Emmanouil Pikoulis is a board-certified general surgeon who has combined his background in emergency surgery and trauma surgical management with his special interest in global health, humanitarian aid, and disaster medicine. He received his Ph.D. degree at Athens Medical School. He now works at the MSc “Global Health–Disaster Medicine”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. During his career, he has worked on various educational programs around development, disaster preparedness, and training all over the world.