Dr. George Simeakis
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Biography
George Simeakis is Consultant Endocrinologist and head of the Thyroid Cancer Outpatient's Clinic in 401 General Military Hospital of Athens. He completed his PhD studies at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has been awarded with the ESE Short-Term Fellowship Grant to support a three-month research visit regarding Molecular Studies in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, in “Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale”, University of Pisa, Italy, and with a Grant from the Hellenic Endocrine Society to support the ongoing project entitled: “Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) and Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) assessment in metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) patients”. He has also been awarded six times to date by the Hellenic Endocrine Society for publishing or presenting the most interesting studies in the field of Thyroid Diseases and Clinical Endocrinology. He is recently leading the ongoing project entitled “ctDNA and CTCs assessment in metastatic MTC patients”. He has published ten papers in various journals and serves as an editorial board member as well. Currently, he is Guest Editor in the Special Issue Diagnosis and Treatments of Thyroid Cancer in the Precision Medicine Era of the "Medicina" Journal. He serves as the secretary of the Thyroid Steering Committee of the Hellenic Endocrine Society.
Affiliations
401 General Military Hospital of Athens
Athens, Attikí, Greece
Endocrine Dept - Thyroid Ca Outpatient's Clinic
Honors and Awards
D. Koutras Award - 2022
Hellenic Endocrine Society
Best scientific publication in Thyroid field - 49th Panhellenic Congress of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Mellitus, Athens, Greece, April, 2022 - “Histology is more important than persistent anti-Tg antibodies for progression of differentiated thyroid cancer- Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2021 Jul;95(1):217-223”
Best Presentation in Thyroid and Metabolic Bone Session - 2021
European Society of Endocrinology - ESE Young Endocrinologists and Scientists
Mutational Profile of a series of Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma patients with Metastatic - Persistent Disease
I. Giannatou - 2021
Hellenic Endocrine Society
Best Oral Presentation in the field of Clinical Endocrinology - 48th Panhellenic Congress of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Mellitus, Athens, Greece, July 2021 - Somatic Mutations in Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma patients with Metastatic - Persistent Disease
I. Giannatou - 2020
Hellenic Endocrine Society
Best Oral Presentation in the field of Clinical Endocrinology - 47th Panhellenic Congress of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Mellitus, Athens, Greece, October 2020 - High Dose, Short Term Glucocorticoid (GC) Treatment Seems to Have no Long Term Negative Effect on Bone Mineral Density (BMD) of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients
ESE Short-Term Fellowship Grant - 2020
European Society of Endocrinology
Three-month research visit regarding Molecular Studies in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, in “Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale”, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy – September 2020
Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix
His Excellency, the President of the Hellenic Republic
2018
D. Koutras Award - 2018
Hellenic Endocrine Society
Best scientific publication in Thyroid field - 45th Panhellenic Congress of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Mellitus, Thessaloniki, Greece, May, 2018 - “Familial MTC with RET exon 8 Gly533Cys mutation: origin and prevalence of second malignancy - Endocr Connect. 2017 Nov;6(8):676-684”
Non Article 5 NATO Medal
NATO
Service with NATO in relation to the Balkans Operation – November 2008
D. Ikkos Award - 2024
Hellenic Endocrine Society
Best scientific publication in the field of Clinical Endocrinology - 51st Panhellenic Congress of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Mellitus, Athens, Greece, April 2024 - "High-Dose Intravenous Steroid Treatment Seems to Have No Long-Term Negative Effect on Bone Mineral Density of Young and Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Pilot Study" - Biomedicines. 2023 Feb 17;11(2):603
Experience
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
401 General Military Hospital of Athens - Endocrine Dept. - Thyroid Cancer Outpatient's Clinic
01 Oct 2017 - present
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Thyroid Oncology Sector, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
01 Apr 2021 - 01 Jul 2021
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
Endocrine Unit, Dept Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
01 Feb 2013 - 01 May 2017
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
401 Military Hospital of Athens - 1st Dept of Internal Medicine
01 Sep 2010 - 01 Sep 2012
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
Military Airport of Megara - Hellenic Army General Staff
01 Jan 2009 - 01 Sep 2010
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
NATO Balkans Operation - Hellenic Force of Kossovo II
01 Jul 2008 - 01 Nov 2008
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
Military Hospital of Rhodes - Hellenic Army General Staff
01 Feb 2008 - 01 Jul 2008
Undergraduate Student
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School & Hellenic Armed Forces - Corps Officers School
01 Oct 2000 - 01 Sep 2006