MBChB (Hons), MRCS (Eng), MSc (Orthop Eng), FRCS (Orth), PhD. Consultant Paediatric and Limb Reconstruction Orthopaedic Surgeon. Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust (2007-2012). Honorary Lecturer University of Manchester.
Dr Michalis Zenios studied medicine at the University of Manchester and completed his medical degree with honours in 1995. He completed his basic surgical training (MRCS Eng) and subsequently his specialist orthopaedic training (FRCS orth) at Manchester’s University hospitals.
During his training he completed a part time MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering at the University of Cardiff. From 2006 until 2007 he completed a Clinical and Research fellowship at the Children’s Hospital in Westmead, Sydney, Australia. During the fellowship he subspecialised in Paediatric Orthopaedics and developed his research interests in Orthopaedic Basic science working as an Orthopaedic Surgeon in a multidisciplinary team. When he returned to the UK he was appointed as a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
Since his return to Cyprus in 2012, he practices Paediatric Orthopaedic and Limb Reconstruction surgery in Limassol. He published many scientific papers in peer review journals and presented in international meetings. He was the president of the Cyprus Orthopaedic association in the years 2017-2019. In 2018 he completed his PhD at the University of Manchester. The PhD is entitled “Mechanical characterisations of the Taylor Spatial Frame and its clinical implications”. The Taylor Spatial frame is an innovative fixator linked with a computer programme that allows accurate limb deformity correction and limb lengthening in children and adults.
He specialises in Paediatric Orthopaedics and limb deformity correction and lengthening in children and adults. He has performed a lot of operations in children with cerebral palsy and runs his own gait lab for children with cerebral palsy. He has an extensive experience in the treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip and its diagnosis with the use of ultrasound, Perthes’disease, slipped upper femoral epiphysis, scoliosis and musculoskeletal infections such as osteomyelitis and septic arthritis.
