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Curriculum vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Sofia Tseleni-Balafouta
Professor of Pathology
First Department of Pathology
University of Athens
Tel. +30210-7462121, Fax +30210-7462157, e-mail: stseleni@cc.uoa.gr
PERSONAL DATA
Place of birth: Athens, Greece
Permanent address: Pindou 6, Athens 166 73
Family status: Married, 2 children
Private office : Makedonias str 1 & 3 Septemvriou 47, Athens 10433.
Tel: +30 210 8222323)
( For performing and evaluating FNA of thyroid nodules as well as
various head and neck masses )
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1977: PhD in Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany (Thesis: Monocyte production in Hodgkin’s disease)
1976: Diploma of Medicine (University of Freiburg with distinction)
1970: “Abitur” of the German High School in Athens
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
1977-1982 Residency in the Hospitals of Korinth and of the Greek Red Cross and in the Department of Pathology of the University of Athens
1984: Fellowship in Thyroid-Cytology in the University of Gottingen, Germany
1998: FNA of various organs in the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
SCHOLARSHIPS
1970-1976 Scholarship from German DAAP for undergraduate studies in Medicine.
1984 Scholarship from DAAD for fellowship in thyroid FNA.
LANGUAGES
German, English, French
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / POSITIONS HELD
Current position Professor of Pathology
1999-09/2010 Assoc.Professor of Pathology, University of Athens
1990-1998 Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Athens
1982-1989 Lecturer in Pathology, University of Athens
1984-present Set up and run a referral center for evaluation of Thyroid-FNA( second opinion) as well as for consultation cases of endocrine grands particularly of thyroid gland in the Department of Pathology in the University of Athens
1984-1994 Set up and run an outpatient Clinic for Thyroid-FNA in the University-Hospital, “Laikon”.
1984-present
TEACHING
Undergraduate level
1982-present Theory and Labs in Pathology for students in Medical and Dental School of the University of Athens
1993 Endocrine Pathology for Students of the University of Thessalia.
Postgraduate level
1998-present Teaching “Histopathology” in a Master of Science of the Medical School and the School of Biology of the Athens University entitled “Performancies of Biology in Medicine”.
- Participation in 40 Greek and in 5 international seminars / postgraduate meetings. Cooperation with TUM-University, Germany in a e-learn platform in thyroid cytology.
- Supervision in 34 PhD theses and in 5 MSci-Dissertations.
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWER SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
- 80 publications in international journals with a mean impact factor 2,84.
- 31 publications in Greek journals.
- Over 900 citations.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- 6 chapters in Textbooks for undergraduate students.
- 7 chapters in books from postgraduate meetings.
CONGRESSES
- Presentation in 40 international and 67 Greek congresses.
- Invited speaker in 17 Greek and 3 International Congresses.
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
Research centers in Greece
- National Greek Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology
- National Center of Research in Physical Sciences “Demokritos”
- Institute for Biomedical Research of the Athens Academy
International research Centers
- National Institute of Health, Department of Pathology, Bethesda-Maryland
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston
- GSF-Fonchungrzentrum fur Universitat und Gesundheit, Munich.
Academic international centers
- University of Leipzig
- TUM University of Munich
GRANTS
Recipient of 8 Greek and 2 international (ATA; DFG) grants, mostly for Thyroid-Research.
MAIN FIELD OF INTEREST
Fine needle aspiration of thyroid in the evaluation of thyroid nodules. Immunohistochemical and molecular studies in tumors of endocrine organs, focused in thyroid carcinoma.
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Greek
- Society of Pathology (GSP)
- Society of Fertility – Sterility
- Society of Endocrinology
- Society of Pancreatology
- Society of Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Endocrine Working Group of the GSP (coordinator)
International
- European Society of Pathology (ESP)
- International Academy of Pathology
- Endocrine Pathology Society
- International Association of Pancreatology
- European Pancreatic Club
- Endocrine Working Group of ESP
- Cytopathology Working Group of ESP
Reviewer in 7 scientific journals
PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES
For education
- Committee for the Program of the MSci “Application of Biology in Medicine”
- Postgraduate Program of the First Department of Pathology, University of Athens
- Committee for the undergraduate program of the Medical School of Athens
- Committee for Education of the Greek Society of Pathology
- Committee for medical-student-exchange (IFMSA)
- Committee for scholarship-awards of DAAD (Germany)
For Guidelines
- Member of the taskforce for the publication of guidelines for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules by ETA/AACEE/AME (2010)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Lymphocytic thyroiditis in fine needle aspiration: differential diagnostic aspects. Tseleni-Balafouta S,Kyroudi-Voulgari A, Paizi-Biza P, Papacharalampous NX. Diagn Cytopathol 5(4), 362-365, 1989.
- Thyroid carcinoma cells are resistant to fas-mediated apoptosis but sensitive to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. Mitsiades M, Poulaki V, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Koutras D, Stamenkovic I. Cancer Res 60, 4122-29, 2000.
- Fibrillin expression and localization in various types of carcinomas of the thyroid gland. Tseleni-Balafouta S, Gakiopoulou H, Fanourakis G, Koutsikas G, Litsiou H, Sozopoulos E, Balafoutas D, Patsouris E. Mod Pathol 19, 695-700, 2006.
- Parathyroid proliferations: a source of diagnostic pitfalls in FNA of thyroid. Tseleni-Balafouta S, Gakiopoulou H, Kavantzas N, Agrogiannis G, Givelos N, Patsouris E. Cancer Cytol 2000, Mar (2).
