Odysseas Zoras is a professor in Surgical Oncology of the Medical School of the University of Crete and the head of the Department of Surgical Oncology in the University Hospital of Heraklion. Also, he is the director of the postgraduate MSc Program “Oncology: From Oncogenesis to Therapy” of the University of Crete. Furthermore, Odysseas Zoras is past president and now he is a member Board of Directors of the Hellenic Surgical Society as well as a member Board of Directors (2014-2018) of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO). He also was an examiner of the European Board of Surgical Oncology (2012, 2013, 2014). In the past, he was a Vice Dean (2003-2007), a dean (2007-2011) of the Medical School of the University of Crete Greece as well as a former rector of the University of Crete.

Odysseas Zoras was a post-graduate fellowship in Milan Cancer Institute, Glasgow University Royal Infirmary, Beatson Institute Glasgow University and University of Rochester, Medical Center, New York (Visiting Professor). Since 1996, he is an active member of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), while since 2002 a full member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as well as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Furthermore, he has over 130 publications, in cited scientific journals and he was an invited speaker in more than 400 national and international congresses. Now he is an Associate Editor of the EJSO (European Journal of Surgical Oncology).