Current Position
Director Cardiology Department, Metropolitan Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
Adj. Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Adj. Assistant Professor of Hypertension, Boston University, USA
Special area of Interest and Expertise
I am interested in all aspects of Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation and Genetics in Hypertension.
Other Activities
Past President and General Secretary of the Mediterranean Association of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Council member of the European Society of Hypertension
Past President of the Working Group “Hypertension and Heart“ of the European Society of Cardiology
Past President of the Working Group “Hypertension arrhythmias and thrombosis“ of the European Society of Hypertension
Past President of the Hellenic Society of Hypertension
President of 2014 Joint meeting of ESH/ISH, Athens, Greece
President of the 2nd Advanced Committee of the Greek FDA
Editorial Board and Publications
Associate Editor of the European Journal of Internal Medicine
Member of the Editorial Board in 5 Journals in the field of Hypertension and Cardiology.
I have been involved in more than 80 multicenter trials as national coordinator or principal investigator and in committees in the area of Hypertension, Heart Failure, Coronary Heart Disease, Atrial Fibrillation and Genetics (NIH).
Moreover, I have written 30 chapters for medical books and have published more than 350 papers in peer reviewed International Journals in several aspects of Hypertension, Heart Failure, Coronary Heart Disease, Preventive Cardiology, Atrial Fibrillation and Genetics, with an Impact Factor > 1.500 and Citation Index > 55.000.
And the same time, I have given more than 500 lectures in International Meetings.
