Coordinator of the National Network for Precision Medicine in Molecular Oncology
Executive Scientific Advisor, ELPEN S.A., and Director of the Research Institute, Athens
Director of Medical Genetics, Dunan Hospital, Athens
Director of Human Genetics & Precision Medicine, IMMB, FORTH, Crete
Former Scientific Director of Genetics and Reproduction, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Dr. Konstantinos Stratakis graduated with honors from the School of Medicine at the University of Athens (1989) and holds a Ph.D. from Kapodistrian University (1994). He trained at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) in Pediatrics, Endocrinology, and Medical Genetics (1988, 1990–1996). Until 2020, he served as Scientific Director and Chair of the Division of Endocrinology and Genetics at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), one of the largest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. Over the course of three decades (1993–2021) at the NIH, Dr. Stratakis discovered diseases, genes, and new diagnostic methods and treatments, and received numerous awards and honors, including for his work as a mentor, having trained more than 200 scientists and fellows from around the world—including Greece—in his department. His former students are now program directors or professors in countries such as the U.S., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, China, and, of course, Greece. Dr. Stratakis has received numerous awards, including two honorary doctorates from the universities of Liège (2013) and Athens (2018), and was elected president of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR, 2018–2019). He has served as a professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and was appointed professor of Genetics & Endocrinology at McGill University and of Pediatrics at the University of Crete, as well as a Visiting Professor at dozens of academic institutions around the world. He is the editor-in-chief of leading scientific journals, holds four patents, and is the author of more than 800 publications, as well as books and other scientific works. In 2021, Dr. Stratakis assumed the position of Director of Genetics and Precision Medicine at FORTH (IMBB, Heraklion, Crete) and, concurrently, coordinates the efforts and leadership of a new institute established by ELPEN, co-funded by European and other programs, in Athens. In July 2022, the Ministry of Development and the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) appointed Mr. Stratakis as coordinator of the Hellenic Network for Precision Medicine in Molecular Oncology.
