- Undergraduate education (1978-1984): School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Thesis: “Lipidaemic and haemostatic-thrombogenic factors in the children of young coronary patients” (1997)
- Academic position: Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Current hospital position:
- 2nd Department of Cardiology, University General Hospital Attikon, Athens
- Head of Lipid Clinic and Coronary Care Unit.
- Past president of the Hellenic Society of Lipidology, Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease (2019-23)
- Past president of the Hellenic Working Group of Echocardiography (2012-14)
- Main research activities: a) Risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) with special interest premature CAD and b) Prognostic markers and prevention of CAD.
- Clinical trial experience: Principal Investigator and Member of the Steering Committee of FOURIER trial (2013-17), investigator of ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial (2014-2018), principal investigator of WAYLIVRA® Post-Authorisation Safety Study (PASS) and Product Registry (2021-till now), principal investigator of OCEAN(a) (2023 till now), Principal Investigator and Member of the Steering Committee of ISIS trial (2024 till now) etc.
- Publications: >250 papers in peer reviewed journals, citations: >41.000 and hindex: 53 (Google Scholar) [May 2025].
- Book authorship (single author book):
- in Greek language: “Emergency Cardiology”, 1st edition 2010, 2nd edition 2012, 3rd edition 2015, 4th edition 2019
“Algorithms in Emergency Cardiology”, new edition 2025 (in press)
- in English language: “Emergency Cardiology: a practical guide”, 2017, Broken Hill Publishers LTD.