STUDIES

From1971-to 1977: Medical School University of Athens.

                                  (Graduation Grade: ‘‘Very Well’)

From1978-to 1980: Senior Home Officer, Department of Surgery, General Hospital

of   Preveza.

From1981-to 1984: Training for specialization in Pulmonary Medicine at the Athens University of Thoracic Medicine Department in‘’ Sotiria’’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens

1984: Specialty Title of pulmonologist awarded.

From1987 to 1997: Senior Registrar (Grade B) in the Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Athens, Athens”Sotiria” Hospital for Thoracic Diseases.

1989: MD thesis approved. Grade with honor.

          Title: ‘Chronic Bronchitis. Relationship between clinical, bronchoscopic and functional abnormalities.

1994: Hellenic Thoracic Society award.

From1994 to 1995: Training as Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Pneumonology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris (Director of the Department: Prof. D. Dusser).

Research Topic: ‘Pathogenetic Mechanisms in COPD. Proteases – antiproteases and airways inflammation as expressed in sputum in COPD and other airway diseases: bronchiectasis, asthma and cystic fibrosis’.

From 1995 to present: Responsible for consultation  of bronchiectasis patients for the hole Hospital‘’ Sotiria’’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens

From 1997 to 2005: Senior Registrar (Grade A) in the Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Athens, Athens in 6^th Pulmonary Department of‘’ Sotiria’’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens

2001: Clinical Research work on COPD epidemiology in Greece, as a member of COPD group of Hellenic Thoracic Society

January 2003: Training in the Royal Free Hospital, Department of Medical Physics. Topic: ‘Cilliary Clearance in Airways Diseases’

From 2004 to 2005: Educational License from the Greek National Health System, one year’s duration for training abroad 

From2004 to 2005:  Training in the pulmonary department of the Ospedale Maggiore di Milano ( Prof. L. Allegra, F. Blasi). Cooperation in studies on the non invasive estimation of the inflammation in non- CF bronchiectasis, comparisons of the functional data to COPD, clinical studies in Bronchiectasis and COPD,new protocols on Chlamydia pneumonia and Bronchiectasis.

2005: Training in the research laboratory in the Clinic of Respiratory Diseases at the University of Padova (prof-ssa M. Saetta) regarding the  inflammation in COPD and asthma on bronchial biopsies and lung tissue, using immunohistochemical techniques and image analysis.

From 2005 to 2009: Associate Director, in 6^th Pulmonary Department of‘’ Sotiria’’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens

2007: Hellenic Thoracic Society award for the clinical research study.

 Subject: Bronchiectasis in COPD.

From 2009 to 2013 Title of director pulmonologist (National Health System) in 6^th Pulmonary Department of‘’ Sotiria’’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens

2009: Hellenic Thoracic Society award for the clinical research study.

Subject: Bronchiectasis in severe asthma.

From 01/01/2014 to present: Director of 5^th pulmonary Department, “Sotiria”General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens 

From 2005 to present:  Director of outpatient Bronchiectasis Clinic  and lab for investigation and  follow up of bronchiectasis patients in‘’ Sotiria’’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens

2013: Hellenic Thoracic Society award for the clinical research study.

Subject:  Inhaled Antibiotics in Bronchiectasis patients infected by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

From 2015 to present: Participation in a registry protocol of patients with Pnuemonia hospilalized in ‘’ Sotiria’’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases of Athens.  Study of severity parameters

From 2015 to present: Member of Steering Committee of The European Registry project of  the European Respiratory Society (ERS): EMBARC

From 2015to 2017: Member of the group of experts ,ERS BronchiectasisTask Force. Participation as an author in writing the European Guidelines on the management of adult Bronchiectasis (2017)

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Full clinical activities with patients, bronchoscopies, urgent department, consultation, lung function laboratory.
• Students’ and young doctors’ training.
• Organization of outpatients’ clinic for COPD and bronchiectasis, cooperation in antismoking  clinic of the hospital.
• Organization and function of a lab for sputum procedures.
• Cooperation with the Genetic Department of the University of Athens on issues regarding the role of several single nucleotide variations in the pathogenesis of lung diseases (COPD, bronchiectasis).
• Participation in multicenter studies (30)
• Clinical research studies concerning COPD, asthma and Bronchiectasis.
• Reviewer in multiple international journals
• Associate Editor in MDRJ

• GOOD Clinical Practice (GCP) Certificate, 30 June 2018, The Global Health Network. Updated 9 October 2020

SCIENTIFIC WORK  

• Contribution in the writing of fundamental books.

• Participation in congresses and seminars:

1. National: 155
2. International:100

• Speeches in national and international meetings: 120
• Participation as a chair in National and International Meetings:30
• Reviewer of Greek and International scientific papers :17

• Publications in brief form (abstracts)                                                

     a)National:102

b)International: 115

• Full publications:

1. in Greek magazines: 60
2. in international magazines: 63, 56 in pubmed

• Distinctions-awards: 15

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