Education & Academic Titles
- School of Medicine graduate, National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens
- Doctorate awarded by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Doctoral Thesis
“The impact of cardiomyopathy in cirrhotic patients and the association of microbial endotoxin and inflammation factors with the severity of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy”.
Professional Experience
- 01/2004 - 07/2008: Internal Medicine residency at the 1st Department of Internal Medicine, “Sismanogleio” General Hospital
- 12/2007 - 07/2009: Specialization in Hepatology, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens
- 07/2009 - 04/2011: Consultant at the Department of Hepatology, IASO General Clinic
- 04/2011 - present: Head of the Hepatologic and transient elastography (Fibroscan), Metropolitan General Clinic
- 09/2011 - 09/2013: Scientific associate to the Hepatology Clinic at the 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens
- 09/2013 - present: Clinical and Research Associate to the Hepatology Clinic at the 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens
Clinical Interest
- Liver cirrhosis and complications (Ascites, Bleeding esophageal varices, Hepatic encephalopathy)
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Chronic hepatitis B and C virus
- Hepatic fatty infiltration
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Autoimmune liver diseases
- Metabolic liver diseases Μεταβολικά (Hemochromatosis, Wilson’s disease, etc)
- Biliary disorders
Awards & Distinctions
- 3rd prize winner for the poster “Follow-up adherence and treatment onset for Greeks and immigrants with chronic HBV infection in Greece”. 34th Panhellenic Conference of Gastroenterology, 2014, Athens, Greece.
- Speaker at the 5th European Young Hepatologists Workshop, Moulin de Vernegues, Mallemort, France 2015. Title: "Cardiomyopathy in cirrhosis"
Recent Publications
- Karagiannakis DS, Vlachogiannakos J, Anastasaiadis G, et al.
Frequency and severity of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy and its possible relationship with bacterial endotoxemia. Dig Dis Sci 2013;58:3029-3036. - Karagiannakis DS, Vlachogiannakos J, Anastasiadis G, et al.
Diastolic cardiac dysfunction is a predictor of dismal prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis. Hepatol Int 2014;8:588-594. - Karagiannakis DS, Papatheodoridis G, Vlachogiannakos J.
Recent advances in cirrhotic cardiomyopathy. Dig Dis Sci 2015;60:1141-1151.
Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards
- Hellenic Association for the Study of the Liver
- European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
- Reviewer at the scientific journal “Annals of Gastroenterology”
