Dr Karampinis Andreas

• Emeritus Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
• Former Coordinating Director of the Intensive Care Units of the Cardiac Surgery Sector at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (2010–2021).
• Appointed NHS Consultant at the ICU of Laiko General Hospital of Athens in 1996, with special focus on hospital-acquired infections and the monitoring of patients with “AIDS.”
• Appointed Director of the ICU at “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens in 1998.
• President of the Scientific Council of the National Emergency Aid Center (EKAB) (2008–2016).
• President of the National Transplant Organization (2015–2020).
• Vice President of the National Bioethics Committee (2016–2020).
• Representative of Greece to “Human Rights in the Fields of Biomedicine and Health” (CDBIO) in Strasbourg (2021–present).

• Emeritus Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
• Former Coordinating Director of the Intensive Care Units of the Cardiac Surgery Sector at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center (2010–2021).
• Appointed NHS Consultant at the ICU of Laiko General Hospital of Athens in 1996, with special focus on hospital-acquired infections and the monitoring of patients with “AIDS.”
• Appointed Director of the ICU at “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens in 1998.
• President of the Scientific Council of the National Emergency Aid Center (EKAB) (2008–2016).
• President of the National Transplant Organization (2015–2020).
• Vice President of the National Bioethics Committee (2016–2020).
• Representative of Greece to “Human Rights in the Fields of Biomedicine and Health” (CDBIO) in Strasbourg (2021–present).

• Specialized in immunopathology and infections in immunocompromised patients at the “Institut Pasteur de Paris” (1983).
• Fellow of the French Association for Cancer Research (“Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer”) with research topic: “Prevention and management of respiratory infections in patients after bone marrow transplantation” (Hospital “Gustave Roussy-Villejuif – Clinical Microbiology Department”) (1985–1986).

Has more than 140 publications in international and Greek journals.

During his 37 years of involvement in Intensive Care Units, Andreas Karampinis has developed extensive clinical, research, academic, and administrative work, including participation in national organizations.