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• 1979: Medical School, University of Athens, Grade: Very Good
• 1980 - 1981: Military Service as Unit Physician, Island of Chios
• 1981 - 1983: Compulsory Medical Service, Prophitis Ilias, Heraklio County
• 1983 – 1985: Trainee in Internal Medicine, 2^nd Clinic of Internal Medicine of NIMTS Hospital of Athens
• 1986 – 1990: Trainee for four consecutive years at the Gastroenterology Department of Hippokratio General Hospital of Athens, specializing in Gastroenterology, with emphasis on all aspects of Therapeutic Endoscopy, and Hepatology
• 1990: Specialty in Gastroenterology
• 1997: Awarded and accepted a scholarship offered by Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology for a 6-month postgraduate training and practice in Therapeutic Endoscopy at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in United Kingdom

1992 Medical Doctor,

Topic of Doctoral Thesis: "Ischemic myocardial manifestations after anestesia and operation" Medical School, University of Athens

• 1991 – 1999: Senior Registrar, Gastroenterology Department of Red Cross Hospital, Athens
• 1999 – 2013: Consultant, Gastroenterology Department of Red Cross Hospital, Athens
• 2014 – 2023: Chief Director of the Gastroenterology Department of Red Cross Hospital, Athens

Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography – ERCP

January 1997: Awarded and accepted a scholarship offered by Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology for a 6-month postgraduate training and practice in Therapeutic Endoscopy at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in United Kingdom

• Member of the Hellenic Gastroenterology Society
• International member of the American Gastroenterology Association

• 1984 – 2022: 32 and 27 publications in various domestic and foreign medical journals respectively
• 1991 – 2023: 24 presentations of case studies, 25 presentations at medical congresses, 45 participations at in-hospital postgraduate seminars, 46 panel discussions and 24 instructive lessons at Nursing School of Red Cross Hospital of Athens and 5 instructive lessons at University of Dietetics of Athens
• 1985 – 2023: Presented 55 and 105 announcements – presentations at international and national medical meetings, congresses and conventions respectively (oral and posters)
• 1992 – 2023: Supervisor of 20 candidate scientific projects in order to be accepted for presentation in medical congresses
• 2002 - 2023: Μember of 12 scientific committees of medical congresses

Participation in 12 research projects in cooperation with Pharmaceutical School of Athens University