Georgios Koratzanis
MD, PhD

He is an internist and Infectious Diseases Consultant. He went through all the levels of hierarchy of the Greek National Health System and he reached the rank of Director of the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine of Athens Sismanogleion General Hospital from which he retired in 2011. He has 32 peer-reviewed publications in international medical journals.

Antigone Kotsaki
MD, PhD

She is a Consultant specialized in Internal Medicine and in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at the 4th Department of Internal Medicine at ATTIKON University General Hospital. She received her PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School in November 2012 on the genetic polymorphisms of septic patients. She has 39 peer-reviewed publications in international medical journals.

Pantelis Koutoukas
MD, PhD

He is an internist and intensivist specialized in Internal Medicine and in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at the 4th Department of Internal Medicine at ATTIKON University General Hospital. He received his PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School in February 2010 on the immunomodulatory properties of intravenous clarithromycin in experimental sepsis by multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. He has 26 peer-reviewed publications in international medical journals.

Konstantinos Mandragos
MD, PhD

He is an intensivist and former chairman of the Intensive Care Unit at “Korgialeneion-Benakeion” Athens General Hospital. His main research interests are the pharmacokinetics of new antimicrobials in critically ill patients. He has participated in 25 peer-reviewed articles.

Andreas Papapetropoulos
PhD

He is a pharmacologist and registered pharmacist. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of drug action and the preclinical evaluation of drug candidates. He is currently Professor of Pharmacology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Pharmacy and Affiliated investigator at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens. He has been Adjunct/Visiting Professor in European (Maastricht University) and North American Universities (McGill University, LSU, UTMB, UMDNJ). He is a member of the editorial boards of journals published by the British and American Pharmacological Societies and the American Heart Association. He is elected Fellow of the American Society of Cardiology and the British Society of Pharmacology, and Secretary General of the Federation of European Pharmacological Societies (EPHAR). He has 180 peer-reviewed publications in international medical journals with h-index 63.

Maria Raftogianni
MD, PhD

She is an internist specialized in Internal Medicine and in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at the 4th Department of Internal Medicine at ATTIKON University General Hospital. She received her PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School in April 2009 on the immunomodulatory properties of intravenous clarithromycin in experimental sepsis by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She has 32 peer-reviewed publications in international medical journals.

Aikaterini Spyridaki
MD, PhD

She is an internist specialized in Internal Medicine and in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at the 4th Department of Internal Medicine at ATTIKON University General Hospital. She received her PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School in December 2012 on the immunomodulatory properties of intravenous clarithromycin monocytes of patients suffering from sepsis and ventilator-associated pneumonia. She has 18 peer-reviewed publications in international medical journals.

Athanassia Chatzianastasiou
PhD

She holds a PhD from the Department of Pharmacy of the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace. She has 11 publications and has dealt mainly with lung mechanics and the study of hydrogen sulfide in the cardiovascular system. She works in the experimental surgery of the Intensive Care Unit of Evangelismos General Hospital and in recent years is a collaborating member of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) and the Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis.