31 May – 1 June 2013 “Cardiovascular biotechnology: From cell to man”

31 May – 1 June 2013
“Cardiovascular biotechnology: From cell to man”
Under the auspices of the Hellenic Cardiological Society

Participants:

Adamopoulos Stamatis: MD, PhD, Director Heart Failure – Transplant Unit, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Akpinar Belhan: MD, Professor, Kadir Has University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
Anagnostopoulos D. Constantinos: MD, PHD, FRCP, FRCR, FESC, Consultant Nuclear Medicine Physician, Chief Researcher (Associate Professor) at the Clinical Research Centre, BRFAA, Athens, Greece
Anagnou P. Nicholas: MD, PhD, Professor of Biology and Head Laboratory of Biology, University of Athens School of Medicine and Group Leader, Laboratory of Cell and Gene Therapy Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens (IIBEAA), Greece
Anastasakis Aris: MD, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Unit of Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, 1st Department of Cardiology – University of Athens, Greece
Anastasiadis Kyriakos: MD, DSc, FETCS, FCCP, FESC, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Head of Cardiothoracic Department, “AHEPA” University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasiou – Nana Maria: MD, FESC, Cardiologist, Professor / Chief of the 2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens School of Medicine, “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Andreadou Ioanna: Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Greece
Anthopoulos P. Lampros: MSc., MD, FESC, FACC, Emeritus Professor of the University of Athens, Greece
Asimacopoulos J. Panayiotis: MD, PhD, FACS, FACC, Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Emeritus Medical School University of Athens, Clinical Professor of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas, Biomedical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
Athanassopoulos D. George: Depute Director of Cardiology Section, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Babalis Dimitris: Assistant Professor of Cardiology, University of Athens, Director, Cardiology Department Attikis General Hospital “KAT”, President Panhellenic Medical Association of Cardiology Directors, Athens, Greece
Belogianneas Christos: MD, Cardiology Resident, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece
Boudoulas Harisios: MD, Dr, Honorary Professor of Medicine / Cardiology and Pharmacy (Emeritus), The Ohio State University Honorary Professor, Academician (An. Mem.) Honorary President Scientific Council, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece
Brutsaert L. Dirk: MD, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Chlorogiannis A. Ioannis: MD, Director Department of Cardiac Surgery, “Euroclinic” of Athens, Greece
Chrousos P. George: MD, FAAP, MACP, MACE, FRCP, Professor and Chairman, First Department of Paediatrics, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, UNESCO Chair in Adolescent Health Care, Athens University Medical School, Collaborating Investigator A, B.R.F.A.A., Athens, Greece
Cokkinos V. Dennis: Professor Emeritus, Medical School, University of Athens, Director, Cardiovascular Department, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece
Dagres Nikolaos: Assistant Professor in Cardiology, University of Athens, 2nd University Cardiology Department “Attikon” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Dan Gheorghe – Andrei: Professor, MD, PhD, FESC, FAHA, VP/President – elect International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, Professor of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Head Internal Medicine Clinic, Head Cardiology Department, Senior Researcher 1st dgr, Colentina University Hospital, Medicine Faculty, University of Medicine “Carol Davila” – Bucharest, Romania
Elisaf Moses: Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece
Filippatos Gerasimos: Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece, President Elect., Heart Failure Association ESC
Foussas Stefanos: Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Chief of Cardiology Department “Tzaneio” State Hospital, Piraeus, Greece, Vice President of the Hellenic Cardiological Society
Gersak Borut: Professor, MD, PhD, Head of Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
Giamouzis Gregory: MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Department of Cardiology, Larissa University Hospital, Larissa, Greece
Giannoukas Athanasios: Professor of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Goudevenos John: MD, FACC, FESC, Professor of Cardiology, Medical School University of Ioannina, Greece
Kallikazaros Ioannis: Co-ordinator of Cardiology Department Athens General Hospital “Hippocration”, Greece, President of Hellenic Cardiological Society
Kanonidis E. Ioannis: Professor of Cardiology, Director of 2nd Department of Cardiology & CCU, Medical School, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Karatasakis George: MD, FESC, Assistant Director, “Onassis” Cardiac Centre, Athens, Greece
Karydas Andreas: Research Associate – 1st Cardiology Department – “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Kaski Juan Carlos: Professor, MD, DM (Hons), DSc, FRCP, FESC, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Cardiovascular Science, Head, Cardiovascular Sciences Research Centre, St. George’s, University of London and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, St. George’s Hospital, London, U.K.
Kelekis L. Nikolaos: MD, Professor and Chairman of Radiology, 2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Athens, Greece
Koch J. Walter PhD: Professor, Chairman Department of Pharmacology, Director, Centre for Translational Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Chair of BCVS at AHA, U.S.A.
Kolovou Genovefa: Head of Outpatient Clinics and Preventive Cardiology, Head of LDL Apheresis Service, Athens, Greece
