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Obstetrics, Gynecology, Endocrinology, Premature menopause, Primary ovarian insufficiency, Folliculogenesis, Menopause, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Repeated pregnancy loss, Assisted reproduction, Embryo implantation
Greece, United States

Biography

Sophia N Kalantaridou, MD, PhD, graduated from the Medical School of the University of Athens (1989). Sophia 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).

Sophia 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 101 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, Vice-president of the Hellenic Society of Climacteric and Menopause and member of the American Endocrine Society, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology).

H-index = 31, Citations = 2829 (Scopus)
Book Chapters: 10
Publications: 96

Activities

Employment (10)

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, Attica, GR

2018 to present | Director of the Master of Science “High-risk Pregnancy” (Medical School)
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, Attica, GR

2018 to present | Head of the Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, Menopause and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, Attiki, GR

2018 to present | Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility (Medical School)
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, Attiki, GR

2015 to 2018 | Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Infertility (Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion University Hospital)
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University of Ioannina: Ioannina, GR

2012 to 2015 | Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Reproductive Endocrinology (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
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University of Ioannina: Ioannina, GR

2007 to 2012 | Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Reproductive Endocrinology (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
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University of Ioannina: Ioannina, GR

2003 to 2007 | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
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University of Ioannina: Ioannina, GR

1999 to 2003 | Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Bethesda, MD, US

1996 to 1999 | Lead investigator of the National Institutes of Health clinical research protocol - NIH protocol #00-CH-0045: Hormone Replacement in Young Women with Premature Ovarian Failure - with FDA Investigational New Drug Approval (Research Fellow - Postdoctoral) (Developmental Endocrinology Branch)
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Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: Beltsville, MD, US

1996 to 1999 | Investigational new drug approval, IND 60,587, Testosterone Matrix Transdermal Delivery System Food and Drug Administration; under cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) between the NIH and Procter & Gamble (Research Fellow - Postdoctoral) (Division of Metabolic and Endocrine Drug Products)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Ioannina: Ioannina, GR

1996 | PhD (Medicine)
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Athens, Attica, GR

1989 | Doctor of Medicine (Medicine)
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Professional activities (2)

Hellenic Authority for Assisted Reproduction: Athens, Attica, GR

2018 to 2020 | President
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Hellenic Authority for Assisted Reproduction: Athens, Attica, GR

2016 to 2018 | Member
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