Maria Piagkou is a professor at the Anatomy Department of the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program of Clinical and Experimental Neurosurgery. She has twenty-three years of teaching experience in anatomy, with a focus on neuroanatomy, head and neck anatomy, oral and maxillofacial areas, skull base anatomy, and anatomical variations. Her primary areas of research interest include head and neck anatomy and surgery, neuroanatomy, skull base anatomy, oral surgery, maxillofacial and dental trauma, rehabilitation, intraoral fixation after condylar fractures, and tooth replantation. She is an associate editor for two anatomy journals and an Editorial Board member for six other journals. She is the General Secretary of the Hellenic Association of Anatomy.