Dr Christos Christou

International President

Born in Greece, Dr Christos Christou is a consultant surgeon and holds an MSc in Health Crisis Management, a PhD in Surgery and also awarded Fellow of the European Board of Surgery in Coloproctology.

Dr Christou joined MSF in 2002 initially working with migrants and refugees, then HIV/AIDS projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and later joined missions in a number of conflict zones, including S. Sudan, Iraq and, most recently, Cameroon, as an emergency and trauma surgeon. He commenced his role as International President of Médecins Sans Frontières in September 2019.