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European Vascular Anomalies (EVA) Clinic

Athens Euroclinic Hospital and Children's Euroclinic Hospital

VBF Expert
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
  • Director – Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Athens Euroclinic Hospital and Children’s Euroclinic Hospital
  • Director – European Vascular Anomalies Clinic

Stavros Tombris, MD, PhD, DDS,  is the Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Athens Euroclinic Hospital and Children’s Euroclinic Hospital. Currently, he is an affiliated expert to the Vascular Birthmark Institute at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York and the Zentrum für Vasculäre Malformationen at the Werner Forßmann Hospital in Eberswalde, Germany.

Dr. Tombris is a graduate of the Democritus University Medical School and the Aristotle University Dental School. He was trained in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Tufts University, Boston MA (1997-2001). He was a surgical consultant at the Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformation Clinic (Director Prof. Martin Mihm) at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University Medical School (1998-2001).

In 2002, he continued his training on vascular lesions of the face, at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital with Prof. Milton Waner. Returning to Greece, he served as the Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Athens Naval Hospital (2008-2011).

Being actively involved in the treatment of vascular lesions of the face, Dr. Tombris is invited as a lecturer at many national and international conferences.

As Founder and Director of the European Vascular Anomalies Clinic, Dr. Tombris has offered his help in organizing vascular malformation clinics in other countries.

Dr. Tombris is also a VBF European Medical Director and generous host of the International Congress on Vascular Anomalies & VBF iTEAM Conference in Greece in June 2019. He was honored in 2019 as the VBF Physician of the Year for his lifelong dedication to serving the vascular birthmarks community.

Languages: Greek, English, French

  • Birthmarks Types:

    Hemangioma, Venous Malformation, Lymphatic Malformation, Port Wine Stain, AVM, Combination, Other

  • Birthmark Syndromes:

    Sturge-Weber Syndrome, PHACES, CLOVES, Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome

  • Practice Specialties:

    Surgery, Pediatrics, Maxillo Facial, Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastics, Dermatology

  • Procedures Offered:

    Laser, Surgery, Drug Management, Interventional