Professor of Pediatrics – Pediatric Endocrinology
School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
“Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital
Ms. Evangelia Charmandari graduated from the School of Medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as the top student in her class. She completed her residency in General Pediatrics in England and specialized in Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at the London Center for Endocrinology and Metabolism, at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and University College Hospital, London, UK. She holds the training certificates “Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in General Pediatrics (CCST-General Pediatrics)” and “Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Pediatric Endocrinology” (CCST-Pediatric Endocrinology), both awarded by the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, London, UK.
Her academic studies include a Master of Science in Clinical Pediatrics and a doctoral dissertation in Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, both of which were awarded by the University of London. She completed her postdoctoral studies in Molecular Endocrinology and Cell Biology at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NICHD/NIH) in the United States. She also served as Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at St. James’ University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary in Leeds, UK.
Since 2011, he has been a faculty member at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, initially as an Associate Professor and, since 2015, as a Full Professor specializing in Pediatric – Pediatric Endocrinology, and works at the First Department of Pediatrics of the University of Athens, “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital.
Her research has resulted in 349 publications (113 in international SCI journals, 9 in non-SCI journals, 1 book, 56 reviews in foreign-language books, 133 publications in international conference proceedings, and 37 publications in Greek conference proceedings). These publications collectively have an Impact Factor (IF) of 717 and have received 7,352 citations according to Google Scholar (H-index = 41, i10-index = 79).
She was honored for her research with the “Henning Andersen Prize” from the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, ESPE), as well as numerous awards from the Hellenic Endocrinology Society, the Athens Medical Society, and the Hellenic Society of Adolescent Medicine. Finally, he has received a total of 2,477,000.00 euros in funding from both Greece and Europe to carry out research projects.