Elias Tsiolis is a surgeon with more than twenty years of experience in the Greek and Swedish healthcare systems. He has worked in hospitals at every level — from large university institutions to smaller regional clinics — gaining a comprehensive and realistic view of surgical practice and patient care.
Education and Specialization
He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Athens in 2000. He specialized in General Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Therapeutic Endoscopy at hospitals in Greece and Sweden.
- General Hospital of West Attica
- Evangelismos Hospital, Athens
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg
- Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
- Karlstad Hospital, Sweden
- Kungälv Hospital, Sweden
- Torsby Hospital, Sweden
- Arvika Hospital, Sweden
Clinical and Management Career
He has served at every level of the Swedish public healthcare system, taking on both clinical and management responsibilities.
Positions held during his career:
- Deputy Head of Surgery at Torsby & Arvika hospitals (2012–2014)
- Deputy Head and later Medical Director of the Department of Surgery at Kungälv Hospital (2014–2017)
- Head of the Department of Surgery and Head of the Surgical Division at Karlstad & Arvika hospitals (2017–2020)
- Member of the central health management board of Region Värmland, responsible for departments and teams of hundreds of healthcare professionals (2020–2022)
- Co-founder and Director of the private clinic A-Surgery Din Kirurgklinik in Sweden (2023 – present)
- Director of the Surgical Clinic at Metropolitan General, Athens
Surgical Expertise
His experience covers the full range of general, laparoscopic and oncological surgery, with an emphasis on a modern, painless and minimally invasive approach.
Areas of expertise:
- Abdominal wall reconstruction (inguinal hernias, umbilical hernias, anterior abdominal wall hernias, diastasis recti, incisional hernias, hernias after multiple operations)
- Oncological and benign laparoscopic surgery of the digestive system (obesity, small and large intestine, appendix, gallstones)
- Painless procedures for anal conditions (hemorrhoids, mucosal prolapse, fissure, pilonidal cyst)
He believes that modern surgery must be precise, based on the latest guidelines, minimally traumatic and fully tailored to the needs of each patient.
Training Young Surgeons
As a consultant accredited by the Swedish Surgical Society, he has trained many young surgeons in laparoscopic surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and anal surgery, as well as in emergency surgery.
He is known for the calm and clarity with which he guides both trainees and patients, in and out of the operating room.
Clinical Responsibility, Collegiality and a Human Approach
His many years in senior management positions in Sweden, on surgical boards, committees for complex cases and investigations of adverse medical events (malpractice investigations) have given him a deep understanding of the scientific, ethical and legal aspects of medical practice.
This experience has helped him develop a calm, responsible and balanced approach to decision-making, to working with colleagues and to communicating with patients.
Philosophy
“For me, surgery is not only a technically and scientifically excellent act; above all it is a relationship of trust — with the patient, with colleagues, with the members of the operating team and with the relative waiting anxiously outside the operating room.
To each of my patients I offer not only my long experience and technical skill, but also complete honesty, calm and optimism throughout the course of the illness, and steady guidance until recovery.”
