Vasiliki Papoutsaki MICROBIOLOGIST

Education & Academic Qualifications

Medical degree from the Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Crete
Professional Specialization in Medical Biopathology certified by the Directorate of Public Health

Doctoral thesis

PhD Candidacy on “In vitro interactions of tigecycline with meropenem, colistin, gemtamicin and fosfomycin against carbapenemase producing K. pneumoniae: comparative evaluation of 4 methods”

Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees

Athens Medical Association
General Medical Council (UK)
Hellenic Society of Microbiology
Hellenic Society of Medical Mycology
Hellenic Society of Chemotherapy

Work Experience

Professional Experience:

Specialist training in Medical Biopathology at “Evangelismos General Hospital” and “A. Syggros” Hospital of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, Athens, Greece (1999-2003)
Specialist training in Internal Medicine at the “Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital”, Kent, UK, “Watford General Hospital”, Hertfordshire, UK and “Alexandra General Hospital”, Athens, Greece (1996-1999)
Research assistant, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece (1995-1996)

Education Experience:

As a trainer: training of pre-registration House Officers as a Senior House Officer in the UK
As a trainee: regular attendance of congresses, workshops and seminars by the Hellenic Societies of Microbiology, Medical Mycology and Haematology, the Hellenic Society for Infectious Diseases, the Hellenic Association of Medical Biopathology and the Society of Applied Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Clinical & Research Interest

Clinical interest:

Laboratory workup of bacterial and fungal infections
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance
Application of new molecular technologies in clinical microbiology
Laboratory diagnosis of hematologic diseases

Research interest:

Drug interaction studies for the management of critical infections caused by multi-drug resistant microorganisms
Application of study protocols for the prevention of antibiotic resistance
Participation in multi-center studies of antimicrobial resistance surveillance

Honors & Awards

Medical degree grade “Excellent” (8.60)
Scholarship of Academic Excellence, awarded by the National Scholarship Foundation of Greece
“Amfiaraeion” Foundation of Chemotherapeutic Studies Award for the study “Nationwide surveillance of resistance rates of Stapylococcus aureus isolates 2012”. M.Souli, A. Argyropoulou, N. Vakalis, L.Galani, I. Karantani, I. Karatzoglou, l. Kondili, S, Maraki, G. Dalekos, H. Papadogeorgaki, V. Papoutsaki, A. Paschali, E. Perivolioti, E. Trika, S. Tsiplakou, E. Tsorlini, A. Harisiadou, H. Giamarellou. 39th National Medical Congress, 2013

Recent Publications

“Interactions of tigecycline with colistin, gentamicin or meropenem against tigecycline resistant carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates”. V. Papoutsaki, I. Karantani, I. Galani, M. Souli, H. Papadogeorgaki, H. Giamarellou. ECCMID 2016
“MALDI-TOF clinical microbiology laboratory experience”. V.Papoutsaki, G. Plakias, C. Nikoidaki, A. Sideri, M. Niha, P. Stamatelos, S. Dalakoglou, I. Zanopoulos, M. Markopoulou, I. Karantani, H. Papadogeorgaki. 9th National Congress of Medical Biopathology 2016
“Nationwide surveillance of resistance rates of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates from Greek hospitals: the Hellenic study group on staphylococcal infections”. M. Souli, A. Argyropoulou, A. Charisiadou, G. Dalekos, L. Galani, I. Karatzoglou, L. Kondili, S. Maraki, E. Papadogeorgaki, A. Paschali, V. Papoutsaki, E,. Perivolioti, E. Trika, S. Tsiplakou, E. Tsorlini, N. Vakalis, H. Giamarellou ECCMID 2013
“Evaluation of two Etest methodologies for the detection of synergistic interactions of tigecycline combinations against Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae”. V. Papoutsaki, D. Lekkakou, I. Galani, M. Souli, L. Galani, I.Karaiskos, N. Vakalis, H. Giamarellou ECCMID 2013
“The current classification of fungi”, V. Papoutsaki, Iatrika Analecta 2013;:840-844
“In vitro activities of tigecycline and tigecycline combinations against KPC-producing K.pneumoniae: comparisοn between the checkerboard and Etest methods”. V. Papoutsaki, D. Lekkakou, I. Galani, M. Souli, L. Galani, I. Karaiskos, N. Vakalis, H. Giamarellou ICAAC 2012

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