Job: Doctors

He has been/is intensively involved in all four Obstetrics and Gynaecology Subspecialties, mainly Reproductive Medicine. As:

• 2019-

FIVI Fertility & IVF Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center

Scientific Director

• –2019

Thessaloniki IVF And Infertility Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center

Scientific Director

• 1985-2001

Blue Cross IVF Center

Founding member

• 2^nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Professor and Head

• St’ Thomas Hospital Medical School, London

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Athens Academy Award, Nikolaus Dumba 1830-1900

Α dazzling figure in the Imperial Vienna» (Amazon Publications)

Member of more than 30 National and International Medical Societies among which:

• Union of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Greece (vice president)
• Member Royal College Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, London (MRCOG)
• Fellow- elected -Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG)
• British Fertility Society Member
• ASRM American Society of Reproductive Medicine
• European Society Human Reproduction & Embryology-ESHRE
• British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (Diploma-trainer)
• Oncofertlility Consortium Society (Chicago-USA)
• Oncology Council, Interbalkan European Hospital
• British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy
• American Society of Laparoscopists
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
• New York Academy of Sciences
• European Urogynaecology Association (hands-on practical courses organizer)
• European Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (EAGO)
• British Society Family Planning Association (FPA Diploma)
• British Society of Obstetrics Anaesthetic Association
• RCOG 5 year CME Program successfully completed
• Hellenic Society of Scientists of Great Britain’ Executive Committee
• Medicus Olympicus Association-vice President e.t.c.
• Founding member of the Hellenic Representative Committee (for Greece and Cyprus)- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Chair 2002-2007, 2012-2017

Board member 2017-2020

• Local Organizer: International MRCOG Examination Centre-Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1 out of 2 in Europe- outside UK).

• More than 300 Publications at national and international journals
• Member of the editorial Committee in six local and international journals and reviewer in several medical journals.
• Author and co-author of five medical books among which the book ‘’In vitro fertilization and related methods of assisted reproduction’’, in Greek.

• 2020-

FIVI Fertility & IVF Center, European Interbalkan Medical Center

Deputy Scientific Director

• Biogenesis IVF Center, Thessaloniki

Scientific Director

• Fertility Clinic of Erasme Hospital, ULB, Belgium

University Clinical Doctor, Obstetrician – Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and Assisted Reproduction, performing all ART procedures and responsible for the Preimlantation Genetic Testing Program, assisted reproduction for patients with viral diseases and for patients coming from abroad.

• Erasme Hospital, ULB, Belgium

University Clinical Doctor, Obstetrician – Gynecologist

Scientific Associate of the 1^st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, AUTH, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Member of Greek and International scientific societies, such as the Obstetric and Gynecological Society of Thessaloniki, Hellenic Society of Fertility and Sterility, ELEIYA, BSRM, ESHRE.

PhD candidate of the ULB and AUTH jointly, with PhD thesis “Strategies to eliminate OHSS”

• Physician specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Scientific Associate, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1981-1982)

• Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Fellow in the Section of Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility and IVF Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, USA (1982-1985)

• Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, Head of the IVF Unit, Geniki Kliniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (1985-2005)

• Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, Consultant and subsequently Head of the IVF Unit, Hippokrateion General Hopital, Thessaloniki, Greece (1986-2004)

• Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, Head of the IVF Unit, Papageorgiou General Hopital, Thessaloniki, Greece (2005-2017)

• Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, private practice, collaborating with BIOGENESIS Medically Assisted Reproduction Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece (2006-2019)

• Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, private practice, collaborating with FIVI Medically Assisted Reproduction Unit, Interbalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki, Greece and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of FIVI (2020-…)

• Consultant, Lecturer, Assistant, Associate and Full Professor in Obstetrics-Gynecology and Human Reproduction (1986-2008)

• Chairman 1^st Department of OB/GYN, Medical School, AUTH, Greece (2008-2017)

• Teaching in 6 Postgraduate Programs and Supervisor in 14 PhD Theses Visiting Professor in Klinikum Großhadern, Ludwig-Maximilian Universit; School of Medicine, Yale University; Medical School, UCLA; School of Medicine, University of Belgrade (1985-2004)

• Visiting Professor in Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (2005-2006)

• Dean and Vice Dean, Medical School, AUTH, Greece (2007-2013)

• Vice President, National Authority on Medically Assisted Reproduction (2005-2010)

• Vice President of the Council, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2013-2016)

Honorary Member of Societas:1) Obstetriciorum-Ginecologiae Romaniae, 2) Romana Humanae Assistentis Propagationis, 3) Ginecologie Endocrinologica din Romania, Middle East Fertility Society, International Federation of Fertility Societies

Premio Internazionale per la Ginecologia “Arnaldo Bruno”, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy

Doctor Honoris Causa, Ovidius University, Romania

ASRM Service Award, “G. Kotzias” Award, AUTH Award in Research, HUOG Award

Honorary Award of Teloglion Foundation and the Egyptian Fertility and Sterility Society

“Fellow ad Eundem” Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

President – Elect of the European Board & College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Past Chairman of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Past President of the International Federation of Fertility Societies

Member of 18 International and 24 National Scientific Societies

Deputy Editor Human Reproduction Update

Editorial Board Member of 14 International and 7 National Scientific Journals

Editor / Co-Editor in 5 Scientific Books

Participation in more than 750 International and National Congresses

165 Presentations in International Congresses and 100 in National Congresses

354 Publications in International peer-reviewed Scientific Journals

and 85 in National Journals

H-index 76, Citations 25670 (Google Scholar 2020)