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PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • Date of birth: 21 November 1965.
  • Place of birth: Athens, Greece.
  • Citizenship: Greek.
  • Military Service: Flight Sergeant MC, Hellenic Air Force, January 1993 - October 1994.
  • Office Address: 2nd Psychiatry Department, "ATTIKON"  University General Hospital, 1 Rimini St.,  Athens GR-12462, Greece.Tel: +3021058322434, E-mail: smyrnis@med.uoa.gr
  • Private Office Address: 15 Alyos St., Athens, GR-11528, Greece. Tel:+302107217059. 

EDUCATION

  • 1990: Medical Degree. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, Division of Medicine. 
  • 1993: Doctorate Degree. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, Division of Medicine.
  • 1999: Psychiatry Specialty. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medican School, Psychiatry Department, Eginition Hospital.
  • 2001: Certification of Cognitive Therapy, University Mental Health Research Institute.
  • 2001: Certification of Cognitive Therapy, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, Philadelphia, USA.

ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL POSITIONS

  • 1990-1991: Post-Doctoral Fellow. The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Philip Bard Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • 1991-1992: Post-Doctoral Fellow. Brain Sciences Center, Veterans Administration Hospital Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
  • 1992-1993: Research Fellow. Laboratory of Psychophysiology, Psychiatry Depratment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 1993-1994: Neurology Resident. Department of Neurology, “251” Air Force General Hospital.
  • 1995-1996: Staff Physician. Center for Poisoning, “Aglaia Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital.
  • 1996-1999: Psychiatry Resident. Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 1999-2001: Research Scientist. University Mental Health Research Institute.
  • 2001-2004: Fellow in Neurology and Psychiatry. Neurology and Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 2004-2010: Lecturer in Psychiatry. 1st Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 2010- 2014: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. 1st Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 2012-: Director, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensoriomotor Control, University Mental Health, Neurosciences and Precision Medicine Research Institute "COSTAS STEFANIS".
  • 2014- 2019: Associate Professor of Psychiatry. 1st Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 2018-2020: Director, Inpatient Unit, 1st Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 2019-: Professor of Psychiatry. 1st Psychiatry Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Eginition Hospital.
  • 2020-: Chairman, 2nd Psychiatry Department, National and Kaposditrain University of Athens, Medical School, "ATTIKON" University General Hospital.
  • 2021-: Chairman of committee for psychiatry residency examination South Greece
  • 2023-: Member of the Permanent Committee of Continuing Medical Education of the Central Board of Health of the Greek Ministry of Health.
  • 2023-: President of the Committee for Mental Health of Central Board of Health of the Greek Ministry of Health.
  • 2023-: Coordinator of Expert Committee for Psychiatry of the  Permanent Committee of Continuing Medical Education of the Central Board of Health of the Greek Ministry of Health.

FUNDING

  • 2010-2014 Partcipant Investigator «Identification of genetic determinants of schizophrenia related phenotypes» Johns Hopkins University, Medical School, Balitmore USA and University Mental Health Research Institute, Athens, Greece (RO1, National Institute of Health).
  • 2011-2015 Principal Investigator, ERASMUS+  National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens and Psychology Dept. Univesriy of Bangor.
  • 2018-2021 Principal Investigator, ERASMUS+  National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens and University of Freiburg, Medical School, Freiburg, Germany.
  • 2018-2021 co-Pricnical Investigator " Advanced Support System for Treatment Monitoring and Relapse Prevention in Patients with Psychotic Disorders using Long Term Recording and Analysis of Biometric Indexes" ESPA "EREVNO-DIMIOURGO-KAINOTOMO" code: Τ1ΕΔΚ-02890. 
  • 2020-2023  Participant Investigator "Development Of cortical Multisensory Integration mechanisms at micro- and macro- scales during NOrmal and pathophysiological conditions (DOMINO) " FLAG–ERA JTC 2019.
  • 2021-2023 Principal Investigator for local site . "A phase III randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled parallel group trial to examine the efficacy and safety of BI 425809 10 mg once daily over 26 week treatment period in patients with schizophrenia". BI trial 1346-0011/-0012/-0013 BI 425809 Pivotal efficacy studies.

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member of the Athens Medical Association.
  • Member of the Hellenic Psychiatric Association (HPA).
  • Member of the Athens Medical Society.
  • Member of the Greek Society for Neuroscience (HSN).
  • Member of The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).
  • Member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).
  • Member of the Society for Neuroscience (SFN).
  • Member of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS)
  • Member of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT).
  • Member of the American Physiological Society (APS).
PUBLICATIONS

  • 149 publications in Indexed Journals
  • 15   publications in Books-Proceedings
  • 12   publications in Greek Journals and Books
  • 8908 citations (Google Scholar January 2024)
  • h index:41 (Google Scholar January 2024)
  • i-index: 103(Google Scholar January 2024)

(Last updated: February 2, 2024)