Dr. Vaia Lampadiari is a Professor of Pathology and Endocrinology at the Second Teaching Department of Internal Medicine, Research Unit of the University of Athens, and Scientific Director of the Diabetes Center at the “Attikon” University General Hospital. In addition to diabetes mellitus, she specializes in metabolic disorders and obesity, and has received advanced training at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, UK, in lipid disorders and adipose tissue disorders (lipodystrophies). He is engaged in educational and academic work (student training, research), while also treating patients across the entire spectrum of endocrinology and metabolism. Specifically in the field of cardiometabolic diseases, he has pioneered the establishment, in collaboration with the Cardiology Clinic of Attikon University Hospital, the first interdepartmental cardiometabolic clinic in Greece, with a particular focus on the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the context of metabolic disorders. Her research output includes >185 papers in peer-reviewed international journals (average impact factor >5), h-Index (Google Scholar): 41, Citations (Google Scholar): 7,300, and 10 book chapters. She has supervised >10 doctoral dissertations and has delivered over 250 invited lectures. She has served as/is a Principal Investigator in >30 multicenter Phase II/III clinical trials in the field of Metabolism.
