Education and Certifications

• October 2002:
  Certificate of Medicine, Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  Medical License No. 9497.

• July 2009:
  Master of Science (MSc) in Public Health, National School of Public Health.

• January 2014:
  Awarded the medical specialty of Neurology in accordance with European Union Directives 75/362, 75/363, and 93/16 (Articles 24-27 and 29).

• February 2018:
  Attended the ESO-ESNR-ESMINT 5th Winter School in Bern, Switzerland.

• September 2018:
  Completed the Emergency Neurology Life Support (ENLS) course and received certification.

• July 2023:
  Awarded PhD by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Medicine, Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital (Director: Professor Tsivgoulis).

Medical Training and Experience

• 2018 – Present:
  Consultant at the ESO-certified Acute Stroke Unit of Metropolitan Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.

• 2014 – 2018:
  Consultant at the Stroke Unit/Neurology Department of Mediterraneo Hospital, Greece.

• 2012 – 2013:
  Neurologist Registrar (Interne) and Clinical Fellow in the Neurology Department and Acute Stroke Unit at Tenon – St. Antoine Hospital (Service de Neurologie, Unité de Soins Intensifs Neurovasculaires et Urgences Neurovasculaires), Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris VI, under Professor Sonia Alamowitch.

• 2009 – 2012:
  Neurologist Registrar, Neurological Clinic, General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus.

• 2006 – 2007:
  Registrar at the Psychiatric Hospital of Petra Olympou, Katerini.

• 2005 – 2006:
  Internship in Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Lefkada.

• 2004 – 2005:
  Completed obligatory military service as “Soldier-Medicine” at an artillery barrage in Samos Island and the Senior Military School of the Army.

• 2003 – 2004:
  General Medicine service at the Regional Medical Office of Karya, General Hospital of Lefkada.

Publications and Academic Contributions

• Publications:

  • Over 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
  • Nine publications in Greek medical journals.
  • More than 30 presentations at Greek and international conferences.
  • Over 20 oral presentations and posters at various conferences.

• Reviewer Roles:
  Peer reviewer for journals including Stroke, Neurology, Journal of Neuroimaging, PLOS One, Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, European Journal of Neurology, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, BMC Neurology, and several others.
  Review Editor for Frontiers in Neurology (Stroke and Acute Stroke and Interventional Therapies).

• Professional Membership:
  Member of the Social Media/Public Relations Committee of the European Stroke Organization (ESO) since 2020.