Christos Savopoulos is a Professor of Internal Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and the Head of the First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine at AHEPA University Hospital. He graduated from the Medical School of AUTh in 1989 and completed his residency in internal medicine in 1997. In 2001, he received his European Clinical Hypertension Specialist degree. In 2002, he received his Ph.D. with distinction for his work in the field of hypertension. He was appointed as a Clinical Lecturer in 2002. He worked in internal medicine with a special emphasis on hypertension and stroke. In 2010, he spent one year at the International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, London. After his return, he established a Stroke Unit within the First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine. He was elected as Professor of Internal Medicine in 2018 and the Head of the Department in 2020. He has supervised nine Ph.D. theses and participated in more than 26 research projects (11 as principal investigator), including 2 that were funded by the EU (CHRODIS and JANPA).