Efthymia Papadopoulou

INTERNIST – DIABETOLOGIST

7^th DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Academics & Education

• Doctor of Medicine (MD), School of Medicine of Patras University, Greece
• MSc – Master’s Degree in Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School
• PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School
• Medical Specialty in Diabetes Melitus

PhD/ Thesis

“The effect of antidepressant treatment on markers of subclinical atheromatosis”. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens 2020

Professional Experience

• Internship in Internal Μedicine, Chios General Hospital (2009-2011)
• Country Duty, Kalamoti Medical Office, Chios (2012-2103)
• Internal Medicine Resident, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor M.A. Dimopoulos (2013-2016)
• Internal Medicine Specialist for the UNHCR Program for refugees (November 2016-June 2017)
• Consultant, Hygeia Hospital, 1^st Department of Internal Medicine (July 2017-June 2021, Director Ioannis Apostolakis)
• Consultant, Hygeia Hospital, 7^th Department of Internal Medicine since June 2021

Education Experience

Training medical students in the Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2013-2016)

Clinical and Research Interest

Clinical Interest:

• Internal Medicine
• Diabetes Melitus

Research Interest:

• Subclinical atheromatosis, Vascular function
• Diabetes Melitus and Obesity

Awards

“Sustained improvement in blood pressure and endothelial function after successful treatment of major depression”. Best poster award. ESC Congress 2016, Rome, Italy

Recent Publications

• The effect of treatment response on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in depression. A prospective study.Kokras N, Papadopoulou E, Georgiopoulos G, Dalla C, Petropoulos I, Kontogiannis C, Laina A, Bampatsias D, Stellos K, Kouzoupis A, Stamatelopoulos K. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2019
• Differential associations of systolic and diastolic short-term blood pressure variability with carotid atherosclerosis and plaque echogenicity.Kolyviras A, Manios Ε, Georgiopoulos G, Michas F, Gustavsson T, Papadopoulou E, Kanakakis J, Papamichael C, Stergiou G, Zakopoulos N, Stamatelopoulos K. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2017
• Colon Adenoma Implicating Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report of a Patient withPostcolectomy  Papachatzakis Y, Tseliou E, Tatouli I, Dialoupi I, Michas F, Papadopoulou E, Kousouris D, Kontogiannis S, Dimopoulos MA. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2016