Sports Medicine
PLACE OF BIRTH
Liege, Belgium
CITIZENSHIP
U.S.
EDUCATION
1977 - B.A., Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
1982 - M.D., Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
INTERNSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
1982 - 1983 Intern in General Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
1983 - 1984 Resident in General Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
1984 - 1987 Orthopedic Resident, Harvard Orthopedic Program, MGH Track, Boston, MA
1987 - 1988 Clinical Instructor, Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1988 - 1989 Clinical Instructor, University of California/Davis
U.C./Davis Medical School, Sacramento, CA
FELLOWSHIPS
1988 Sports Orthopedic Fellowship
Harvard University Team Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
1988-1989 Spine Fellowship
University of California/Davis, Sacramento, CA
BOARD CERTIFICATION
1992 American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
1999 Re-certification-Orthopedic Surgery
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1975 - 1976 Research Assistant in Pathology
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
1977 - Research Assistant in Radiology
North Shore-Cornell University Hospital Manhasset, NY
OTHER POSITIONS
2010 - Chairman St. Francis Hospital Orthopedic Department
2001 - 2009 - Vice Chairman St. Francis Orthopedic Department
1995 - 2005 - Director-Spine Clinic Orthopedic Department
University of Connecticut Medical Center
Hartford County Medical Association
Peer Review Committee
Vice President Thomas Quigley Society
HONORS
1976 - Louis G. Williams Soccer Award, Harvard College Cambridge, MA
1977 - Magna Cum Laude, Harvard College Cambridge, MA
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
1983 - 1984 - General Surgery Representative, Resident Council
YaleNew Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
PUBLICATIONS
Spencer, Yannopoulos: "Bone Densitometry Study in a Patient With Prior Kyphoplasty Variant of Vertebroplasty", Clinical Nuclear Medicine, May 2002, Volume 27, Issue 5
Gould, Yannopoulos, Somers, Terzakis "Neuroendocrine Cells in Dysplastic Bronchi," Am.J. Pathology., 9040-56, 1978.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS
St. Francis Hospital
2010 - Chairman, Department of Orthopedics
ATTENDING SURGEON
University of Connecticut Health Center
John Dempsey Hospital
Farmington, CT 06032
ATTENDING SURGEON, ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, CT 06106
COURTESY STAFF
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT 06106
COURTESY STAFF
COMMITTEES
Orthopedic Residency Interview Committee
UCONN Department of Orthopedics
Hartford County Medical Association
Peer Review Committee
Spine Study Committee
UCONN Department of Orthopedics
Spine Trauma Committee
St. Francis Hospital
Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center
Orthopedic Consultant
Harvard University Interview Committee, Chairman Northern Connecticut
1993 - present
Team Physician - Simsbury High School
Steering Committee
St. Francis Hospital
LANGUAGES
Greek
French
ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
New England Elbow/Shoulder Society
North American Spine Society
Connecticut Orthopedic Society
Thomas Quigley Society
Harvard Varsity Club
Hartford County Medical Association
Connecticut Harvard Interview Committee, Co-Chairman
American Medical Association
Connecticut State Medical Society
Paul Lipscomb Society
OTHER INTERESTS
Long distance running (Boston Marathon 77)
Tennis
Weightlifting
Piano
Soccer
Eagle Scout