Konstantinos Tsigos ENDOCRINOLOGIST

PhD in 1991 from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manchester, UK:  “The role of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Catecholamines in Sensory Diabetic Polyneuropathy” 

• Hellenic Endocrine Society, European Endocrine Society
• Hellenic Diabetes Association, Εuropean Diabetes Association
• American Endocrine Society, European Association for the Study of Obesity
• New York Academy of Sciences, Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society

Expert Reviewer

• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism / Bioassays
• Endocrinology / Endocrine Reviews / Neuroimmunomodulation
• Diabetes /  Diabetes Care /  International Journal of Obesity
• European Journal of Endocrinology /  Journal of Psychosomatic Research
• Obesity Facts /  Hormones / Obesity and Metabolism /
• European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• European Commission, 3^rd &, 4^th and 5^th Framework Program (Chronic and
• Degenerative Diseases)
• General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Athens
• Hellenic Food and Drug Administration
• Abstract Reviewer of the European Congresses of Obesity from 2002-2017

Clinical Interests: 

• Thyroid abnormalities
• Obesity and Diabetes
• Pituitary and adrenal disorders
• Osteoporosis and reproductive abnormalities

Research Interests: 

• Diabetes/Obesity: Pathogenesis and management
• Stress System and Metabolic Complications
• Hormone resistance syndromes
• Chronic inflammation and cardiometabolic risks
• Nutrition and health

• 1995 Merck Senior Fellow Award from the Endocrine Society, USA
• Vice-chairman (2000-2005) and Chairman (2006-2011) of the Obesity Management Task Force (OMTF) of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
• Member of the Steering Committee and Registration Committee of SCOPE (Specialist Certification of Obesity Professional Education)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journals Obesity and Metabolism and Hormones
• Chairman of the 14^th European Congress of Obesity, Athens, 2005
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the 12^th, 13^th , 14^th and 15^th European Congress of Obesity held in Helsinki (2003), Prague (2004), Athens (2005) and Budapest (2007) and of many other national and international meetings in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity
• Founding Fellow of the Specialist Certification of ObesityProfessionals in Europe (SCOPE) Programme of the International Obesity Task Force and the European Association for the Study of Obesity

• More than 100 publications in international peer-reviewed journals
• More than 10.000 citations for the above works
• More than 30 Chapters in international books
• Invited speaker  in more  200 Congresses/Workshops internationally

Recent peer-reviewed publications (from 2010):

1. Fried M, Hainer V, Basdevant A, Buchwald H, Deitel M, Finer N, Greve JW, Horber F, Mathus-Vliegen E, Scopinaro N, Steffen R, Tsigos C, Weiner R, Widhalm K. Interdisciplinary European guidelines on surgery of severe obesity. Obes Facts. 2010;1(1):52-9.
2. Kyrou I, Tsigos C. Stress hormones: physiological stress and regulation of metabolism. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2010;9:787-93.
3. Tsigos C, Hainer V, Basdevant A, Finer N, Mathus-Vliegen E, Micic D, Maislos M, Roman G, Schutz Y, Toplak H, Yumuk V, Zahorska-Markiewicz B. Criteria for EASO-collaborating centres for obesity management. Obes Facts. 2011;4:329-33.
4. Tsigos C, Bitzur R, Kleinman Y, Cohen H, Cahn A, Mancia G, Grassi G. Targets for Body fat, blood pressure, lipids and glucose lowering interventions in the elderly. Diabetes Care. 2013;36:S292-300.
5. Yumuk V, Tsigos C, Fried M, Schindler K, Busetto L, Micic D, Toplak H; European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults. Obesity Management Task Force of the European Association for the Study of Obesity. Obes Facts. 2015;8:402-24.
6. Tsigos C, Stefanaki C, Lambrou GI, Boschiero D, Chrousos GP. Stress and inflammatory biomarkers and symptoms are associated with bioimpedance measures. Eur J Clin Invest. 2015;45:126-34.
7. Georgousopoulou EN, Kouli GM, Panagiotakos DB, Kalogeropoulou A, Zana A, Chrysohoou C, Tsigos C, Tousoulis D, Stefanadis C, Pitsavos C. Anti-inflammatory diet and 10-year (2002-2012) cardiovascular disease incidence: The ATTICA study. Int J Cardiol. 2016;222:473-8.
8. Kyrou I, Christou A, Panagiotakos D, Stefanaki C, Skenderi K, Katsana K, Tsigos C. Effects of a hops (Humulus lupulus L.) dry extract supplement on self-reported depression, anxiety and stress levels in apparently healthy young adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover pilot study. Hormones. 2017;16:171-180.
9. Kyrou I, Kollia N, Panagiotakos D, Georgousopoulou E, Chrysohoou C, Tsigos C, Randeva HS, Yannakoulia M, Stefanadis C, Papageorgiou C, Pitsavos C; ATTICA Study investigators. Association of depression and anxiety status with 10-year cardiovascular disease incidence among apparently healthy Greek adults: The ATTICA Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2017:145-152.
10. Kyrou I, Tsantarlioti O, Panagiotakos DB, Tsigos C, Georgousopoulou E, Chrysohoou C, Skoumas I, Tousoulis D, Stefanadis C, Pitsavos C; ATTICA study group. Adiponectin circulating levels and 10-year (2002-2012) cardiovascular disease incidence: the ATTICA Study. Endocrine. 2017;58:542-552.