Eleni Kourea

Graduated from University of Patras Medical School (1990). Specialization in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology (USA) (1991-95), Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, USA (1995-96), Hematopathology Fellowship, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (1996-97). American Board of Pathology Title: Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, 1996. PhD Thesis, University of Patras (2002). 

Academic Titles in Pathology Department, University of Patras Medical School: Lecturer (2004), Assistant Professor (2009), Associate Professor (2015), Professor (2020). Director of the International Postgraduate Program “Personalized Medicine” provided by the Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Patras (2022-present). President of the Hellenic Society of Pathology (2023-present)

Publications: 76 in international journals, 8 chapters in English textbooks (6 in chapters of WHO Blue books). Citations: 2038.  h-index: 24. Supervisor in 4 PhD theses and 2 Master’s degrees. Invited speaker in 140 scientific congresses/symposia. Research interests: Pathogenesis and Immunology of Cancer: Cell cycle and carcinogenesis, Immune microenvironment in carcinomas of breast and skin, Tumor Biomarkers (diagnostic, prognostic, predictive, molecular).

Clinical work in the University of Patras Department of Pathology and in the UK (2015, 2016) in Surgical Pathology, specialization in Breast Pathology and Hematopathology.

Reviewer in several Medical Journals, Coordinator of the Hellenic Society of Pathology Breast Working Group, Member of the Working Groups for Clinical Practice Guidelines for neoplasms (Breast, colon, prostate) of the Greek Ministry of Health, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Society of Pathology, Member of the Board of the Hellenic Division of the International Academy of Pathology.