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Apostolos D. Galatos

Professor

Animal Surgery & Anaesthesia

 

Research interests


• Gastro-oesophageal reflux during anaesthesia • Impact of music on anaesthesia and analgesia • Suturing techniques and healing process of surgical wounds • Use of anaesthetics in fish and effects on the immune system and growth

 

Curriculum vitae


A.D. Galatos received his veterinary degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1987. After completing a residency in Animal Anaesthesia and Surgery, he started his PhD research in the subject of gastro-oesophageal reflux during anaesthesia in the dog at the same Faculty. He received his PhD degree in 1992

He became Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia and, also, European Veterinary Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia in 1997 . he e European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia and in 1997.

He became Assistant Professor of Animal Surgery at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Thessaly in 1997, Associate Professor of Animal Anaesthesia and Surgery in 2008 and Professor in 2016.

Since 1998 he is Head of the Department of Surgery.

He was Vice Dean and Dean of the Faculty during 1998-2000 and Vice Dean during 2018-2020 and member of the University's Senate during the same periods.

His main undergraduate courses are anaesthesia, intensive care, ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery, and diagnostic imaging.

He is/was the supervisor of more than 50 post-graduate interns, supervisor of 8 PhD theses (7 have been completed) and member of the advisory committee of 6 PhD theses.

He has served as a reviewer for 21 scientific journals and is member of the editorial Board of three of them.

He has participated in 120 international and national scientific meetings, where he presented 106 oral communications and posters, and is the author of 100 scientific publications including 93 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed international journals

citations: 1200, h-index:16, i10-index:25.

Full curriculum vitae

 

Courses


  • General surgery and Ophthalmology
  • Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
  • Diagnostic imaging
  • Clinical practice in anaesthesia, surgery and diagnostic imaging I
  • Clinical practice in anaesthesia, surgery and diagnostic imaging II
 

Selected Publications


  1. Gastro-oesophageal reflux during anaesthesia in the dog: the effect of preoperative fasting and premedication. AD Galatos, D Raptopoulos. Veterinary Record, 137: 479-483, 1995.
  2. Efficacy of 2-phenoxyethanol as an anaesthetic for two size classes of white sea bream, Diplodus sargus, and sharp snout sea bream, Diplodus puntazzo C. H. Tsantilas, AD Galatos, F Athanassopoulou, NN Prassinos, K Kousoulaki. Aquaculture, 253: 64-70, 2006.
  3. Gastro-oesophageal reflux during anaesthesia in the kitten: comparison between use of a laryngeal mask airway or an endotracheal tube. AI Sideri, AD Galatos, G Kazakos, PG Gouletsou. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 36: 547-554, 2009
  4. Anesthesia and analgesia in sheep and goats. AD Galatos. Veterinary Clinics of North America – Food Animal Practice, 27: 47-59, 2011
  5. Proposed Physiological and Neurobiological Mechanisms of Music’s Effect, with a Focus on the Perioperative Period: Literature Evidence from Human, Canine and Feline Medicine. SG Georgiou, AD Galatos, Vet. Sci. 2025, 12, 770. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12080770
  6. Music as a perioperative, non-pharmacological intervention in veterinary medicine. Establishing a feasible framework for music implementation and future perspectives with a focus on the perioperative period of dogs and cats. SG Georgiou, AD Galatos, Vet. Sci. 2025, 12:1672783. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1672783
  7. Ιntraoperative music during general anaesthesia in dogs undergoing elective ovariohysterectomy: a prospective, double-blinded randomized exploratory study. SG Georgiou, PG Gouletsou, Ε Dermisiadou, TL Anagnostou, ΑI Sideri, AD Galatos. Animals 2026, 16, 29, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani1601002