Dr Markides is a renown General Surgeon with a subspecialty in Colorectal Surgery. He studied at the University of Manchester Medical School graduating with a Bachelor Degree in Medicine and Surgery with honours (MBChB hons) in 2006. He specialised in General Surgery, with subspecialist interest in Colorectal surgery, working in some of the biggest University Teaching Hospitals in the UK.
He has undertaken and successfully completed two postgraduate degrees, a Masters degree in Advanced Surgical Practice awarded with Distinction (MSc Hons) from Cardiff University, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for Surgeons (PG Cert Med Ed) from the University of Dundee.
Dr Markides is actively involved in surgical research publishing his work in a number of peer reviewed international publications and presenting in national and international conferences. He is enthusiastically involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education as a Clinical Associate Professor of the University of Nicosia Medical School.