Board of Directors

The Company is governed by a five (5) member Board of Directors elected by the General Assembly every three (3) years.

Term of office 2022-2025

President Emmanouil Smyrnakis

Associate Professor of Primary Health Care & Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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Emmanouil Smyrnakis is Associate Professor of Primary Health Care and Medical Education at the Laboratory of Primary Health Care, General Practice, and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

He is a founding member of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, which he has been coordinating since 2004. Since 2009 he has been a visiting professor at King's College London, UK.

Emmanouil Smyrnakis is the coordinator of the Primary Health Care and General Practice Education Network and the Primary Health Care Research Network of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His main research interests are Primary Health Care, General Practice and Medical Education. .

Vice-President: Dimitra-Iosifina Papageorgiou,

MSc, PhD(c), Specialist in General Family Medicine, 6th Local Health Unit of Thessaloniki
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Dimitra-Iosifina Papageorgiou is a General Practitione since 2018 and she is currently working at the 6th Local Primary Health Care Unit of Thessaloniki in Greece. She is a research member and PhD (c) at the Primary Health Care Laboratory, General Practice & Health Services Research Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). She received a MSc degree in Clinical Applications of Molecular Medicine in 2013 from the University of Thessaly in Greece and another one in Global Health and Infectious Diseases in 2017 from the University of Edinburgh in the UK. She has special clinical interests in infectious diseases and prevention, travel medicine, geriatric care and integrated care.

Secretary-General:Marilena Gialama,

MSc, PhD(c), Νοσηλεύτρια ΠΓΝ Λάρισας
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Marilena Gialama is a graduate of the Department of Nursing of the University of Athens, holds a Master's degree in Primary Health Care from the Department of Medicine of the University of Thessaly and is a PhD candidate of the Department of Nursing of the University of Thessaly.

She works at the University General Hospital of Larissa.

Treasurer: Evdoxia Dimitriou,

Nurse, AHEPA General Hospital
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Evdoxia Dimitriou is a Pathology Nurse, Deputy Head of the Day Care Unit / Chemotherapy Unit and Vascular Surgery Clinic of the AHEPA General Hospital of Thessaloniki. She is a Clinical Instructor of the Clinical Skills Laboratory of the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and volunteers her services as an instructor of certified seminars in Basic Life Support (BLS).

Member: Stella Ploukou

MSc, PhD(c), Nurse, Theagenio Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki
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Stella Ploukou graduated of the Nursing Department of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2009. Has postgraduate education in Medical Research Methodology with a specialization in Social Medicine and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She works at the Infection Control Committee of the Theagenio Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki. At the same time, he is a member of the education board and coordinates the Oncology Nursing Specialty at the 4th Regional Health Authority of Greece. She has participated as an instructor in the Clinical Skills Laboratory of the Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2015 and is a member of the Primary Health Care Research Network of AUTH since its inception. Her main research interests are in palliative care and cancer management in Primary Health Care.

Alternate Members:

Magda Gavana

Honorary Lecturer in Epidemiology, MSc, PhD, General Practitioner, Health Center of Nea Michaniona, Thessaloniki
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Magda Gavana is General Medicine with a PhD in Public Health from the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a Master's degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Since 2017 she is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health and Hygiene of the University of Cyprus, and since 2017 she has been a Senior Lecturer at the University of London, School of Public Health and Hygiene of the University of Cyprus. Since 2017, he has been since 2017 Vice President of the Board of Directors of National Public Health Organisation (KEELPNO).. He teaches Epidemiology and Research Methodology in postgraduate programmes at the Department of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Department of Nursing of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and teaches and supervises theses in the online Postgraduate Public Health Programme at the University of Liverpool. Her research interests are mainly in Public Health and its interface with Primary Health Care, prevention and vaccination and population-based research focused on investigating risk factors and determinants of health.

Aristophanis Paganas

MSc, Specialist in General Medicine, Medical Center of Litochoro, Pieria

Aristophanis Paganas is a General/Family Physician, working at the Health Centre of Litochoro - Regional Clinic of Kontariotissa, Pieria, with the rank of Director of the NHS. He holds a Master's degree in Healthcare Management from the Hellenic Open University (Hellenic Open University) and is an unpaid research associate at the Primary Health Care & Health Services Research Laboratory of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is a member of the Primary Health Care and General Medicine Education Network and the Primary Health Care Research Network of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His main research interests are Primary Health Care, General Family Medicine, eHealth, management of hypertension and osteoporosis in Primary Health Care and Medical Education.

Zoe Tachtalidou,

MSc(c), Nurse, 25th of March Health Centre of Thessaloniki

Zoe Tachtalidou has been working as a nurse in Primary Health Care since 1997, initially in a rural-type health centre, 24-hour operation at the Zagliveri Health Centre of Thessaloniki and for the last 5 years at the 25th of March Health Centre. She obtained her nursing specialization in Mental Health in 2015 and is a postgraduate student in Mental Health at the Department of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a member of the Health Education Network with participation in dental prevention and oral health, accident prevention and blood donation awareness programs in primary schools of Eastern Thessaloniki. In the context of preventive dentistry programs, participation in social events in the Municipality of Kalamaria and in a pavilion of the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre.

Paschalina (Lina) Kalle,

Mobility, Orientation and Daily Skills Trainer for people with visual disabilities

Lina Kalle has been a Mobility, Orientation and Daily Living Skills Trainer for people with partial or total vision loss for 18 years. Responsible for the education of pre-school and school-age children, teenagers and adults with visual impairment, she worked at Protoporia (a non-profit company) of the Center for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind (K.E.A.T.), as well as as an external collaborator in private ophthalmology clinics. Since 2014, she has been a scientific associate of the Laboratory of Primary Health Care, General Practice and Health Services Research of the Department of Medicine, AUTH, with the aim of raising the awareness of students and health professionals on the issues of visually impaired patients. On a scientific-research level, he has organized and supported a multitude of experiential workshops, as well as educational presentations, in university departments of AUTH (TEFAA, School of Medicine), PA.MAK, ATEI.TH. (Department of Physiotherapy) and the University of Thessaly, participated, as a consultant on accessibility issues, in European programs of university departments, while he has publications in scientific conferences and journals. Her main research and professional interest is the counseling of parents - guardians in early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with vision difficulties.

Previous Boards of Directors

Terms of office 2019-2022

President:

Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Associate Professor of Primary Health Care & Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Secretary-General:

Aikaterini Touriki, Medical Student, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Treasurer:

Evdoxia Dimitriou, Nurse, AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece