Dr Stavros Loukogeorgakis

Mr Stavros Loukogeorgakis is a Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon and expert witness at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. His principal areas of clinical expertise include fetal, neonatal and paediatric surgery, with particular interests in complex congenital gastrointestinal, genitourinary and thoracic conditions, prenatal therapy and paediatric trauma.

He provides specialist surgical care for newborns, infants and children with a wide range of congenital and acquired disorders. His practice includes fetal spina bifida surgery, antenatal counselling, abdominal wall defects, oesophageal and bowel abnormalities, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, necrotising enterocolitis, Hirschsprung’s disease, anorectal malformations and short bowel syndrome. He also manages paediatric trauma, benign tumours, foreign bodies and selected genitourinary conditions.

As one of only three NHS-commissioned fetal surgeons in the UK, Mr Loukogeorgakis has particular authority in the prenatal assessment and treatment of congenital disease. Alongside his clinical work, he is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Surgery at University College London, where his research focuses on regenerative medicine and novel treatments for neonatal surgical conditions.

Mr Stavros Loukogeorgakis has undertaken medico legal work since 2024, providing independent expert opinion in clinical negligence, personal injury and criminal matters relating to neonatal and paediatric surgery. He currently accepts claimant instructions and prepares screening, breach of duty, causation, and condition and prognosis reports.

His medico legal practice focuses on complex fetal, neonatal and paediatric surgical conditions, including congenital gastrointestinal, thoracic and genitourinary disorders, prenatal therapy and paediatric trauma. He is instructed on cases involving the diagnosis, management and surgical treatment of congenital anomalies, as well as the assessment of standards of care and clinical decision-making in specialist paediatric surgery. His active clinical practice in highly specialised tertiary and fetal surgery enables him to provide balanced, evidence-based opinions on complex surgical issues. He has completed the Bond Solon Excellence in Written Evidence programme, further supporting his expert witness practice.

Mr Loukogeorgakis’ clinical practice focuses on the surgical management of fetuses, neonates, infants and children with complex congenital and acquired conditions requiring highly specialised tertiary care. He has particular expertise in fetal surgery, providing antenatal assessment, counselling and prenatal intervention for congenital surgical abnormalities, and is one of only three NHS-commissioned fetal surgeons in the UK.

His day-to-day practice encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of neonatal and paediatric gastrointestinal, thoracic, genitourinary and anorectal disorders, including congenital diaphragmatic hernia, oesophageal atresia, gastroschisis, exomphalos, Hirschsprung’s disease, necrotising enterocolitis, bowel atresias and complex pelvic malformations. He also manages paediatric trauma, benign surgical conditions and selected urological disorders, delivering both emergency and planned surgical care.

Working across fetal, neonatal and paediatric services, Mr Loukogeorgakis routinely assesses complex congenital anomalies from the prenatal period through childhood, planning and performing advanced surgical procedures while coordinating multidisciplinary care. His highly specialised expertise enables him to manage some of the most challenging congenital surgical conditions encountered in children, with a particular focus on improving long-term outcomes through early diagnosis and innovative surgical treatment.

Mr Loukogeorgakis is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Surgery at University College London with an internationally recognised research profile in fetal surgery, regenerative medicine and neonatal surgical innovation. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers, secured over £3 million in research funding, and leads undergraduate medical teaching while contributing to postgraduate education, reflecting his significant academic and educational leadership within paediatric surgery.