Certifications

1973        MD (Magna Cum Laude).
               University of Athens, Greece.
               Valedictorian of the class.

1973        Certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign
               Medical Graduates (ECFMG).

1978        Certified Paediatrician (Greece).

1978        Certified by the Canadian Medical Council.

1982        Certified Nephrologist (Greece).

1984        PhD Thesis: "Growth of children on continuous ambulatory
               peritoneal dialysis." (Magna Cum Laude),
               University of Athens, Greece.

Residencies and fellowship

1976-78     Pediatric Resident, "Agia Sophia" Children's, Athens, Greece.

1978-80     Senior Resident in Pediatrics University of Western Ontario, London,Ontario, Canada.

1979-80     Chief Resident, St Joseph’s Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.

1980-82     Pediatric Nephrology Fellow, "Hospital for Sick Children" Toronto, Canada.


Hospital appointments

1982-02     Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist, "A. and P. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.

2002-17     Director of Pediatric Nephrology, "A. and P. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.

2008-17     Director of Pediatric Section, "A. and P. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.

2018-         Director of Pediatric Nephrology, MITERA Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.


Academic and committee appointments

1997          President of the 31st Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology.

1999          Founding member of the European Paediatric Dialysis Working Group.

1999          Founding member of the Southeastern European Paediatric Nephrology Working Group.

1999-02     Councilor of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology.

2005-11          Representative of the Greek Pediatric Society at the European Academy of Paediatrics.

2005-11     Editor-in-Chief of "Paediatriki" (the Journal of the Greek Society of Paediatrics).

2007-11     Chairman of the Tertiary Care Group of the European Academy of Paediatrics.

2009-         Editor of the Journal "Pediatric Nephrology".

2010          Chair of the the 3rd Congress of the European Academy of Pediatric Societies.

2012-18         Registry representative at the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry.