Merkourios Vogiatzis NUCLEAR RADIOLOGIST Assistant Director, Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT

• EANM
• Greek association of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

• Internship, Veterans Affairs Hospital (417 NIMTS) ΝΜ Department 
• Associate of Nuclear medicine department of Veterans Affairs Hospital (417 NIMTS) (2016 – 2017)

Clinical Interest:

• Nuclear Cardiology
• Nuclear Oncology
• Theranostics
• PET/CT

Research Interest:

• Cancer Theranostics
• Myocardial SPECT Perfusion Imaging

• Karfis I, Dresios C, Kotsalou I, Voyatzis M, Antoniadis D, Dimakopoulos N. Myocardial bridge: an unusual cause of asymptomatic ST-elevation during treadmill stress test causing functional ischemia. Hell J Nucl Med. 2012;15(2):147-9.
• The Utility of Rapid Parathyroid Hormone Radioimmunoassay in the Surgical Management of Hyperparathyroidism. Koutsikos I, Angelidis G, Kalogeropoulou K, Vogiatzis M, Ilia E, Evagelatou A, Velidaki A, Dimakopoulos N. 29^th European Association of Nuclear Medicine Annual Congress, Barcelona, 15-19/10/2016.
• An Overview on the Use of Pharmacologic Stress Agents in Myocardial SPECT Perfusion Imaging. Koutsikos J, Angelidis G, Vogiatzis M, Ilia E, Velidaki A, Dimakopoulos N. 2016 Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 11-15/06/2016.
• 99mTc-Labelled Cationic Lipophilic Complexes: An Update of their Emerging Roles in Oncology. Koutsikos J, Vogiatzis M, Ilia E, Angelidis G, Zoumboulidis A, Dimakopoulos N. 2016 Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 11-15/06/2016.
• Diagnostic Issues in Radioiodine Whole Body Scan: Distribution and Mechanisms of Tracer Uptake Unrelated to Thyroid Cancer. Koutsikos J, Velidaki A, Vogiatzis M, Angelidis G, Ilia E, Zoumboulidis A, Dimakopoulos N. 2016 Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 11-15/06/2016
• AN OVERVIEW ON THE ROLE OF SCINTIGRAPHIC IMAGING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM.  Koutsikos J [1], Angelidis G [1], Ilia E [1], Vogiatzis M [1], Velidaki A [2], Dimakopoulos N [1]  J Nucl Med 2017 58:948