Pulmonology

Dimitrios graduated from Medical School of Ioannina, Greece. Then, pursued a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at University Hospital of Ioannina followed by fellowship in pulmonary and sleep medicine at University Hospitals Birmingham, UK. Also, he received a MSc in sleep medicine from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Currently, Dimitris is a European board certified pulmonologist/intensivist-somnologist, research fellow/collaborator at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and since 2020 PhD candidate working on an R01 grant on sleep cardiovascular risk and racial differences. He is Chair of the international assembly of American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), secretary of group 4.01(Sleep science- basic and translational) of European Respiratory Society (ERS) sleep assembly 4, member of the Political Action Committee (PAC) advisory panel, young investigators forum and board review committee of the AASM and serves as international ambassador of AASM for Europe. Furthermore, he serves as member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee of Sleep Research Society (SRS) and Chair of Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the American College of Health Executives (ACHE) in Minnesota area. Finally, he is associate editor of the REM section of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM).