PROFILE
Associate Director, 2nd Oncology Clinic, Metropolitan Hospital
Dr. Eleni Galani studied at the Medical School of the University of Patra from September 1988 to July 1994. She received a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for her performance during her studies. She began her training in Internal Medicine at the Agioi Anargyroi General Cancer Hospital and completed her training at the Therapeutic Clinic of Alexandra Hospital. In 2001 she passed the exams and received her specialty certification in Internal Medicine. During the time of her specialty training, she attended and completed with distinction a postgraduate program in Oncology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. At the same time, she worked on and completed with distinction her doctoral dissertation at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
From 2001 to 2004, she worked at a paid position as a Senior Clinical Fellow at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, Great Britain, where she specialized in Medical Oncology. For her postgraduate training abroad, she received a scholarship from the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology. In addition, she received a scholarship for developing research work from the European Society of Medical Oncology. In 2005, she passed the exams and received a second specialty certification, in Medical Oncology. Since 2005, she has been working as a Medical Oncologist, initially at Henry Dunant Hospital and since 2007 at Metropolitan Hospital.
Dr. Eleni Galani is an author of more than 400 original papers in medical scientific journals, and has more than 100 conference papers in international and Greek conferences. She has been invited as a speaker and has also chaired several medical congresses. She is also a main author in international and Greek oncology books.
Dr. Eleni Galani is a member of the following scientific committees:
- General Medical Council (GMC), UK (Protocol No. 6032207)
- Athens Medical Association (ISA) (Protocol No.055811)
- European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO)
- Hellenic Society of Tumor Markers (General Secretary)
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- 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
EDUCATION
- 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".
