Health professionals for Anaemia in Attica

Rizos Euripidis is a Gastroenterologist who maintains a private practice in Agios Dimitrios, Attica. Concurrently, he serves as a consultant in the Gastroenterology Department of "Lefkos Stavros" hospital. He is a graduate and a doctoral candidate at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He obtained his specialty title at the Hepatogastroenterology Unit of the University Hospital "Attikon," where he was trained in the full spectrum of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and particularly Interventional Endoscopy, having performed a substantial number of diagnostic and interventional endoscopies. He specialized at the Neurogastroenterology Department of Queen Mary Royal London Hospital in the United Kingdom, focusing on gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and other functional digestive disorders. He actively participates in Greek and international conferences with lectures and presentations, as well as publications in international scientific journals. Finally, he is a member of the Medical Association of Athens and Piraeus and the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology.

Ο Γαλανόπουλος Αθανάσιος ΜD, PhD είναι Αιματολόγος και διατηρεί ιδιωτικό ιατρείο στους Αμπελόκηπους. Είναι Διευθυντής της Αιματολογικής Κλινικής στην Ευρωκλινική Αθηνών.Τελείωσε την Ιατρική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και στη συνέχεια συνέχισε την εξειδίκευσή του στην ειδικότητα της Αιματολογίας στην Πανεπιστημιακή Παθολογική Κλινική του Λαϊκού Νοσοκομείου και στην Πανεπιστημιακή Κλινική του Ιπποκρατείου Νοσοκομείου Αθηνών. Στη συνέχεια εργάσθηκε στο ΕΣΥ, αρχικά, σαν Επιμελητής και στη συνέχεια σαν Δ/ντής της Αιματολογικής Κλινικής του ΓΝΑ « Γ.Γεννηματάς».Μετέβη στο FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER (FHCRC) , στο SEATTLE, USA, για μετεκπαίδευση στις αυτόλογες και αλλογενείς μεταμοσχεύσεις ασθενών με αιματολογικά νοσήματα.Διετέλεσε υπεύθυνος Μονάδος Μεσογειακής Αναιμίας και υπεύθυνος Μονάδος αυτόλογης μεταμόσχευσης αιματολογικών ασθενών στο ΓΝΑ «Γ.Γεννηματάς».Το κύριο ερευνητικό του ενδιαφέρον είναι τα μυελοδυσπλαστικά σύνδρομα και ιδιαίτερα οι νεώτερες ταξινομήσεις – προγνωστικά συστήματα, οι σύγχρονες θεραπευτικές προσεγγίσεις και προγνωστικοί παράγοντες ανταπόκρισης στις νέες θεραπείες. Επίσης ασχολείται με τις νοσοκομειακές λοιμώξεις ουδετεροπενικών αιματολογικών ασθενών, με ανακοινώσεις σε ελληνικά και ευρωπαϊκά συνέδρια.Εχει διατελέσει κύριος ερευνητής (ΡΙ) σε πάνω από 10 φάσης ΙΙ-ΙV κλινικές μελέτες και subinvestigator σε πάνω από 15 φάσης Ι-ΙΙΙ κλινικές μελέτεςΤέλος, ο ιατρός είναιreviewer αιματολογικών ιατρικών περιοδικών,έχει πάνω από 70 δημοσιεύσεις σε ξενόγλωσσα ιατρικά περιοδικά, πάνω από 450 ανακοινώσεις σε ελληνικά και διεθνή συνέδρια καθώς και 150 συμμετοχές σε ομιλίες ή στρογγυλές τράπεζες.

Varytimiadis Lazaros MD, MSc, FEBGH, PhD is a Gastroenterologist - Interventional Endoscopist, Deputy Director of the Gastroenterology Clinic and Endoscopy Department at MITERA Hospital, and maintains private practices in Pefki and Athens. He received a scholarship from the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology and completed advanced training in Interventional Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at Queen Alexandra Hospital, where he was later appointed and worked as a Consultant. He specialized in Gastroenterology at the General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos - Athens Ophthalmological Clinic - Polyclinic," as well as in Internal Medicine at the General Prefectural Hospital of Edessa. In 2017, he was recognized as a Fellow of the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (FEBGH). Additionally, he holds a PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with a dissertation focused on the removal of precancerous lesions (polyps) from the gastrointestinal tract. He completed a postgraduate MSc program in Crisis Management at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated with honors from the Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania. It is noteworthy that his main clinical interests include complex polypectomies of large polyps (EMR, pEMR, ESD), monitoring patients with Barrett’s esophagus, and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Furthermore, he has participated in numerous national and international conferences, workshops, and advanced training seminars, has received scholarships and awards for best scientific presentations, and has delivered oral presentations and posters at various scientific meetings.

Mosxovis Dimitris is a Gastroenterologist and a Doctor of Medicine from the Medical School of Athens, with a private practice in Aigaleo. Concurrently, he serves as a Scientific Collaborator at the Medical Athens Clinic Peristeri. He studied at the Medical School of the University of Brescia in Italy and subsequently completed postgraduate studies at the Medical School of the University of Athens. He specialized at the 2nd Oncology Internal Medicine Clinic of the Specialized Anti-Cancer Hospital of Piraeus "Metaxa" and later at the Gastroenterology Clinic of the General State Hospital of Nikaia, where he also served as a Gastroenterology Consultant. He has been a Scientific Collaborator at the 2nd Oncology Clinic of the "Hygeia" Hospital, as well as at Pathology and Nephrology Clinics of the "Medical Athens" group. He has participated in numerous conferences in Greece and abroad, with many presentations to his credit. Additionally, he has an extensive number of publications in Greek and foreign journals. Finally, he has active involvement, to date, as a researcher in numerous international multicenter clinical studies.

Borsa Dimitra is a Dietitian-Nutritionist and a top graduate of the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition Science at Harokopio University. She holds a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Nutrition from the same university and maintains a private practice in Aigaleo. During her studies, she actively participated in intensive research activities and obtained scientific publications. Furthermore, she has successfully completed a seminar titled "Specialist in Sports Nutrition" under the auspices of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. She has a strong interest in current scientific data and contemporary recommendations in the fields of weight management, nutritional counseling, clinical and sports nutrition, for which she regularly attends conferences and workshops. The principle of her dietetic practice is a personalized nutritional approach based on the medical and nutritional history, needs, and lifestyle of each individual.