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HADJIGEORGIOU GEORGIOS

GEORGIOS HADJIGEORGIOU
+357 22895241
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PROFESSOR
Medical School
Shiakoleion Educational Health Center (SEKY), 215
215/6 Nicosia - Limassol Old Road
 

Prof. Hadjigeorgiou is a Professor of Neurology, Medical School, University of Cyprus. He received his MD and PhD degree from Kapodistrian & National University of Cyprus. Previous academic positions include Professor of Neurology/Chair of the Department of Neurology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece.  His postdoctoral training includes post-doctoral research fellowships at University of Milano, and Columbia University, New York. 

His major research interest is in the field of Neurogenetics/ genetic epidemiology of complex neurological diseases (Metabolic Myopathies, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Dementia, etc) His research output includes more than 240 PubMed publications and his activity has been recognized in >6000 citations in Scopus (h-index=40) and >9000 in Scholar (h-index=52). He published in high-impact scientific journals including Cell, Nature Commun, Nature Genetics, Lancet Neurology, JAMA, Annals of Neurology and Neurology. He has extensive clinical and research experience and currently, he collaborates with all Medical Departments in Greece/Cyprus and with leading research centres and study groups abroad (Laboratory of Neurogenetics NIH/NIA, Columbia NY, GEO-PD, IMSGC, EURLSSG, etc.). Among others, he is currently site PI in the Genetic Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease (GEO-PD) and in International Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Consortium (IMSGC). He also served as Vice President of the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (EURLSSG). He has received financial support from participation in various research programs (FP7; Greek General Secretariat for Research and Technology; Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation; Alzheimer Association USA; PD Foundation, USA). 
 
  • Genetic epidemiology of common complex diseases
    • Parkinson's diseases
    • Alzheimer's diseases
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Stroke
    • Motor neuron diseases
  • Genetic basis of inherited neurological diseases 
    • Neuromuscular diseases (mitochondrial encephalomyopathies and metabolic myopathies
    • Neurodegenerative diseases
      • Parkinson's diseases
      • Rare diseases
  • Immunological basis and treatment of multiple sclerosis 
  • Aetiopathogenesis and treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome
 
