Ion Mperatis

• Greek Neuropsychological Society

Reviewer for peer-Reviewed International Journals

• Movement Disorders Journal
• Brain & Cognition
• Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition

• Since 2011 Lecturer of Psychology at the American College of Greece, Deree 
• Since 2011 private practice in the fields of Psychology and Neuropsycholog
• Psychologist-Neuropsychologist, Alzheimer Center and Day Cener of the Psychogeriatric Association “The Nestor”, 2010-2014.
• Psychologist, Association for the Psychosocial Health (APHCA) 2008-2009 & 2011-2013

Clinical Interest

• Neuropsychological profile of Parkinson’s disease (PD)
• Neuropsychological profile of atypical parkinsonian symptoms (progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degeneration) 
• Neuropsychological profile of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
• Neuropsychological profile of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
• Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy
• Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapeutic interventions in patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders (e.g. Dystonia, Tics, Tourette Syndrome)

Research Interest

• Driving and Parkinson’s disease (PD)
• Driving and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
• Cognitive functions and Parkinson’s disease
• Cognitive functions and Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Non-pharmaceutical interventions in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment

• Cordelia Myers AJOT Best Article Award, 2017 Annual Conference, American Occupational Therapy Association
• Investigator Award on Applied Research, 42nd National Medical Congress, Medical Society of Athens, 2016
• Investigator Award on Higher Cortical Functions, Joint Congress of European Neurology, Istanbul, 2014

• Beratis IN, Fragiadaki S, Kontaxopoulou D, Andronas N, Pavlou D, Economou A, Yannis G, Papageorgiou SG. (2016). Driving performance in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): the role of depressive symptoms. Traffic injury prevention, (ahead of print).
• Papageorgiou SG, Beratis IN, Horvath J, Herrmann Fr, Bouras C, Kovari E. (2016). Amnesia in frontotemporal dementia: shedding light on the Geneva historical data. Journal of Neurology, 263, 657-664.
• Vardaki S, Devos H, Beratis IN, Yannis G, Papageorgiou SG. (2016). Exploring the association between working memory and driving performance in Parkinson’s disease. Traffic injury prevention, 17, 359-366.
• Vardaki S, Dickerson AE, Beratis IN, Yannis G, Papageorgiou SG. (2016). Simulator measures and identification of older drivers with MCI. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70, 1-10.
• Bamidis PD, Fissler P, Papageorgiou SG, Zilidou V, Konstantinidis EI, Billis AS, Romanopoulou E, Karagianni M, Beratis IN, Tsapanou A, Tsilikopoulou G, Grigoriadou E, Ladas A, Kyrillidou A, Tsolaki A, Frantzidis C, Sidiropoulos E, Siountas A, Matsi S, Papatriantafyllou J, Margioti E, Nika A, Schlee W, Elbert T, Tsolaki M, Vivas AB, Kolassa IT. (2015). Gains in cognition through combined cognitive and physical training: the role of training dosage and severity of neurocognitive disorder. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 7, 152.
• Beratis IN, Papageorgiou SG. (2014). Heart surgery and the risk of cognitive decline. Archives of Hellenic Medicine, 31, 186-190.
• Stathopoulou A, Beratis IN, Beratis S. (2013). Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure, risk of schizophrenia, and severity of positive/negative symptoms. Schizophrenia Research, 148, 105-110.
• Beratis IN, Rabavilas A, Kyprianou M, Papadimitriou GN, Papageorgiou C. (2013). Investigation of the link between handedness and higher order cognitive functions, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 35, 393-403.