Evangelos Georgiou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, King's College London
Papers
8
Total Citations
380
H-Index
5
About
Evangelos Georgiou is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans robotic surgery education, medical physics, and autonomous mobile robotics. He is perhaps best known for his pivotal contributions to the Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) curriculum, a landmark initiative addressing the absence of standardized robotic surgical training. His 2019 study demonstrating FRS curriculum effectiveness has garnered over 205 citations, establishing it as a foundational reference in surgical education, while a subsequent 2020 international, multi-institutional randomized controlled trial further validated its proficiency-based progression approach. Alongside his surgical education work, Georgiou has made significant contributions to medical physics, particularly in dosimetric calibration for CyberKnife radiosurgery systems. His studies on small-field output factor measurements and the implementation of dosimetric formalisms for nonstandard fields have collectively accumulated over 120 citations, influencing clinical practice in stereotactic radiosurgery. Earlier in his career, Georgiou explored autonomous mobile robotics, developing novel SLAM methodologies using RGB-D sensors and hybrid self-localization systems for nonholonomic robots. This breadth of expertise — bridging surgical training, radiation physics, and robotic engineering — reflects a uniquely versatile research profile with meaningful real-world clinical and technological impact.
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- 4Proving the Effectiveness of the Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) Skills Curriculum: A Single-blinded, Multispecialty, Multi-institutional Randomized Control Trial21 citations · 2020
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- 7SLAM Using 3D Reconstruction via a Visual RGB and RGB-D Sensory Input5 citations · 2011
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