Profile

• 1975 – 1981: Medical School of Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki,
• 1985 – 1986: Resident in Internal Medicine at “Metaxa Oncology Hospital”, Piraeus Greece
• 1987 – 1990: Resident in Cardiology in “Korgialenio – Benakio” Red Cross Hospital, Athens Greece
• 1994 – 1995: Fellow and specialization in Interventional Cardiology, AZM University Hospital of Maastricht, The Netherlands
• 2017: Training in PFO/ASD Closure, Milan Italy
• 2018: Training in Renal Denervation, – Prague Czech Republic
• 2018: Training in LAA Closure, Sitges, Spain

Doctoral Thesis, “Early Detection of Anthracycline cardiotoxicity by Radionuclide estimation of ejection fraction”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 1991

• 1982 – 1983: Army Service as Medical Doctor
• 1983 – 1985: Obligatory Country Service as Medical Doctor
• 1986 – 1987: Fellow in Internal Medicine at “Metaxa Oncology Hospital”, Piraeus Greece
• 1991 – 2010: Staff of A΄ Cardiology Department at “Korgialenio – Benakio” Red Cross Hospital, Athens Greece
• 2010 – 2021: Director of Cardiology Department and Catheterization Laboratory at “Korgialenio – Benakio” Red Cross Hospital, Athens Greece
• 2021 – 2023: Chief Director of Cardiology Department and Catheterization Laboratory at “Korgialenio – Benakio” Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

• Interventional Cardiology
• Structural Heart Diseases
• Clinical Cardiology

• Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: always exclude pheochromocytoma.
  Gyftaki, R & Klogeris, N & Dalakoura, S & Cherolidi, E & Aggelaki, M & Bourboulis, N & Vryonidou - Bompota, Andromachi. (2019). Endocrine Abstracts. 10.1530/endoabs.67.GP14.
• Ticagrelor potentiates the cardioprotective effects of remote ischemic preconditioning.
  Zografos, Theodoros & Tsiafoutis, Ioannis & Koutouzis, M & Lagadinos, P & Koudounis, Panagiotis & Aggelaki, M & Maniotis, Christos & Tsigkas, Grigorios & Davlouros, Periklis & Katritsis, Demosthenes & Bourboulis, N & Katsivas, A. (2018). P5506
• Rotational Atherectomy and Simultaneous Temporary Transvenous Pacing Through a Forearm Approach.
  Tsiafoutis I, Zografos T, Bourboulis N, Katsivas A.J Invasive Cardiol. 2018 Apr;30(4):E31-E32.PMID: 29610448
• The Reverse T-Stenting and Small Protrusion Technique: A Novel Technique for Coronary Bifurcation Lesions.
  Tsiafoutis I, Zografos T, Antonakopoulos A, Koutouzis M, Tsigkas G, Bourboulis N, Katsivas A.J Invasive Cardiol. 2017 Dec;29(12):E195-E196.PMID: 29207368
• Effect of one-cycle remote ischemic preconditioning to reduce myocardial injury during percutaneous coronary intervention.
  Zografos TA, Katritsis GD, Tsiafoutis I, Bourboulis N, Katsivas A, Katritsis DG.Am J Cardiol. 2014 Jun 15;113(12):2013-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.03.043. Epub 2014 Apr 1.PMID: 24793669 Clinical Trial.
• Oxidative damage to plasma proteins in patients with chronic alcohol dependence: the effect of smoking.
  Kapaki E, Liappas I, Lyras L, Paraskevas GP, Mamali I, Theotoka I, Bourboulis N, Liosis I, Petropoulou O, Soldatos K.In Vivo. 2007 May-Jun;21(3):523-8.PMID: 17591364

• Fellow of Hellenic Society of Cardiology
• Fellow of European Society of Cardiology

Participation in Multicenter Studies

• ISIS II as Secondary Investigator
• ISIS III as Secondary Investigator
• OCEANIC AF as Principal Investigator
• FINEARTS as Principal Investigator