Helen Giamarellou#
| Membership Number: | 4572 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GREECE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.hygeia.gr/656/Doctor.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010,02 - present Prof.- Head, 6th Dept. of Internal Medicine, Hygeia General Hospital-Athens, Greece (Marousi)
- 2003 - 2009 Prof.- Head, 4th Dept. Internal Medicine, ΑΤΤΙΚΟΝ , General, University Hospital, Athens, Greece
- 1997 - 2003 Prof.- Head, 4th Dept. Internal Medicine, Sismanoglion, General Hospital, Athens Univ. Med. School, Greece
- 1991 - 1996 Associate Prof. of Internal Medicine, LAIKO, General Hospital, Athens Univ. Med. School, Athens, Greece
- 1983 - 1991 Assistant Prof. of Internal Medicine, LAIKO, General Hospital, Athens Univ. Med. School, Athens, Greece
- 1982 - 1983 Lecturer in Internal Medicine, 1st Dept. Propedeutic Medicine, ‘LAIKON’ General Hospital, Athens Univ. Med. School
- 1975 - 1982 Attending Physician, 1st Dept. Propedeutic Medicine, ‘LAIKON’ General Hospital, Athens Univ. Med. School, Greece
- 1973 - 1974 Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
- 1969 - 1973 Chief Resident, 1st Dept. Propedeutic Medicine, ‘LAIKON’ General Hospital, Athens Univ. Med. School, Greece
- 1966 - 1969 Residency in Internal Medicine, ‘ALEXANDRA’ University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Fields of Scholarship
- Resistant mechanism of antimicrobial agents
- Infection Control
- Resistance surveillance studies at national level
- Nosocomial Infections
- ICU Infections
- Therapeutic approach of infections caused by Multi-drug/Extremely-drug/Pan-drug resistant gram negative bacteria
- PK/PDs of newer antimicrobial agents
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- Experimental animal models of infections (endocarditis, osteomyelitis)
- In vitro activity of newer antimicrobial agents including interactions with other classes of antibiotics
Honours and Awards
- 2017 ESCMID Fellow (for achieving professional excellence and outstanding service to the profession and the society)
- 2017 43nd Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on' Epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Greece'
- 2014 Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine: 'Hippocrates Prize' offered only in distinguished internists of international reputation
- 2011 International Society of Chemotherapy: Honorary membership for 'Outstanding Contribution to Chemotherapy'
- 2011 37th Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on ' Loading dose of colistin in critically ill patients'
- 2008 International Medical Forum, Prize on 'Influence of Carbapenems on E.coli carbapenemase-producing in Rat Model'
- 2007 Election by the ECDC as 'Resistance Focal Point' for Greece
- 2006 32nd Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on 'Clarithromycin Influence in the Septic Patient'
- 2005 31st Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on 'Horizontal Transmission of MBL-VIM among various Enterobacteriacae'
- 2004 30th Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on 'VIM-1 and VIM-2 distribution in General Hospitals of Athens'
- 2003 29th Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on 'Comparative Virulence of Susceptible and MDR P.aeruginosa strains'
- 2002 28th Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on 'Arachidonic Acid Influence on Antibiotic Activity in Experimental Sepsis'
- 2001 5th Hellenic Congress of Infections, Prize on 'The Influence of Corticosteroids with Vancomycin in Experimental Endocarditis'
- 1998 14th Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize on 'P.aeruginosa Endocarditis Therapy with Antibiotic Combinations'
- 1997 37th ICAAC, Toronto, Ondario, Canada, Prize on 'Plasma procalcitonin in febrile neutropenia'
- 1996 22nd Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize 'Sotiris Papastamatis', for a study on 'lipid acids activity in gram negatives '
- 1996 22nd Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, First Prize of the Board on 'Nosocomial Resistance surveillance of gram negatives'
- 1996 Greece, Sweden and Cyprus Orthopedic Congress, Prize on 'Osteomyelitis Therapy with Pefloxacin-Lactic Acid Beads'
- 1995 21st Annual Hellenic Medical Congress,Prize on 'Teicoplanin Prophylaxis in Experimental Gram+ve coccal Endocarditis'
- 1994 20th Annual Hellenic Medical Congress, Prize for a study on 'The Slime of CNS as Obstacle to Various Antibiotics'
