Nikolaos Spernovasilis
15 years of experience
- Education:
- 1992- 1998: Middle School - Lyceum of Neapolis, Lassithi, Crete, Greece
- 1999- 2004: Department of Physiotherapy, “Alexander” University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2004 - 2010: School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
- 2007: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Boston University, USA.
- 2010: Department of Mental Health, “Ospedale Maggiore”, Bologna, Italy
- 2017 – 2019: Master of Public Health, EUC, Cyprus
- 2019 – 2023: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Professional Experience:
- 2010: Medical license
- 2011 - 2012: Rural doctor, Chandras, Crete, Greece
- 2012 - 2017: Resident in Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
- 2016: Fellowship at the 1st Department of Internal Medicine, “Konstantopouleio” General Hospital of Nea Ionia, Greece
- 2016: Fellowship at the Infectious Diseases Unit, “Attikon” General Hospital, Greece
- 2017: Specialty degree in Internal Medicine
- 2017. Fellowship at the Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
- 2017 - 2018. Attending physician, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
- 2018 - 2020: Specialization in Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Heraklion and “Attiko” University Hospital of Athens, Greece
- 2020 - 2021: Research Associate, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece
- 2021: Specialist degree in Infectious Diseases
Memberships:
- Hellenic Society of Infectious Diseases
- Cypriot Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Faculty member of the European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC)
- Faculty member of the ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Stewardship (ESGAP)
- Board member of the Greek Medical Society for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Country Manager of Cyprus of the International Society for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISIDOG)
Awards:
- Pancretan Association of the U.S.A. scholarship, 2007: training in Molecular Genetics, Boston University, USA.
- Hellenic AIDS Study scholarship for specialization in Infectious Diseases, 2018 - 2019, Greece
- 2018 – 2024: Representative of Greece as Infectious Disease Specialist in the Trainee Association of ESCMID (TAA) of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Academic Experience:
- 2016-2019: Internal Medicine A, 3rd year of undergraduate studies at School of Medicine of Crete, Greece
- 2017-2021: Internal Medicine B, 4th year of undergraduate studies at School of Medicine of Crete, Greece
- 2018-2022: MSc Programme "Public Health & Healthcare Facilities Administration", School of Medicine of Crete, Greece
- 2021: MSc Programme “Emergency and Intensive Care”, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
- 2022-2024: MSc Programme “Public Health”, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece
- 2022-2024: MSc Programme “Prevention and Control of clinically severe infections in the Healthcare setting”, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece
Research Activities:
- 2007: Use of adenoviruses as gene therapy vectors, laboratory researcher, Boston, USA.
- 2018: "Overcome" clinical trial, study co-coordinator, Heraklion, Greece.
- 2019: "REDS" clinical trial, study coordinator, Heraklion, Greece.
- 2019: "Entasis" clinical trial, study coordinator, Heraklion, Greece
- 2019 - 2020: "Rationalizing the use of antibiotics in patients hospitalized at a University Hospital”, principal investigator, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece