Anagnostopoulos Constantinos

Constantinos Anagnostopoulos MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCR, FESC, Head of the PET/CT unit in the Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, is a Nuclear Medicine Physician with expertise in cardiovascular imaging and PET/CT.

He received his medical degree (M.D) from the Medical School, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, following which he continued with his postgraduate training in Nuclear Medicine-Nuclear Cardiology in London, at the Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton Hospitals, receiving a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Nuclear Medicine, England, UK. He obtained his PhD on advanced cardiac Imaging following successful completion of a research program between National, Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK and Medical School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He was a Visiting Scholar at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he gained clinical and research experience in PET/CT. He has received Fellowships from the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), as well as from the Royal Colleges of Radiologists and Physicians (FRCR, FRCP, London).

Dr. Anagnostopoulos held previously Senior Clinical and Academic posts at the Royal Brompton Hospital-Imperial College, as well as the Barts & The London, School of Medicine, London, UK. He has held several administrative posts in international and National professional societies, serving as President of the British Nuclear Cardiology Society, President of the working group of non-invasive imaging of the Hellenic Cardiological Society, Councillor of British Nuclear Medicine Society, Councillor of the British Cardiovascular Society, Councillor of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Society of Cardiology, as well as member of its Research and Innovation Committee and the Education Committee.

He is editor of the international book “Non-invasive Imaging of Myocardial Ischaemia” (Springer Verlag) and author or co-author of many book chapters related to cardiovascular imaging. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. He has been Guest Editor of the HEART, member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

The focus of his research activities is on radionuclide and hybrid imaging with an emphasis on its impact in diagnostic strategies and its role as an interface between pathophysiology and clinical medicine in the areas of cardiovascular, inflammatory diseases and cancer. He is chairman and invited lecturer in numerous national and international congresses including those of the European Society of Cardiology, European Association of Nuclear Medicine and International Congress in Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT. He is Chair and member of international guideline committees and has published extensively original research papers in prestigious journals including British Medical Journal, Radiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology-Cardiovascular Imaging, Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, European Heart Journal–Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation, European Heart Journal and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Constantinos Anagnostopoulos has received his Medical Degree from the Medical School of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. He has completed his main specialty training in Nuclear Medicine at the Theageneio Oncological Hospital in Thessaloniki and his advanced training in applications of Nuclear Medicine in Oncology and Cardiovascular Medicine at the Royal Marsden & Royal Brompton Hospitals, England, UK. He has received his PhD from the University of Athens and has been a Visiting Scholar at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School where he obtained clinical and research experience in PET/CT.

He held posts as a) Head of Nuclear Medicine-PET/CT Department and Senior Lecturer at Barts & The London School of Medicine (2008-2010) and b) Consultant in Nuclear Medicine at the Royal Brompton and the Chelsea & Westminster hospitals and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London (1998-2008).

Dr Anagnostopoulos is member of the Education-Certification and Accreditation Committee, of the European Association of Cardiovascular imaging and Chairman of the working group of non-invasive imaging of the Hellenic Cardiological Society. He has been organiser or co-organiser of many imaging events, has strong teaching and training experience at national and international level and he is principle investigator or co-investigator in a number of studies and research programmes.

Constantinos Anagnostopoulos is an author/co-author of many chapters of international books and numerous peer reviewed publications in prestigious journals including the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, European Heart Journal–Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation- Cardiovascular Imaging, Journal of the American College of Cardiology-Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and British Medical Journal. He has been Chair and Editor of the UK guidelines for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (2004) and Core Member of the writing group of ESC/EANM Guidelines on a) Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (2005 and 2015) and b) Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Function (2008).

He is the Principle editor of the book “Non-invasive Imaging of myocardial Ischaemia” (Springer Verlag) as well as guest editor of the HEART journal. He is an Editorial Board Member of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Associate Editor of the Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine and Editor in Chief of the Hellenic Journal of Nuclear medicine. He is an Advisory Committee Member of many journals including the American Journal of Cardiology, International Journal of Cardiology, Heart, European Heart Journal- Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation- Cardiovascular Imaging, Metabolism, Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and European Heart Journal.

He has been awarded the Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC, 2000) and also the Fellowships of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR, 2003) and the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, 2006), UK.

Constantinos Anagnostopoulos has been President of the British Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2002 & 2003), Council member both of the British Cardiovascular Society and British Nuclear Medicine Society (2002&2003) and also of the European Society of Cardiology working group in Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT (2002 - 2010). He has been advisor to the Department of Health, UK (2002 - 2004) and served as president of the Hellenic Medical Society, UK and treasurer of the world Hellenic Biomedical Association (2006 - 2008).