Efi Koutsouveli RADIOPHYSICIST

• President, European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) (2024-2026) efomp.org
• President , EFOMP Congress 2026 (ECMP2026), EFOMP
• EFOMP Representative at the European Cancer Organization (ECO), (2024-2026)
• EFOMP Delegate at the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), (2024-2028) www.iomp.org
• EFOMP Representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (2024-2026)
• EFOMP Representative at ESR, EANM, ESTRO, EIBIR, ENEN, EURADOS, NMEU (2024-2026)
• National liaison person to ESTRO (2014-present) estro.org
• Member of the ESTRO “Women in Physics” committee, ESTRO (2019-present).
• Coordinator of the “Hygeia Hospital – Elekta Reference Site” agreement, Radiotherapy and Medical Physics department, HYGEIA (2016-present)
• Coordinator of the “Monaco – Elekta Pilot site”,  Medical Physics department, HYGEIA (2013-present)
• Member of the group for implementing Hospital Quality Management System in the Radiotherapy and Medical Physics department, HYGEIA (1996-present)
• Secretary of the Healthcare Technology Committee, HYGEIA (2014-present)
• Internal Auditor, HYGEIA (2025)
• Local organizer of ESTRO courses in Greece (2015-present)
• Organizer of EFOMP school editions in collaboration with National Member Organisations, EFOMP (2019-present)
• Member of the Policy Statement Working Group on Laser Management, EFOMP (2024-present)

Past

• Secretary General, EFOMP (2021-2023)
• Internet Manager, EFOMP (2017- 2020)
• EFOMP School board member, EFOMP (2017-2023)
• EFOMP examinations board member, EFOMP (2021-2023)
• Secretary of Communications and Publications Committee, EFOMP (2016 – 2020)
• Secretary of European Matters Committee, EFOMP (2017-2020)
• EFOMP Working Group «Role of MPE in clinical trials», EFOMP (2020-2023)
• National delegate in the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics, EFOMP (2015- 2022) www.efomp.org
• National delegate in the International Organisation for Medical Physicists, IOMP (2015- 2020) www.iomp.org
• Women in Medical Physics subcommittee, International Organization for Medical Physicists, IOMP (2015-2018) www.iomp.org
• Web subcommittee, IOMP (2014-2018)
• Member of the «Health technology Task group” International Union for Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine (2015-2018) http://www.iupesm.org/
• Treasurer, Hellenic Association of Medical Physicists, HAMP efie.gr (2020-­2022)
• Vice President, HAMP (2018-­2020)
• Chair of the Public Affairs & Communication committee, HAMP (2014-­2018)
• Website and Social media administrator, HAMP (2014-2021)
• Member of the Educational Committee, HAMP (2015-­2017)
• Co chair of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship committee, HAMP (2018-2020)
• Member of the Working Group on national protocols for commissioning and quality control of IGRT and CT sim systems, HAMP (2019)
• Member of the Radiology committee, HYGEIA (2007-2013)
• Member of the development of the Electronic Patient File, Radiotherapy department, HYGEIA (2015-2016)
• Member of the organizing committee of 8^th European Conference on Medical Physics (2014)
• Member of the organizing committee of European Congress of Medical Physics 2016, ECMP2018, ECMP2020, ECMP2022, ECMP2024.
• Co-organizer of 3 Workshops “Hands on training course on QA & safety in Magnetic Resonance Imaging” (2013-2014), by the Hellenic Association of Medical Physicists and Hygeia Hospital

• Medical Physics and Radiation Protection Expert, Laser Safety Officer, Medical Physics Department, Hygeia Hospital, Hellenic Healthcare Group, Athens, Greece (1993 – present)
• Consultant Medical Physicist, Hygeia Group, Medical Physics Department, Tirana, Albania (2006 – 2018)
• Lecturer of radiographers and radiation therapists in ionising and non ionizing areas, Hygeia Technical School for Healthcare Professionals (1996-1999).
• Training and teaching of multidisciplinary oncology teams (physicians, physicists, radiographers, therapists, nurses), along with administrative and hospital staff, as well as students from public and private universities and hospitals in Greece, Europe, and worldwide. The program covers both conventional and advanced technologies in radiation protection, cancer diagnosis and treatment, and oncologic care. It also includes education on oncology information systems, artificial intelligence applications, and integrated hospital platforms to enhance patient-centered and person focused care.
• Training of staff and users of laser devices in all departments within the hospital where lasers are in use.

