Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Specializing in Gynecological Endocrinology
Elementary school: Marasleios Pedagogical Academy, grades 1 through 3. He also attended the Athens College of Psychiko from grade 4 through graduation in 1967.
Admitted to the Military Medical School of the University of Thessaloniki for the first year in 1967–1968. Transferred to the University of Athens School of Medicine for the second year and graduated with high honors in 1973. He completed his military service concurrently with his second and third years of medical school.
Postgraduate training in general surgery for 1½ years at NIMTS Hospital.
After taking the exams, I was awarded a scholarship from the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation to pursue further education abroad.
Move to England: One-year training in 1974 in the Emergency Room (E.R.) at the London Hospital in Whitechapel. Then, in 1975, he completed five years of training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the FIRS MATERNITY HOSPITAL in Stratford, at the City Hospital, and the university clinic at the Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham. During the last two years, concurrently with my training, I earned a Master of Philosophy (M.Ph.) degree under the supervision of Prof. Symonds for my experimental thesis on gestational hypertension (Mechanisms Regulating Aldosterone Secretion in Normotensive and Hypertensive Pregnancies).
In 1980, I went to the University Clinic of the Medical College of Georgia as a research fellow for four years. There, I completed my subspecialty training in gynecological endocrinology under the supervision of Prof. R. Greenblatt and Prof. V. Mahesh. At the same time, I participated in numerous research projects and international conferences (1st prize from Cytex Pharmaceuticals) for the best research presentation at the Human Reproduction Conference in Arizona, USA, as well as authoring books and publications.
I returned to Athens toward the end of 1983: There, I worked at the Marika Iliadi (Elena) Maternity Hospital in the Department of Infertility and Microsurgery of the First Clinic under Prof. A. Komninos for 4 years.
, I collaborated with the HERA Private Maternity Hospital from 1987 to 1988 in the fields of obstetrics, gynecology, and laparoscopic surgery.
From 1993 to the present, I have been working at LITO General, Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic, S.A.
I actively participate in the continuing education of younger colleagues in the field of gynecological endocrinology, organizing presentations at conferences and workshops as Vice Chair of the Scientific Committee. My scientific work includes more than twenty presentations at conferences in Greece and abroad and more than fifty publications in scientific journals over the past 30 years.
Since returning to Greece, I have been running a private practice in Athens, which I continue to do to this day. Finally, I speak and write English and French fluently.
