Sophia Kalantaridou

SOPHIA N. KALANTARIDOU, MD, PhD
Current positions:
-Professor of Obstetrics – Gynecology and Infertility, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
-Head of the Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, Menopause and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, 3rd Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
-President of the Hellenic Society of Family Planning, Contraception and Reproductive Health.
-Vice-president of the Hellenic Menopause Society
Short CV.
Professor of Obstetrics – Gynecology and Infertility, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Graduated from the Medical School of the University of Athens (1989). She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Ioannina (1996). Her postdoctoral training took place at the Section on Women’s Health, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Visiting Fellow, Fogarty International Visiting Fellowship Award, 1996-1999). She has received scholarships from the Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (for postdoctoral research in reproductive endocrinology), and the Hellenic College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (D.B Kaskarelis Award). She is the recipient of ten honors and awards from the American Endocrine Society, the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, the Hellenic College of Endocrinology and the Hellenic Heart Society. Her research interests include premature menopause/ primary ovarian insufficiency, folliculogenesis, menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome, repeated pregnancy loss, assisted reproduction and embryo implantation. She has 130 publications in peer reviewed Journals and books, such as Nature Immunology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, Obstetrics and Gynecology etc. She is President of the Hellenic Society of Family Planning, Contraception and Reproductive Health and Vice-president of the Hellenic Society of Menopause.

H-index = 43, Citations = 5926 (Scopus)
Book Chapters: 10.
Publications: 118
Medical Education:
M.D.: 1989, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Ph.D.: 1996, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Greece (Summa Cum Laude)
Academic Positions:
1999 – 2003: Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2003-2007: Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2007 – 2012: Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2012 – 2015: Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School of the University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
2015 – 2018: Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Infertility, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
2016 – 2018: Member of the Hellenic Authority for Assisted Reproduction
2018 – 2020: President of the Hellenic Authority for Assisted Reproduction
2018 – 2021: Chair of the 3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
2018 – 2022: Director of the Master of Science (MSc) of the Medical School of the NKUA entitled: “High-risk Pregnancy”