• Acceptance and Commissioning and QA of new radiation equipment and treatment planning systems
• Daily supervision of the treatment implementation for every patient (IGRT, Adaptive Radiotherapy, Breath Control)
• Mosaiq & ARIA Oncology Information System (System Administator)
• Patient specific QA and treatment verification
• Advanced radiotherapy techniques (IMRT/VMAT, IGRT, Adaptive Radiotherapy)
• Linac-based Stereotactic Radiosurgery SRS and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (intracranial & extracranial) SRT-SBRT
• Gamma knife radiosurgery
• Low & High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
• Pediatric treatments
• Oncology Information Systems and Interoperability between manufacturers
• Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
• Radiation and Laser Safety Programme
• Advanced dosimetry & dose verification in modern radiotherapy techniques (IMRT/VMAT/SRS/SRT/SBRT)
• Focal brachytherapy
• Patient Safety & Risk management (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis)
• Quality & Safety assurance
• Monaco treatment planning (Elekta’s pilot site)
• Clinical Auditing and procedures
• Member of the INTERACT-EUROPE 100 Advisory Board, European Cancer Organisation (2025- 2026)
• Trainer, HYGEIA-MITERA hospitals under INTERACT-EUROPE 100 (2025-2026)
• Clinical Medical Physicist Qualification Recognition by the European Commission as a regulated profession (2024-present)
• Medical Physics Expert in Radiotherapy Core Curriculum revision and implementation, EFOMP-ESTRO (2019-present)
• Medical Physics Expert in Nuclear Medicine Core Curriculum revision and implementation, EFOMP-EANM (2022-present)
• Medical Physics Expert in Radiology Core Curriculum revision and implementation, EFOMP-ESR (2024-present)

P Gilligan, E Koutsouveli, B Mc Clean, C. van Pu. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic March 2021 DOI: 10.1201/9781003144380-10  In book: Medical Physics During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Efi-Koutsouveli

• European survey on laser safety management in medical settings, Susie Clarke^, Michelangelo Biondi∙ Ayyakkannu Manivannan^,  Efi Koutsouveli, et al, European Journal of Medical Physics, Volume 143, March 2026, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2026.105755 
• Experimental and computational dosimetry in an integrated workflow for remote audits in Ir‐192 interstitial brachytherapy: Development and pilot implementation, Eleftherios P Pappas, Vasiliki Peppa, Alexandra Drakopoulou, Eleni Velissariou, Zoi Thrapsanioti, Georgios Kollias, Efi Koutsouveli, Georgia Lymperopoulou, Pantelis Karaiskos, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, January 2026, DOI:1002/acm2.70454
• Analysis on workforce availability, education and training needs for medical physics experts to ensure quality and safety of medical applications involving ionising radiation in the EU – Status and recommendations from the EU-REST project, Cristina Garibaldi, Roberto M Sanchez, Dimitris Visvikis, Csilla Pesznyak, Irene Polycarpou, Efi Koutsouveli, Nuria Jornet, European Journal of Medical Physics, Volume 143, January 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2026.105724
• 2899 Frame induced MR distortion in Gamma Knife radiosurgery: assessment at 1.5T and 3T for two frame models, Stefanos Theocharis, Eleftherios P Pappas, Efi Koutsouveli, et al, May 2025, Radiotherapy and Oncology,206:S3029-S3031, May 2025, DOI:1016/S0167-8140(25)01352-0
• Suitability of a BeO-based OSLD system for end-to-end remote dosimetry tests in SRS/SRT applications, Alexandra Drakopoulou, Polymnia Glampedaki, Vasiliki Peppa, Efi Koutsouveli, et al., European Journal of Medical Physics, April 2025, DOI:1016/j.ejmp.2025.104975
• On the correction factors for small field dosimetry in 1.5T MR-linacs, Vasiliki Margaroni, Pantelis Karaiskos, Andreas Iosif, Anastasios Episkopakis, Efi Koutsouveli, Physics in Medicine & Biology, January 2025, 70(2), DOI:1088/1361-6560/ada682
• The role of medical physics experts in clinical trials: A guideline from the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics, Natalie Abbott, Stephane Chauvie, Loredana Marcu, Catherine Dejean, Christos Melidis, Rens Wientjes, Anne Gasnier, Albert Lisbona, Marco Luzzara, Lorenzo Nicola Mazzoni, Jim O’Doherty, Efi Koutsouveli et al, European Journal of Medical Physics, October 2024,126(4859–80):104821, DOI:1016/j.ejmp.2024.104821
• Developing and implementing a mentoring and enabling programme within EFOMP, programme within EFOMP, Antonio Lopez Medina, Irene Polycarpou, Nefeli Tzoumi, Leticia Irazola, Efi Koutsouveli, European Journal of Medical Physics, August 2024, 125(3):104499, DOI:1016/j.ejmp.2024.104499
• Support for the “Vancouver call for action to strengthen expertise in radiological protection worldwide”: the position of organisations in formal relations with the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), Lorenzo Nicola Mazzoni, John Damilakis, Bernard Le Guen, Siamak Haghdoost..Efi Koutsouveli et al, European Journal of Medical Physics, June 2024, 124(2):103392, DOI:1016/j.ejmp.2024.103392
• Implementation of a high resolution diode array for end to end dosimetry in Gamma Knife radiosurgery, Pantelis Karaiskos, Nikos Giakoumakis, Chryssa Paraskevopoulou, Efi Koutsouveli, Lampropoulos, G. Kollias, European Journal of Medical Physics, November 2024, 127:104625, DOI:10.1016/j.ejmp.2024.104625