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31.12.2013 Euphrosyni (Effrosyni) S. Koutsouraki MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology, Aristotle University AHEPA Hospital (St. Kyriakidi 1, 54626) Thessaloniki, Greece e-mail: [email protected] Date of birth: 27.05.1965 Mother of three children 24, 21 and 12 years old respectively She studied classic music and painting and awarded with international prizes ( 1976 -1986) She was also player of basketball team (1974-1986) 1984-1990: School of Medicine (Aristotle University, AUTH) Diploma: Very Good (7.2) 1984: Scholarship (Greek National Foundation for Scholarships) 1991-1996: Training in Neurology 1992-1996: Thesis (“The neurotransmitters of the mossy fibers of the human cerebellar cortex. An electron microscope study”) evaluated as “Excellent” 1996-1997: Scholarship of Bodosaki Foundation “Neurohistochemical study of neurodegenerative diseases” 1998-1999: Scholarship of National Foundation of Scholarships “Neuropsychological disorders in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients” 1 31.12.2013 1999-2000: Scholarship of Vardinogiannio Foundation “Speech disorders in MS patients” Grant from European Neurological Society (ENS) for a study presented during ENS congress (1997) “Interferon B-1b in multiple sclerosis patients” Award from European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) for a poster presented during EFNS congress (1999) «Interleukin-6 and anti-MAG antibodies during clinical exacerbation of multiple sclerosis» Award (THREE times) from the International Society for the Improvement of the Quality of Life on Dementia, Epilepsy and MS (2004, 2007, 2008 ) for poster presentations: 1. Synaptic plasticity I: A symmetric electrostructural model to account for the induction of long-term depression (LTD) 2. Gangliosides in MS patients 3. Anti-GM1 antibodies in MS patients Award from “Brain and Behaviour Society” for a poster presentation (2011) on the role of anti-ganglioside antibodies in dementia Remarkable comments by K. Jellinger for two oral presentations published in Expert Rev. Neurotherapeutics 7(3), 241-243 (2007) «Immunotherapy in Alzheimer’s disease» & «The relation between clinical and MR findings in MS» Since 2010: reviewer in four international journals (Neuroepidemiology, Postgraduate medicine (USA), The International Journal of Neurosciences, Neural regeneration Research) for papers on MS 1996: six months training as “Hospitantin” in the Laboratory of Neuropathology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 2010: three months training in RIA and neuro-immunological techniques in the Biochemical and Neuro-immunological Laboratory of Hellenic Department of Pasteur Institute 2 31.12.2013 1997-2003: Scientific Collaborator of the 1st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital 1998-1999: Scientific Collaborator of Technical School of Thessaloniki, Laboratory of Physiology 2003: Lecturer of Aristotle University (AUTH), 1st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital 2004- up to now: Chair of the Out-patient clinic for MS patients (1st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital) 2006- up to now: Chair of the Out-patient clinic for Cerebellar ataxias (1st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital) 2006- up to now: Chair of the Laboratory of Neuroimmunology (1st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital) 2008 – up to now: Assistant Professor of Aristotle University (AUTH), 1st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital 10.10.2012 Permanence in Aristotle University February 2013 candidate Associate Professor of Neurology, Aristotle University Academic teacher in Medical School of Aristotle University: 11 years (2003 up to now) for the 4th and 6th year students on Neurology (multiple sclerosis, cerebellar ataxias, myasthenia gravis, neuroimmunology, myelopathies) Academic teacher for the University students of Psychology: 7 years (2003-2009) Academic teacher in Postgraduate courses for medical students and candidate PhDs in Aristotle University (six times):2010- 2013 1. Neurophysiology of the nervous system (2010-2011) 2. Neurodegenerative diseases of the cerebellum (2012-2013) 3. Obesity and central nervous system (2012-2013) 4. The deceptive brain! (2013-2014) 5. Free will: Does it exist? (2013-2014) 6. The role of stress in autoimmune diseases (2013-2014) Supervisor for 3 (three) PhD (Thesis) candidates (2011-2013) Member of supervising committee for 7 (seven) PhD candidates Academic teacher for residents: 11 years Invited speaker (December 2011-November 2013): Fifteen congresses (5 international & 10 Greek) Advisories: 15 3 31.12.2013 Organisor of THREE Panhellenic Congresses on Multiple Sclerosis 2007- 2011: Organisor of monthly inter-clinical meetings with the 1st Department of Neurosurgery of Aristotle University in AHEPA Hospital 2012 up to now: Organisor of weekly inter-clinical meetings with the 2nd Department of Neurology of Aristotle University in AHEPA Hospital Wide social work (many times awarded by the Municipality of Thessaloniki) as volunteer in projects for improving the quality of life of children with cognitive decline, patients with multiple sclerosis and dementia Member of ten international medical societies Tresor of the the Greek Society for the Improvement of the Quality of Life for Chronic neurological patients Secretary of the South-East European Society on Neurology & Psychiatry Secretary of the Neuroimmunological branch of the Greek Neurological Society Three research protocols on multiple sclerosis (2011-up to now) via ELKE (Research Committee of Aristotle University) Three research protocols on multiple sclerosis (2013) via private clinic Fifteen contracts with ELKE (Research Committee of Aristotle University) from December 2011 to December 2013 Co-author in “Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences” 2nd edition, M. J. Aminoff & R. B. Daroff, Elsevier Inc., Topic: 808. Surgical treatment of cerebral malformations (it will be published in 2014) Co-author in a Scientific Greek Volume (Chapters: Cerebellum ant its role in cognitive function & The use of immunoenzymatic techniques in Neurology, 2005) 4 31.12.2013 Invited author, Granted (three times) for papers on multiple sclerosis and dementia (Greek MS Society, 2012 and Novartis 2013) Total number of publications: 186 (137 first author) Impact factor (IF): Full papers (in journals with IF): 24.663 Abstracts (in journals with IF): 167.393 Total: 192.056 Citations: 76 (16.11.2013) Presentations in congresses: 123 5