Profile

THEANO LAGKOUSI

PEDIATRICIAN

  1. Pediatric
  • Education & Academic Titles
    • 2020: Pediatrics Specialist Certification
    • 2016: Defense of PhD thesis entitled:  «Identification of Immunodominant B-cell Epitopes within virulence surface pneumococcal proteins»
    • 2009: Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Grade 7,79 /10 («Very Good»)
  • Doctoral Thesis

    "Identification of Immunodominant B-cell Epitopes within virulence surface pneumococcal proteins", Infectious and Diseases Dpt «ΜΑΚΚΑ», 1st Dpt of Paediatrics, Athens Medical School, Supervisor: Prof. Maria Theodoridou

  • Professional Experience
    • 3/2019 – Today:      Pediatrician Private Practice
    • 10/2020 – Today:    Associate Pediatrician, Iaso Children’s Hospital
    • 10/2016 – 3/2020:  Resident in Paediatrics, Paediatric Clinic, Penteli’ s Children’s Hospital
    • 6/2016 – Today:     Research fellow, Infectious and Diseases Dpt «ΜΑΚΚΑ», 1st Dpt of Paediatrics, Athens Medical School
    • 10/2010 – 3/2016:  PhD student, Infectious and Diseases Dpt «ΜΑΚΚΑ», 1st Dpt of Paediatrics, Athens Medical School
    • 3/2013 – 7/2015:    Resident in Paediatrics, General Hospital of Kefalonia
    • 9/2009 – 5/2010:    Resident in Pneumology, General Hospital of Longjumeau”, University “Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – UFR médecine Paris II de France Ouest”, Paris, France
  • Scientific Interest

    General Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Vaccinology

  • Diplomats-Certificates
    • 2020: Certificate for the administration of the Standard Test for Detection of Communication Disorders "PAIS" by the Developmental Pediatrics Unit of the National and Kapodiatrian University of Athens
    • 2015: Educational Seminar of Breastfeeding, “Attikon” General Hospital, Athens
    • 2013: Educational Seminar «Archives of Biostatistics and Epidemiology», Collaborative Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research, 1st and 2nd Depts. of Pediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine
    • 2011: Certificate of Newborn Life Support (NLS)
    • 2011: Certificate of European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS)
  • Recent Publications
    • T Lagousi, P Basdeki , MI De Jonge & V Spoulou. Understanding host immune responses to pneumococcal proteins in the upper respiratory tract to develop serotype-independent pneumococcal vaccines. Expert Review of Vaccines. 2020 Oct;19(10):959-972.
    • Lagousi T, Korovessi P, Panagouli E, Tsagris V, Kostaridou S. A Rare Case of Measles-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Infant. Cureus. 2020 May 23;12(5):e8246.
    • A Papadopoulou, T Lagousi, E Hatzopoulou, P Korovessi, S kostaridou, DZ Mermiri. Atypical Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome in children: Is IgE sensitization an issue longitudinally? Allergol Immunopathol (Madr), in press
    • G Grivas, T Lagousi, G Mandilara. Epidemiological Data, Serovar Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Salmonella Species in Children, Greece 2011-2017: A Retrospective Study. Acta Med Acad. 2020 Dec;49(3):255-264
    • Lagousi T, Basdeki P, Routsias J, Spoulou V. Novel protein-based pneumococcal vaccines: assessing the use of distinct protein fragments instead of full-length proteins as vaccine antigens. Vaccines (Basel). 2019 19;7(1).
    • Papadatou I, Lagousi T, Kattamis A, Spoulou V. Antibody persistence 5 years after a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in asplenic patients with β-thalassemia: assessing the need for Ann Hematol. 2019 Mar;98(3):775-779.
    • Lagousi T, Papadatou I, Kopsidas I, Critselis E, Theodoridou M, Spoulou V. (2015) Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospitalizations and Associated Complications Before and After the Implementation of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Athens, Greece. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc;4:260-3
    • Lagousi TRoutsias JGPiperi CTsakris AZChrousos GTheodoridou MSpoulou V. (2015) Discovery of immunodominant B-cell epitopes within surface pneumococcal virulence proteins in paediatric patients with invasive pneumococcal disease. J Biol Chem. 2015;290:27500-10
    • Lagousi, J. G. Routsias, C. Piperi, A. Tsakris, M. Theodoridou, V. Spoulou. Intact streptococcus pneumoniae cell recognition by affinity-purified antibodies against immunodominant B-cell epitopes of virulent surface pneumococcal proteins (VSPNPS) (2014). Pneumonia, Conference Special Issue: The 9th International Symposium in Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases Abstracts, Abstr No ISPPD-0449, Volume: 3, 112-113
  • Membership in Societies
    • European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    • Εuropean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
    • Hellenic Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Research
    • Immune response to vaccines
    • Development of serological diagnostic assays for infectious diseases
    • Discovery and assessment of novel vaccine candidates for Streptococcus pneumoniae including different routes of administrations, adjuvants etc.