Dimitrios A. Adamopoulos, M.D.
Address: Endocrine Department"Elena Venizelou" Hospital2 E.Venizelou SquareGR-115 21 Athens, Greece
Tel: +3210- 6402161
Fax: +3210- 6111156
E-mail: hel-soc-andro@ath.forthnet.gr

Degrees: - Graduate of Athens University Medical School.- Doctor of Medicine.- Honorary Assoc. Professor.

Postgraduate training: - Specialist in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology.

Previous work: - Department of Medicine, Athens University - Endocrine Department, Guy's Hospital, London - Department of Pathology St. Hellier Hospital, London - M.R.C. Clinical Endocrinology Unit, Edinburgh University
Present appointment: Director of the Endocrine Department, "Elena Venizelou" Maternity Hospital (formerly "M. Eliadi"). The Department was organized by its present scientific director and has currently a staff of five specialists in endocrinology, two trainees, three clinical chemists, a part time clinical assistant (gynaecologist) and a number of technicians. The department includes the endocrine laboratory, the out-patients clinic and a small number of ward beds for in-patients and is recognized by the European Board of Endocrinology of the U.E.M.S. as Training Centre in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Scientific Societes: Member in 8 International and 6 Greek Biomedical Societies.

Teaching: Undergraduate medical students, trainees in Endocrinology, Andrology and Gynecology, postgraduate courses in Endocrinology and Andrology.

Congresses, lectures, etc.: Participation with presentations in more than 50 international congresses, workshops, etc. and invited speaker or participant on many occasions in international meetings.

Fellowships, grants, etc.: World Health Organization, Biomedical Research and Education Trust (U.K.), British Society for Endocrinology, British Society for the Study of Fertility, N.I.A.D.D.K. (USA), National Research Foundation (Greece), Empirikeion Foundation (Greece), Bodossakeion Foundation (Greece) etc.

Research affiliations: - Endocrine Research Laboratories, U.C.H. (London)- Department of Physiology, Stanford University (USA)

Distinctions: Session President in the International Congress organized by the Polish Fertility Society (1978), in IVth International Congress on Steroid Hormones (1978), session chairman or co-chairman in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th (1981, 85, 89, 93, 97, 99, 2001) International Congresses of Andrology, 1st and 2nd Asian & Oceanic Congress of Andrology (1992 and 1996), Session Secretary in Vth Intern. Congress on Cancer Detection (1982) and Chairman in Recent Developments in Andrology (1995).Dr. Adamopoulos has been President of the Hellenic Society of Andrology for the period 1986-1990, Greek representative in the Executive Council of the International Society of Andrology (1985 up to now), member of the European Academy of Andrology and Clinical Andrologist (1995), examiner inmember of the exanimations committee for Clinical Andrology (organized by the European Academy of Andrology), ex-member of the research awards committee for the Intern. J. of Andrology and Treasurer of European Academy of Andrology since April 1998from April, 1998 until September 2002. Furthermore, he was a member of the Organizing Committee for the 1st European Congress of Andrology (March, Italy) and invited speaker in that meeting and co-chairman in the 3rd European Congress of Andrology (Munster, 2004). Finally, Dr. Adamopoulos iscurrently the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Anir”, official publication of the Hellenic Society of the Andrology and currently seats in the editorial board of “Andrologie” and “Asian Journal of Andrology”.

Research interest: This is focussed on the endocrinology of reproduction in both sexes. Most of this work is clinically orientated, although in recent years experimental work in animals was also conducted. Topics of special interest include endocrinology of puberty and menopause, disturbances of ovulation, hirsutism, hormones and sexual behaviour in hirsutism, olfactory function and reproduction in the male, pathophysiology of dysspermia in varicocele, therapeutics of idiopathic oligozoospermia, Sertoli cell function, etc.
Publications: These include presently over 230 publications half of which in international journals and books and the others in Greek medical journals and books.

Citations: The publications in international journals have been cited more than 800 times (up to the mid-2002) in textbooks, reviews, editorials or original papers.