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• Medical School, University of Athens
• Gastroenterology Specialty – 1st IKA Hospital & University Hospital, Endoscopy Department, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
• Fellow of the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Registration No. 828) – European Union of Medical Specialists (FEBGH)
• EUS-FNA -FNB Training – Endoscopic Ultrasound & Abdominal Ultrasound (Υ7α/Γ.Π. 118551)
• PhD, Medical School, University of Athens (EKPA)
  

Title: 2015: "Prognostic significance of expression disorders of apoptosis-regulating factors in colorectal neoplasms" 

 

• 2009 – 2024: Scientific Associate, Endoscopy Department, Hygeia & Mitera Hospitals
• 2012 – 2023: Scientific Associate, Endoscopy Department, Athens Clinic
• 2010 – Present: Private Gastroenterology Practice with an Endoscopic Unit in Western Attica (Peristeri)
• 2008 – 2009: Clinical Assistant, Endoscopy Department, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (International Fellowship – ELIGAST Foundation Scholarship)
• 2005 – 2009: Gastroenterology Resident, 1st IKA Hospital, Melissia
• 2003 – 2005: Internal Medicine Resident, Elpis Hospital
• 2002 – 2003: Military Service as an Air Force Physician (Medical Officer, Aerospace Construction Unit, Operations Division – MAK)
• 2000 – 2001: Rural Medical Service, Konistra Health Center & University Hospital Kymi G. Papanikolaou
  

• Advanced Endoscopy Techniques (Chromoscopy, Narrow Band Imaging, Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy).
• Therapeutic Endoscopy (Esophageal variceal banding, sclerotherapy, Barrett’s esophagus dysplasia resection, 
• Gastric and intestinal polypectomy, 
• Argon Plasma Coagulation, hemostatic clip placement,
• Dilation of benign strictures with CRE Balloon)

Endoscopic Hemostatic Techniques

• Endoscopic injection (e.g., adrenaline, sclerosing agents)
• Thermal hemostasis (e.g., heater probe, argon plasma coagulation - APC, bipolar electrocoagulation)
• Mechanical methods (e.g., clips, band ligation, over-the-scope clips - OTSC)
• Hemostatic powders (e.g., Hemospray)
• PEG Feeding Tube Placement
• Obesity Balloon Placement
• Placement of esophageal/duodenal stent
• Diagnosis and treatment of intra-rectal condylomas after magnifying chromoendoscopy
• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS-FNA, FNB)
• Colorectal Cancer Prevention (Polyp detection & removal)
• Comprehensive Gastroenterology Management

• Speaker in postgraduate training courses for gastroenterology residents and conferences on pancreatic diseases
• Active participant in the Greek Gastroenterological Society Congresses
• 2010 – 2024: Regular lecturer in the Hygeia and Mitera Hospital educational programs 
• Certified holder of Basic Life Support (BLS) Diploma (British Council Resuscitation, 2024)
  

ELIGAST Foundation Scholarship – Endoscopy Department, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

2003 – 2004: Certified trainer for nursing students at the University of Athens Nursing School 

 

2000 – 2006: Participation in the Health Promotion Programs of the National School of Public Health 

• Boutzios G., Koukoulioti E., Goules A.V., Kalliakmanis I., Giovannopoulos I., Vlachoyiannopoulos P., Moutsopoulos H.M., Tzioufas A.G.
  "Hashimoto Thyroiditis, Anti-Parietal Cell Antibodies: Associations With Autoimmune Diseases and Malignancies"
  Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 2022 Apr 22;13:860880. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.860880
• Kalliakmanis J.G., Kouvidou Ch., Latoufis C., Kouvatseas G., Anagnostakis D., Papatheodoridis G., Koskinas J., Archimandritis A.
  "Survivin expression in colorectal carcinomas: correlations with clinicopathological parameters and survival."
  Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Oct;55(10):2958-64
• Kalliakmanis J.G., Kouvidou Ch., Papatheodoridis G.V., Latoufis C., Kouvatseas G., Anagnostakis D., Koskinas I., Archimandritis A.J.
  3rd Intercontinental Congress of Pathology, Barcelona, Spain, 2008
• Kalliakmanis J.G., Papalimneou V., Mainas E., Liappis X., Papadimitriou C., Giulbasanis J., Roussodimos C., Christoforidou M., Evdemon E., Artikis V.
  "Listeria monocytogenes infection of the central nervous system: Presentation of a fatal meningitis case."
  8th European Congress of Neuropathology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005
• Survivin Expression in Colorectal Cancer: Research cited in five international publications and included in two major meta-analyses on its role in colorectal cancer.

Book Chapter

• "Modern Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches in Gerontology and Geriatrics" Chapter: "Malnutrition in Elderly Patients with Dementia"

Additional Publications

• Over 65 published abstracts in Greek medical journals and conference proceedings

• Greek Gastroenterological Society
• Professional Association of Gastroenterologists
• European Society of Gastroenterology (ESGE)
• Fellow of the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (FEBGH)
  

• Survivin as a Biomarker in Colorectal Cancer
• Prognostic Significance of Apoptosis-Regulating Factors in Colorectal Neoplasms