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I am a medical graduate of the University of Patras and I hold a Master's degree (MSc) from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens with honors in "Crisis and Mass Disaster Management" with a thesis on "Migration and Hepatitis in Greece"
I specialised in gastroenterology at 417 NIMTS and I hold a European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Diploma (European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology) by examination.
In 2014 I received a scholarship from the Hellenic Gastroenterological Society for postgraduate training in Interventional Therapeutic Endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in the UK.
After successfully completing my postgraduate training, I spent three years as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Guys & St Thomas Hospital, a specialist reference centre for idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBS - Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis) in the UK, where I gained extensive experience in the management of patients with IBS.
From 2018 to 2023 I worked as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Gastroenterology Clinic of Southend University Hospital, Mid & South Essex Foundation Trust, where I was the scientific head of the IBS (Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases) department and actively participated in research projects.
From 2021 to 2023 I was Coordinating Director of the Endoscopy Department at Southend University Hospital, with a particular interest in both interventional endoscopy and the creation of scientific protocols for faster and more effective patient management.
Since 2023 I have been working as an attending physician at the B' Gastroenterology Clinic of Iaso Hospital, where I actively participate in the work of the clinic and educational activities, and where I perform therapeutic interventional endoscopic procedures.
I have many years of extensive professional experience in the management of patients with acute and chronic digestive diseases while I perform diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy including specialized interventional endoscopic examinations such as endoscopic palindromic cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), polypectomies, endoscopic dilations and stenting.
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Education
- Edward Jenner Programme, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Leadership Academy (2020 – 2021)
- Postgraduate degree in "Crisis and Mass Disaster Management", National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Nursing (2008 - 2010)
- Medical Degree, University of Patras, University of Patras, Medicine (1998 - 2004)
Work experience
- Scientific Associate, IASO, IASO (2023)
- Head of Endoscopy , Southend University Hospital, United Kingdom (2021)
- Consultant Gastroenterology Consultant, Southend University Hospital, UK (2018 - 2023)
- Consultant Gastroenterology Consultant, Southend University Hospital, UK (2018 - 2023)
- Consultant Gastroenterology Consultant, Guys & St Thomas Hospital, United Kingdom (2015 - 2018)
- Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology, Guys & St Thomas Hospital, United Kingdom (2014 – 2015)
- Resident of the Gastroenterology Clinic, 417 NIMTS (2010 - 2014)
- Resident in Pathology, Katerini Hospital (2008 - 2010)
- Rural Doctor, KY Prinos Thassos (2005 - 2006)