BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE

Anna Karakatsani

 

Marital Status:                      Married, three children

Place and Date of Birth:       Athens, Greece, November 16, 1960

 

Organization of Primary Employment:

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

Medical School

2nd Department of Respiratory Medicine

“ATTIKON” University Hospital

1, Rimini street, 124 62 Haidari, Greece

Tel No: +30 210 5831152

e-mail: annakara@otenet.gr

 

Title of primary employment: Assistant Professor

 

First degree:              MD, University of Patras, Medical School, 1986

Post Graduate Titles:            Greek board certified in Respiratory Medicine, 1990

                                    PhD, Epidemiology Department, Medical School, National and                                                           Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1989

                                    Master in Public Health (MPH), Harvard School of Public Health,                                           Boston, 1993

Foreign Languages: English, French

 

Fields of Scientific and Professional Activities:

źRespiratory Medicine

źEnvironmental and Occupational Medicine

źPublic Health

źAir Pollution

 

Published work:

Number of publications in refereed journals: 24           

Number of publications (abstracts) in International Conferences: 41

Chapters in Greek Medical Books: 15

Number of scientific Reports: 2

 

Teaching and Research experience:

·   Teaching since 1993 at undergraduate and postgraduate programs of various departments in the Medical School of the NKUA.

·   Supervision of three Ph.D.’s (one has been completed).

·   Participation in 4 Greek (in one as principal investigator) and 3 European research projects funded by various agencies

·   Participation in several National and International Conferences and Workshops

 

Related professional experience

·                 Practice respiratory medicine in University hospitals since 1999

·                 Member of the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS)

 

Publications

International scientific Journals

1.     K. Katsouyanni, A. Karakatsani, I. Messari, G. Touloumi, A. Hatzakis, A. Kalandidi, D. Trichopoulos: Air pollution and cause specific mortality in Athens. J Epidemiol Community Health 1990, 44:321-324.

2.     V. Kalapothaki, A. Tzonou, C-c Hsieh, N. Toupadaki, A. Karakatsani, D. Trichopoulos: Tobacco, ethanol, coffee, pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus and cholelithiasis as risk factors for pancreatic carcinioma. Cancer Causes and Control 1993, 4:375-382.

3.     V. Kalapothaki, A. Tzonou, C-c Hsieh, A. Karakatsani, A. Trichopoulou, N. Toupadaki, D. Trichopoulos: Nutrient intake and cancer of the pancreas: a case-control study in Athens, Greece. Cancer Causes and Control 1993, 4: 383-389.

4.     A. Tzonou, A. Polychronopoulou, C-c. Hsieh, A. Rebelakos, A. Karakatsani, D. Trichopoulos: Hair dyes, analgesics, tranquilizers and perineal talc application as risk factors for ovarian cancer. Int. J. Cancer 1993, 55:408-410.

5.     A. Tzonou, C-c. Hsieh, A. Polychronopoulou, G. Kaprinis, N. Toupadaki, A. Trichopoulou, A. Karakatsani, D. Trichopoulos: Diet and ovarian cancer: a case-control study in Greece. Int. J. Cancer 1993, 55:411-414.

6.     E. Agapitos, F. Mollo, L. Tomatis, K. Katsouyanni, L. Lipworth, L. Delsedime, A. Kalandidi, A. Karakatsani, E. Riboli, R. Saracci, D. Trichopoulos. Epithelial, possibly precancerous, lesions of the lung in relation to smoking, passive smoking and socio-demographic variables. Scand J Soc Med. 1996, 24:259-263.

7.     I. Dimopoulou, M. Daganou, U. Dafni, A. Karakatsani, M. Khoury, S. Geroulanos, J. Jordanoglou. Phrenic nerve dysfunction after cardiac operations: Electrophysiologic evaluation of risk factors. Chest 1998, 113:8-14.

8.     M. Daganou, I. Dimopoulou, N. Michalopoulos, K. Papadopoulos, A. Karakatsani, S. Geroulanos, G. Tzelepis. Respiratory complications after coronary artery bypass surgery with unilateral or bilateral internal mammary artery grafting. Chest 1998, 113:1258-89.

9.     A. Karakatsani, S. Andreadaki, K. Katsouyanni, I. Dimitroulis, D. Trichopoulos, V. Benetou, A. Trichopoulou. Air pollution in relation to manifestations of chronic pulmonary disease: a nested case-control study in Athens, Greece. Eur J Epidemiol 2003; 18: 45-53.

10.  A. Karakatsani, A. Chroneou, NG Koulouris, D. Orphanidou, J. Jordanoglou. Meloxicam-induced pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia: a case report. Rheumatology 2003; 42 (9): 1112-1113.

11.  N. Alchanatis, N. Deligiorgis, N. Zias, A. Amfilochiou, E. Gotsis, A. Karakatsani, A. Papadimitriou. Frontal brain lobe impairment in obstructive sleep apnea: a proton MR spectroscopy study. ERJ 2004; 24 (6): 980-986.

