The GCC Welcomes Dr. Karamanos to our Team!

The Gender Confirmation Center (GCC) is proud to announce our newest addition to our surgical care team, Dr. Efstathios Karamanos, MD, FACS (he/him). Dr. Karamanos is a double board-certified plastic surgeon. He is board-certified in Europe and also by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Karamanos is currently offering top surgery, facial surgery and body contouring in our Pasadena and San Francisco locations.

Dr. Karamanos’s Origins: Growing up in Greece and his Passion for Gender-Affirming Care

We asked Dr. Karamanos about his background and growing up in Greece. “I was born and raised in Greece, a place that is full of history, culture and art. I was classically trained and spent my early years looking at statues and learning about the principles of symmetry and beauty.”

 

Even before he became a plastic surgeon, Dr. Karamanos was passionate about gender-affirming care. Living in Greece, he grew up around trans and gender diverse people from a young age. The significant impact that gender-affirming care has on patients’ lives is something that Dr. Karamanos finds deeply fulfilling about this line of work: “I always believed that performing gender affirming surgeries comes with a huge positive impact to the community.”

Outside of the Operating Room: Who is Dr. Karamanos?

We asked Dr. Karamanos a little bit about his personality and interests outside of his passion for surgery. He enthusiastically shared with us that:

“I am an avid fitness guy. Whenever I’m not in the operating room, you will find me lifting weights and doing cardio. I also love animals and currently have a little French bulldog named Francois that is the biggest cuddler in the whole world.

Fun fact: I am a Gen Z at heart, labubus and crocs with charms are essentials in every outfit of the day.”

An Exceptionally Qualified Surgeon

Dr. Karamanos is an extremely well-qualified provider. He was carefully vetted before joining the GCC’s team and chosen because of his unique qualifications and passion for gender-affirming care. Besides his double board-certification, Dr. Karamanos is a surgeon who actively contributes to the formation of professionals in his discipline. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the California University of Science and Medicine, serves on multiple editorial boards, is an active member of national surgical societies and is widely published.

 

Dr. Karamanos is also renowned for his specialization in reconstructive microsurgery. “Reconstructive microsurgery is one of my passions and one of the reasons I decided to pursue a career in plastic surgery. I fully plan to use my microsurgical skills and apply them to the field of gender affirming care, something I’m most excited about.” He told us that one of the things that excites him most about gender-affirming surgery is “the complex techniques required. Gender affirming surgery is truly a combination of technical skills and art.”

We are grateful to have such a qualified surgeon serving our trans, non-binary and gender expansive patients at the GCC and Prosilio Care.

Here, you can request a free consultation with Dr. Karamanos, in-person or over the phone, to create a unique surgical plan tailored to your needs and goals. He is currently providing surgery out of our GCC office in San Francisco and our Prosilio Care office in Pasadena, California. If you are interested in booking an appointment with Dr. Karamanos in our Southern California office, you can call Prosilio Care at (866) 846-5062.

Dr. Karamanos’s Offerings

At the moment, Dr. Karamanos is offering:

Here, you can request a free consultation with Dr. Karamanos, in San Francisco or over the phone, to create a unique surgical plan tailored to your needs and goals.

Joining the Gender Confirmation Center

When we asked Dr. Karamanos about what brought him to the GCC, he spoke with us about his long-standing interest in supporting trans, non-binary and gender expansive individuals through medical gender-affirmation.

“Dr. Mosser’s reputation as a gender surgeon and his dedication to providing state-of-the-art care was well known to me before I had the chance to meet him. The stars aligned when I was given the opportunity  to not only work in a field that I always had an interest in, but also with one of the best practices there is in the US.”

Besides his excitement to join the GCC’s team, Dr. Karamonos is happy to be offering his services in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the Los Angeles Area in our Pasadena office. “California and the Bay Area specifically feel like a natural extension of my past and the next step in my journey. The Bay Area is synonymous with culture, diversity, great weather and beauty. It just feels like home.”

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Welcome to the team, Dr. Karamanos! We’re grateful to have you!