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AIKATERINI IOANNA ATHANASIOU

OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST

  1. Maternity - Gynecology
  • Education & Academic Titles

    • 2018 – 2024: Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Switzerland
      - Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève HUG
      - Groupement Hospitalier de l’Ouest Lémanique, GHOL, Nyon
      - Hôpital Fribourgeois, HFR, Fribourg, Ελβετία
      - 2021-2023: MSc, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Geneva University Hospital
    • Thesis in AI in Assisted Reproductive Technology 
    • 2016 – 2018: Research Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of immunology and Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, U.S.A. 
    • 2010 - 2016: Semmelweis University, Medicine, MD

  • Doctoral Thesis
    PhD Candidate, Medical University of Athens, Department of Embryology and Histopathology

     

  • Professional Experience

    • IVF Athens Center, Athens, Greece
    • Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève HUG, Switzerland
    • Groupement Hospitalier de l’Ouest Lémanique, GHOL, Nyon, Switzerland
    • Hôpital Fribourgeois, HFR, Fribourg, Switzerland
    • Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, U.S.A.

  • Clinical Interest

    • Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
    • Menopause
    • Microbiome

  • Awards & Distinctions

    • MD
    • MSc
    • PhD candidate

  • Recent Publications
    • Ruptured ectopic pregnancy as complete hydatidiform mole: Case report and review of the literature
      Athanasiou, A., Féki, A., Fruscalzo, A., Guani, B., & Ben Ali, N. (2022). Frontiers in Surgery, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.1036435
    • Targeting Both Autophagy and Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer Treatment Giannopoulos S, Bozkus CC, Zografos E, et al. Metabolites. 2022 Oct;12(10):966.
      DOI: 10.3390/metabo12100966.
    • Encapsulated Papillary Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Athanasiou, A., Khomsi, F., de Joliniere, B., & Feki, A. (2022). Frontiers In Surgery, 8.
      DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.743881
    • Progressive Sperm Motility Are Critical Factors Affecting Embryological and Clinical Outcomes in Oocyte Donor ICSI Cycle s Vogiatzi P, Pouliakis A, Sakellariou M, et al. Male Age and Reproductive Sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.). 2022 Mar;29(3):883-895.
      DOI: 10.1007/s43032-021-00801-1. PMID: 34782988.
    • Inducible 70kDa Heat Shock Protein and Autophagy-related Protein P62 Levels in Women With Breast Cancer: an Exploratory Investigation Theofano Orfanelli, Spyridon Giannopoulos, Eleni Zografos, Aikaterini Athanasiou, Ann Marie Bongiovanni, Georgios Doulaveris, Tracy-Ann Moo, Dayle LaPolla, Chris Bakoyiannis, Georgios Theodoropoulos, Georgios Zografos, Eleni Andreopoulou, Steven Witkin Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA Research Square; 2021.
      DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-475229/v1.
    • Evaluation of lysophosphatidic acid in vaginal fluid as a biomarker for ovarian cancer: a pilot study.
      Evelyn Minis; Kevin Holcomb; Giovanni Sisti, M.D.; Dimitrios Nasioudis; Tomi Kanninen; Aikaterini Athanasiou; Melissa K Frey; Eloise Chapman-Davis; Thomas A Caputo; Steven Witkin Weill Cornell Medical College Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol X. 2019 Mar 18;2:100012. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurox.2019.100012
    • Amniotic fluid lactic acid and matrix metalloproteinase-8 levels at the time of fetal surgery for a spine defect: association with subsequent preterm prelabour rupture of membranes Antonio F. Moron1,2, Aikaterini Athanasiou3, Mauricio Barbosa1,2, Herbene J. Milani1,2, Stephanno G. Sarmento1,2, Sergio Cavalheiro1,2, Steven S. Witkin3. 1Department of Obstetrics, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2Hospital and Maternity Santa Joana, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 3Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 8 May 2018. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15298
    •  A Novel Quantitative Method for the Detection of Lipofuscin, the Main by-Product of Cellular Senescence in Fluids Rizou, Sophia V., et al.
      Methods in Molecular Biology, 2018, pp. 119–138. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8931-7_12.
    • Manipulation of autophagy by sexually transmitted infections: new opportunities for intervention. Athanasiou, A., Leizer, J., Minis, E., Linhares, I. and Witkin, Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, S. DST - J bras Doenças Sex Transm, 2017;
      Brazilian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 29, pp.5-7.
    • Chlamydia trachomatis: The persistent pathogen. Witkin, S., Minis, E., Athanasiou, A., Leizer, J. and Linhares, I. Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
      Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2017;24(10):e00203-17. Published 2017 Oct 5

    Presentations in Conferences:

    • Journées d’Automne 2022, GRSSGO, Switzerland
    • Journées d’Automne 2021, GRSSGO, Switzerland
    • The Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) conference, Dallas, Texas January 2018 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Congress 2018, Philadelphia, USA
    • European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, Munich 2018
    • Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility, COGI Conference, Budapest 2015 
  • Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards

    • ESHRE
    • International Menopause Society
    • Société Suisse de Gynécologie et Obstétrique, Obstetrics & Gynecology Society of Switzerland
    • Hellenic Medical Society of New York 

  • Research
    • Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, USA
      - Microbiome
      - Autophagy
      - Infectious diseases during Pregnancy
      - Reproductive Endocrinology