Dr. Apostolos Apostolidis is a Professor of Urology–Neurourology at the Second Department of Urology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (AUTh). He received his MD (1990) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees and completed his training in Urology at AUTh (1998). He served as a Junior Consultant Urologist at the General Hospital of Polygyros, Halkidiki (2000-2002). Following a one-year scholarship from the European Urological Scholarship Programme in 2002 at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH, London, UK, he completed an additional 3.5-year fellowship at the Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK until December 2006, when he was appointed Lecturer at the Second Department of Urology, AUTh. His research interest is in lower urinary tract dysfunction, mainly overactive bladder syndrome and the mechanism of action of treatments for human bladder disease states. His research funding at AUTh has surpassed one million EUR. He is member of the EAU, ICS and ICI-Research Society and has chaired the ICI 2016 Neurogenic Committee. He has (co-)authored 18 chapters (10 in international books) and 95 original or review articles and editorials in peer-reviewed journals, with an h-index of 33, and has more than 5,000 citations to-date. He is a reviewer for 12 PubMed journals, is a member of the Editorial Board of the Neurourology and Urodynamics and European Urology journals, and was previously on the Editorial Board of the BJU International journal (2012-20).
Dr. Apostolos Apostolidis is a Professor of Urology–Neurourology at the Second Department of Urology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (AUTh). He received his MD (1990) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees and completed his training in Urology at AUTh (1998). He served as a Junior Consultant Urologist at the General Hospital of Polygyros, Halkidiki (2000-2002). Following a one-year scholarship from the European Urological Scholarship Programme in 2002 at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH, London, UK, he completed an additional 3.5-year fellowship at the Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK until December 2006, when he was appointed Lecturer at the Second Department of Urology, AUTh. His research interest is in lower urinary tract dysfunction, mainly overactive bladder syndrome and the mechanism of action of treatments for human bladder disease states. His research funding at AUTh has surpassed one million EUR. He is member of the EAU, ICS and ICI-Research Society and has chaired the ICI 2016 Neurogenic Committee. He has (co-)authored 18 chapters (10 in international books) and 95 original or review articles and editorials in peer-reviewed journals, with an h-index of 33, and has more than 5,000 citations to-date. He is a reviewer for 12 PubMed journals, is a member of the Editorial Board of the Neurourology and Urodynamics and European Urology journals, and was previously on the Editorial Board of the BJU International journal (2012-20).