Clinique de Genolier

Dr. med. Georgios Gkagkalis

Specialist FMH in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Locomotor System

Languages
FR EN IT EL
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Clinique de Genolier
Route du muids 3
1272 Genolier

Education

2016 - 2020

Doctorate in Medicine, University of Lausanne (UNIL)

2018 - 2019

Clinical fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery specialising in prosthetics and traumatology of the lower limb, Université de Montréal, Canada

2016

Federal title (FMH) of specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System

2006

Advance Trauma Life Support - ATLS (Refresh 2010, 2014 & 2018)

2003

Medical degree, Democrity University of Thrace, Alexandroúpolis, Greece 
(Federal equivalence of medical degree by MEBEKO)

2000 - 2003

Faculty of Medicine Democrity University of Thrace, Greece

1996 - 2000

Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua, Italy

Publications

  • Acute leg compartment syndrome after CT-guided core needle biopsy of a giant cell tumor of the proximal fibula. Kevin Moerenhout, Georgios Gkagkalis, Patrick Omoumi, Stephane Cherix Acta Orthop Belg. 2020 
  • Pelvic chondrosarcoma treated by en-bloc resection with patient-specific osteotomy guides and reimplantation of the extra-corporeally irradiated bone as an osseocartilaginous structural orthotopic autograft. A report of two cases with description of the surgical technique. Georgios Gkagkalis, Kevin Moerenhout, Hannes A. Rüdiger, Daniel A. Müller, Igor Letovanec, Stephane Cherix. Case Reports in Orthopedics, vol. 2021, Article
  • Advantages of patient-specific cutting guides with disposable instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty: a case control study. Moerenhout K, Allami B, Gkagkalis G, Guyen O, Jolles BM. J Orthop Surg Res. 2021 
  • Are the Cumulated Ambulation Score and Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool useful for predicting discharge destination and length of stay following total knee arthroplasty? Gkagkalis G, Pereira LC, Fleury N, Luthi F, Lécureux E, Jolles BM. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2019 Dec
  • Total Hip Arthroplasty for Bilateral Femoral Neck Stress Fracture: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Moerenhout K, Gkagkalis G, Laflamme GY, Rouleau DM, Leduc S, Benoit B. Adv Orthop. 2019 
  • The irreducible ankle dislocation: beware of the Bosworth injury. Hasler J, Antoniadis A, Gkagkalis G, Flury A, Moerenhout K.
    Unfallchirurg. 2019  
  • Cementless short-stem total hip arthroplasty in the elderly patient - is it a safe option? A prospective multicenter observational study.
    Gkagkalis G, Goetti P, Mai S, Meinecke I, Helmy N, Bosson D, Kutzner KP. BMC Geriatr. 2019 
  • Association of Bosworth, Pilon, and Open Talus Fractures: A Very Unusual Ankle Trauma.
    Moerenhout K, Gkagkalis G, Baalbaki R, Crevoisier X. Case Rep Orthop. 2019
  • Simultaneous Ipsilateral Quadriceps and Triceps Tendon Rupture in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Failure. Moerenhout K, Gkagkalis G, Benoit B, Laflamme GY. Case Rep Orthop. 2018
  • Adverse tissue reaction to corrosion at the neck-stem junction after modular primary total hip arthroplasty. Gkagkalis G, Mettraux P, Omoumi P, Mischler S, Rüdiger HA. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2015
  • Knowledge and behaviour of tourists towards the sun, as studied in a region of northern Greece. Argyriadou S, Makridis D, Lygidakis H, Apazidis G, Gagalis G. Rural Remote Health. 2005

Work Experience

since 2025

Accredited doctor at the Clinique de Genolier, Switzerland

since 2023

Private practice

2019 - 2023

Chief Resident, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Etablissements Hospitaliers du Nord Vaudois (EHNV)

2018 - 2019

Fellow in Prosthetics/Lower Limb Traumatology, CIUSSS NÎM/Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Quebec, Canada

2016 - 2018

Chief Resident, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

2014 - 2016

Assistant Chief Resident, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, GHOL, Nyon, Switzerland

2011 - 2014

Assistant physician, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

2009 - 2011

Assistant physician, Department of Visceral Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

2008 - 2009

Assistant physician, Department of Surgery and Traumatology, Hôpital Riviera, Montreux, Switzerland

2006 - 2007

Military doctor during compulsory military service, Greece

2004 - 2006

Assistant physician in general surgery, Xanthi General Hospital, Greece

2003 - 2004

Primary care physician, Kavala International Airport (12-month compulsory internship), Kavala, Greece

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