Education & Academic Titles
- Degree in Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Grade: Excellent)
- 1981 - 1982: Research Fellow at the Gastroenterology Center of the Oxford University (Professor Derek Jewell), United Kingdom.
- Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
- He taught Gastroenterology at the University of Crete, (1985 - 1986 and 1995), at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1995, 1998, 2004 and 2015), as well as at the Division of Pharmaceutical Knowhow, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, to post-graduate pharmacists (for the title of Clinical Pharmacist), from 1995 to 2015.
- Since 2009, he has been teaching at the Post-graduate Program of the University of Athens titled "Stress Control & Promotion of Health"
Doctoral Thesis
Doctorate awarded by the School of Medicine of the University of Athens, 1975 (Grade awarded: Excellent)
Professional Experience
- 1982 - 1988: Consultant at the Department of Gastroenterology, “EVAGGELISMOS” Hospital
- 1988: Chief of the Department of Gastroenterology, “METAXA” Cancer Hospital, Piraeus
- 1991 - 2013: Chief of the Department of Gastroenterology, Nikaia State Hospital
- 1995: Visiting Professor at the Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Washington, Seattle, USA
Clinical Interest
Diseases of the digestive system (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease) and tumors of the gastrointestinal tract
Awards & Distinctions
- Twenty-four (24) studies have won first, second and third prizes at Panhellenic Medical Conferences. Conferring of praise by the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology for the book “DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ONCOLOGY”, and received the book award by the Academy of Athens in 1991.
- Chair of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology, of the Hellenic Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, and Chair of the Hellenic Helicobacter pylori Study Group.
- Publication of 18 books, among which the book “DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ONCOLOGY”, which received the book award by the Academy of Athens upon its first publication (1991), as well as the written in English book titled “Iinflammatory Bowel Disease” in 2012 (4th edition).
- Conferring of Honorary Diploma by the Lady Volunteers Against on Cancer Club on 27/11/1997, to honor his “offer in the humanitarian and social work of the club”.
- Conferring of Honorary Plaque by the Religious Club “Agios Kosmas”, on an official ceremony held on 9/2/1997 “for the offer of the honored person to the suffering fellow man”.
Recent Publications
- More than 260 studies in reputable international medical journal and more than 270 studies in Greek medical journals.
- More than 300 posters in Greek Medical Conferences and more than 160 posters in International Medical Conferences
- Up to date, his citations count more than 2,500.
Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
- Member of the American College of Gastroenterology (1991), Partner of the European Board of Gastroenterology (2003), and numerous other Greek and international scientific societies
- Founder and Chair of the Hellenic Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology
- Chair of Organizing Committees of Greek and international medical conferences, including the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th European Congress on Gastrointestinal Oncology and the 22nd Panhellenic Gastroenterology Conference.
- Member of Organizing and Scientific Committees of Greek and international medical conferences
- Chair of the Editorial Board of the journal “Αnnals of Gastroenterology” (journal of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology written in English 1999-2010), as well as of the journal “Gastrointestinal Oncology”, issued by the Hellenic Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology (2001 - 2010).
- Reviewer in 50 (fifty) medical journals written in English. He is a permanent reviewer of the abstracts submitted to the European Congress of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s disease, organized on an annual basis by the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization (ECCO)
- Translation into Greek of many foreign scientific manuscripts, such as “The acute abdomen” (De Dombal, 1985), Harisson’s “Internal Medicine”, and “Diseases of the Gut and Pancreas” (1997 edition)
