PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Lecturer, Medical School, University of Athens
• Assistant Professor, University of Athens
• Associate Professor, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital
• Moderator/Director, Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional
• Cardiology Department, Alexandra Hospital

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING ABROAD

• Registrar/Researcher, Department of Cardiology, Guy’s Hospital, University of London & Baylor Medicine College, Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

Clinical experience includes the entire range of Interventional Cardiology:

• Coronary angiography
• Coronary angioplasty with stents and cutting balloons
• Angioplasty during acute phase of myocardial infarction (primary angioplasty)
• Electrical device (pacemaker/defibrillator) implantation
• Biventricular pacemaker implantation in heart failure
• Electrophysiological study on adults and children
• Ablation of cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, with application of 3D color mapping of the myocardium
• Myocardial biopsy
• Atrial appendage and atrial septal defect closure
• Intracoronary stem cell infusion in ischemic heart disease

SCIENTIFIC / RESEARCH WORK

• Training of 5th and 6th year students at the Athens University Medical School
• Internist training in Cardiology
• Interventional Cardiology specialty training for cardiology specialists from central and rural hospitals
• Lectures, speeches, postgraduate classes on Cardiology in Greek and international conferences and in all Greek universities
• Experimental and clinical study publications in Greek and international journals and books
• Assignment and supervision of doctoral theses for young cardiologists
• Scientific collaboration with the Agia Sophia Hospital on cardiac arrhythmias

ORGANIZATIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE WORK / EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Establishment, organization and development of a model Cardiac
• Catheterization Unit at Alexandra Hospital, covering the entire range of modern Interventional Cardiology procedures and applying innovative treatment methods
• Director, Internal Medicine Sector, Alexandra Hospital
• Director, Medical Services Division, Alexandra Hospital
• Member of a 3-member review committee for cardiology specialty certifications
• Board Member of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology
• Member of the International Scientific Committee on Cardiac Pacing
• Editorial Board Member, Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
• Member of a 5-member Committee for the establishment of terms and conditions, unit staffing and infrastructure relating to cardiac surgery
• Member of the Central Health Council Committee for the establishment and evaluation of pacemaker and defibrillator centers
• Member of the Central Health Council Committee for the approval of implantation of defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers
• Member of the Continuing Education Committee for doctors
• Member of the Greek NHS Directors’ Selection Board
• Member of the Treatment Protocol Committee, Alexandra Hospital
• Member of the Quality and Efficiency Committee, Alexandra Hospital
• Member of the Society for Continuing Medical Education
• Associate Member of the Hellenic Intensive Care Society
• Member of the Ethics Committee for opinions on clinical research programs
• Member of the special committee for the review of doctors’ specialty training period