M.D, PhD, MSc

Professional Experience

2021- today : 

Private  practice in Magnitiki Patron

2013-2019: 

•  Weekly locums  4 times/year at CH Quimperlé,  Bretagne, France. 

2018- 2021:    

• Consultant  Grade  A – St Andrews Hospital ,      Patras , Greece (200 beds)   

2014-2018:

• Consultant  Grade  B- St Andrews Hospital,   Patras, Greece (200 beds). 

2012-2013 : 

• Consultant  Full time - Centre Universitaire de   Limoges, France     ( special Interest Body CT)         

• Experience in  CT,  MRI,  ultrasonography,  Conventional Radiology.  

• Shifts in pediatric radiology.
• Radiologist  of reference at  Oncologic Board for  Digestive  System 9/2012-9/2013.

2009-2011 : 

• Consultant   2 y with 1 y contract each time St Andrews Hospital,   Patras, Greece 

2001-2003: ΓΝ Κορίνθου, Ειδικευόμενη Ακτινολογίας 

• Siemens, (GE) (1 year)
• Mammography (3 months)
• MRI (0.5 T) (9 months)
• Interventional Radiology (7 months)

 

Education

ACADEMIC EDUCATION /CMEs 

• Phd :  2008-2012, University of Patras, Greece 

"Application of CAD systems in patients with diffuse lung disease. Clinical evaluation and correlation with laboratory and clinical markers" ΝEMERTES http://hdl.handle.net/10889/6148 

MSc : 2000-2002  Molecular Radiology:  University of  Patras,  M.Sc. Thesis :  Cloning and characterization of complement element C8β in rainbow trout.

 

PUBLICATIONS

1. Molecular cloning of leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 in rainbow trout. Kokkinos PA, Kazantzi A, Sfyroera G, Zarkadis IK. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2005 May ; 18(5) : 371-80.  

2.  Molecular cloning of C8β in rainbow trout: A. Kazantzi, G. Sfyroera, Claire Holland, John Lambris, I.K. Zarkadis Dev Comp Immunol. 2003 Mar ; 27(3) : 167-74.

 

CME  ( last 5  years   )

• 2020: 16CMEs  JFR ( Journées Francophones de Radiologie 2020)
• 2019: FORCOMED : ECHOGRAPHIE DES NODULES ET DES CANCERS THYROIDIENNES
• 2019-2020 :  Training  at University Hospital Patras in  CT angiographies /
• 2017:   FORCOMED :  MAMMOGRAPHY , ORGANISATION  DU DEPISTAGE , Contrôle de Qualité  et Lecture pour 1 et 2 eme  lecteur 
• 2017 : Athens Sports Imaging Course ( 12 CME), Αθήνα

 

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

• A two-stage method for microcalcification cluster segmentation in mammography by deformable models. Arikidis N, Vassiou K, Kazantzi A, Skiadopoulos S, Karahaliou A, Costaridou L.Med Phys. 2015 Oct;42(10):5848-61. 
• Vessel tree segmentation in presence of interstitial lung disease in MDCT. Korfiatis PD, Kalogeropoulou C, Karahaliou AN, Kazantzi AD, Costaridou LI. IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed. 2011 Mar;15(2) : 214-20.
• Quantitative visually lossless compression ratio determination of JPEG2000 in digitized mammograms. Georgiev VT, Karahaliou AN, Skiadopoulos SG, Arikidis NS, Kazantzi AD, Panayiotakis GS, Costaridou LI.J Digit Imaging. 2013 Jun;26(3):427-39
•    Is there a role for B cell Depletion as a therapy for scleroderma ? A case report  and review of the literature Daoussis D, Liossis SN,  Tsamandas AC, Kalogeropoulou C, Kazantzi A, Korfiatis P, Yiannopoulos G, Andonopoulos AP Semin Arthritis Rheum. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Oct ; 40(2) : 127-36.
• Experience with rituximab in scleroderma : results from a 1-year, proof-of-principle study. Daoussis D, Liossis SN, Tsamandas AC, Kalogeropoulou C, Kazantzi A, Sirinian C, Karampetsou M, Yiannopoulos G, Andonopoulos AP. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Sep 15.
• Gorlin-Goltz syndrome: incidental finding on routine CT scan  following car accident Kalogeropoulou C, Zampakis P, Kazantzi S, Kraniotis P, Mastronikolis NS. Cases J. 2009 Nov 25 ; 2 : 9087. 
• Texture Based Identification and Characterization of Interstitial Pneumonia Patterns in Lung Multidetector CT Panayiotis D. Korfiatis, Anna N. Karahaliou, Alexandra D. Kazantzi, Cristina Kalogeropoulou and Lena I. Costaridou ΙΕΕΕ Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine TITB-00217-2010.

Texture classification-based segmentation of lung affected by interstitial pneumonia in high-resolution CT. Korfiatis P, Kalogeropoulou C, Karahaliou A, Kazantzi A, Skiadopoulos S, Costaridou L. Med Phys. 2008 Dec ; 35(12) : 5290-302.