Evmenis P. Karafillides is a Clinical Dietitian–Nutritionist with an
international academic background, extensive clinical experience, and
substantial leadership and scientific involvement in healthcare and nutrition.
He holds a Μaster’s degree in Human Nutrition from Columbia University, New
York, USA, and a degree in Applied Human Nutrition from Leeds Met. University, in
United Kingdom.
As part of his undergraduate studies, he completed clinical
placements in clinical dietetics and health promotion within the UK National
Health Service (NHS), including Chase Farm Hospital North London, Primary Care
North London, North Middlesex Hospital North London, St Anne’ s Hospital North
London, Milton Keynes General District Hospital, Milton Keynes Health
Promotion, Enfield Primary Care. He also has extensive experience in the Greek
private healthcare sector, specialising in clinical nutrition, hospital
nutrition care, enteral and parenteral nutrition, nutritional support for
oncology and bariatric patients, and obesity management. He also served as a Nutrition
Consultant for Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods Company in the
Netherlands and as a member of the nutrition advisory team at Friesland
Hellas in Greece. In addition, he provided nutritional consultancy to the Maroussi
basketball team during the team's most successful years.
As Nutrition Consultant at HYGEIA IVF Embryogenesis, he
spearheaded the establishment and development of the nutrition service, laying
the foundations for the integration of nutritional support into women’s
healthcare.
Since 2007, he has served as Director of the Department of Nutrition
and Dietetics at Metropolitan General Hospital. He also serves as Scientific
Nutrition Advisor at HYGEIA–MITERA Hospital through the Personalised Nutrition
service.
He is also Scientific Director of ClinNutrix, where he provides
scientific and strategic oversight of the development of digital solutions and
consultancy services in clinical nutrition and hospital food services. His work
focuses on standardising processes, using reliable data, and continuously improving
the quality, safety, and operational efficiency of healthcare organisations.
His experience encompasses clinical practice, the management of
dietetics departments, healthcare service development, interdisciplinary
collaboration, the education of healthcare professionals, and the
implementation of innovative models of nutrition care.
