GEORGE KONTOGEORGOS MD, PhD

• MD: National University of Athens (1971)
• PhD: National University of Athens (1980)
• Title of Specialty in Pathology (1977)
• Title of Specialty in Cytology (1983)
• Head, Department of Pathology “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens, Greece (1992-2008)
• Research Associate, Laboratory of Histology, University of Athens, Greece 1990-2010
• Research Associate, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Athens, Greece 2010-2017
• Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada, since 1994
• Post Doc in Endocrine Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1989-1993)
• Post Doc in Neuropathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN (1991 and 1998)
• Training in Computer Sciences, USC, Los Angeles, CA (1991)

CONTRIBUTIONS, PUBLICATIONS ECT.:
• Original papers: 192 in Journals, 364 abstracts, 14 chapters in books and 3 book editions.
• Citations: 5,109 according to Research Gate
• Editorial Board in 4 Journals
• Reviewer in 33 Journals
• Panelist and author of World Health Organization WHO Endocrine Disease Classification (2005 and 2017)
• Invited speaker in 34 countries worldwide

AWARDS:
• “George Papanicolaou” Prize (1992)
• ICRETT (Switzerland) fellowship (1993)
• MRC Research Grant, Canada (1993)
• Nominated for the “Bertha Rosenstadt” Professorship, University of Toronto, Canada (1993)
• Member of Honor, Romanian Academy of Sciences (2002)
• “George Papanicolaou” Award (2008)
• Gold Medal Award, International Academy of Pathology (2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES:
• Visiting Ambassador of IAP, Istanbul, Trabzon, Rize, Turkey, May 2013
• Visiting Ambassador of IAP, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 2013
• Ranked 5th in the “Top 100 Power List” of influential Pathologists, according to survey of “The Pathologist” Magazine (2015)
• Among the “100 of the best, brightest, and most powerful advocates of pathology” according to survey of “The Pathologist” Magazine (2018)

SOCIETIES:
• President of the Hellenic Society of Pathology (1998-2002)
• President of the Hellenic Division of the IAP (2004-2016)
• Member of Honor of the Romanian Academy of Sciences (2002)
• President, XIIX International Congress of the IAP, Athens, Hellas (2008)
• President, International Pituitary Pathology (1998-2001 and 2009-2011)
• President, Endocrine Society (2012-2014)
• President, International Academy of Pathology (2016-2018)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Endocrine Pathology
• Neuroendocrinology
• Neuropathology
• Molecular Pathology