Konstantinides V. Stavros: MD, PhD, FESC, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, University General Hospital, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Koutelou Maria: MD, MSc, Director of Nuclear Medicine Department, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Kranias Litsa: PhD, Hanna Professor and Director, Cardiovascular Biology Distinguished University of Cincinnati, U.S.A., Professor BRFAA, Athens, Greece
Kremastinos Dimitrios: MD, PhD, Professor of Cardiology, Athens University, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
Lekakis John: MD, FESC, Professor of Cardiology, Athens University, School of Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Liapis D. Christos: MD, FACS, FRCS, Professor of Vascular Surgery University of Athens, Chairman Department of Vascular Surgery, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Makris Thomas: Director of Cardiology Department, “Elena Venizelou” Maternity and General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Manginas Athanasios: MD, FACC, FESC, Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiology Department, “Mediterraneo” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Manolis G. Athanasios: Director “Hellenic Red Cross” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
Manolis S. Antonis: MD, FACC, FESC, FHRS, Professor of Cardiology, Athens University School of Medicine, Director, 1st Department of Cardiology, “Evagelismos” General Hospital of Athens, Greece
Mastorakou Irene: MD, PhD, Radiologist, Head of Imaging Department, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Mavrogeni Sophie: MD, FESC, Cardiology Department, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Moulopoulos Spyridon: Professor Emeritus, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
Nihoyiannopoulos Petros: MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London, NHLI, Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.
Palatianos M. George: MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, FETCS, Voluntary Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Chief, 3rd Department of Cardiac Surgery, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Pantos Constantinos: Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School – University of Athens, Greece
Papadopoulou – Daifoti Zoe: Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Parcharidis Georgios: Professor of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Pavlides Gregory: MD, FACC, FESC, Director, A’ Cardiology Division of Interventional Cardiology, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Pitsavos Christos: MD, FESC, FACC, Professor of Cardiology, Head, Preventive Cardiology Unit, University of Athens, Greece
Pitsis Antonis: Dr., FETCS, FESC, St. Luke’s Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece
Prapas N. Sotirios: MD, FECTS, Director of Cardiac Surgery Department, “Henry Dynant”, Athens, Greece
Pyrgakis N. Vlassios: MD, FESC, FACC, Chairman of the Cardiology Department of the General State Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Greece
Sanoudou Despina: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
Sfirakis D. Petros: Director of Transplant Depatrment of “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Sitaras M. Nikolaos: MD, PhD, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Skoularigis John: Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Thessaly, Cardiology Department, Larissa University Hospital, Greece
Spargias Konstantinos: MD, PhD, THV Director, “Hygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Starling C. Randall: MD, MPH, FACC, FESC, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chairman Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Head Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH, U.S.A.
Stefanadis Christodoulos: Professor of Cardiology, Director, 1st Department of Cardiology, “Hippokration Hospital”, Athens University Medical School, Greece
Terrovitis D. John: MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, 3rd Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Greece
Theodorakis N. George: MD, FESC, FACC, Head of the Department of Electrophysiology and Pacemakers, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Theodoropoulos Stergios: Cardiac Surgeon, Director of the First Cardiac Surgical Department, “Iasso” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Tousoulis Dimitrios: Professor of Cardiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
Toutouzas Konstantinos: Assistant Professor of Cardiology, “Hippokration” Hospital, Athens Medical School, Greece
Trichopoulos Dimitrios: Academician, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, U.S.A.
Trichopoulou Antonia: MD, PhD, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
Trikas Athanasios: Dr., MD, FACC, FESC, Director, Cardiology Department “Helpis” General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Triposkiadis Filippos: MD, FESC, FACC, Professor of Cardiology, Director, Department of Cardiology, Larissa University Hospital, Greece
Tselepis Alexandros: MD, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry – Clinical Chemistry, Atherothrombosis Research Centre / Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece
Tsezou Aspasia: Professor Medical Genetics, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
Vardas E. Panos: Professor of Cardiology, University of Crete, Herakleio, Greece, President, European Society of Cardiology
Vavuranakis Manolis: Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Athens, Greece
Voudris Vasilis: Dr., FESC, FACC, Director of 2nd Department of Invasive Cardiology, “Onassis” Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece
Zintzaras Elias: MSc, PhD, Associate Professor of Biometry, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, U.S.A.