I studied at the Medical School of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (1983-1989) and then did post-doctoral research in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University USA (1990-1991) and the University of Minnesota USA (1991-1992). In 1993 I received my doctorate degree from the Medical School of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. I completed my residency in Psychiatry at the Psychiatry Department of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens at Eginition University Hospital (1996-1999).
I was research scientist at the University Mental Health Research Institute (1999-2001) and research fellow at the Neurology and Psychiatry Departments at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School at Eginition Hospital (2001-2004). In 2004 I was appointed Lecturer of Psychiatry, in 2010 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, in 2014 Associate Professor of Psychiatry and in 2019 Full Professor at the First Psychiatry Department of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, at Eginition University Hospital.
Since 2012 I have been appointed director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Sensorimotor Control at the University Mental Health, Neurosciences and Precision Medicine Research Institute "COSTAS STEFANIS". The laboratory is devoted in the study of fundamental sensorimotor and cognitive processes in healthy humans and patients with psychiatric disorders of the psychotic spectrum using psychophysical, electrophysiological and functional imaging methods.
Since 2020 I have been appointed chairman at the Second Psychiatry Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical school, at "ATTIKON" University General Hospital. The department provides inpatient, outpatient and liaison clinical services for children, adolescents and adults. It is also an educational center providing undergraduate, graduate and post graduate educational programs for mental health professionals and a research center in the field of psychiatry.