Syriopoulou Vasiliki Infectious Disease Specialist

Head - Chief of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department

Education & Academic Qualifications

Medical Degree, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA)
PhD, EKPA, grade “excellent”
Specialty of Pediatrics
Subspecialty in Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, EKPA
Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, EKPA
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, EKPA

Training in Infectious Diseases & Positions held:

Research Associate in Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (1975-78)
Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Medical Centre,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Guest Researcher in Clinical Microbiology, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service, Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia (1978-79)
Guest Researcher in Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (10/10/79 – 12/15/79).
Visiting Scientist in Infectious Diseases, Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (16/11/82-18/2/83)
Visiting Scholar, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Section, University of California, San Diego, USA.( 25/10/88-31/12/88)
Guest Researcher, Centers for Diseases Control, Atlanta, USA (29/10/90-30/11/90, 10/10/94-15/10/94, 23/9/96-27/9/96)

PhD/ Thesis

“Study of radioactive fat absorption in subjects with gastrectomy “
IFIGESIA: Immune response to the pneumococcal vaccine

Board Member

Greek Paediatric Society
Greek Society of Infectious Diseases
Greek Society of Chemotherapy
Greek Society of Immunology
International Society of Infectious Diseases
European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
American Society for Microbiology
Infectious Diseases Society of America
European Society for Microbiology

Editorial Boards

Greek Paediatric Society
Greek Society of Infectious Diseases
Greek Society of Chemotherapy

AD-HOC REVIEWER for peer-reviewed international journals

Virulence
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal
Pos-one

Professional Experience

Teaching medical students over 35 years in clinical and theoretical level, responsible for the elective course “Pediatric Infections” which continuously taught from 1995 to 2009.
Training of Residents in Pediatrics doctors
Participation in infections seminars, advanced courses and training sessions
Teaching in Postgraduate Medicine and Nursing programs
From 1986-2009 published bullet in, every two months, entitled “Information on Infections” (C. Saroglou, B. Syriopoulou) which contributed to student training, and physicians specialized in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine.

Clinical and Research Interest

Clinical Interest: Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Research Interest: Infections, Antibiotic resistance, Vaccines

Awards

Choremeio Award: 12th National Pediatrics Conference. Research Study: Australian antigen and neonatal hepatitis syndrome.
Choremeio Award: 33rd National Pediatric Conference. Research Study: Therapeutic response to INF in patients with thalassemia and chronic hepatitis C.
Award 4th Annual Panhellenic Medical Conference. Research Study: Stability of gene AAC (6 ‘) – APH (2) in heterogeneous strains E. faecalis high level of resistance to aminoglycosides.
Award 25th Annual Panhellenic Medical Conference. Research Study: Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis.
Award 29th Annual Panhellenic Medical Conference. Visceral leishmaniasis treatment with two doses of liposomal amphotericin B.

Chapters in Books

V.PH. SYRIOPOULOU, A.L. SMITH. Osteomyelitis
Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, ed. by R.D. Feigin and J. D. Cherry
Copyright 1992 (V1: p. 727-740), 1987 (V1: p. 759-773), 1981 (V1: p. 550-561) by W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia.
V.PH. SYRIOPOULOU, A.L. SMITH. Septic arthritis
Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, ed. by R.D. Feigin and J. D. Cherry
Copyright 1992 (V1: p. 740-746), 1987(V1: p. 773-779), 1981 (V1: p. 561-568) by W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia.
A.S. SMITH, R.S. DAUM, D.W. SCHEIFELE. V.RH. SYRIOPOULOU, D.R. AVERILL, M. ROBERTS, T. STULL. Pathogenesis of Haemophilus influezae meningitis.
In Haemophilus influenzae book, by Writht and Sell, Elsevier Science Publish ing Co., Inc. New York, p. 89, 1982
MYLONAKIS E. SYRIOPOULOU V. Babesiosis.
In Griffith’s book 5-Minute Clinical Consult ed by MR. Dambro by Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia p 116, 2005.
SYRIOPOULOU V. Epiglottitis.
In Griffith’s book 5-Minute Clinical Consult ed by MR. Dambro by Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia p 376, 2005.

Recent Publications

Michos A, Palili A, Koutouzis EI, Sandu A, Lykopoulou L, Syriopoulou VP.
Detection of bacterial pathogens in synovial and pleural fluid with the Fil-mAray Blood Culture Identification System. IDCases. 2016;5:27-8.
Hadjichristodoulou C, Mpalaouras G, Vasilopoulou V, Katsioulis A, Rachiotis G, Theodoridou K, Tzanakaki G, Syriopoulou V, Theodoridou M. A Case-Control Study on the Risk Factors for Meningococcal Disease among Children in Greece. PLoS One. 2016;11:e0158524.
Michos A, Koutouzi FI, Tsakris A, Chatzichristou P, Koutouzis EI, Daikos GL,
Stathi A, Syriopoulou VP. Molecular analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes marolide resistance of paediatric isolates during a 7 year period (2007-13). J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016;71:2113-7.
Syriopoulou V, Dailiana Z, Dmitriy N, Utili R, Pathan R, Hamed K. Clinical
Exprience with Daptomycin for the Treatment of Gram-positive Infections in Children and Adolescents. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016;35:511-6.
Koutouzis EI, Michos A, Koutouzi FI, Chatzichristou P, Parpounas K, Georgaki A, Theodoridou M, Tsakris A, Syriopoulou VP. Pneumococcal Mastoiditis in Chidren before and After the Introduction of Conjugate Pneumococcal Vacines. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016;35:292-6.
Koukou D, Chatzichristou P, Trimis G, Siahanidou T, Skiathitou AV, Koutouzis EI, Syrogiannopoulos GA, Lourida A, Michos AG, Syriopoulou VP. Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in a Neonatal Unit of a Greek Tertiary Hospital: Clinical Char-acteristics and Genotypes. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0133891.
Koutouzi F, Tsakris A, Chatzichristou P, Koutouzis E, Daikos GL, Kirikou E, Petropoulou N, Syriopoulou V, Michos A. Streptococcus pyogenes emm Types and Clusters during a 7-Year Period (2007 to 2013) in Pharyngeal and Nopharyngeal Pediatric Isolates. J Clin Microbiol. 2015;53:2015-21.
Kratimenos P, Koutroulis I, Marconi D, Syriopoulou V, Delivoria-Papadopoulos M, Chrousos GP, Theocharis S. Multi-targeted molecular ther-apeutic approach in aggressive neuroblastoma: the effect of Focal Adhesion Kinase-Src- Paxillin system. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2014;18:1395-406.
Koutroulis I, Loscalzo SM, Kratimenos P, Singh S, Weiner E, Syriopoulou V,Theocharis S, Chrousos G. Clinical Applications of Procalcitonin in Pediatrics: An Advanced Biomarker for Inflammation and Infection-Can It Also Be Used in Trauma? Int Sch Res Notices. 2014;2014:286493.
Syriopoulou V, Kafetzis D, Theodoridou M, Syrogiannopoulos GA, Mantagos S, Trimis G, Mavrikou M, Konstantopoulos A. Evaluation of potential medical and economic benefits of universal rotavirus vaccination in Greece. Acta Paediatr. 2011;100:732-9.