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 Researchgate or Google Scholar.
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. Otitis media/interna and encephalitozoonosis most common causes of head tilt in pet rabbits in the UK: 73 cases (2009-2020). Vet Rec (in press)
27. Liatis T, Plessas I, Volk H, Whittaker D. Resting medial strabismus (esotropia) associated with a contralateral paramedian thalamic ischaemic infarct in two dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2024 (early view)
26. Amey J, Liatis T, Cheuribin GB, De Decker S, Foreman M. Outcomes of surgically and conservatively managed thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc herniations in cats. 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. Suspected tick-borne flavivirus meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs from the United Kingdom: 6 cases (2020-2021). J Small Anim Pract 2023; early view
24. Liatis T, De Decker S. Tremor syndromes in dogs and cats: an update. Companion Animal 2023; 28: 2-8.
23. Liatis T, Bhatti SFM, Dyrka M, Gutierrez-Quintana R, Gonçalves R, Madden M, De Decker S. Idiopathic and structural episodic non-intentional head tremor in dogs: 100 cases (2004-2022). J Vet Intern Med 2023; 37: 2301-2309.
22. Liatis T, De Decker S. Head tilt as a clinical sign of cervical spinal or paraspinal disease in 15 dogs (2000-2021). J Small Anim Pract 2023; early view.
21. Liatis T, De Decker S. Dystonic head tremor in paroxysmal dyskinesia in 17 dogs (2021-2023). Vet Rec 2023; 193: e3407.
20. Liatis T, Crawford A. MRI findings in a cat with diffuse cerebellitis. 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. Serum anti-GM2 and anti-GalNAc-GD1a ganglioside IgG antibodies are biomarkers for immune-mediated polyneuropathies in cats. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System 2023; 28: 32-40.
18. Liatis T, Maddox M, Marioni-Henry K. Bruxism in awake dogs as a clinical sign of forebrain disease: 4 cases. 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. Primary orthostatic tremor and orthostatic tremor-plus in dogs: 60 cases (2003-2020). J Vet Intern Med 2022; 36: 179-189.
16. Liatis T, Gutierrez-Quintana R. Response to: Was the “alternating head tilt” “positioning head tilt”?. J Small Anim Pract 2022; 63: 85.
15. Liatis T, Hammond G, Chapman G, Cloquell A, Stalin C, Gutierrez-Quintana R. MRI findings in a young dog with gliomatosis cerebri. J Small Anim Pract 2022; 63: 83-83.
14. Liatis T, Theodorou K, Kasambalis D, Soubasis N, Panopoulos I, Polizopoulou Z. What is your neurologic diagnosis - Primary narcolepsy in a crossbreed dog. 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. Brainstem phaeohyphomycosis due to Curvularia lunata (Cochliobolus lunatus) in a cat. Aust Vet J 2021; 99: 273-278.
12. Liatis T, Cherubini GB. Hypersexuality responsive to phenobarbital in a male neutered DSH cat. J Vet Behav 2021; 41: 7-11.
11. Liatis T, Hammond G, Cloquell A, Rincon J. Presumptive coccygeal discospondylitis in a cat. Vet Rec Case Rep 2020; 8: e001262.
10. Liatis T, Cherubini GB. Monocular nystagmus representing Heimann - Bielschowsky phenomenon in a dog with ipsilateral vision loss. Topics Comp Anim Med 2020; 40: 100439.
9. Liatis T, Patel B, Huang M, Buren L, Kotsadam G. Student Involvement in Global Veterinary Education and Curricula: 7 Years of Progress (2013–2019). J Vet Med Ed 2020; 47: 379-383.
8. Liatis T. In dogs with metaldehyde intoxication, are benzodiazepines more effective than methocarbamol in relaxing muscles and reducing tremors? Veterinary Evidence 2020; 5(2).
7. Liatis T, Ramalho Furtado AR, Mantis P, Cherubini GB. Convergence-retraction nystagmus in a dog with presumptive ischemic encephalopathy following acute cervicothoracic myelopathy. Topics Comp An Med 2020; 38: 100381.
6. Liatis T, De Stefani A, Mantis P, Cherubini GB. Delayed forebrain syndrome due to presumptive traumatic intranasal meningoencephalocele in a cat. Vet Rec Case Rep 2019; 7: e000910.
5. Liatis T, Gardini A, Cafe Marcal V, Foreman M, Holloway A, Taeymans O, Cherubini GB. Surgical treatment of a vertebral fracture caused by osseous plasmacytoma in a domestic ferret (Mustela Putorius Furo). J Exotic Pet Med 2019; 29: 202-206.
4. Liatis T, Monti P, Ribas Latre A, Mantis P, Cherubini GB. Lead intoxication mimicking idiopathic epilepsy in a young dog. Vet Rec Case Rep 2019; 7: e000703.
3. Liatis T, Adamama-Moraitou K, Pardali D, Kavarnos I, Bates N, Rallis T. Exposure of a cat to human-edible mushrooms: were they toxic? Hellenic Journal of Companion Animal Medicine 2018; 7: 50-54.
2. Liatis T, Monastiridis A, Birlis P, Prousali S, Diakou A. Endoparasites of wild mammals sheltered in wildlife hospitals and rehabilitation centres in Greece. Front Vet Sci 2017; 4: 220.
1. Brisimi N-M, Liatis T, Komnenou A, Charalambidou G, Soubasis N, Polizopoulou Z. Neuro-ophthalmological abnormalities in neurological diseases of dogs and cats: A retrospective study of 114 cases (2010-2015). J Hellenic Vet Med Soc 2017; 68: 433-444.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS
2. Elgueta I, Allen K, Liatis T, et al. Seropositivity to the Louping ill flavivirus in dogs in the UK. 33rd ECVIM-CA Congress, 21-23 September 2023, Barcelona, Spain
1. Liatis T, Llanos C, Tayler S, et al. Jugular foramen syndrome in dogs: 8 cases (2016-2023). British Veterinary Neurology Society Symposium 2023, March 2023, Manchester, UK
Fanis is currently a Practitioner Expert (2016 - present) of the European System of Evaluation of Veterinary Training (ESEVT) 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.