Serafeim Chrysikos

From 01/9/2016 up until now, I work as a consultant respiratory physician at the 5^th Pulmonology department in ‘’Sotiria’’ Chest diseases hospital in Athens. I graduated in 2003 from the University of Sofia, Medical School, Bulgaria. Between 2007 and 2014, I completed with excellence my rotation at the departments of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Internal Medicine in ‘’Sotiria’’ Chest diseases hospital in Athens. My main academic and research area of interest is lung cancer, thoracic oncology, and interventional pulmonology.

In 2021 I was granted a degree of PhD at the University of Athens entitled: “Clinical utility of thoracic endosonography (EBUS/EUS-b) in mediastinal staging of patients with NSCLC: comparison with integrated PET-CT,’’ under the supervision of Professor of Oncology Dr. Syrigos K.

In 2017 I was granted a degree of Master of Sciences (MSc) in thoracic oncology at the University of Athens, Greece. Since 2015 I have performed more than 2000 flexible bronchoscopies and more than 1000 EBUS procedures. From July 2017, I am certified from ERS on EBUS after completing 3 training programs in Copenhagen, Heidelberg, and Athens. I have also performed 13 whole lung lavage procedures in patients with Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis at the 5^th Pulmonary Department of ‘’Sotiria’’ Chest disease hospital in Athens.

In 2015 I successfully took the HERMES Adult European Respiratory Diplomat, further extending my clinical skills on a European level. Since May 2017 and July 2018, I am also a certified Thoracic Ultrasound user, as stated by ERS clinical courses in Odense, Denmark and Oxford, England.

I have also participated as a sub-investigator in 10 international                clinical trials relevant to the management and treatment of bronchiectasis, COPD, and bronchial asthma. I have 27 publications in peer-reviewed journals indexed in PubMed (H-index 12, 622 citations) and more than 100 abstracts in international and national medical conferences. I am an active member of oncology MDT  ‘’Sotiria’’ Chest diseases hospital in Athens

Finally, I am a member of Hellenic Thoracic, European Respiratory Society and World Association of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP).

Since 2020, I am Interventional Pulmonology Group Lead, Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS).