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Georgios K. Matis MD, MSc, PhD

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Georgios K. Matis MD, MSc, PhD

Biography

Dr. Georgios Matis is a senior consultant for neurosurgery. He leads the chronic
pain/spasticity section of the Department of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Cologne. He has been trained in Greece (General University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki & 417 Army Equity
Fund Hospital of Athens), USA (Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical
College, New York, NY), Switzerland (Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich) and Germany (Department of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne).
Dr. Matis is a member of two medical associations (Thessaloniki, Greece & North Rhine,
Germany) and also a member of the German Neuromodulation Society (DGNM) and the
International Neuromodulation Society (INS).
He serves as a reviewer for many international journals and is an Editorial Board member for
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface and Interventional Pain Medicine and
Neuromodulation. He holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of The Internet Journal of
Neurosurgery. Dr. Matis has published many articles in Greek and international Pubmed-
indexed journals and held many lectures as an invited speaker at numerous international
congresses and webinars. At the same time, he is the Co-Chair of the Medical and Public
Education and Engagement Committee of the International Neuromodulation Society.
Dr. Matis is involved in many international clinical studies and has been active as an
instructor for many colleagues in Germany and abroad. He is also an active member of the
medical advisory board of the German CRPS Support Group and a member of several online
consultation platforms. He is actively involved in social media trying to raise awareness about
spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal therapies and neuromodulation.