Andreas Karakatsanis

Andreas Karakatsanis currently serves as Chief of Breast Surgery and Senior Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon and Chief of Breast Surgery at the Akademiska University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden, where he is the director of the International BRESO fellowship, Associate Professor of Breast Surgery at the Medical School of Uppsala University and the founder of the Uppsala Breast Meeting. Since January 2026, he has been appointed visiting professor of surgery of Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

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Andreas is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and completed his General Surgery training at the 2nd Department of Surgery of the University of Athens. Following his core training, he undertook a fellowship at the Akademiska University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden, where he was appointed as a consultant since 2014. He holds 2 PhD degrees: one from the Medical School of the University of Athens on microRNA and malignant liver disease (2015) and one from Uppsala University on the implementation of innovative techniques in breast cancer surgery (2018). 

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Andreas is the Secretary of the Executive Board of the UEMS Breast Division of the European Board of Surgery (Breast), having served as an examiner for a decade.  He has served with the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO) since 2018, currently as Deputy Editor-In-Chief.

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A highly sought speaker in international meetings and courses, Andreas focuses his research in maximizing outcomes in breast conserving therapies, standardizing oncoplastic surgery and  developing minimally invasive techniques.