Paraskevopoulos Giannis

Allergist

Allergy Clinic

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Telephone: (+30)210-6972004

Email: i.paraskevopoulos@dunant.gr

Experience

  • Allergy Department Registrar, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens (1999-2007)
  • Director of the Allergy Department, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens (2007 to date)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (2001-2002 and 2005-2008 )
  • Chairman of the BoD of the Hellenic Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (2011-2014) (2011-2014)

Speciality

  • Degree in Medicine from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1991)
  • Resident in Internal Medicine, at the 2nd Internal Medicine Clinic of the 401 General Military Hospital of Athens. (1994-1995)
  • Resident in Internal Medicine, at the 5th Internal Medicine Clinic of the “Evangelismos” General University Hospital of Athens. (1995-1996)
  • Resident in the Allergy and Immunology Clinic at the Allergy Department of the “Laiko” General University Hospital of Athens. (1996-1999)

Retraining

  • Research Fellow at Imperial College University, London, UK (2002-2003)
  • Clinical Research Fellow at the Royal Brompton Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London (2002-2003)
  • “Advanced educational program on immunology of asthma” Ferrara, Italy. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2000)
  • Summer School of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Rome, (2000)
  • Allergy School on Specific Allergy and Immunotherapy. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Berlin (2012)
  • Allergy School on Specific Allergy and Immunotherapy, Athens, Greece (2014)

Recognitions & Awards

  • Member of the Hellenic Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
  • Member of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
  • Representative of the Hellenic Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology at the Allergy Organization’s House of Delegates from 2004 to date
  • Member of the Immunotherapy Interest group of European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Armed Forces Medical Review (2001 - 2015)
  • Secretary – Deputy Editor of the Scientific Committee of the Armed Forces Medical Review (2015 - 2018)
  • Member of the editorial board of the Hellenic Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (HSACI) 2004 – 2015
  • Reviewer in MDPI journals, 2020 - present

Publications

  1. Pitsios C, Demoly P, Bilò MB, Gerth van Wijk R, Pfaar O, Sturm GJ, Rodriguez del Rio P, Tsoumani M, Gawlik R, Paraskevopoulos G, Ruëff F, Valovirta E, Papadopoulos NG, Calderón MA. Clinical contraindications to allergen immunotherapy: an EAACI position paper. Allergy. 2015 Aug;70(8):897-909
  2. Paraskevopoulos J., Komboti E,, Kontou-Filli K. Teicoplanin desensitization : report of two cases. Ann Allergy ClinImmunol 2015
  3. Paraskevopoulos G, Kalogiros L Non-Allergic Rhinitis, Current Treatment Options in Allergy, 2016, 45-68
  4. Tousa S, Semitekolou M, Morianos I, Banos A, Trochoutsou AI, Brodie TM, Poulos N, Samitas K, Kapasa M, Konstantopoulos D, Paraskevopoulos G, Gaga M, Hawrylowicz CM, Sallusto F, Xanthou G. Activin-A co-opts IRF4 and AhR signaling to induce human regulatory T cells that restrain asthmatic responses. ProcNatlAcadSci U S A. 2017 Apr 4;114(14):E2891-E2900
  5. Rodríguez Del Rio P, Pitsios C, Tsoumani M, Pfaar O, Paraskevopoulos G, Gawlik R, Valovirta E, Larenas-Linnemann D, Demoly P, Calderón MA. Physicians' experience and opinion on contraindications to allergen immunotherapy: The CONSIT survey. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 May;118(5):621-628
  6. Pitsios C, Tsoumani M, Bilò MB, Sturm GJ, Rodríguez Del Río P, Gawlik R, Ruëff F, Paraskevopoulos G, Valovirta E, Pfaar O, Calderón MA, Demoly P. Contraindications to immunotherapy: a global approach. Clin Transl Allergy. 2019 Sep 11;9:45
  7. ISAR Study Group. International Severe Asthma Registry: Mission Statement. Chest. 2020 Apr;157(4):805-814
  8. Bousquet J, Anto JM, Czarlewski W, Haahtela T, Fonseca SC, Iaccarino G, Blain H, Vidal A, Sheikh A, Akdis CA, Zuberbier T; ARIA group. Cabbage and fermented vegetables: From death rate heterogeneity in countries to candidates for mitigation strategies of severe COVID-19. Allergy. 2021 Mar;76(3):735-750