Galani Eleni

Associate Director, 2nd Oncology Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital

Dr. Eleni Galani studied at the Medical School of the University of Patras from September 1988 to July 1994, graduating with distinction and receiving a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for her academic performance. She began her residency in Internal Medicine at the General Oncology Hospital “Agioi Anargyroi” and completed it at the Therapeutic Clinical Hospital "Alexandra". In 2001, she obtained her specialty in Internal Medicine after successfully passing the examinations. During her residency, she also attended and completed the postgraduate program in Oncology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), while simultaneously working on her PhD in Oncology, at the same institution.

From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Galani held a paid position as Senior Clinical Fellow at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, where she specialized in Medical Oncology. She was awarded fellowships from both the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO). In 2005, she became certified in Medical Oncology. Since then, she has worked as a Medical Oncologist, initially at Henry Dunant Hospital (2005–2007) and, from 2007 to the present, at Metropolitan Hospital in Athens.

Dr. Galani is the author of more than 50 original publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and has presented over 100 papers at Greek and international conferences. She has been invited as a speaker and has chaired sessions at numerous medical meetings. In addition, she is a contributing and principal author in national and international oncology textbooks.

Dr. Eleni Galani is a member of the following scientific committees: General Medical Council (UK, registration number 6032207), Medical Association of Athens (registration number 055811), Hellenic society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Medical Oncology Physicians Society of Greece (EOPE), Tumor Markers Society (General Secretary).

• May 2007-currently: Associate Director, 2nd Oncology Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital
• 12/2004-05/20017: External Associate, 2nd Oncology Clinic, Henry Dunant Hospital
• 10/09/2001-30/10/2004: Clinical Fellow/Senior Registrar Grade, paid position, Department of Medical Oncology, Guy’s and St Thomas' Hospital, London
• 10/09/2002-10/2003: Senior Clinical Fellow, paid position, Department of Breast Cancer, Guy’s and St Thomas' Hospital, and Department of Breast Cancer, Kings College Hospital, London
• 2/09/1997- 22/05/2001: Specialty Training in Internal Medicine, Athens University Therapeutic Clinic, Alexandra Hospital
• 10/05/1996-31/08/1997: Specialty Training in Internal Medicine, 3rd General Internal Medicine Clinic, Agioi Anargyroi General Cancer Hospital
• 20/10/1994-19/10/1995: Rural Service, Rural Community Clinic, Messini Health Center, Trikorfo

• 28/07/1994: Bachelor of Medicine, University of Patra Medical School (cum laude)
• 01/08/1994: Professional Medical License, Prefecture of Achaia
• 18/10/2005 Doctoral Dissertation, Medical School, University of Athens (summa cum laude)
• Specialties
  • Internal Medicine (10/2001))
  • Medical Oncology (02/2005)
• Experience or training in specialized centers or special hospitals
  • 10/09/2001-30/10/2004: Senior Clinical Fellow, paid position, Department of Medical Oncology, Guy’s and St Thomas' Hospital, London
  • 10/09/2002-10/2003: Senior Clinical Fellow, paid position, Department of Breast Cancer, Guy’s and St Thomas' Hospital, and Department of Breast Cancer, Kings College Hospital, London
  • 4/2002-04/2003: Research on breast cancer immunotherapy at the Cancer Biology Group Lab Group, Cancer Research, UK, with a scholarship from the European Society of Medical Oncology ("Detections of specific T-cells in the peripheral blood and in the bone marrow in patients with early breast cancer recognizing epitops from tumor antigens")
• Experience in Translational Research
  • Laboratory research on breast cancer immunotherapy, Cancer Biology Group Lab, Cancer Research, UK, funded by a Research Scholarship from the European Society of Medical Oncology (Reference: Prof. Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou)
  • Laboratory research for the development of methods for predicting chemosensitivity and chemoresistance in cancer patients, with ovarian cancer as a model, as part of her PhD thesis at the Laboratory of Biochemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, and at the National Hellenic Research Foundation
  • Research in molecular biology (study of the expression of oncogenes MDR-1, nm23H1 and Sema E in ovarian cancer cells) with the method of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the context of her PhD thesis at the Laboratory of Biochemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, and at the National Hellenic Research Foundation

Doctoral Thesis: 18/10/2005 summa cum laude

• National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry Supervisor: Prof. Sekeris
• “Correlation of in vitro chemosensitivity and chemoresistance with the clinical response to chemotherapy of patients with ovarian cancer. Determination of the expression of oncogenes MDR-1, nm23H1 and Sema E. Clinical pathological correlation with the characteristics of tumors and the clinical outcome of patients with ovarian cancer.”
• The findings have been announced in conferences and published in the medical press.

Postgraduate Studies

• Postgraduate Program in Clinical, Laboratory and Preventive Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Program Leader: Prof. Loukopoulos.
• Participated in this postgraduate program from 9/1998 to 6/2001 and graduated summa cum laude. During this postgraduate program, she prepared a research paper entitled "In vitro chemosensitivity in ovarian cancer".

E-mail: eleni_galani@yahoo.gr

Telephone: +302104809661, +302104809662