Sioulas Athanasios Gastroenterologist
3rd Gastroenterology Department, HYGEIAEducation & Academic Qualifications
- 2015-2016: Fellowship in Interventional Endoscopy, Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Hamburg, Germany)
- 2015: Diploma of the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (EBGH)
- 2015: Facharzt für Innere Medizin und Gastroenterologie (Hamburg, Germany)
- 2015: Specialty in Gastroenterology, Athens, Greece
- 2010-2014: Fellowship in Gastroenterology, Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Attikon University Hospital
- 2010: PhD, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 2006-2009: Resident in Internal Medicine, 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, 417 NIMTS
- 2002: MD, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Doctoral thesis
- 2010: Laboratories of Histology-Embryology and Diagnostic Cytology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of gastric lesions”.
Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees
Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Editorial Boards
Editorial board member, Journal “Endoskopiseis”
Reviewer for peer-reviewed international journals
Work Experience
2016-today: Gastroenterologist, 3rd Gastroenterology Department, Hygeia Hospital
2015-2016: Post-graduate Clinical/Research Fellow, Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Hamburg, Germany)
Clinical & Research Interest
Clinical Interest:
Therapeutic Endoscopy
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis)
Research Interest:
Quality indicators in colonoscopy
Gut microbiota and gastrointestinal diseases
Honors & Awards
2015: Scholarship for post-graduate training , Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
2014: Best oral presentation award , 34th Panhellenic Gastroenterology Congress
1998: Excellence Diploma, Laboratory of Anatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1996-2002: Ant. Papadakis endowment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Recent Publications
Leventogiannis K, Gkolfakis P, Spithakis G, Tsatali A, Pistiki A, Sioulas AD, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Triantafyllou K. Effect of a Preparation of Four Probiotics on Symptoms of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Association with Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2019;11:635-37
Sioulas AD, Papadaki K, Schizas D, Scotiniotis I. Challenging Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent Removal after Successful Drainage of a Pancreatic Pseudocyst. GE Port J Gastroenterol. 2018;25:333-334
Schizas D, Ntanasis-Stathopoulos I, Tsilimigras DI, Sioulas AD, Moris D, Spartalis E, Scotiniotis I, Papanikolaou IS. The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Primary Gastric Lymphoma. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2017;2017:2397430
Sioulas AD, El-Masry MA, Groth S, Schachschal G, Anders M, Rosch T, Denzer U. Prospective evaluation of the short access cholangioscopy for stone clearance and evaluation of indeterminate strictures. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2017;16:96-103
Papanikolaou IS, Apostolopoulos P, Tziatzios G, Vlachou E, Sioulas AD, Polymeros D, Karameris A, Panayiotides I, Alexandrakis G, Dimitriadis GD, Triantafyllou K. Lower adenoma miss rate with FUSE vs. conventional colonoscopy with proximal retroflexion: a randomized back-to-back trial. Endoscopy. 2017;49:468-475
Sterlacci W, Sioulas AD, Veits L, Gönüllü P, Schachschal G, Groth S, Anders M, Kontos CK, Topalidis T, Hinsch A, Vieth M, Rösch T, Denzer UW. 22 gauge core vs 22 gauge aspiration needle for endoscopic ultrasound-guided sampling of abdominal masses. World J Gastroenterol 2016;22:8820-8830
Denzer UW, Sioulas AD, Abdulkarim M, Groth S, Rösch T, Busch P, Izbicki J, Ittrich H, Adam G, Schachschal G. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of abdominal fluid collections after pancreatic surgery: Efficacy and long-term follow-up. Z Gastroenterol. 2016;54:1047-1053
Sioulas AD, Papanikolaou IS. Is optical diagnosis sufficiently established to safely discard diminutive polyps? Endoscopy 2016; 48: 792-793
Triantafyllou K, Tziatzios G, Sioulas AD, Beintaris I, Gouloumi AR, Panayiotides IG, Dimitriadis GD. Diagnostic yield of scope retroflexion in the right colon: A prospective cohort study. Dig Liver Dis 2015; pii: S1590-8658(15)30174-2
Sioulas AD, Vasilatou D, Pappa V, Dimitriadis G, Triantafyllou K. Epigenetics in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Clinical Implications and Potential Therapeutic Perspectives. Dig Dis Sci 2013; 58(11): 3094-3102