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Biography

Current Titles

  • Director, Lipid Disorders Department
  • Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
  • Coordinator at the Registry of children with familial hypercholesterolemia (Hellas-FH Registry) at the Children’s Hospital “P. & A. Kyriakou”

Research Interest

  • Lipid Disorders (Hyperlipidemias & hypolipidemias)
  • Metabolic diseases from the perspective of the pediatrician
  • Infections, especially zoonotic

 

Professional Experience

Full-time Pediatrician for 38 consecutive years (1985-2022) at:

  • 1st Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital
  • 2nd Department of Pediatrics, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital
  • 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, NKUA, “P. & A. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, as a faculty member (2003 -2022), from the rank of Lecturer to the rank of Professor of Pediatrics
  • Director, Athens Euroclinic, Department of Lipid Disorders, 2022

Medical Degree

Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1978)

Pediatrics – 1st Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) (1985)

  • Attending International and Hellenic seminars mainly related to nutrition, lipid disorders and inborn errors of metabolism
  • Member of the Hellenic Pediatric Society (1985)
  • Regular member of the European Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR) (2000)
  • Member of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society (2016)
  • Member of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) (2019)
  • Founding member of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric Infections ( 2000)
  • Member of Hellenic Society of the Study of Inborn Errors of metabolism (HSSIEM)
  • Founding Member of the Society for Education and Research in Pediatrics of the 2nd Department of Pediatrics of NKUA
  • Reviewer in International Scientific Medical Journals
  • Reviewer of papers published in the Hellenic journal “PEDIATRICS”, announced at pediatric conferences and Intensive Seminars in Adolescent Medicine
  • Member of the Scientific Program Committee (SPC) of the 34th – 37th Annual Panhellenic Medical Conference
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Annual Intensive Seminars of the Adolescent Health Unit (State of the Art: Adolescent Medicine Course)
  • Member of the Coordinating Committee of “Developmental and Adolescent Health Strategies” postgraduate programs
  • English
  • 2nd prize for applied research at the 19th Panhellenic Medical Conference, Athens 1993. Title: “Atrial natriuretic peptide in children with cystic fibrosis”
  • Best Abstract Award, 2nd Excellence in Pediatrics Conference, 2-4 December 2010, London. Title: “Effectiveness of dietary plant sterols on lowering LDL-Cholesterol in children and adolescents.”
  • 1st Prize at the 19th Panhellenic Congress of Lipidiology, Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease, Athens 2016. Title: “The effect of atorvastatin administration on fasting insulin levels and growth rate in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia”
  • 1st Prize for Best Announcement at the 7th Panhellenic Working Group Symposium 1-2/12/2017. Title: “Cardiovascular profile and treatment of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in Greece: Preliminary data from the HELLAS-FH registry”
  • 1st Prize for best announcement at the 8th Panhellenic Educational Seminar, Institute of Study Research & Education on Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Diseases 23-25/3/2018. Title: “Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Cardiovascular Disease: Preliminary Data from the HELLAS-FH Patient Registry”.
  • 1st Prize for best announcement at the 9th Panhellenic Educational Seminar, Institute of Study Research & Education on Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Diseases 4/5/2019. Title: “Cardiovascular characteristics of adult patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: Latest data from the Hellenic Registry HELLAS-FH”.
  • 1st Prize for best communication at the 8th Panhellenic Working Group Symposium, 29-30/11/2019, Title: “Familial hypercholesterolemia and newer European guidelines for dyslipidemias 2019: Clinical practice data from the Greek registry HELLAS-FH”
  • Commendation award at the 8th Panhellenic Working Group Symposium, 29-30/11/2019, Athens. Title: “The effect of atorvastatin on the carotid intima – media thickness of children with dyslipidemia”.
  • 2nd Clinical Research Award from the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society. 9th Panhellenic Conference of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society Under the auspices of the European Atherosclerosis Society 3-5/12/2020. Title: “Achieving lipid targets and the role of PCSK9 inhibitors in the treatment of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: Latest data from the Hellas -FH Greek Registry”.

Department

  • Lipid Disorders Departement

 

Contact

Athens Euroclinic

7-9 Athanasiadou Street, Athens 115 21

Tel: +30 210 6416600

Appointments: +30 210 6416800 & 210 6416801

Fax: +30 210 6416555

e-mail: garoufi.lipids@yahoo.com

website: www.garoufi.gr