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
·
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)
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)