Dr Theofanis (Fanis) LIATIS
DVM (Hons) MRCVS
Resident
Department: Clinical Science and Services
Campus: Hawkshead
Clinical Groups: Small Animal Neurology
ECVN Resident in Veterinary Neurology & Neurosurgery (3rd year)
Theofanis (Fanis) graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 2015 with first-class honours. After fullfiling his one-year national military service and completing a one-year internship in small animal medicine at his alma mater, he moved to the UK. He, then, spent two and a half years as a neurology intern at Dick White Referrals (2017/2018) and as a junior neurology clinician at Small Animal Hospital of University of Glasgow (2019/2020) and Hospital for Small Animals of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies of University of Edinburgh (2021). In summer 2021, he started his ECVN Residency in Veterinary Neurology & Neurosurgery at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals of the Royal Veterinary College, Uninversity of London. Fanis is also an EAEVE/FVE European System of Evaluation of Veterinary Training (ESEVT) Practitioner Expert since 2016 participating actively in the veterinary curricula evaluation visiting several veterinary schools in Europe. Fanis is interested in all research aspects of veterinary neurology & neurosurgery, with special interest in vestibular disease, movement disorders, sleep disorders, neuro-ophthalmology, and clinical reasoning.
Evaluation of the presence and clinical relevance of autoantibodies in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown aetiology (MUA) or optic neuritis
Research team: T. Liatis, A. Crawford - in collaboration with Oxford Auto-immune Neurology Group and Dr S.Binks
Grant: Pump Pilot Study Grant
Issuer: PetPlan Charitable Trust
PUBLICATIONS
Detailed list of Fanis' publications can be found at or .
29. Liatis T, Bhatti SFM, Aguilera A, Makri N, Batla A, Scarpante E, Park J, De Decker S. Episodic mandibular tremor in dogs: an idiopathic movement disorder or a manifestation of pain. J Am Vet Med Assoc (in press)
28. Liatis T, Makri N, Czopowicz M, Richardson J, Nuttal T, Sunol A. . Vet Rec (in press)
27. Liatis T, Plessas I, Volk H, Whittaker D. . J Vet Intern Med 2024 (early view)
26. Amey J, Liatis T, Cheuribin GB, De Decker S, Foreman M. J Vet Intern Med 2023 (early view)
25. Gonzalo-Nadal V, Kohl A, Rocchi M, Brennan B, Hughes J, Nichols J, Da Silva Filipe A, Dunlop J, Fares M, Clark J, Tandavanitj R, Patel A, Cloquell Miro A, Bongers J, Deacon J, Kaczmarska A, Stalin C, Liatis T, Irving J, Gutierrez-Quintana R. . J Small Anim Pract 2023; early view
24. Liatis T, De Decker S. . Companion Animal 2023; 28: 2-8.
23. Liatis T, Bhatti SFM, Dyrka M, Gutierrez-Quintana R, Gonçalves R, Madden M, De Decker S. . J Vet Intern Med 2023; 37: 2301-2309.
22. Liatis T, De Decker S. . J Small Anim Pract 2023; early view.
21. Liatis T, De Decker S. . Vet Rec 2023; 193: e3407.
20. Liatis T, Crawford A. . J Small Anim Pract 2023; 64: 421-422.
19. Halstead S, Jackson M,Bianchi E, Rupp S, Granger N, Menchetti M, Galli G, Freeman P, Kaczmarska A, Bhatti S, Brocal J,Jose-Lopez R, Tipold A, Gutierrez Quintana R, Ives E, Liatis T, Nessler J, Rusbridge C, Willison HJ, Rupp A. . Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System 2023; 28: 32-40.
18. Liatis T, Maddox M, Marioni-Henry K. . J Vet Intern Med 2022: 36: 2132-2141.
17. Liatis T, Gutierrez-Quintana R, Mari L, Czopowicz M, Polidoro D, Bhatti SFM, Cozzi F, Tirrito F, Brocal J, José-López R, Kaczmarska A, Cappello R, Harris G, Alves L, Rusbridge C, Rossmeisl J. . J Vet Intern Med 2022; 36: 179-189.
16. Liatis T, Gutierrez-Quintana R. . J Small Anim Pract 2022; 63: 85.
15. Liatis T, Hammond G, Chapman G, Cloquell A, Stalin C, Gutierrez-Quintana R. J Small Anim Pract 2022; 63: 83-83.
14. Liatis T, Theodorou K, Kasambalis D, Soubasis N, Panopoulos I, Polizopoulou Z. . J Am Vet Med Assoc 2021; 258: 1337-1340.
13. Liatis T, Theochari F, Kalogianni L, Soubasis N, Oikonomidis I, Velegraki A, Psalla D, Triantafyllou E, Patsikas M, Polizopoulou Z. . Aust Vet J 2021; 99: 273-278.
12. Liatis T, Cherubini GB. . J Vet Behav 2021; 41: 7-11.
11. Liatis T, Hammond G, Cloquell A, Rincon J. . Vet Rec Case Rep 2020; 8: e001262.
10. Liatis T, Cherubini GB. . Topics Comp Anim Med 2020; 40: 100439.
9. Liatis T, Patel B, Huang M, Buren L, Kotsadam G. . J Vet Med Ed 2020; 47: 379-383.
8. Liatis T. Veterinary Evidence 2020; 5(2).
7. Liatis T, Ramalho Furtado AR, Mantis P, Cherubini GB. Topics Comp An Med 2020; 38: 100381.
6. Liatis T, De Stefani A, Mantis P, Cherubini GB. . Vet Rec Case Rep 2019; 7: e000910.
5. Liatis T, Gardini A, Cafe Marcal V, Foreman M, Holloway A, Taeymans O, Cherubini GB. . J Exotic Pet Med 2019; 29: 202-206.
4. Liatis T, Monti P, Ribas Latre A, Mantis P, Cherubini GB. . Vet Rec Case Rep 2019; 7: e000703.
3. Liatis T, Adamama-Moraitou K, Pardali D, Kavarnos I, Bates N, Rallis T. Hellenic Journal of Companion Animal Medicine 2018; 7: 50-54.
2. Liatis T, Monastiridis A, Birlis P, Prousali S, Diakou A. . Front Vet Sci 2017; 4: 220.
1. Brisimi N-M, Liatis T, Komnenou A, Charalambidou G, Soubasis N, Polizopoulou Z. . J Hellenic Vet Med Soc 2017; 68: 433-444.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS
2. Elgueta I, Allen K, Liatis T, et al. . 33rd ECVIM-CA Congress, 21-23 September 2023, Barcelona, Spain
1. Liatis T, Llanos C, Tayler S, et al. . British Veterinary Neurology Society Symposium 2023, March 2023, Manchester, UK
Fanis is currently a Practitioner Expert (2016 - present) of the of the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) and Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) performing visitations for evaluation and accreditation of the curriculum of veterinary schools throughout Europe.