Contributor biography

Dimitrios Sagris, MD, is a Clinical Research Fellow in Stroke and Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Greece.
He is a MSc student in Stroke Medicine, European Master in Stroke Medicine, Donau-University Krems, Austria, supported by scholarship from the European Stroke Oranization (ESO).
Since 2018, Dimitrios is a PhD student in Cardiovascular Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Thessaly under the supervision of Associate Professor K.P. Makaritsis.

From 2013 to 2019 he participated as sub-investigator in seven clinical studies and gained clinical research experienced.

He is a member of the following professional societies: Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society, Stroke prevention study group, Hellenic Organization of Internal Medicine, Hellenic Stroke Organization and European Stroke Organization.

Some recent publications:

Leventis IA, Sagris D, Strambo D, Perlepe K, Sirimarco G, Nannoni S, Korompoki E, Manios E, Makaritsis K, Vemmos K, Michel P, Ntaios G. Atrial Cardiopathy and Likely Pathogenic Patent Foramen Ovale in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source. Thromb Haemost. 2021 Mar;121(3):361-365. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1715831. Epub 2020 Sep 2. PMID: 32877955.

Ntaios G, Sagris D, Strambo D, Perlepe K, Sirimarco G, Georgiopoulos G, Nannoni S, Korompoki E, Manios E, Makaritsis K, Vemmos K, Michel P. Carotid Atherosclerosis and Patent Foramen Ovale in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Jan;30(1):105409. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105409. Epub 2020 Nov 1. PMID: 33137616.

Sagris D, Georgiopoulos G, Leventis I, Pateras K, Pearce LA, Korompoki E, Makaritsis K, Vemmos K, Milionis H, Ntaios G. Antithrombotic treatment in patients with stroke and supracardiac atherosclerosis. Neurology. 2020 Aug 4;95(5):e499-e507. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009823. Epub 2020 Jul 6. PMID: 32631920.

Sagris D, Georgiopoulos G, Perlepe K, Pateras K, Korompoki E, Makaritsis K, Vemmos K, Milionis H, Ntaios G. Antithrombotic Treatment in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Stroke. 2019 Nov;50(11):3135-3140. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.026512. Epub 2019 Sep 24. PMID: 31547797.