Kosmidi Sofia Radiation Oncologist
Associate Director, Radiation Oncology Center HYGEIA HospitalEducation & Academic Qualifications
Graduate of:
- University of Bologna, Italy, and (1993-2000) graduated “cum laude”
Residency:
- Internal Medicine and Radiation: 2002-2003 in General Hospital of Armed Forces, Athens.
- Radiation Oncology:2003-2006 in St.Savvas Anticancer Hospital of Athens. Part of Rad/Onc training (July 2005-December 2005) in Massachusetts General Hospital, university of Harvard, Boston, USA
- 2008 Memorial Sloan Catering Hospital, NYC, USA
Boards in Radiation Oncology:
- November 2, 2006
Doctoral thesis
Undergraduate thesis:
University of Bologna, department of Pathology. Subject: “Therapy of stage III non small cell lung cancer; clinical and biological prognostic factors”. Presented in 2001, degree “cum laude”
Postgraduate thesis:
University of Athens, Oncology department A.Kyriakou children’s Hospital and Immunology and Allergy department of Athens University Subject: “Immunological recovery of children with cancer treated with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy”. Presented in February 2008, degree “cum laude”
Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees
European Society if Therapeuting Radiation Oncology (ESTRO)
American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Hellenic Society of Head and Neck Oncology (HeSHNO)
Work Experience
January 2008-present: working in Radiation Oncology Department of HYGEIA Hospital, Athens (private practice)
January 2007- January 2008: working in Radiation Oncology Department for Children, A.Kyriakou children’s Hospital, Athens
Clinical & Research Interest
Novel techniques in radiation oncology
Combined Treatments in oncology
Immunology correlated to Oncology Treatment
Intensity Modulated Radiation therapy (IMRT)
Volumetric modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)
Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Stereotactic body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
Special interest in Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, Lung cancer and Head & Neck cancer
Palliative care and Supportive care
Pediatric Radiation Therapy
Books
Publications In International Journals:
RADIATION THERAPY OF ANAL CANAL CANCER. Sofia Kosmidi Digestive Oncology 7: 108, 2007
LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF IMMUNOLOGICAL STATUS AND RATE OF IMMUNE RECOVERY FOLLOWING TREATMENT IN CHILDREN WITH ALL.μSofia Kosmidis , Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Dimitrios Doganis, Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Maria Varvoutsi, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou and Helen Vasilatou-Kosmidis. Pediatric Blood and Cancer ( 2007)
Recent Publications
ΙMMUNE RECONSTITUTION AFTER AGGRESSIVE AND MAINTENANCE REGIMENS FOR ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN CHILDREN. Douladiris Ν , Τassios ΙΚ ,Κosmidis S , Κallergi C , Βaka Μ , Κosmidis HV, Saxoni –Papageorgiou F European congress of Allergy and Immunology , Amsterdam , June , 2004
IMMUNE STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS MALIGNANCIES AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY. S. Kosmidis , N Douladiris, I.K Tassios , D. Bouhoutsou , M. Baka, C. Kallergi , F. Saxoni-Papageorgiou and H. V Kosmidis XXXVI Congress Meeting of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology.
Oslo , Norway.September 16-19,2004. PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER (PB&C) 2004;43(4)
RATE OF IMMUNOLOGICAL RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH ALL AT THE END OF INTENSIVE THERAPY, AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY AND 6 MONTHS THERE AFTER S. Kosmidis, M. Baka, C. Kallergi, D. Doganis, N Douladiris, D. Bouhoutsou, M. Varvoutsi, A. Pourtsidis, P.S Papageorgiou, and H. Kosmidis. Meeting Proceedings (8541). ASCO, USA 2005
IMMUNOLOGICAL RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH ALL AT THE END OF INTENSIVE THERAPY, AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY, AND UP TO ONE YEAR OFF THERAPY. A FOLLOW UP STUDY. S. Kosmidis, M. Baka, D. Bouhoutsou, C. Kallergi, D. Doganis, N Douladiris, M. Varvoutsi, A. Pourtsidis, P.S Papageotgiou, and H. Kosmidis. Meeting Proceedings (9031). ASCO, USA 2006
IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION IN CHILDREN WITH ALL AT THE END OF INTENSIVE THERAPY, AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY AND UP TO ONE YEAR OFF THERAPY. A FOLLOW-UP STUDY. Sophia Kosmidis, Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Constantina Kallergi, Dimitrios Doganis, Nikos Douladiris, Maria Varvoutsi, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Fotini Saxoni – Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY SIOP 2006, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 18–21 SEPTEMBER 2006
IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE `RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH LYMPHOMA AT THE END OF THERAPY (CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY ) AND IN FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONS. Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 39th annual Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology SIOP 2007 , Mumbai, India , PD 090 , Pediatr Blood Cancer: 2007: 49(4) p. 480
SURVEY OF HUMORAL IMMUNITY DURING TREATMENT FOR CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) Sofia Kosmidis , Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Dimitrios Doganis , Maria Varvoutsi, Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 39th annual Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology SIOP 2007 , Mumbai, India , PD 016 , Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007: 49(4) p. 461
HUMORAL IMMUNITY DURING AND AFTER TREATMENT FOR CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) Sofia Kosmidis , Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Dimitrios Doganis , Maria Varvoutsi, Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis European Society for Pediatric Hematology and Immunology: From bench to bedside, Athens Greece PP 29 , Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007: 49(3) p. 386
IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE `RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH LYMPHOMA AT THE END OF THERAPY (CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY ) AND IN FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONS. Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis European Society for Pediatric Hematology and Immunology: From bench to bedside, Athens Greece PP 43 , Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007: 49(3) p. 386
IMMUNE STATUS AND RECOVERY OF CHILDREN WITH NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA FOLLOWING CHEMOTHERAPY Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 25TH International Congress of Pediatrics , Athens , August 2007, PPO 477
IMMUNOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN WITH HODGKIN’S DISEASE DURING AND AFTER COMBINED THERAPY Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 25TH International Congress of Pediatrics , Athens , August 2007: PPO488
IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH LYMPHOMA AT THE END OF THERAPY(CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY ) AND IN FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONS. Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 25TH International Congress of Pediatrics , Athens , August 2007: OP137
Radiation therapy of Anal Canal Cancer S Kosmidis 3rd international Congress on Gastrointestinal Oncology , June 2007.