Demetrios Kassimos RHEUMATOLOGIST

• Hellenic Society for Rheumatology
• Hellenic League Against Rheumatism (charity organisation)

• Consultant Rheumatologist, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens
• Consultant, Hygeia Hospital

Education Experience:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, University of Wolverhampton, UK 2003

Clinical Interest:

• Inflammatory arthritis
• Οsteoarthritis
• Οsteoporosis 

Research Interest:

• Seronegative spondyloarthritis, gout

• Kassimos D, Creamer P. Neuropathic arthropathy. Textbook of Rheumatology. Hochberg et al Sixth edition 2015
• Kassimos DG, Vassilakos J, Magiorkinis G, Garyfallos A. Prevelance and clinical manifes-tations of ankylosing spondylitis in young Greek males . Clin Rheumatol 2014; 33(9):1303-6
• Chatzipavlou M, Magiorkinis G, Koutsogeorgopoulou L, Kassimos D. Mediterranean diet intervention for patients with hyperuricemia: a pilot study. Rheumatol Int. 2014; 34(6):359-62. 
• Tzilalis V, Panagiotopoulos N, Papatheodorou G, Rallis E, Kassimos D. Prevalance of Ray-naud’s phenomenon in young Greek males. Clin Rheumatol. 2011 Jan;30(1):57-9. 
• L Koutsogeorgopoulou, C Antoniadis, D Vassilopoulos, D Kassimos . Preventive influenza vaccination for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A need for an international campain. Clin Rheumatol 2009; 28:103-104
• L Koutsogeorgopoulou, D Kassimos. The history of the Hellenic Society for Rheumatology and the League against Rheumatism. From ancient world to the modern era. Int J Rheum Dis. 2009 Dec;12(4):354-7.
• N Erb, M Cusley, D Kassimos, R Shave, G Kitas. An Assessment of back pain and the prevalence of sacroiilitis in sarcoidosis. Chest 2005; 127:192-196
• DG Kassimos, P Creamer.The hand x-ray in rheumatology. Review. Hospital Medicine. 2004; 65 (1) :13-7
• DG Kassimos, G Panayi. Differences in the management of shoulder pain between pri-mary and secondary care in Europe: time for a consensus. Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63 (1); 11-2
• DG Kassimos, A Garyfallos, A whallett, J Delamere, DG Kitas. Anti-TNF therapy in anky-losing spondylitis. A need for guidelines. Rheumatology 2003; 42: 490.