Dr Rene Giannakos acquired his medical degree at the Medical School of University of Padova, Italy. After completing his specialty training in Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University General Hospital of Larissa (Greece) he specialized in

• Arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery at the Minimal Access Surgery Unit of the I.R.C.C.S. Hospital. GSD, Milano – Italy in Milan, Italy under. Professor – Director Prof. Pietro Randelli. 
• Total hip and knee replacement M.I.S. Fast Track and in the arthroscopic surgery of the Luganese hospital, Lugano - Switzerland under the Professor - Director Prof. Mateo Denti.

Immediately after obtaining the specialty title, he was appointed as a Level I consultant at Orthopedic and Traumatology Clinic of the I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato Hospital of Milan, Italy. He started the Sports Medicine specialty at the University Hospital, Catanzaro – Italy after entrance exams with a salaried position – scholarship from the E.U. with Professor Prof. Pietro Scotto di Vettimo as Director. In the first year of the specialty he trained at the University Hospital, Chieti – Italy in the Department of Sport Medicine under the Director Professor Prof. Leonardo Vecchiette