Professor of Medicine & Hypertension

Hypertension Center STRIDE-7

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine

Third Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital

152, Mesogion Avenue, Athens 11527, Greece

Tel.: +30 2107763117                                    Fax: +30 2107719981

Email-1: gstergi@med.uoa.gr                       Email-2: stergiougs@gmail.com

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• Chairman, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7 (European Union), School of Medicine, Athens University - European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Excellence Center.
• Chairman, STRIDE BP International Organization on Blood Pressure (BP) Measurement Methodology and Technology (www.stridebp.org)

• International Society Hypertension (ISH) Council member.
• Chairman, European Society of Hypertension Working Group on BP Monitoring & Cardiovascular Variability.
• World Hypertension League (WHL) Special Envoy for BP Measurement.
• International Pediatric Hypertension Association (IPHA) Executive Committee member.
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Committee Member on BP monitoring equipment.
• Member of European Commission Scientific Committee SCENIHR on Sphygmomanometers.

• Elected Fellow Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), Glasgow, UK.
• European Society of Hypertension ‘Peter Sleight’ Award for outstanding contribution in research, education, and leadership in hypertension.
• Past President Hellenic Society of Hypertension. Chaired hypertension guidelines and pediatric hypertension guidelines writing committees. Founded the ‘School of Hypertension’.

• Invited speaker at Hypertension Societies’ meetings (European, International, Australian, Belgian, Canadian, Chinese, Danish, German, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish; >100 lectures).
• European Society of Hypertension Guidelines writing committee member for Ambulatory, Home, Clinic blood pressure methodology; Pediatric hypertension; Hypertension Clinic set-up; Blood pressure monitors validation; Professional BP monitors requirements.
• Editorial board member: 11 PubMed journals. Reviewer: 58 PubMed journals; Br Med J Publishing Group; McMaster University's Health Information Research; European Research Council; 24 meetings of European and International Society of Hypertension.
• Member of ESH, ISH, American Society of Hypertension.

• Research work focused on blood pressure monitoring methodology and technology; White-coat hypertension; Masked hypertension; Hypertension epidemiology and control; Pediatric hypertension; Antihypertensive drug action.
• Authored 350 PubMed articles; Presented >300 papers; Supervised 25 MD theses.
• h-index 73; Citations 45,000 including citations in Hypertension Societies’ guidelines (European, International, American, British, Canadian, Australian, Japanese).