Georgios Vergoulas
Summary of my Curriculum Vitae
Title: Associate Director, MD
Organ Transplant Unit
Hippokratio General Hospital of Thessaloniki
Medical Certificate : School of Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, 1971
Qualified as a Physician since 1979
Medical Specialty : Nephrology since 1982
Medical Doctorship : Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, 1985
Postgraduate training : Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1980-81
Hospital experience:
1) First Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Thessaloniki, "Saint Dimitrios"
2) Clinic of Internal Medicine, 2nd I.K.A. Hospital of Thessaloniki
3) 2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, "Hippokratia" General Hospital of Thessaloniki
4) Organ Transplant Unit, "Hippokratio" General Hospital of Thessaloniki since 1987
Academic activity
Member in eight scientific Societies
1)E.D.T.A.
2)International Society of Nephrology
3)Hellenic Society of Quality of life and Medical Practice
5)Hellenic College of Nephrology and Hypertention
6)Hellenic Society of Organ Transplantation
7)Medical Society of Thessaloniki
8)Hellenic Society of Immunology
Editor-in-chief of the medical journal " Hippokratia " since 1997 (ISSN 1108 - 4189)
Member in the Editorial Board of Hellenic Society of Nephrology from 1994 to 1996
Member in the Editorial Board of the medical journal “Actual Nephrology” Varna, Bulgaria since 2003.
Member in the International Advisory Committee of the medical journal “Journal of Medical Sciences” Tirana, Albania since 2004.
Editor of the Hellenic Society of Immunology Journal “Anosia” since 2005.
Member of the editorial board of the medical journal " Hellenic Nephrology " from 1994 to 1996
Secretary of the International Society of Quality of life and Medical Practice since 2004.
Secretary of the Hellenic College of Nephrology and Hypertention since 2004.
Secretary of the Hellenic Society of Nephrology from 1992 to 1994
Scientific papers published in Journals or proceedings, presented in International or National Congresses: 180.
Publications as chapters in various books: 20.
Author and Editor of the book " Kidney Transplantation "( Thessaloniki, 2000, chapters: 21, pages: 416, language: Greek, details site: www.kidneytransplantation.gr)
Examples of published papers:
1. Krassas GE, Vergoulas G, Evangelou P, Ziannas I, Faltsis S. The prolactin, TSH, GH, and Cortisol responses to TRH and insulin induced hypoglycemia tests in patients with severe renal failure. Acta Endocrinologica 1981;97(Suppl 243):425
2. Sakellariou G, Paschalidou E, Tsobanelis Th, Memmos D, Kalpakoglou S, Vergoulas G, Papadimitriou M. .Intensive plasma exchange(PE) in systemic diseases and renal allotransplantation in man. Life Support Systems 2(Suppl 1):230-234,1984.
3. Barboutis K, Sakellariou G, Vergoulas G, Vyzantiadis A, Kalpakoglou S, Papadimitriou M. Combined heamoabsorbsion-heamoperfusion treatment in chronic ureamia. Life Support Systems 1985; 3(Suppl 1): 45-52
4. Vergoulas G, Daniilidis M, Margari P, et al. Immunologic and immunogenetic study of a family with congenital angioedema. 1st North Hellenic Medical Congress. Proceedings 1986; 2: 667-673
5. Kayavis I, Vergoulas G, Albanidou-Farmaki E, Daniilidis M, Polymenidis Z, Papanayotou P. Complement components (C1q, C3, C4, BF and CH50) in recurrent oral ulceration. The J Oral Med 1987; 42: 154-155
6. Vergoulas G, Papadimitriou M, Efstratiadis G, Anasis P, Alexopoulos E. The effect of ketanserin during pulsatile hypothermic perfusion of canine kidneys.Transplant Proc 1987; XIX(5): 4178 - 4183
7. Petridou M, Sinakos Z, Vergoulas G. The effect of ascorbic acid on the hematopoiesis of patients with chronic renal failure receiving CAPD[letter]. Nephron 49(2):175-176,1988.
