COSTANTINOS J. STEFANIDIS, MD, PHD.

Certifications

1973 Medical Degree (Magna Cum Laude), valedictorian of the class.
University of Athens, Greece.
1978 Certified Pediatrician (Greece).
1978 Certified by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Canada.
1982 American board of pediatrics eligibility.
1982 Certified Nephrologist (Greece).
1984 PhD (Magna Cum Laude), University of Athens, Greece.
2021 Certified fellow of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN)

Hospital appointments

1976-78 Pediatric Resident, Agia Sophia Children’s, Athens, Greece.
1978-80 Senior Resident in Pediatrics, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
1980-82 Fellow of Nephrology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
1982-02 Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist, “A. and P. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece.
2002-17 Director of Pediatric Nephrology, “A. and P. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece.
2008-17 Pediatric Medical Director, “A. and P. Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece.
2018- Director of Pediatric Nephrology, MITERA Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Academic and committee appointments

1997 President of the 31st Meeting of ESPN
1999-02 Councilor of ESPN
2007-11 Chairman of the Tertiary Care Group of the European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP)
– UEMS Paediatric Section (Previous CESP).
2005-11 Editor in Chief of the Journal of the Greek Society of Pediatrics, Paediatriki.
2009- Section Editor (Dialysis) of the journal “Pediatric Nephrology”.
2010 Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Congress of the European Academy of Pediatric Societies, Copenhagen 2010.
2011 Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 44th ESPN Meeting.
2011 Member of the Educational Committee of ESPN.
2012 Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 45th ESPN Meeting.
2012-19 ESPN-ERA Registry representative.
2013-21 Board member of the Dialysis Working Group of ESPN.
2016 Chair of the Scientific Committee of the IPNA teaching Course in Skopje.
2017 Chair of the Scientific Committee of the IPNA teaching Course in Bucharest.
2021 Chair of the Scientific Committee of the IPNA teaching Course in Brioni, Croatia.

Member of Medical Societies

1982 International Society of Nephrology (ISN).
1985 European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN).
1985 International Society for Paediatric Nephrology (IPNA).
1987 International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD).
1989 International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism.
1990 European Renal Association.
1992 Founding member of the European Paediatric Dialysis Working Group.
2000 Founding member of the Southeastern European Pediatric Nephrology Working Group.
2008 Founding member of the European Academy of Pediatrics.

Publications

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