George PAPATHEODORIDIS

Professor-Director, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece

George V. PAPATHEODORIDIS is Professor in Medicine and Gastroenterology at Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Director of Academic Gastroenterology Department and Liver Transplantation Unit of “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens, Greece.

He is also President of the Hellenic Transplant Organization and the Hellenic Foundation of Gastroenterology & Nutrition and Chief Medical Officer of “Laiko” General Hospital of Athens. He was member of EASL Scientific Committee/Governing Board (2010-2013) and is EASL and AASLD (fellow) member. He was co-ordinator (2011-2012) and panelist (2016-2017) of EASL HBV Guidelines and of EASL HDV Guidelines (2022-2023).
His main research interest has been focused on viral hepatitis and especially hepatitis B. He has (co-)authored >440 PubMed papers having total IF >5300 and >28000/40000 citations (h-index:69/90) in Scopus/Google Scholar. He was Associate Editor of Liver International and has served as Editorial Board member of several international journals and as reviewer for all gastroenterology/hepatology journals, many major internal medicine journals, ILC/EASL-UEGW-AASLD abstracts, EU 7th Framework Programme for research and Horizon 2020. He has given >185 lectures, chaired >60 lectures/round tables and presented >370 abstracts in international meetings.