Editorial Board

Honorary Editor:
Vergoulas G, MD, PhD
Nephrologist, Manager of AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece
Manager of the Special Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece
geover@otenet.gr

Editor-in-Chief:
Triaridis S, MD, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor in Otolaryngology, 1st Otolaryngology Department,
AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
triaridi@med.auth.gr, triaridis@hotmail.com

Editors:
Boura P, MD, PhD
Professor in Internal Medicine – Clinical Immunology, Head of the 2nd Department of
Internal Medicine, Hippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
boura@med.auth.gr

Efstratiadis G, MD, PhD
Professor in Internal Medicine – Nephrology, Head of the Department of Nephrology,
Hippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
efstrati@gmail.com

Miserlis Gr, MD
Nephrologist, Director, Organ transplant Unit, Hippokratio Hospital,
Thessaloniki, Greece gmyserli@otenet.gr

Associate Editors:
Kyrgidis A, MD, DDS, MSc, PhD
Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece akyrgidi@gmail.com

Mavridis P, MD, MSc, PhD
Pediatrician, Neonatologist, Thessaloniki, Greece
pmavridis@me.com

Psirropoulos D, MD, PhD
Cardiologist, Head of the Cardiology Department, G.Genimmatas General Hospital,
Thessaloniki, Greece dpsyro@otenet.gr

Raptopoulou-Gigi M, MD, PhD
Emeritus professor, Aristotle University Medical School,
Thessaloniki, Greece mrapto@med.auth.gr

Sampanis C, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine, Director, Diabetes Centre, Hippokratio Hospital,
Thessaloniki, Greece chsambanis@yahoo.gr

Tsitsopoulos PP, MD, PhD
Lecturer in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Hippokratio General Hospital,
Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
ptsitsopoulos@med.auth.gr

Vidalis A, MD, PhD
Psychiatrist, President, PanHellenic Society of General Hospital Psychiatry,
President, ISoQM vidalis@med.auth.gr

Vogiatzis I, MD, MSc, PhD
Director of Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Veroia, Greece
ivogia@hotmail.gr, giannis70@hol.gr

Vrochides D, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCSC
Adj. Professor in Surgery, Multi-Organ Transplant Department, McGill University,
Montreal, QC, Canada info@vrochides.com, vrochides@yahoo.com

Advisory Committee:
Agnanti Ν (Ioannina, Greece)
Altun A (Istanbul, Turkey)
Anogianakis G (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Antonakoudis Ch (Athens, Greece)
Αthanasiadou – Piperopoulou F (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Bamidis P (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Barbullushi M (Tirana, Albania)
Batistatou A (Ioannina, Greece)
Boudonas G (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Charalabopoulos K (Alexandroupoli, Greece)
Chrysant S (Oklahoma, US)
Daniilidis A (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Deltas C (Nicosia, Cyprus)
Diamandopoulos A (Patras, Greece)
Drevelegas A (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Eleftheriadis T (Serres, Greece)
Gjata M (Tirana, Albania)
Goulis D (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Grekas D (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Idrizi A (Tirana, Albania)
Ivanovski N (Skopje, FYROM)
Kalogiannidis I (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Kanonidou E (Veria, Greece)
Karagiannis S (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Katsinelos P (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Kiperova B (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Koroshi A (Tirana, Albania)
Kountouras I (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Kouzmanovska D (Skopje, FYROM)
Liapis H (St Louis, US)
Loenneke J (Oklahoma, US)
Loufopoulos A (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Lubomirova M (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Malizos K (Larisa, Greece)
Maltezos E (Alexandroupolis, Greece)
Manes Ch (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Milisavljevic D (Nis, Serbia)
Nenov D (Varna, Bulgaria)
Panidis D (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Papachristou F (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Papadimas I (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Papadopulos N (Munich, Germany)
Papanas Ν (Alexandroupoli, Greece)
Papandreou D (Nicosia, Cyprus)
Pekovic – Perunicic G (Belgrade, Serbia)
Pljesa S (Belgrade, Serbia)
Poletaev A (Moscow, Russia)
Polyzoidis K (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Prapas N (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Proios H (New York, US)
Rasic Milutinovic Z (Belgrade, Serbia)
Robis V (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Sinakos E (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Spasovski G (Skopje, FYROM)
Stavropoulos – Giokas K (Athens, Greece)
Stankovic M (Nis, Serbia)
Stefanidis St (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Stojceva Taneva O (Skopje, FYROM)
Theodorou I (Paris, France)
Theofilopoulos A (La Jolla, US)
Topouzis F (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Tsapas A (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Tsara V (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Tsitouridis I (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Vital V (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Yonova D (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Zouboulis Ch (Berlin, Germany)
Ziroyannis P (Athens, Greece)

Statisticians: Haidich AB, Tzellos T
Technical reviewers: Gidaris D, Paschos P, Papadopoulou N
Image processing Expert: Karakostas An
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