Sofia Kosmidi RADIATION ONCOLOGIST Associate Director, Radiation Oncology Center

Undergraduate thesis:

• University of Bologna, department of Pathology.Subject: “Therapy of stage III non small cell lung cancer; clinical and biological prognostic factors”. Presented in 2001, degree “cum laude”

Postgraduate thesis: 

• University of Athens, Oncology department A.Kyriakou children’s Hospital and Immunology and Allergy department of Athens University Subject: “Immunological recovery of children with cancer treated with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy”. Presented in February 2008, degree “cum laude”

• European Society if Therapeuting Radiation Oncology (ESTRO)
• American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
• Hellenic Society of Head and Neck Oncology (HeSHNO)

• January 2008-present: working in Radiation Oncology Department of HYGEIA Hospital, Athens (private practice) 
• January 2007- January 2008: working in Radiation Oncology Department for Children, A.Kyriakou children’s Hospital, Athens

• Novel techniques in radiation oncology
• Combined Treatments in oncology
• Immunology correlated to Oncology Treatment
• Intensity Modulated Radiation therapy (IMRT)
• Volumetric modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)
• Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
• Stereotactic body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
• Special interest in Prostate cancer, Breast cancer, Lung cancer and Head & Neck cancer
• Palliative care and Supportive care
• Pediatric Radiation Therapy

Publications In International Journals:

• RADIATION THERAPY OF ANAL CANAL CANCER. Sofia Kosmidi Digestive Oncology 7: 108, 2007
• LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT OF IMMUNOLOGICAL STATUS AND RATE OF IMMUNE RECOVERY FOLLOWING TREATMENT IN CHILDREN WITH ALL.μSofia Kosmidis , Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Dimitrios Doganis, Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Maria Varvoutsi, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou and Helen Vasilatou-Kosmidis. Pediatric Blood and Cancer ( 2007)

• ΙMMUNE RECONSTITUTION AFTER AGGRESSIVE AND MAINTENANCE REGIMENS FOR ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN CHILDREN. Douladiris Ν , Τassios ΙΚ ,Κosmidis S , Κallergi C , Βaka Μ , Κosmidis HV, Saxoni –Papageorgiou F European congress of Allergy and Immunology , Amsterdam , June , 2004 
• IMMUNE STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS MALIGNANCIES AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY. S. Kosmidis , N Douladiris, I.K Tassios , D. Bouhoutsou , M. Baka, C. Kallergi , F. Saxoni-Papageorgiou and H. V Kosmidis  XXXVI Congress Meeting of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology.
• Oslo , Norway.September 16-19,2004. PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER (PB&C) 2004;43(4)
• RATE OF IMMUNOLOGICAL RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH ALL AT THE END OF INTENSIVE THERAPY, AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY AND 6 MONTHS THERE AFTER S. Kosmidis, M. Baka, C. Kallergi, D. Doganis, N Douladiris, D. Bouhoutsou, M. Varvoutsi, A. Pourtsidis, P.S Papageorgiou, and H. Kosmidis. Meeting Proceedings (8541). ASCO, USA 2005
• IMMUNOLOGICAL RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH ALL AT THE END OF INTENSIVE THERAPY, AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY, AND UP TO ONE YEAR OFF THERAPY. A FOLLOW UP STUDY. S. Kosmidis, M. Baka, D. Bouhoutsou, C. Kallergi, D. Doganis, N Douladiris, M. Varvoutsi, A. Pourtsidis, P.S Papageotgiou, and H. Kosmidis. Meeting Proceedings (9031). ASCO, USA 2006
• IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION IN CHILDREN WITH ALL AT THE END OF INTENSIVE THERAPY, AT THE COMPLETION OF THERAPY AND UP TO ONE YEAR OFF THERAPY. A FOLLOW-UP STUDY. Sophia Kosmidis, Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Constantina Kallergi, Dimitrios Doganis, Nikos Douladiris, Maria Varvoutsi, Apostolos Pourtsidis,  Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Fotini Saxoni – Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF  PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY SIOP 2006, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 18–21 SEPTEMBER 2006
• IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE `RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH LYMPHOMA AT THE END OF THERAPY (CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY ) AND IN FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONS. Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 39th annual Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology SIOP 2007 , Mumbai, India , PD 090 , Pediatr Blood Cancer: 2007: 49(4) p. 480
• SURVEY OF HUMORAL IMMUNITY DURING TREATMENT FOR CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) Sofia Kosmidis , Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Dimitrios Doganis , Maria Varvoutsi, Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 39th annual Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology SIOP 2007 , Mumbai, India , PD 016 , Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007: 49(4) p. 461
• HUMORAL IMMUNITY DURING AND AFTER TREATMENT FOR CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL) Sofia Kosmidis , Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Apostolos Pourtsidis, Dimitrios Doganis , Maria Varvoutsi, Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis European Society for Pediatric Hematology and Immunology: From bench to bedside, Athens Greece PP 29 , Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007: 49(3) p. 386
• IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE `RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH LYMPHOMA AT THE END OF THERAPY (CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY ) AND IN FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONS. Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis European Society for Pediatric Hematology and Immunology: From bench to bedside, Athens Greece PP 43 , Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007: 49(3) p. 386
• IMMUNE STATUS AND RECOVERY OF CHILDREN WITH NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA FOLLOWING CHEMOTHERAPY Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 25TH International Congress of Pediatrics , Athens , August 2007, PPO 477 
• IMMUNOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN WITH HODGKIN’S DISEASE DURING AND AFTER COMBINED THERAPY Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 25TH International Congress of Pediatrics , Athens , August 2007: PPO488
• IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE RECOVERY IN CHILDREN WITH LYMPHOMA AT THE END OF THERAPY(CHEMOTHERAPY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY ) AND IN FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONS. Sofia Kosmidis, Apostolos Pourtsidis , Despina Bouhoutsou, Margarita Baka , Maria Varvoutsi, Dimitrios Doganis , Constantina Kallergi, Nikolaos Douladiris , Maria Synodinou, Fotini Saxoni-Papageorgiou, Helen Kosmidis 25TH International Congress of Pediatrics , Athens , August 2007: OP137
• Radiation therapy of Anal Canal Cancer S Kosmidis 3rd international Congress on Gastrointestinal Oncology , June 2007.