ICRC evacuated some 70 employees from Chechnya; other international aid agencies followed their lead. Today Giannou left his official post with the ICRC after 7 years as the head of Unit Surgery, and today carries out international surgical missions around the world on their behalf. He is the topic of the Cineflix film "On the Border of the Abyss" which covers his lifetime of work in helping less-fortunate people and in mastering the concepts of war surgery. The documentary was aired, as "War Surgeon: Chris Giannou", by the Canadian public television station TVO on 10 April 2002. Recently, Giannou was the lead author on a new War Surgery book published by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Volume 1 of the book, called "War Surgery: Working with Limited Resources in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence" is currently available on the ICRC website. He continues to inspire many to become war surgeons (such as FTH). Awards In 1991, Giannou was inducted as a member of the Order of Canada. References Chris Giannou, Vie et mort au camp de Chatila : le drame palestinien. Paris: Albin Michel, 1993. . Judy Jackson & Glen Saltzman, prods., Chris Giannou: On the Border of the Abyss (doc. film). Toronto & Montreal: Judy Films Inc. & Cineflix Productions Inc., 2002. Slain Red Cross Aides Lived With Danger The massacre of Novye atagi The attack on the ICRC hospital in Novye Atagi 1949 births Living people Canadian surgeons People from Toronto Members of the Order of Canada Canadian people of Greek descent McGill University alumni