Panayiotis Economou also holds an MB ChB Honours Degree (University of Manchester, United Kingdom). Additionally, he is Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (F.R.C.S. Ed), a Member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MFSTEd), a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (F.R.C.S. Eng) and a Member of the Court of Examiners for the Royal College of Surgeons of England.