Academic work


As a Professor, at the University of Heidelberg, the University of Berne and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Medical School of the University of Cyprus, teaching and research are besides the clinical work central parts of Prof. Zacharious´ activities.

Research Projects

Educational Projects

Experimental scientific work

  • Isolation of sinus endothelial and Kupffer cells. Primary culture and
    Prostanoid release after cell stimulation with complement C5-8

  • Autologus-allotopic small bowel mucosa trans­plantation as a therapy
    of Short Bowel Syndrome (supported by the German Scientific Society,
    DFG with € 250.000)

Clinical scientific work

  • Spleen maintenance after splenic trauma, Fibrin sealants

  • Maintenance of ovarian stroma in cases of ovarian cysts in new-borns

  • Role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of appendicitis

  • Ultrasound guided puncture for plexus anaesthesia

  • Control of surgically implanted central lines with intraatrial ECG

  • Case reports of rare Paediatric surgical diseases

  • Risk and benefit of prosthetic materials

  • Intraoperative Radiotherapy in high neuroblastoma stages

  • Use of external glues

  • Development of a laparoscopic method for Tenckhof-Katheter implantation

  • Morphological and ultrasound examinations of the testis after Fowler- Stephens procedure in rats (Supported by a private foundation with € 100.000)
    Therapy of haemangiomas according to their morphometric criteria.

  • Postoperative Sepsis in newborns (Supported by the Swiss National foundation)
    Early Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Books, Multimedia

  • MEMORIX: Pocket Manual for Paediatric Surgery (Chapman & Hall)

  • CD-ROM „Routineeingriffe in der Kinderchirurgie“ (J.A. Barth)

  • CD-ROM „Laparoscopy in Infants and Children“ (Springer)

  • CD-ROM „ State of the Art Fibrin Sealants“

  • CD-ROM: „Meet the Expert Lectures“ 4th Eur. Congr. Paed. Surgery

  • Pediatric Surgery Digest: Manual for Pediatric Surgery (Springer)

  • Pediatric Surgery Digest: Manual for Pediatric Surgery 2nd Edition (Springer)

  • ESPES Manual of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ergonomics (Springer)

  • Pediatric Surgery, Therapeutic Principle of Bone Trauma in the growing skeleton (Springer)

  • Pediatric Surgery Diagnosis and Management, Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma (Springer)

Non Medical related projects

  • Studies on Byzantine medicine in manuscripts on Athos Monasteries

  • Tiffany stained glass art

  • Culinary arts, Cooking Book