Matthaios Katsaras

Specialist Pneumonologist

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Date and Place of Birth: 06 August 1990, Athens, Greece

Work Address: University Hospital of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece

Current Position: Respiratory Medicine Resident, Specialty title in Respiratory Medicine: March 2021
Extention of Contract as Resident: December 2020-present

E-mail: matthewkat1@gmail.com


University: School of Medicine, University of Patras  (2008- 2014) Grade 7,08 “Very Good”


Rural Cinical Practice:
Kyparissia Medical Center Nov. 2014- Jan. 2015
Ano Chora Medical Center Aug. 2019- Jun. 2020

Resident-Fellow in Respiratory Medicine:
6th Respiratory Clinic, “Sotiria” Hospital for Chest Diseases, Athens, Greece Jan. 2015 – Jul. 2019
Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece Jun.2020 – present


Postgraduate Training: “Advance Life  Support -ALS  Provider”  European Resuscitation Council Sep. 2016


Publications:

Impact of Depression on Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Tzouvelekis A, Karampitsakos T, Kourtidou S, Bouros E, Tzilas V, Katsaras M, Antonou C, Dassiou M, Bouros D.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Feb 7;7:29. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00029. PMID: 32118014; PMCID: PMC7020231.

Diagnostic value of BAL lymphocytosis in patients with indeterminate for usual interstitial pneumonia imaging pattern.
Tzilas V, Tzouvelekis A, Bouros E, Karampitsakos T, Ntasiou M, Katsaras M, Costabel U, Wells A, Bouros D.
Eur Respir J. 2019 Nov 14;54(5):1901144. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01144-2019. PMID: 31320457.

H1N1 infection and embolic events
Ioannis Dimitroulis, Matthew Katsaras, Michail Toumbis
Pneumon. Jul-Sep2016, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p224-235. 12p.

The impact of smoking on community acquired pneumonia course and outcomes
Adamadia Liapikou, Sotiria Makrodimitri, Konstantina Deskata, Matthew Katsaras, Christina Triantafillidou, Katerina Dimakou, Ioannis Dimitroulis, Michael Toumbis,
European Respiratory Journal 2016 48: PA596

Seasonal Influenza Guidelines update
Matthaios Katsaras, Demosthenes Bouros
Pneumon 2018, 31(4):205-206, Editorial

Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: When and to whom? Indications and complications of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
Danai Theodoulou, Emmanouil Alevrakis, Marianthi Iliopoulou, Theodoros Karampitsakos, Matthaios Katsaras, Stamatios Tsipilis, Konstantinos Tzimopoulos, Antonia Koutsoukou, Nikoletta Rovina
Pneumon 2020, 33(1):-13-24

The impact of smoking on community acquired pneumonia course and outcomes
Adamadia Liapikou, Sotiria Makrodimitri, Konstantina Deskata, Matthew Katsaras, Christina Triantafillidou, Katerina Dimakou, Ioannis Dimitroulis, Michael Toumbis
European Respiratory Journal 2016 48: PA596; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA596


Languages:
Greek – Mother Language
English – Fluent, written and spoken
French – Basic German – Basic