Dr. Dimitris Lyras

• Clinical Director, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens (current)

• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, private practice (2012–present)

• Minimal Invasive Hip & Knee Fellow, Skyridge Medical Center, Colorado, USA (2013–2024)

• Senior Trauma Fellow, Poole NHS Trust, UK (2010–2011)

• Various registrar/specialist posts in Athens hospitals (2004–2012)

• PhD on autologous growth factors in tendon healing

• Multiple peer-reviewed publications, international presentations, editor/reviewer for scientific journals

• Best Paper Award, European Foot and Ankle Society, 2010

• Best Paper Award, European Foot and Ankle Society, 2010

• EFORT European fellowship for minimally invasive arthroplasty, 2013

• Who’s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, 2011–2012

Dr. Dimitris Lyras is a board-certified trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with special focus on minimally invasive hip and knee procedures, joint reconstruction, advanced trauma, and regenerative orthopaedics. Educated in Greece, the UK, and USA, he holds a clinical doctorate and a master’s in metabolic bone disease. As Clinical Director at Metropolitan Hospital in Athens, he leads innovative surgical teams, has published on tendon healing and joint surgery, and trains surgeons worldwide. Awarded by European and international organizations, Dr. Lyras is valued for clinical skill, academic leadership, and patient-centered innovation.