Chrysoula N. Kritsioti
Back to the centerInternal Medicine Physician – Hemodialysis Unit Physician
Education
- 1998 - 2006 : School of Medicine, “La Sapienza” University – Rome. Grade: 97/110 – Excellent.
- 2004 - 2006 : Undergraduate thesis entitled: “Gluten Intolerance and Its Association with Changes in Liver Function in Pediatric Patients.” Supervisor: Prof. Pier Michele Strapini, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, “La Sapienza” University – Rome.
- 31/07/2007 : Successful completion of the State Examinations for the practice of the medical profession, with a score of 256.5/270.
- 11/2015 - Present : PhD Candidate, School of Medicine, University of Athens, with dissertation title: “Clinical Value of Novel Mechanisms of Vascular Inflammation in the General Population.”
- 09/2021 - 02/2024 : Postgraduate studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, MSc Programme “Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity”, with an Excellent grade.
Professional Experience
- 30/10/2017 - Present : Head of Internal Medicine Clinic, with main areas of practice including internal medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Lipid Disorders and Obesity.
- 01/12/2021 - Present : Physician at MESOGEIOS Hemodialysis Unit, Pallini Branch.
- 30/11/2020 - 31/03/2022 : Employment contract for private physicians in the public healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. Placement at Chalkida General Hospital, in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit and COVID-19 Clinic.
- 10/03/2020 - 10/09/2020 : Project-based contract with the National Public Health Organization (EODY), concerning the “Implementation of a Programme for the Healthcare Coverage of Refugees and Migrants under the Public Investment Programme (PDE), implemented by KEELPNO”. Placement at the Schisto facility.
- 29/08/2012 - 01/10/2017 : Internal Medicine Resident at “Alexandra” General Hospital, Athens.
- 14/11/2010 - 30/05/2012 : Scientific Associate at Neurone Ltd., focusing on Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring during spinal and brain surgery.
- 02/06/2009 - 20/09/2010 : Rural Service Physician at Andros Health Center, including three months of successful clinical training at Syros General Hospital “Vardakeio and Proio”.
- 23/09/2008 - 23/04/2009 : Contract Physician / Medical Inspector at the Regional Health Insurance Administration of Evia.
- 01/09/2006 - 01/11/2006 : Clinical training at the Pediatric Endocrinology Department, “La Sapienza” University – Rome.
- 05/01/2006 - 01/06/2006 : Clinical training at the office of Professor of Gynecology Cesare Aragona, focusing on female infertility and assisted reproduction methods.
Conferences - Postgraduate Training
- 2007 – 2019 : Participation in Panhellenic Congresses, Scientific Events, Clinical Workshops and Postgraduate Training Programmes in the fields of General Medicine, Internal Medicine, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine and Primary Health Care.
Indicatively:- 19th Panhellenic Congress of General Medicine (2007)
- 34th Panhellenic Medical Congress (2008)
- 13th Panhellenic Congress of Infectious Diseases (2013)
- 8th and 9th Clinical Workshop on Diabetes Mellitus (2018, 2019)
- 45th Panhellenic Congress of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes Mellitus (2018)
- 17th Panhellenic Diabetes Congress (2019)
She has also attended training programmes in Emergency Life Support and Basic Life Support.
Scientific Publications – Presentations
- 2019
- Publication in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology of the scientific article arising from her doctoral dissertation: “Cathepsin B Expression Is Associated with Arterial Stiffening and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease.”
- Participation in scientific papers and presentations at international conferences focusing on atherosclerotic and cardiovascular disease, including: “Amyloid Beta 1-40 and its Upstream Regulatory Pathway BACE1-AS Long Noncoding RNA/BACE1 Are Associated with Presence and Severity of Human Atherosclerotic Disease.” Journal of Hypertension, July 2019.
- “Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Expression of the Stabilizing RNA-Binding Protein HuR Is Associated with Incidence and Extent of Human Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.” European Heart Journal, 2019.
Foreign Languages
- English: Very good
- Italian: Excellent
Computer Skills
- Knowledge and use of computers.
- Software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet.