Personal profile
Professor Antoniou has established a strong clinical practice with excellent clinical outcomes. His clinical work has strongly enhanced the local vascular unit, which provides complex regional vascular services to one of the most deprived areas in the North West.
He is a world expert in vascular and endovascular surgery with an academic interest in evidence synthesis, clinical practice guideline development, and aortic aneurysm research. He has published more than 300 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, which have attracted more than 10,000 citations. Several of his publications in the European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery have been selected as the Editor’s Choice, and he has been awarded for highly cited work by the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
He is now internationally regarded as an opinion leader in vascular/endovascular surgery, as testified by the numerous editorials he is asked to write by the most prestigious journals in the field and lectures he is asked to give in international conferences.
Professor Antoniou chairs the International RIsk stratification in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (IRIS-EVAR) working group. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) for several National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) clinical studies and sits on the panel of national and international scientific committees, including:
- European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) Guidelines Steering Committee
- European Research Hub
- Vascular Society Aortic Specialist Interest Group
- European and American Hernia Societies Guideline Writing Committee
- ESVS Guidelines Writing Committee for Descending Thoracic Aorta Diseases
- ESVS Guidelines Writing Committee for Diseases of Mesenteric and Renal Arteries and Veins
- Guidelines Assessment Project Consortium
Professor Antoniou is an Editorial Member for the Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, Associate Editor for the Hellenic Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, and Statistical Reviewer for the European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery.
He is certified by the European Board of Vascular Surgery in surgery and vascular surgery.