Professional Training & Experience

• Studied medicine at the University of Patras, Greece (2000-2006).
• Trained in Respiratory and Internal Medicine at the UK (2006-2011) and Greek (2011-2014) National Health Systems.
• Worked as Clinical Researcher at the Scottish National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension and Vascular Disease (The Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit) and Senior Respiratory Clinical Fellow at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital of Glasgow (2014-2016).
• Succeeded in becoming “Diplomate” & invited “Member of the College of Experts of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)”, “Member of the Royal College of Physician of the UK” and “Advance Life Support provider” on behalf of the European Resuscitation Council.
• Published several papers in indexed peer-reviewed international journals and has been invited speaker to several national and international medical events.
• He has worked as a Physician Consultant at the humanitarian organisation “Doctors of the World–Greece” (2017-1018)
• Currently, he is also a PhD student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the field of severe asthma and the novel, biological therapies in asthma.

Medical Publications

Publications as 1st author: 14 | IF: 36.417 | Citations: 69 (Google Scholar)

• Panagiotou M, Rovina N. Daily physical activity in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and the effect of anti-IL-5 therapy. EMJ Respir 2018;6:74-77. Abstract Review.
• Panagiotou M, et al. A study of clinical and physiological relations of daily physical activity in precapillary pulmonary hypertension. J Appl Physiol; 2017: jap.00986.2016. IF: 3.351
• Panagiotou M, et al. Validation of impedance cardiography in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging; 2018;38:254-260. IF:2.3
• Panagiotou M, et al. Pulmonary vascular and cardiac impairment in interstitial lung disease. Eur Respir Rev 2017; 26: 160053.
• Panagiotou M, et al. Near infrared spectroscopy for the assessment of peripheral tissue oxygenation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1224-1227. IF: 10.569
• Panagiotou M, et al. Near infra-red spectroscopy dynamic assessment as an important tool to explore pulmonary arterial hypertension pathophysiology. Eur Respir J 2016; In press. IF: 10.569
• Panagiotou M, et al. 25-hydroxyvitamin D in malignant pleural disease: A prospective cohort study. Clin Respir J 2016; In press. doi: 10.1111/crj.12540. IF: 2.356
• Panagiotou M, et al. Respiratory and limb muscle function in interstitial lung disease. Chron Respir Dis 2016; 13: 162-72. IF: 1.818
• Panagiotou M, et al. Respiratory and limb muscle dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension. A role for exercise training? Pulm Circ 2015: 5: 424-434.
• Panagiotou M, et al. The epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria. Data from a General Hospital of Athens, Greece 2007-2013. Pulm Med 2014; 2014: 894976. IF: 2.178
• Panagiotou M, et al. Immune response to mycobacterial infection: lessons from flow cytometry. Clin Dev Immunol 2013; 2013: 464039. IF: 3.276
• Panagiotou M, et al. Exercise limitation in COPD. Pneumon 2013; 26: 245-256.
• Panagiotou M, et al. A Case of tracheal hamartoma resected with loop electrocautery. Case Rep Pulmonol 2013; 2013: 568590.
• Pulmonary rehabilitation. Respipedia, the respiratory wiki: http://respipedia.ers-education.org/article/article/?idTopic=121.

*Peer Reviewer activity: available upon request.

Medical Presentations/Lectures

• Daily physical activity in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and the effect of anti-IL5 therapy. Late-breaking abstract oral presentation, ERS Congress 2018, Paris.
• ERS course on Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Athens, Apr 2017: Faculty.
• M.Sc. Course on Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Intensive Care Unit, Dept. of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens, Greece, 2017-18: Faculty.
• M.Sc. Course on Exercise, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing & Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece, 2016-17: Faculty.
• Seminar on Heart Failure, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, 1st Dept. of Cardiology, Nov 2016: Faculty
• 2015 UK Pulmonary Hypertension Physicians Research Forum, London: Faculty
• Physiological and clinical correlations of daily physical activity in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension: Thematic Poster, ERS Congress 2015, Amsterdam.
• The value of near infrared spectroscopy in the investigation of peripheral muscle oxygen availability in PAH: Thematic Poster, ERS Congress 2015, Amsterdam.
• Seminar on novel approaches for assessing the distribution of regional muscle blood flow & metabolic rate during exercise: Institute of Clinical Exercise & Health Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, UK 2015: Faculty.
• Vitamin D in malignant pleural disease: Oral Presentation, ACCP World Congress 2014, Madrid & Poster Discussion, ERS Congress 2013, Barcelona.
• Factors determining the duration of hospital stay in acute exacerbation of COPD: Poster Presentation, ACCP CHEST Congress 2012, Atlanta.
• M.Sc. Course on Exercise in Health and Disease, Module on Therapeutic Exercise in Chronic Lung Disease. Dept. of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece: Faculty.

Medical Conferences/Courses

• ERS International Congress 2018, Paris.
• ERS Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disease course, Lausanne, 2014 & 2018, by invitation.
• ERS Research Seminar: Use of biologics in adults/adolescents with severe corticosteroid refractory asthma and setting a future research agenda, London, 2018, by invitation.
• ERS International Congress 2017, Milan.
• ERS International Congress 2016, London.
• ERS Lung Science Conference 2015, Lisbon.
• ERS International Congress 2015, Amsterdam.
• ERS Smoking Cessation seminar, Athens 2012.
• ERS course on Interventional Pulmonology & Thoracic Endoscopy, Athens 2012.
• Ill Medical Patients’ Acute Care & Treatment (IMPACT) course, UK 2009.
• NHS Lead or be Led course, UK 2009.
• British Thoracic Society (BTS) Winter meeting, UK 2009.
• BTS Non-Invasive Ventilation (acute & chronic) course, UK 2009.
• Effective Teaching Skills course, The Royal College of Physicians of the UK, 2009.
• Research Methods & Critical Appraisal course, The Royal Society of Medicine, UK 2009.
• Ultrasound-Guided Central Line Insertion course, UK 2008.
• BMJ Masterclass in Respiratory Medicine, UK 2008.
• MDU Medical Ethics & Law workshop, UK 2007.
• Yorkshire Chest Imaging course, UK 2007.