PETSIOU ELENA

EDUCATION & ACADEMIC TITLES

07/23/2002 MEDICAL DEGREE. UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA, ITALlA

24/07/2014 DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS-PhD

11/2011 - 12/2012 and 08/2013-07/2014 Education at the Diabetes Center of the 2nd Internal Medicine Department 'Attikon' University Hospital

03/2020 Holder of a specialization title in Diabetes Mellitus after successful examinations of the Ministry of Health

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

06/2019 - 06/2024 Associate Director of the 1st Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetes Center of 'Henry Dunant' Hospital Center.

05/2015 - 05/2019 Consultant of the 1st Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetes Center of 'Henry Dunant' Hospital Center.

Since 10/ 2015 Private Clinic in Nea Smyrni.

10/2014 - 04/2015 External partner of the 'Henry Dunant' Hospital Center.

08/2013 - 07/2014 Consultant at the Emergency Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens.

06/2013 - 07/2013 MD – Diabetes Specialist, Queens Hospital, Burton on Trent-England.

01/2013 - 05/2013 MD – Diabetes Specialist, Blackpool Teaching Hospital, Blackpool-England.

27/04/2007 to 09/04/2012 Trainee of the 2nd Internal Medicine Department 'Attikon' University Hospital (Full specialization

12/2005 - 12/2006 Internship at the Larnaca General Hospital (6 months in the Pathology Clinic and 6 months in the Surgery Clinic)

10/2003 - 01/2005 MD- Compulsory Field Service at the Regional Clinic of Kastelani Messi - Corfu (K.Y Agios Athanasios)

10/2002 - 04/2003 Compulsory Internship at the University Hospital of L'Aquila

MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES

1. Hellenic Diabetes Association
2. Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine
3. Professional Association of Internist- Diabetologist of Greece

PEER REVIEWER AT SCIENCE JOURNAL

1. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
2. Nutrition Reviews
3. The British Journal of Nutrition 
4. International Journal of Food Science and Technology
5. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

AWARDS

Awards from the Hellenic Diabetes Association due to Paper Posts at the European Congress of Diabetes Mellitus (E.A.S.D 2014 Vienna. Austria and EASD 2015 Stockholm, Sweden)

PUBLICATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Vinegar decreases postprandial hyperglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes Mitrou P, Raptis A, Lampadiari V, Boutati E, Petsiou E, Spanoudi F, Papakostantinou E, Maratou E, Econompopoulos T, Dimitriadis G, Raptis SA. Diabetes Care. 2010 Feb;33(2):e27
2. Vinegar’s action on glucose metabolism, lipid profile and body weight: Efficacy and underlying mechanisms E. Petsiou, P. Mitrou, S. A. Raptis and G. Dimitriadis. Nutrition Reviews. 2014 Oct;77 (10);651-661
3. The role of acetic acid on glucose uptake and blood flow rates in the skeletal muscle in humans with impaired glucose tolerance P. Mitrou, E. Petsiou, E. Papakonstantinou, E. Maratou, V. Lambadiari, P. Dimitriadis, F. Spanoudi, S. A. Raptis and G. Dimitriadis. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015 Jan 28
4. Vinegar Consumption Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake by the Forearm Muscle in Humans with Type 2 Diabetes P. Mitrou, E. Petsiou, E. Papakonstantinou, E. Maratou, V. Lambadiari, P. Dimitriadis, F. Spanoudi, S. A. Raptis and G. Dimitriadis J Diabetes Res. 2015
5. Greek internists’ and endocrinologists’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding periodontal disease, caries, xerostomia and diabetes mellitus. A National Survey. C. Rahiotis, E. Petsiou, P. Mitrou Int J Biomed Clin Anal.2022;2(1):39-47
6. Two-Month Consumption of Orange Juice Enriched with Vitamin D3 and Probiotics Decreases Body Weight, Ιnsulin Resistance, Blood Lipids, and Arterial Blood Pressure in High-Cardiometabolic-Risk Patients on a Westernized Type Diet:Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial.E. Papakonstantinou , N. Zacharodimos, G. Georgiopoulos, C. Athanasaki, D. Bothou, S. Tsitsou, F. Lympaki, S. Vitsou-Anastasiou, O. Papadopoulou, D. Delialis, E. Alexopoulos, E. Petsiou, K. Keramida, A. Doulgeraki, Ι. Patsopoulou, G. Nychas, C. Tassou. Nutri-ents 2024, 16(9), 1331
7. Effects of a hypocaloric time- restricted feeding diet programme in individuals with metabolic dysfunction- associated steatotic liver disease: preliminary data of a randomised contolled trial S. Tsitsou, T.Bali, M. Adamantou, A. Sarilaki, K-A. Poulia, E. Petsiou, E. Papakonstantinou, E. Cholongitas. Diabetologia 09/2024. Abstract 26