Michalis Liontos

Assistant professor of Oncology at the department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 
Michalis Liontos is a medical oncologist with a special interest in Gynecologic and Genitourinary Neoplasms. He works as an assistant professor at the department of Clinical Therapeutics, NKUA, Alexandra Hospital, where he carries out his educational, clinical and research work.

He graduated with honors from the Medical School of Athens in 2002. He received his PhD with honors, entitled "The Role of Oncogenes in the Induction of Cellular Senescence and Apoptosis in Cancer," part of which was published in the journal Nature. He specialized in Medical Oncology at the Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital and obtained his specialty title in 2014. He continued working as a Locum Registrar and Registrar in the same department, participating in the clinical, educational, and research activities of the clinic.

So far, Michalis Liontos has participated in 112 publications - original works, review articles, and clinical cases - in international scientific journals, many of which were published in high-quality journals such as Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, Annals of Oncology, among others. These publications have received 5421 citations, and his h-index is 29. In addition to his publications, Michalis Liontos has given numerous lectures and presentations at national and international conferences. He holds the position of editor in chief at the Forum of Clinical Oncology journal, the official journal of the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncologists (HESMO), and is a member of the executive committee of the Hellenic Genito-Urinary Cancer Group (HCUCG).