Priv. Doz. Dr. med. Nektarios Sinis

Senior Consultant, Clinic for Plastic Surgery

Specialist in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery

Specialism: Microsurgery

Higher Education, Training and Qualifications

• 1995 – 2001 Medical school, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany

• 1998 United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1

• 2000 PhD (Dissertation): Microsurgical experiments in a rat lung model

• 2001 United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2

• 2006 Travel grant awarded by German Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Vienna, Prof. M. Frey.

Career

• 2001 - 2002 Hand and plastic surgery, Evangelical Hospital, Oldenburg

• 2002 - 2006 Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, BG Trauma Center,

• Hand, plastic and reconstructive surgery within Burns unit

• 2006 - 2007 Vogtareuth treatment centre, Department for Plastic Surgery, Breast Centre

• 2007 – 2009 Specialisation in plastic surgery. Attending doctor for microsurgery

• Since 2009    Martin Luther Hospital, Berlin. Attending doctor with specialisation in peripheral nerve surgery, free tissue transfer and hand surgery

Membership of Professional Associations / Honorary Positions

• Member of the European Microsurgical Research Association (EMRA)

• Member of the German Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

• Associate Member of the German Society for Hand Surgery

• Editorial board of Medical Equipment Insights since 2007

• Editorial board of the Global Journal of Surgery

• Help for Somalia: Attending Surgeon

Selection of Publications

• Extreme microstomia in an 8-month-old infant: bilateral commissuroplasty using rhomboid buccal mucosa flaps. Jaminet P, Werdin F, Kraus A, Pfau M, Schaller HE, Becker S, Sinis N.Eplasty. 2009 Dec 26;10:e5.

• Recovery of whisking function promoted by manual stimulation of the vibrissal muscles after facial nerve injury requires insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1).Kiryakova S, Söhnchen J, Grosheva M, Schuetz U, Mariniova TS, Dzhupanova R, Sinis N, Hübbers CU, Skouras E, Ankerne J, Fries JW, Irintchev A, Dunlop SA, Angelov DN. Exp Neurol. 2010 Jan 11.

• Local administration of DFO-loaded lipid particles improves recovery after end-to-end reconstruction of rat median nerve. Sinis N, Di Scipio F, Schönle P, Werdin F, Kraus A, Koopmanns G, Masanneck C, Hermanns S, Danker T, Guenther E, Haerle M, Schaller HE, Geuna S, Mueller HW. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2009;27(6):651-62.

• Functional recovery after implantation of artificial nerve grafts in the rat- a systematic review. Sinis N, Kraus A, Tselis N, Haerle M, Werdin F, Schaller HE.

• J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj. 2009 Oct 25;4:19

• Efficacy of various durations of in vitro predegeneration on the cell count and purity of rat Schwann-cell cultures. Kraus A, Täger J, Kohler K, Manoli T, Haerle M, Werdin F, Hoffmann J, Schaller HE, Sinis N. J Neurotrauma. 2010 Jan;27(1):197-203.

• [Nerve reconstruction and nerve grafting] Sinis N, Kraus A, Werdin F, Manoli T, Jaminet P, Haerle M, Schaller HE. Chirurg. 2009 Sep;80(9):875-81; quiz 882. German

• Chapter 23: Manual stimulation of target muscles has different impact on functional recovery after injury of pure motor or mixed nerves.

• Sinis N, Manoli T, Werdin F, Kraus A, Schaller HE, Guntinas-Lichius O, Grosheva M, Irintchev A, Skouras E, Dunlop S, Angelov DN. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2009;87:417-32.

• Chapter 19: The role of collagen in peripheral nerve repair. Koopmans G, Hasse B, Sinis N. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2009;87:363-79.

• Concepts and developments in peripheral nerve surgery. Sinis N, Kraus A, Papagiannoulis N, Werdin F, Schittenhelm J, Meyermann R, Haerle M, Geuna S, Schaller HE. Clin Neuropathol. 2009 Jul-Aug;28(4):247-62.

• [Is intraoperative luxation of the ulnar nerve a criterion for transposition?] Kraus A, Sinis N, Werdin F, Schaller HE. Chirurg. 2009 Jun 18.

• Manual stimulation, but not acute electrical stimulation prior to reconstructive surgery, improves functional recovery after facial nerve injury in rats. Skouras E, Merkel D, Grosheva M, Angelova SK, Schiffer G, Thelen U, Kaidoglou K, Sinis N, Igelmund P, Dunlop SA, Pavlov S, Irintchev A, Angelov DN. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2009;27(3):237-51.

• An improved electrophysiological method to study peripheral nerve regeneration in rats. Werdin F, Grüssinger H, Jaminet P, Kraus A, Manoli T, Danker T, Guenther E, Haerlec M, Schaller HE, Sinis N. J Neurosci Methods. 2009 Aug 30;182(1):71-7. Epub 2009 Jun 6.

• Electrical stimulation of paralyzed vibrissal muscles reduces endplate reinnervation and does not promote motor recovery after facial nerve repair in rats. Sinis N, Horn F, Genchev B, Skouras E, Merkel D, Angelova SK, Kaidoglou K, Michael J, Pavlov S, Igelmund P, Schaller HE, Irintchev A, Dunlop SA, Angelov DN. Ann Anat. 2009 Oct;191(4):356-70. Epub 2009 May 13.

• Restoration of shoulder abduction function by direct muscular neurotization with the phrenic nerve fascicles and nerve grafts: a case report. Sinis N, Boettcher M, Werdin F, Kraus A, Schaller HE.Microsurgery. 2009;29(7):552-5. Free latissimus dorsi flap with long venous grafts for closure of a soft tissue defect of the spine in a patient with Noonan's syndrome: a case report. Sinis N, Lanaras TI, Kraus A, Werdin F, Schaller HE, Peek A. Microsurgery. 2009;29(6):486-9.

• Brachial plexus lesions: 10 years of experience in a center for microsurgery in Germany. Lanaras TI, Schaller HE, Sinis N. Microsurgery. 2009;29(2):87-94.

• Manual stimulation of the orbicularis oculi muscle improves eyelid closure after facial nerve injury in adult rats. Bischoff A, Grosheva M, Irintchev A, Skouras E, Kaidoglou K, Michael J, Angelova SK, Kuerten S, Sinis N, Dunlop SA, Angelov DN. Muscle Nerve. 2009 Feb;39(2):197-205.

• Manual stimulation of the suprahyoid-sublingual region diminishes polynnervation of the motor endplates and improves recovery of function after hypoglossal nerve injury in rats. Evgenieva E, Schweigert P, Guntinas-Lichius O, Pavlov S, Grosheva M, Angelova S, Streppel M, Irintchev A, Skouras E, Kuerten S, Sinis N, Dunlop S, Radeva V, Angelov DN. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2008 Nov-Dec;22(6):754-68. Epub 2008 Jul 8.