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The Cardiologist

Dimitrios Vrachatis
Cardiologist

Interventional Cardiologist – Electrophysiologist

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Athens

Dimitrios A. Vrachatis is an Interventional Cardiologist – Electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Technology at the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and Vice Chair of the Digital Cardiology Working Group of the Hellenic Society of Cardiology. He is married and has two daughters.

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Dr Dimitrios Vrachatis, cardiologist

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Why I Became a Cardiologist

My love of cardiology began at home. My father, Antonios Vrachatis, was an Interventional Cardiologist and, for many years, Director of Cardiology at G. Gennimatas General Hospital in Athens — he still practises cardiology. I watched his interactions with his patients, so my decision to become a doctor was no surprise. Cardiology won me over because it studies complex functions of the human body for which we now have highly effective diagnostic and therapeutic tools. It combines medical and surgical practice and calls for a balance between emotion, reason and decisiveness.

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Studies & Academic Background

I graduated from the 8th High School of Nea Smyrni. After the national entrance examinations, I was admitted third in rank to the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where I also completed my PhD. I hold an MSc in Health Care Management from the Hellenic Open University. I trained in cardiology at G. Gennimatas General Hospital in Athens and obtained specialist certification after national and European examinations (European Exam of Cardiology). I now serve as Assistant Professor of Biomedical Technology at the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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Specialisation

I specialise in Interventional Cardiology and Electrophysiology. I undertook further training at the Humanitas Clinical and Research Center in Milan with a scholarship from the Hellenic Society of Cardiology. I am a member of the Cardioteam group and provide services at the Catheterisation, Electrophysiology and Pacing Laboratory of the Eugenideio Therapeutic Centre, as well as at my private clinic in Kallithea.

Detailed Curriculum Vitae

Studies and career

EDUCATION – QUALIFICATIONS

  • Medical degree, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • MSc in Health Care Management, Hellenic Open University.
  • PhD, 1st University Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • Certified Advanced Life Support Provider, European Resuscitation Council.
  • Specialist in Cardiology, Panhellenic Medical Association.
  • European Exam in General Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology.
  • Clinical Research Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
  • Specialisation in Interventional Cardiology, recognised by a corresponding Ministry of Health decision.
  • (September 2023–present) Scientific Associate, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • (July 2022–present) Eugenideio Therapeutic Centre “Agia Trias S.A.”, Catheterisation, Electrophysiology and Pacing Laboratory.
  • (December 2020–September 2023) Academic Fellow with research, clinical and teaching duties, 2nd University Department of Cardiology, Attikon University General Hospital.
  • (November 2020–present) Dimitrios Vrachatis Cardiology Clinic, Kallithea, Athens.
  • (February–October 2020) Clinical Research Fellow in the Catheterisation Laboratory, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milan, Italy.
  • (2015–2020) Cardiology Resident, G. Gennimatas General Hospital of Athens, including three months in Cardiac Surgery at Evangelismos General Hospital and one month in Nuclear Medicine at Sotiria Hospital.
  • (2012–2014) Internal Medicine Resident, Agioi Anargyroi General Oncology Hospital.
  • (2011–2012) Internal Medicine Resident, Sismanogleio General Hospital of Athens, formerly the 1st IKA Hospital “Papadimitriou”.
  • (2010–2011) Primary Care Physician, General Hospital of Trikala, Foteino Rural Clinic, with on-call duties in the Cardiology Department and Coronary Care Unit.
  • (2008–2009) Medical officer during compulsory military service, Hellenic Air Force, 3rd Area Control Centre, Ziros, Lasithi, Crete.
  • (2023) Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC).
  • (2020) Hellenic Society of Cardiology scholarship for further training at Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Milan, Italy, in Interventional Cardiology and Interventional Stroke Treatment.
  • (2017) Athens Medical Association award as an elected representative of residents on a public hospital Scientific Council, recognising residents’ service to patients under difficult working, financial and social conditions.
  • (2013) Best Research Paper Award, 1st Panhellenic Congress on Thrombosis and Antithrombotic Treatment, Institute for the Study and Education in Thrombosis and Antithrombotic Therapy.
  • (2009) Third Prize, Young Investigators, 30th Panhellenic Congress of Cardiology.
  • (2003) Commercial Bank of Greece award for excellence in undergraduate studies.
  • (2002) State Scholarship Foundation scholarship for admission third in rank to the Athens Medical School after the national entrance examinations.
  • (2001) Participation, following successful examinations, in the Hellenic Mathematical Society’s 18th National Mathematical Olympiad “Archimedes”.
  • (2000) Representation of Greece at the European Parliament’s Euroscola assembly of European students, following examinations.
  • Greek (native).
  • English (C2 level).
  • Italian (B2 level).

