Personal Statement

0039 3283787856 rfharis@hotmail.it Thessalonikis 19A, Agios Pavlos, 2363, Nicosia, CYPRUS

17th of July 2018

NAME/SURNAME: Haris Maria Papadopoulos

PROFESSION: Student
NATIONALITY: Italian
GENDER: Male
10/11/1998

Having the opportunity to study medicine abroad, in one of the best

universities, is a dream that becomes reality. Medicine has always been for me
ingenious, logical and even risky: something that fascinates me. I still remember
when I first learned the methods of suturing and especially when I participated
in the national competition of neuroscience where, unfortunately, we arrived
second. In recent years, then, the technical-medical environment is always
evolving. Recently there has been talk of a head transplant, a project by the
surgeon Sergio Canavero that could become a reality. Of course, to work in
these areas you need to have coolness and ability to think in thousandths of a
second. I like being pressured and facing challenges, as well as establishing a
cordial relationship with patients. Besides the professionalism must also emerge
the human side of a doctor.

I aspire to become a neurosurgeon in order to help people by performing

surgery so that they regain all functions of their body. I am very excited about
brain functions and precisely how the brain sends electrical signals through the
neurons to the whole body. It is definitely the perfect car. Although it may seem
like a tangle of membranes placed one on top of the other, everything is in its
place and has a specific function. Simple gestures like moving a finger is
actually a huge amount of data processing on the part of the brain. This interest
in brain functions led me to discover another macro area of medicine:
diagnostics related to immunopathology. The reason for certain diseases is
something that really fascinates me. It's a bit like going back to the child,
almost looking for the pieces of a puzzle to complete it.