Elena Vezali HEPATOLOGIST Attending Physician, Internal Medicine – Hepatology

Professional membership

• European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) 
• Hellenic Association for the Study of Liver Disease (HASL) 

Editorial Board

• World Journal of Gastroenterology

• Department of Internal Medicine. “Hippocration” General Hospital of Athens. Athens, Greece. Specialization in Internal Medicine. 2001-2006 
• Department of Internal Medicine. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens “Hygeia”. Athens, Greece. 2007-2008 
• Department of Hepatology. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens “Hygeia”. Athens, Greece. 2008 – current. 
• 1-st Division of Gastroenterology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Hepatology fellowship and research. 2010-2011 
• Private medical office. 2011 – current.

Clinical Interest:

• Full spectrum of Internal Medicine 
• Hepatology 
• Arterial hypertension 

Research Interest:

• Viral Hepatitis 
• Liver disease in pregnancy 
• Hepatocellular carcinoma

• Educational and research grant of the Hellenic Association for the Study of the Liver. 2009

• Post-partum reactivation of chronic hepatitis B virus infection among hepatitis B e-antigen-negative women. Elefsiniotis I, Vezali E, Vrachatis D, Hatzianastasiou S, Pappas S, Farmakidis G, Vrioni G, Tsakris A. World J Gastroenterol. 2015; 21(4):1261-7. 
• Does interferon therapy prevent hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic viral hepatitis? Vezali E, Aghemo A, Lampertico P, Colombo M. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2011; 35(6-7): 455-64. 
• Presence of HBV-DNA in cord blood is associated with spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Elefsiniotis IS, Papadakis M, Vlachos G, Vezali E, Tsoumakas K, Saroglou G, Antsaklis A. 
• A review of the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in cirrhosis. Vezali E, Aghemo A, Colombo M. Clin Ther. 2010; 32(13): 2117-38. 
• Interferon in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a drug caught between past and future. Vezali E, Aghemo A, Colombo M. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2011; 11(3): 301-13.