed his training in 2014 and is currently a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology.

He is the lead for outpatient treatment hysteroscopy (a procedure used to look inside the uterus) at the Princess Anne Hospital.

In addition to general gynaecology his special interests are:

  • endometriosis (a condition that causes cells like the ones inside the womb to grow in other places, like the ovaries or fallopian tubes)
  • pelvic pain
  • menstrual (period) disorders
  • colposcopy (a procedure used to look at the cervix)
  • gynaecological ultrasound scans.

He is specialised in minimal access surgery. He performs laparoscopic hysterectomy (removal of the womb), myomectomy (removal of fibroids from the uterus), surgery to treat endometriosis, and operative hysteroscopy and colposcopy.

Key achievements

  • Advanced laparoscopic surgery ATSM for the excision of benign gynaecological disease (national recruitment fellowship)
  • PhD in medicine: The role of IGF in the pathophysiology of endometriosis

Awards and prizes

  • Laparoscopic video competition award, British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy, 2015 
  • The Durbin PLC Annual Awards for the best scientific presentations, prize for the best original study, 'Experience of Caesarean scar pregnancy in a tertiary early pregnancy unit'. Annual meeting association of early pregnancy unit, 2014
  • Travelling fellowship award, British Society Gynaecological Endoscopy, 2013

Research

  • Local principal investigator for the HEALTH trial – randomised trial of laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy vs endometrial ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding. The trial has now been completed and the results are awaited.
  • PhD in medicine: The role of IGF in the pathophysiology of endometriosis