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Dr

Anastasios Apostolos

Honorary Teaching Fellow

Faculty of Medicine Centre - Faculty of Medicine

BIO

Anastasios Apostolos is a Junior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology at the Harefield Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and an Honorary Teaching Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. He holds a Medical Degree from the University of Patras, a Master of Science in Interventional Cardiology (with distinction) and a PhD in Cardiology from the Medical School of the University of Athens. He is currently pursuing a second MSc in Arterial Hypertension and Related Cardiovascular-Kidney Diseases. His clinical and research career spans interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, and cardiovascular prevention, with particular expertise in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, and coronary physiology and imaging. He has authored over 135 PubMed-indexed publications in leading journals including The Lancet, JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, Circulation, the European Heart Journal, and the Journal of the American Heart Association, alongside three book chapters. He serves as Associate Commissioning Editor for Heart (BMJ) and Deputy Editor for the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, and has served as peer reviewer for over 70 international journals including Nature Communications, the European Heart Journal, and JACC. He was the Primary Investigator of the INSPIRE randomised trial (NCT04713683) and has presented his work at major international meetings including ESC, EuroPCR, TCT, ACC, CRT, and London Valves, earning multiple best abstract awards and travel grants.

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Internal Medicine Resident
    General Hospital of Thebes, Department of Internal Medicine, Thebes, Greece1 Nov 2020 - 1 Jan 2021
  • Medical Corp
    32nd Marines Brigade, Special Forces, Hellenic Army, Greece17 Mar 2021 - 16 Dec 2021
  • On-call physician
    Therapis General Hospital, Athens, Greece1 Nov 2021 - 1 Aug 2022
  • Rural Doctor
    Kamena Vourla Primary Healthcare Center, Kamena Vourla, Greece3 Sep 2022 - 1 Dec 2023
  • Internal Medicine Resident
    General Hospital of KAT, Athens, Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece16 Jan 2024 - 15 Jun 2025

DEGREES

  • MD
    University of Patras, Faculty of Medicine, Patras, Greece1 Sep 2014 - 30 Jun 2020
  • MSc, Interventional Cardiology
    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece1 Sep 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
  • PhD
    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece28 Jan 2021 - 17 Mar 2026

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Greek, Modern (1453-)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Medicine

POSITION NAME

  • Honorary Teaching Fellow