Studies

1981:      High School Certificate 4^th Lyceum of Kavala Grade: Excellent

1989:                             Graduate of Medical School

Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium)

Grade: Summa cum Laude

1998:                             Specialist in Gastroenterology

1998:                             Research Fellow in Gastrointestinal Laboratory

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,

Harvard Medical School, USA

1999:                             Dissertation (PhD)

Medical School,

University of Patras

Grade: Excellent

2006:                             Research Fellow in Gastrointestinal Motility (Prof. J. Tack)

University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven

Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

2007:                             Postgraduate Course: Clinical and Biomedical Sciences in

Tropical Medicine

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

2011:                             Master Diploma 2011:    “Management of national health-

care system services” Hellenic Open University, Patras

Grade: Excellent

Professional experience

1989 – 1991:                 Military service – unit doctor, 515^th Infantry Battalion

1991 – 1992:                 Countryside Service

On detachment at the Internal Medicine Department,

General Prefectural Hospital of Xanthi

1992 – 1994:                 Resident in Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine Clinic,

General Prefectural Hospital of Kavala

1994 – 1998:                 Resident in Gastroenterology

Department Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology,

University of Patras

4/2000 – 9/2001:           Registrar in Gastroenterology,

University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis

9/2001- 4/2006:             Lecturer of Internal Medicine,

Democritus University of Thrace

Gastroenterologist, 1^st Department of Internal Medicine

University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis

4/2006-12/2012:         Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine,

Democritus University of Thrace

Gastroenterologist, 1^st Department of Internal Medicine

University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis

1/2013 – 15/10/2017:      Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Hepatology

Democritus University of Thrace

Gastroenterologist, 1^st Department of Internal Medicine

University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis

16/10/2017–until now   Professor of Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, Democritus

University of Thrace, 1^st Department of Internal Medicine

University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis

Main research fields:

Functional dyspepsia – motility of GI tract

Gastrointestinal bleeding and hemostasis

Pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis

IBD

Pathophysiology and treatment of chronic viral hepatitis

Complications of liver cirrhosis

International Medicine and Tropical Diseases

Principal Investigator in International Clinical Trials: 20

Reviewer in:

1. Νeurogastroenterology and Motility
2. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
3. Medical Science Monitor
4. American Journal of Medical Sciences
5. World Journal of Surgical Oncology
6. Peritoneal Dialysis International
7. Annals of Gastroenterology
8. Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paolo
9. American Journal of Case Reports
10. Journal of Medical Case Reports

Editorial Consultant (2009) in Physicians’ Information and Education Resource (PIER)

Assistant Editor in Annals of Gastroenterology (from 1/2011)

Member of Organizing and Scientific Committee in domestic Congresses: 23

Lectures in domestic and international congresses: 85

Publications:

Chapters in books (4):

Konstantinos Mimidis, Efthimios Sivridis: Anatomy of the Pancreas, in «Pancreatology», pages. 58-64. Publications ΔΙΚΤΥΝΝΑ ΕΠΕ, 2005.

Konstantinos Mimidis, Vasilios Papadopoulos. Haemostasis Impairment and Immune Dysfunction in Patients with Obstructive Jaundice, in “Advances in Obstructive Jaundice. Diagnosis and Treatment” pages 45-74, Paschalidis Medical Publications, 2007

Konstantinos Mimidis.” Preoperative assessment of the patient with hepatic disease” in “Clinical Hepatology” pages 515-524. Publications University Studio Press, 2011

Konstantinos Mimidis, “ Alveolar echinococcosis” in “Advances in Hydatid Disease Diagnosis & Treatment”pages 391-397, Broken Hill Publishers LTD, 2013

Publications in Medline: 104

Citations: 2243 (Scopus), 3802 (Google Scholar)

H index: 27 (Scopus), 33 (Google Scholar

i10 index: 76 (Google Scholar) 

Publications not in Medline          

In English: 6

In Greek: 22

Abstracts in domestic and international congresses: 114