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I’m a senior consultant rheumatologist at the Karolinska University Hospital and Associate Professor of Rheumatology at Karolinska Institutet. I serve as a Director of studies for the elective courses of the medical program at Karolinska Institutet and examiner for internal medicine at the Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet. I am also affiliated to the School of Medical Sciences at the Örebro University.

I studied medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and graduated in 2006. In February 2017, I defended my doctoral thesis entitled "Systemic lupus erythematosus: biomarkers and biologics", which I carried out at the Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. My thesis focused on biomarkers in lupus nephritis, and clinical, biological, and patient-reported outcomes following biological therapies in systemic lupus erythematosus.
With my research, I aim at improving the management and surveillance of people living with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. I’m currently leading a research team at the Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. We conduct research of clinical and translational nature.

Last but not least, I have an interest in medical pedagogy, and I am currently working on the development of a novel virtual patient modality for enhancing the acquirement of clinical reasoning skills and for facilitating interprofessional learning.