Professional activity

  • Scientific Council, G. Gennimatas General Hospital of Athens (2016–2020).
  • Board Member, Association of Hospital Doctors of Athens and Piraeus (2016–2020).
  • General Assembly, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2004–2008).
  • Board Member, Gr. Lambrakis Medical Students’ Association, University of Athens (2004–2008).
  • Athens Medical Association, Greece (2008–2010, 2011–present).
  • Ordine dei Medici e Chirurgi, Milan, Italy (2020–present).
  • Trikala Medical Association, Greece (2010–2011).
  • European Society of Cardiology (2019–present).
  • Hellenic Society of Cardiology (2019–present).
  • Balkan Medical Union (2014–present).
  • Hellenic Hypertension Society (2017–present).

Dimitrios Vrachatis has served as Guest Editor of three special issues of Current Pharmaceutical Design and one special issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine. He is Associate Editor of European Heart Journal – Case Reports, Associate Editorial Board Member of Cardiovascular and Hematological Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, and Editorial Board Member of Client Periodique (CPQ) Medicine Journal. He has served as a peer reviewer for 27 international scientific journals, including Journal of the American Heart Association, American Heart Journal, Scientific Reports, Journal of Human Hypertension, The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Heart Vessels, European Heart Journal – Case Reports and British Medical Journal – Case Reports.

Teaching and research

  • Since 2026, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Technology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • Teaching in the English-language undergraduate programme, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, academic year 2023–2024.
  • Teaching the compulsory undergraduate Cardiology course, 2nd University Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, academic years 2020–2023.
  • Teaching in the MSc programme in Interventional Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, academic year 2019–2020.
  • Teaching in the MSc programme “Clinical Trials: Design and Conduct”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, academic years 2017–2023.
  • Teaching the undergraduate elective Biomedical Technology course, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, academic years 2017–present.
  • Teaching nursing students of the University of Athens during the Internal Medicine placement at Agioi Anargyroi General Oncology Hospital, academic years 2012–2013 and 2013–2014.

Dimitrios Vrachatis’s research activity is reflected in more than 120 publications in established scientific journals, with 1,589 citations and an h-index of 18 in Scopus, and 2,294 citations and an h-index of 22 in Google Scholar (December 2023). Search the databases for Vrachatis D or Vrachatis DA. He has also authored chapters in 10 scientific textbooks.

  • (2020) COLCORONA Trial, National Sub-Coordinator. Effect of colchicine in outpatients with COVID-19. NCT04322682.
  • (2020) GRECCO-19 Trial, Principal Investigator Professor Spyros Deftereos. Active contribution to protocol writing, study organisation, analysis and publication of results. Effect of colchicine in outpatients with COVID-19. NCT04326790.
  • (2018) Snapshot of Hospitalised Cardiology Patients 2018, a registry study providing a cross-sectional snapshot of hospitalised cardiology patients.
  • (2016–2017) Medtronic Reveal LINQ Cardiac Monitor Registry, follow-up of patients receiving an implantable loop recorder. NCT02746471.
  • (2015–2018) MIRTOS Study, ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with STEMI treated with thrombolysis. NCT02429271.

Dr Vrachatis keeps up to date with medical developments by regularly attending scientific congresses. He has contributed to their organisation as a member of organising and/or scientific committees and participates as a speaker or commentator at Greek and international congresses. He has also presented research abstracts at congresses — more than 100 internationally and approximately 90 in Greece.