Dr Giannis Mountzios was born in Larissa, Greece, in 1974. He obtained his medical degree (MD) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1998 and graduated from the Hellenic Military Medical Academy the same year. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Airforce General Hospital of Athens and in Medical Oncology at the University of Athens School of Medicine, “Alexandra” University Hospital. He then obtained a master (MSc) in translational and clinical research in Oncology from the Institut Gustave-Roussy and the University Paris XI (Paris-Sud), France, in 2007 (Pr. Jean-Charles Soria) and became board-specified in Medical Oncology in 2009. In 2010, he obtained his PhD in Thoracic Oncology. He is currently working as the Director of the 4th Oncology Department and Clinical Trials Unit at the Henry Dunant Hospital Center in Athens. Dr Mountzios has received fellowships from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Young Investigator award), the European Society for Medical Oncology and the Hellenic Society for Medical Oncology (HESMO). He serves as Principal Investigator in more than 20 Academic or Commercial interventional clinical trials in lung cancer. He currently serves as a member of the Publishing Working Group of ESMO. He has published more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals including Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Annals of Oncology and Clinical Cancer Research.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Clinical Trials
Immunotherapy
Lung Cancer
Targeted Therapy
molecular biology
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Short Biography
Dr Giannis Mountzios was born in Larissa, Greece, in 1974. He obtained his medical degree (MD) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1998 and graduated from the Hellenic Military Medical Academy the same year. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Airforce General Hospital of Athens and in Medical Oncology at the University of Athens School of Medicine, “Alexandra” University Hospital. He then obtained a master (MSc) in translational and clinical research in Oncology from the Institut Gustave-Roussy and the University Paris XI (Paris-Sud), France, in 2007 (Pr. Jean-Charles Soria) and became board-specified in Medical Oncology in 2009. In 2010, he obtained his PhD in Thoracic Oncology. He is currently working as the Director of the 4th Oncology Department and Clinical Trials Unit at the Henry Dunant Hospital Center in Athens. Dr Mountzios has received fellowships from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Young Investigator award), the European Society for Medical Oncology and the Hellenic Society for Medical Oncology (HESMO). He serves as Principal Investigator in more than 20 Academic or Commercial interventional clinical trials in lung cancer. He currently serves as a member of the Publishing Working Group of ESMO. He has published more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals including Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Annals of Oncology and Clinical Cancer Research.
