MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS

 MANAGEMENT

 

Dr Vasilis Paspaliaris, BSc(Hons), PhD, MD
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr Peter Milonas, B(SSc), CEP(APMA)
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Dr George Kolios, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific and Research Officer

Mr David Strawn, JD
Director of Legal and Compliance

 

MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

 

Dr Nick Lolatgis, MBBS, FRANZCOG, FRCOG
Obstetrician, Gynecologist, Fertility Specialist

Dr Joseph Purita, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr Ashley Granot, MBBS, FFMACCS, FACO, FACNEM, ABAARM, MAS5M
Cosmetic Surgeon

Dr Harry Reich, MD, FACOG, FACS
Gynecologist

Professor Demosthenes Bouros, MD, PhD, FCCP
Pulmonologist

Professor Fred Fändrich, MD, PhD
Transplant Surgeon, Immunologist

Dr George Kolios, MD, PhD

Dr George Kolios, MD, PhD

Chief Scientific and Research Officer

Dr Kolios is Professor of Pharmacology in the Medical School at the Democritus University of Thrace. He obtained his first degree in Medicine in 1980 and his PhD degree in 1992 from the Medical School at University of Athens. In 1998, he obtained his PhD degree in Pharmacology from the University of Bath, United Kingdom. In 1990, he finished his Specialisation in Gastroenterology and he first worked as Registrar in Gastroenterology at Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom and then as Senior Registrar in Gastroenterology at Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

From 1998 till 2001, he worked as Consultant Gastroenterologist at Royal United Hospital, Bath, and as Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at University of Bath, United Kingdom. In 2001, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology in the School of Medicine at University of Crete and Visiting Professor of Pharmacology at University of Bath, United Kingdom.

From 2008, he is Professor of Pharmacology and Head of the Laboratory of Pharmacology in the Medical School at Democritus University of Thrace and Head of the Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology at University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece. Professor George Kolios is Director of the Master’s Degree Program “Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics” that is organized by the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace in collaboration with the Medical School of University of Crete.

From 2008 till 2013, he was Member of the Scientific Board of Approvals of the Greek National Organization for Medicines. Professor George Kolios is an experienced Clinical Gastroenterologist, and he is also very productive research scientist, with an extensive work in the area of immunopharmacology, mucosal immunology and fibrosis, mainly focused on the intestinal inflammation and inflammatory bowel diseases. His work has demonstrated that the colonic epithelium could be a rich source of various inflammatory mediators, including chemokines and nitric oxide, which are involved in intestinal inflammation and fibrosis, and that these pro-inflammatory systems can be modified by cytokines derived by T-cell population. He has more than 70 publications in peer reviewed journals, which have been cited more than 1600 times.