Rheumatologist
Senior Registrar
Alevizos  Michael

Rheumatology Unit

Experience

  • Attending Physician, Rheumatology Unit, Henry Dunant Hospital Center (2020-today)
  • Instructor of Medicine, Attending Physician, Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA (2018-2019)
  • Diplomate in Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine (2018)
  • Rheumatology Fellow, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, USA (2016-2018)
  • Diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2016)
  • Internal Medicine Resident, Jacobi Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA (2013-2016)

Speciality

  • Doctor of Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece (2008)

Retraining

  • Ultrasound for Rheumatologists and other Musculoskeletal Providers Course, New York University Langone, NY, USA (2018)
  • Research fellow, Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Tufts University, Boston, USA (2012-2013)

Recognitions & Awards

  • Research Scholarship, Bouncer Foundation, Stamford, Connecticut, USA (2018)
  • Travel Scholarship, American College of Rheumatology-Fellow in Training, USA (2017-2018)
  • Post-graduate Scholarship in Internal Medicine, Ygeia Medical Center, Greece (2010)

Publications

  • Alevizos MK, Giles JT, Patel NM, Bernstein EJ. Risk of progression of interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features to a systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019, Sept; Epub, Cited in PubMed; PMID: 31550371
  • Taracanova A, Alevizos M, Karagkouni A, Therianou A, Leeman SE, Conti P, Theoharides TC. IL-33 and SP synergistically stimulate IL-1b and TNF via NK-1 receptor induction in mast cells inhibited by tetramethoxyflavone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017, May 16; 114(20): E4002-E4009, Cited in PubMed; PMID: 28461492
  • Akenroye AT, Kumthekar AA, Alevizos MK, Mowrey WB, Broder A . Implementing an Electronic Medical Record-Based Reminder for Cardiovascular Risk Screening in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017, May; 69(5): 625-632; Cited in PubMed; PMID: 27390217
  • Alevizos M, Karagkouni A, Kontou-Fili K, Theoharides TC.. A probable case report of stress-induced anaphylaxis.. Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology. 2014, Apr; 112(4): 383 - 384. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 24428965
  • Alevizos M, Karagkouni A, Panagiotidou S, Vasiadi M, Theoharides TC.. Stress triggers coronary mast cells leading to cardiac events.. Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology. 2014, Apr; 112(4): 309-316. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 24428962
  • Alevizos M, Karagkouni A, Vasiadi M, Sismanopoulos N, Makris M, Kalogeromitros D, Theoharides TC.. Rupatadine inhibits inflammatory mediator release from human laboratory of allergic diseases 2 cultured mast cells stimulated by platelet-activating factor. Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology. 2013, Dec; 111(6): 542-547. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 24267366.
  • Karagkouni A, Alevizos M, Theoharides TC.. Effect of stress on brain inflammation and multiple sclerosis. Autoimmunity reviews. 2013, Aug; 12(10): 947-953. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 23537508.