 
15 selected publications
  1. Dardiotis E, Panayiotou E, Siokas V, Aloizou AM, Christodoulou K, Hadjisavvas A, Pantzaris M, Grigoriadis N, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Kyriakides T. Gene variants of adhesion molecules predispose to MS: A case-control study. Neurol Genet. 2019 Jan 16;5(1):e304
  1. International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium. Low-Frequency and Rare-Coding Variation Contributes to Multiple Sclerosis Risk. Neurol Geneti 2018 Nov 29;175(6):1679
  1. Vasileiadis GK, Dardiotis E, Mavropoulos A, Tsouris Z, Tsimourtou V, Bogdanos DP, Sakkas LI, Hadjigeorgiou GM. Regulatory B and T lymphocytes in multiplesclerosis: friends or foes? Auto Immun Highlights. 2018 Nov 10;9(1):9.  
  1. Hadjigeorgiou GM, Kountra PM, Koutsis G, Tsimourtou V, Siokas V, Dardioti M,Rikos D, Marogianni C, Aloizou AM, Karadima G, Ralli S, Grigoriadis N, Bogdanos D, Panas M, Dardiotis E. Replication study of GWAS risk loci in Greek multiplesclerosis patients. Neurol Sci. 2019 Feb;40(2):253 
  1. Tsivgoulis G, Wilson D, Katsanos AH, Sargento-Freitas J, Marques-Matos C, Azevedo E, Adachi T, von der Brelie C, Aizawa Y, Abe H, Tomita H, Okumura K, Hagii J, Seiffge DJ, Lioutas VA, Traenka C, Varelas P, Basir G, Krogias C, Purrucker JC, Sharma VK, Rizos T, Mikulik R, Sobowale OA, Barlinn K, Sallinen H, Goyal N, Yeh SJ, Karapanayiotides T, Wu TY, Vadikolias K, Ferrigno M, Hadjigeorgiou G, Houben R, Giannopoulos S, Schreuder FHBM, Chang JJ, Perry LA, Mehdorn M, Marto JP, Pinho J, Tanaka J, Boulanger M, Salman RA, Jäger HR, Shakeshaft C, Yakushiji Y, Choi PMC, Staals J, Cordonnier C, Jeng JS, Veltkamp R, Dowlatshahi D, Engelter ST, Parry-Jones AR, Meretoja A, Mitsias PD, Alexandrov AV, Ambler G, Werring DJ. Neuroimaging and clinical outcomes of oral anticoagulant-associated intracerebral hemorrhage.Ann Neurol. 2018 Nov;84(5):694 
  1. Sokratous M, Dardiotis E, Bellou E, Tsouris Z, Michalopoulou A, Dardioti M, Siokas V, Rikos D, Tsatsakis A, Kovatsi L, Bogdanos DP, Hadjigeorgiou GM. CpG Island Methylation Patterns in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. J Mol Neurosci. 2018 Mar;64(3):478
  1. Kesidou E, Touloumi O, Lagoudaki R, Nousiopoulou E, Theotokis P, Poulatsidou KN, Boziki M, Kofidou E, Delivanoglou N, Minti F, Hadjigeorgiou G, Grigoriadis N, Simeonidou C. Humoral response in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis targets neural precursor cells in the central nervous system of naive rodentsJ Neuroinflammation. 2017 Nov 21;14(1):227
  1. International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium. Electronic address: [email protected]; International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium. NR1H3 p.Arg415Gln Is Not Associated to Multiple Sclerosis RiskNeuron 2016 Oct 19;92(2):333
  1. Garcia-Borreguero D, Silber MH, Winkelman JW, Högl B, Bainbridge J, Buchfuhrer M, Hadjigeorgiou G, Inoue Y, Manconi M, Oertel W, Ondo W, Winkelmann J, Allen RP. Guidelines for the first-line treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease, prevention and treatment of dopaminergic augmentation: a combined task force of the IRLSSG, EURLSSG, and the RLS-foundation. Sleep Med. 2016 May;21:1
  1. Hadjigeorgiou GM, Scarmeas N. Restless legs syndrome in the darkness of dementia. Sleep 2015 Mar 1;38(3):333 
  1. Nalls MA, Pankratz N, Lill CM, Do CB, Hernandez DG, Saad M, DeStefano AL, Kara E, Bras J, Sharma M, Schulte C, Keller MF, Arepalli S, Letson C, Edsall C, Stefansson H, Liu X, Pliner H, Lee JH, Cheng R; Ikram MA, Ioannidis JP, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Bis JC, Martinez M, Perlmutter JS, Goate A, Marder K, Fiske B,  Sutherland M, Xiromerisiou G, Myers RH, Clark LN, Stefansson K, Hardy JA, Heutink P, Chen H, Wood NW, Houlden H, Payami H, Brice A, Scott WK, Gasser T, Bertram L, Eriksson N, Foroud T, Singleton AB. Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease. Nat Genet. 2014 Sep;46(9):989
  1. Ross OA, Soto-Ortolaza AI, Heckman MG, Aasly JO, Abahuni N, Annesi G, Bacon JA, Bardien S, Bozi M, Brice A, Brighina L, Van Broeckhoven C, Carr J, Chartier-Harlin MC, Dardiotis E, Dickson DW, Diehl NN, Elbaz A, Ferrarese C, Ferraris A, Fiske B, Gibson JM, Gibson R, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Hattori N, Ioannidis JP, Jasinska-Myga B, Jeon BS, Kim YJ, Klein C, Kruger R, Kyratzi E, Lesage S, Lin CH, Lynch T, Maraganore DM, Mellick GD, Mutez E, Nilsson C, Opala G, Park SS, Puschmann A, Quattrone A, Sharma M, Silburn PA, Sohn YH, Stefanis L, Tadic V, Theuns J, Tomiyama H, Uitti RJ, Valente EM, van de Loo S, Vassilatis DK, Vilariño-Güell C, White LR, Wirdefeldt K, Wszolek ZK, Wu RM, Farrer MJ; Genetic Epidemiology Of Parkinson's Disease (GEO-PD) Consortium. Association of LRRK2 exonic variants with susceptibility to Parkinson's disease: a case-control study. Lancet Neurol. 2011 Oct;10(10):898
  1. Elbaz A, Nelson LM, Payami H, Ioannidis JP, Fiske BK, Annesi G, Carmine Belin A, Factor SA, Ferrarese C, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Higgins DS, Kawakami H, Krüger R, Marder KS, Mayeux RP, Mellick GD, Nutt JG, Ritz B, Samii A, Tanner CM, Van Broeckhoven C, Van Den Eeden SK, Wirdefeldt K, Zabetian CP, Dehem M, Montimurro JS, Southwick A, Myers RM, Trikalinos TA. Lack of replication of thirteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms implicated in Parkinson's disease: a large-scale international studyLancet Neurol. 2006 Nov;5(11):917
  1. Maraganore DM, de Andrade M, Elbaz A, Farrer MJ, Ioannidis JP, Krüger R, Rocca WA, Schneider NK, Lesnick TG, Lincoln SJ, Hulihan MM, Aasly JO, Ashizawa T, Chartier-Harlin MC, Checkoway H, Ferrarese C, Hadjigeorgiou G, Hattori N, Kawakami H, Lambert JC, Lynch T, Mellick GD, Papapetropoulos S, Parsian A, Quattrone A, Riess O, Tan EK, Van Broeckhoven C; Genetic Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease (GEO-PD) Consortium. Collaborative analysis of alpha-synuclein gene promoter variability and Parkinson disease. JAMA. 2006 Aug9;296(6):661
  1. Hadjigeorgiou GM, Paterakis K, Dardiotis E, Dardioti M, Aggelakis K, Tasiou A, Xiromerisiou G, Komnos A, Zintzaras E, Scarmeas N, Papadimitriou A, Karantanas. IL-1RN and IL-1B gene polymorphisms and cerebral hemorrhagic events after traumatic brain injury. Neurology 2005 Oct 11;65(7):1077