8. Vergoulas G, Syrganis C, Gakis D, et al. The effect of ketanserin on the immediate posttransplant function of canine kidneys. Tranplant Proc 1990; 22(5) : 2329-2330
9. Vergoulas G, Pastourmatzi V, Rimenidou K, et al. Complement changes at the immediate period after renal transplantation. 7th Hellenic Transplantation Congress, 1991, p. 56 (abst)
10. Vergoulas G, Sarantidou V, Miserlis Gr, et al. Normal pregnancy after renal transplantation. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1995; 10(1): 717-718
11. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Gakis D, et al. HMG-Co-A reductase inhibitors in the treatment of hypercholesterolemic renal transplant recipients. Hippokratia 1999;3:171-176
12. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Solonaki F, et al. Combined treatment of hypercholesterolemia of renal transplant allograft recipients with fluvastatin and gemfibrozil. Transplant Int 2000;13(Suppl 1):S64-S67
13. Sikas N, Gakis D, Takoudas D, Vergoulas G, Fouzas I, Karatzas N, Antoniadis A. Preoperative localization of parathyroid glands in secondary hyperparathyroidism and concomitant thyroid disease. Hippokratia 2000;4:19-25
14. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Trellopoulos G, Antoniadis A. Evaluation of losartan in patients with renal transplantation. Hippokratia 2000;4:67-72
15. Vergoulas G. Hypertension and renal transplantation. Hippokratia 2001;5:51-60
16. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Gakis D, Atmatzidis E, Antoniadis A. The use of valsartan in hypertensive renal transplant recipients. Hippokratia 2001; 5: 61-68
17. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Papanikolaou V, et al. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists reduce proteinuria of hypertensive renal transplant recipients (oral presentation at 5th BANTAO Congress, 2001). Hippokratia 2001; 5: 172-175
18. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Imvrios G, et al. Losartan versus valsartan in the treatment of hypertension of renal transplant recipients. Journal of Hypertension 2001;19(Supll 2):S48(abst). Hippokratia 2001; 5: 156-164
19. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Gakis D, et al. The blood pressure after renal transplantation. A single center experience. Hippokratia 2002; 6: 62 - 70
20. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Leontsini M, et al. Influence of clinical parameters on five year patient and graft survival after first renal transplantation. Transplantation 2002;74:448 (abst)
21. Imvrios G, Sikas N, Takoudas D, Papanikolaou V, Papagiannis A, Gakis D, Vergoulas G, Antoniadis NA, Nikopolitidis V, Fouzas I, Antoniadis A. Extra - graft arterial complications in non - diabetic renal transplant patients. Hippokratia 2002; 6: 71 - 77
22. Vergoulas VG.. Quality of life in patients with kidney transplantation. Hippokratia 2002; 6(Suppl 1): 91 - 98
23. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Atzatzidis E, et al. Clinical risk factor at patient and graft survival after kidney transplantation. BANTAO journal 2003; 1:261-263
24. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Imvrios G, Eleftheriadis T. Evaluation of the effect of serum creatinine and body weight on blood ressure of renal transplant recipients. BANTAO journal 2003; 1: 264-266
25. Vergoulas G, Tasiopoulou C, Angelou A, et al. Risk factors affecting ten years kidney graft survival. 2nd World Congress on “Quality in Clinical Practice” (Abst p. 108)
26. Vergoulas G, Miserlis Gr, Elefteriadis T, et al. Renal transplantation in patients over 60 years old. Hippokratia 2005; 9:115-118.
27. Vergoulas G, Eleftheriadis T, Avdelidou A, et al. Body dysmorphic disorder due to hiusutism in a patient treated with cyclosporine. NDT 2005; 200: 473.
Address for correspondence
Georgios Vergoulas
53, Alkminis street
542 49 Thessaloniki, Greece
e-mail: geover@otenet.gr
Tel: 0032310302311
Fax: 0032310302311