EDUCATION & ACADEMIC TITLES
DEGREES
- 1983: Degree in Medicine, Aristotle University Thessaloniki
- 1989: Degree in Aviation Medicine, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine.
- 1993: Specialty Certificate in Cardiology
- 1994: Doctoral Thesis titled: “Aortic extensibility in relation to the extent of coronary artery disease”
EDUCATION
- 1977-1983: School of Medicine, Aristotle University Thessaloniki
- 1977-1983: Military School of Combat Support Officers (SSAS), Thessaloniki
- 1983-1984: Rotation in Internal Medicine and Surgery as an internal assistant, 251 General Air Force Hospital
- 1984-1985: Head of the Health Service, 135 Combat Group, Skiros
- 1985-1988: Head of the Health Service, 350 Combat Group Niki, Athens
- 1988-1989: Resident in Internal Medicine, 251 General Air Force Hospital
- 1989-1993: Resident in Cardiology University Department of Cardiology “Ippokrateio” Hospital of Athens
(Chief: Prof. P. Toutouzas) - 1994-1995: Specialty training in Interventional Cardiology
1st Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
(Chief: Assoc. Prof. D. Kokkinos) - 1995-1996: Specialty training in Interventional Cardiology
London Chest Hospital - London - England
(Dr. A. Timmis Consultant Cardiologist)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 1996-2000: Registrar, Department of Cardiology, 251 General Air Force Hospital - Scientific Associate, 1st Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Chief: Prof. D.
- 2000: Setting up of the Interventional Cardiology, General Air Force Hospital.
- 2000-2004: Supervising Registrar, Department of Interventional Cardiology (70-80 angioplasties per year as the first operator- IVUS use)
- 2004-2014: Chief of the Hemodynamics Lab, General Air Force Hospital
- 2005-2015: Chief of Department of Cardiology
- 2013-2014: Scientific Associate, Scientific Associate, “Asklepieio Voulas” General Hospital
- 2015-2018: Chief of Aviation Medicine Center. Certified Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) (Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority)
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES & EDITORIAL BOARDS
- Member of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology (HSC)
- Member of the HSC’s Interventional Cardiology Working Group
- Member of the EACPI’s Interventional Cardiology Working Group
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
AVIATION MEDICINE EDUCATION & ACTIVITIES
- Training in Aviation Medicine, School of Aviation Medicine (Aviation Medicine Center) 1 / 1983-4 / 1983
- Training in Aviation Medicine, USAF San Antonio-Texas 1/1989-6/1989
- Training in Diving-Hyperbaric Medicine, School of Diving Medicine, Hellenic Navy 3/1997- 6/1997
- Head of the Department of Cardiology, Aviation Medicine Center 1993-1995
- Trainer at the School of Aviation Medicine for the years 1992-93-94-95-97-98-99-2000.
- Supervising trainer at the School of Aviation Medicine for the years 1994-1995-1997
- Chief of the Aviation Medicine Center of the Hellenic Air Force 3/2015 - 3/2018
Special Aviation Medical Examiner - Chair of the Organizing Committee (OC), 2nd Workshop in Aviation Medicine “Spatial Disorientation - SDO”, May 1999
- Member of the OC, 1st Workshop in Aviation Medicine, “High Extended Accelerations”, April 1998
- Book writing
- 1997 Aviation Medicine Manual Chapter: Cardiovascular Diseases
- Aviation Medicine, 3rd ed., Ersting Translation into Greek
- Medication for Military Aircrew RTO-NATO Publication 2001 Chapter: Lipid Lowering Agents
- 1999 Aviation Medicine Manual, School of Aviation Medicine Medication and Flight
Chapter 18 Cardiovascular Diseases
- Speeches
- Selection criteria for high performance aircraft operators 12th Multidisciplinary Congress, 251 General Air Force Hospital
- Flying with a Heart Disease 31st Panhellenic Congress of Cardiology, Oct 2010
- Coronary Disease - Sustained flying eligibility criteria 11th Workshop in Cardiology-University of Athens, Jan 2000
- Member of the Aerospace Medical Association, USA
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Greek Aerospace Medical Association 1997-1999
