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COSTAS P. TSIOUFIS, MD, FESC, FACC
Home address
3 Kolokotroni Str.
15236 P.Penteli
Greece
Tel: 0030 210 6131393
Fax: 0030 213 2089522
e-mail: [email protected]
Citizenship: Greek
Date of birth: August 20, 1963
Place of birth: Avlaki Aitoloakarnanias, Greece
Marrital status: Married: Despoina Tsoura
Child: Panagiotis, 1995
Graduate: 1981-1987 : Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
Postgraduate training:
1988-1990, Resident in Pathology, NIMTS Hospital, Greece
1990-1993, Compulsory 3-year service in rural area, Neohori, Mesologgio, Greece
1994–1997, Resident in Cardiology, Dept. of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital,
Athens, Greece
1997-2000, Postgraduate specilization in Hypertension and Interventional Cardiology in Hippokratio
Hospital
2001-2007, Consultant Cardiologist in the Hippokratio Hospital, University of Athens, Chief of the
Outpatient Hypertensive Clinic
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9/2007-3/2010: Lecturer of Cardiology, University of Athens, Chief of Hypertension Unit,
Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece that has been recognised “ESH Hypertension Excellence Center”
by the European Society of Hypertension
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5/2009 – 9/2009: Research Fellow at the Veteran Affairs Medical Centers, Georgetown
University, Washington DC, USA
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10/2009: Visiting Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Georgetown University Medical Center,
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3/2010 - currently: Assistant Professor of Cardiology, University of Athens, Chief of
Hypertension Unit, First Cardiology Clinic, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
TOPICS OF COMPETENCE
1. Hypertensive disease (prevention, diagnostic procedure, ABPM, indentification of target organ
damage, Treatment)
2. Interventional Cardiology (PTCA-Stent, Valvuloplasty, implantation of pacemaker/defribrilator)
MEMBER OF MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
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1. International Scientific Societies
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Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
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Member of European Society of Hypertension
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Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
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Member of the Working Group on Hypertension & the Heart (WG20) of the ESC
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Member of the Nucleous of European Society of Hypertension
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Member of the Board of the Working Group on Hypertension & the Heart (WG20) of the ESC
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1. Greek Scientific Societies
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Past President of the Working Group Hypertension & Heart of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology
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Member of the Board of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology (currently)
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Member of the Board Hellenic Society of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention (currently)
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Member of the Board Hellenic College of Cardiology (currently)
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD
 Member of the Editorial Board of the Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
REVIEWER IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
 Reviewer in >20 peer review international Journals
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 Invitations for speech >269
 Chairman in international congresses >34
MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1. Hypertension target organ damage: Specific interest in microalbuminuria, arterial stiffness, left
ventricular hypertrophy, left atrial remodeling
2. Inflamation and hypertensive disease
3. Epidemiology of hypertension (registry)
4. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
5. Sleep apnea syndrome and hypertension
6. Biological stent
7. Detection of vulnerable plaque
8. Coronary blood flow reserve
PUBLICATIONS
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Papers in peer-Review Journals: 175
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Total impact factor: >610
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Citations: >1355
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h-Index: 20
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Papers in Greek Journals > 52
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Abstracts in international congress >964
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More than 303 lectures in International and National Scientific Conferences
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17 chapters in international and national medical books
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Investigator in international multicenter trials: > 30