• Sleep Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center , Ohio, USA 2005-2006 (Boards in Sleep Medicine 2006)
• Pulmonary Medicine 1995-2001 Sismanoglio Hospital , Athens (Boards in Pulmonology 2001)
• Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki , Medical School and Military Medical School 1987-1993

• Sleep Specialist (American Board of Sleep Medicine Certified International Sleep Specialist 2006)
• PhD, Medical School of University of Crete ,2004
• MD, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki , Medical School and Military Medical School , 2001

Postgraduate training

• Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center , Ohio, USA, Clinical research fellow (2005-2006)
• American board of Sleep Medicine International Sleep Specialist
• PhD : ‘‘ Apoptosis phenomenon in bronchoalveolar lavage cell populations from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis’’ University of Crete, Medical School, 2004

Special scientific interest 

• Sleep apnea syndrome
• Parasomnias
• Hypersomnia’s
• Narcolepsy
• Insomnia
• Non invasive ventilation
• Sleep disorders in neurologic-neuromuscular-cardiologic and respiratory disorders (special focus in sleep disorders in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis)
• Abnormal sleep behaviors’

• First Greek Pulmonologist with the specialty of Sleep Medicine (American board of Sleep Medicine International Sleep Specialist)
• Award of the best scientific research in the field of sleep medicine at the 23o (2013), 24o (2014) and 25o (2015) Pan-Hellenic Pulmonary congresses
• Organization in Athens of the seminary of the European Respiratory Society in the field “Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Sleep”

MEMBER

• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Accreditation Committee of Sleep Laboratories, of the Hellenic Thoracic Society  (2010- present)
• Hellenic Sleep Research Society (HSRS) 
• Hellenic Thoracic Society
• European Respiratory Society
• Coordinator of the Sleep Breathing Disorders group  of the Hellenic Thoracic Society (2010-present)

• His research activity resulted until now in many publications (58 in peer review international journals, Citations: total number: 771, h-index: 15, i10-index: 24, updated 11/2017)
• He has served as a lead investigator on numerous clinical trials in the area of sleep in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Author of chapters 7, 10 in the Sleep Medicine Book ‘’Α case a week: Sleep Disorders from the Cleveland Clinic’’, Οxford University Press 2011
• Abstracts-oral presentations in Greek and International Congresses >160
• Invited Speaker in Greek and International Congresses >50

Some of the most important publications

• Sleep as a New Target for improving Outcomes in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Chest 2017
• Evaluation of inflammatory Markers in a Large Sample of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients without Co morbidities. Mediators Inflamm.2017
• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sleep disorders: no longer strangers in the night. Eur Respir Rev. 2015