12.  Tomos P, Kakaris S, Lachanas E, Karakatsani A. Secondary echinococcosis of the rib and soft tissues. Respiration 2005: 72(5): 542-542.

13.  Konofaos P, Tomos P, Malagari K, Karakatsani A, Pavlopoulos D, Lachanas E, Flessas M, Kostakis A, Karakitsos P. The role of ThinPrep cytology in the investigation of lung tumors. Surg Oncol 2006; 15(3): 173-178.

14.  Tomos P, Karakatsani A, Stamatakos M, Mouzopoulos G, Safioleas M. Primary extrapleural and retroperitoneal echinococcosis. Does it exist? Chirurgia, 2006; 19: 93-95.

15.  Kontogiorgi M, Milic-Emili J, Kosmas EN, Koutsoukou A, Karakatsani A, Loukides S, Jordanoglou J, Koulouris NG. Interrelationship between dyspnoea, exercise tolerance, and spirometric indices in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Rassegna di Patologia dell’ Apparato Respiratorio 2007; 22 (4-5): 289-895.

16.  Lianou M, Chalbot MC, Kotronarou A, Kavouras IG, Karakatsani A, Katsouyanni K, Puustinnen A, Hameri K, Vallius M, Pekkanen J, Meddings C, Harrison RM, Thomas S, Ayres JG, Brink H, Kos G, Meliefste K, De Hartog J, Hoek G. Dependence of home outdoor particulate mass and number concentrations on residential and traffic features in urban areas. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 2007; 57(12): 1507-17.

17.  Papiris SA, Manali ED, Kalomenidis I, Kapotsis GE, Karakatsani A, Roussos C. Bench-to-bedside review: pulmonary-renal syndromes--an update for the intensivist. Crit Care 2007; 11(3): 213.

18.  Puustinen A, Hameri K, Pekkanen J, Kulmala M, de Hartog J, Meliefste K, ten Brink H, Kos G, Katsouyanni K, Karakatsani A, Kotronarou A, Kavouras I, Meddings C, Thomas S, Harrison R, Ayres JG, van der Zee S, Hoek G. Spatial variation of particle number and mass over four European Cities. Atmospheric Environment 2007; 41 (31): 6622-6636.

19.  Hoek G, Kos G, Harrison R, de Hartog J, Meliefste K, Ten Brink H, Katsouyanni K, Karakatsani A, Lianou M, Kotronarou A, Kavouras I, Pekkanen J, Vallius M, Kulmala M, Puustinen A, Thomas S, Meddings C, Ayres J, van Wijnen J, Hameri K. Indoor-outdoor relationships of particle number and mass in four European cities. Atmospheric Environment 2008; 42 (1): 156-169.

20.  Karakatsani A, Papakosta P, Rapti A, Antoniou KM, Dimadi M, Markopoulou A, Latsi P, Polychronopoulos V, Birba G, Labrakis Ch, Bouros D on behalf of the Hellenic Interstitial Lung Diseases Group. Epidemiology of interstitial lung diseases in Greece. Respiratory Medicine 2009; 103(8): 1122-9.

21.  De Hartog JJ, Ayres JG , Karakatsani A, Analitis A, Ten Brink H, Hameri K, Harrison R, Katsouyanni K, Kotronarou A, Kavouras I, Meddings C, Pekkanen J, Hoek G. Indoor and outdoor fine and ultrafine particles in relation to lung function in asthma / COPD patients in four European cities. Occup Environ Med 2010; 67: 2-10

22.  A. Karakatsani, F. Kapitsimadis, M. Pipikou, M-C Chalbot, I.G. Kavouras, D. Orphanidou, S. Papiris, K. Katsouyanni. Ambient air pollution and respiratory health effects in mail carriers. Environ Res 2010; 110: 278-285.

23.  Giouleka P, Papatheodorou G, Lyberopoulos P, Karakatsani A, Alchanatis M, Roussos C, Papiris S, Loukides S. Body mass index is associated with leukotriene inflammation in asthmatics. Eur J Clin Invest 2010 Sep 2 [Epub ahead of print]

24.  Papaetis GS, Anastasakou E, Tselou T, Sotiriou A, Rarra VC, Roussou P, Karakatsani A, Orphanidou D. Adv Med Sci 2010 Oct 8: 1-7 [Epub ahead of print]

 

Scientific Reports

 

1.       D. Trichopoulos and A. Karakatsani: Environment and human health:  Report to the European Parliament. Athens and Boston: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 1993, pp 1-61.

2.       Amman, G. Buchele, F. Hurley, G. de Hong, A. Karakatsani, M. Krzyzanowski, A. Le Tetre, S. Medina, B. Miller, C. Roythorne, E. Sanderson, J. Tuomisto, S. Weiland, G. Weinmayr. AIRNET Risk and Health Impact Assessment Workgroup. Air pollution and the risks to human health-Health Impact Assessment. Report. AIRNET Thematic Network on Air Pollution and Health. (http://airnet.iras.uu.nl)