Vini Louisa
Vini Louisa
Radiation Therapist - OncologistVini Louisa
Oncologist – Radiotherapist
Louiza Vini is a graduate of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She trained in Clinical Oncology – Radiotherapy at the Royal College of Radiologists, Faculty of Oncology, London.
She worked as a Specialist Oncologist – Radiotherapist, Curator at the Royal Marshden Hospital, London from July 1993 to July 1995, treating patients with breast, brain, urinary and gastrointestinal cancers. She then became a Lecturer/Researcher at the Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, London and then Head of the Thyroid Cancer Research Group, at the Royal Marsden. From 1999 to 2001, she served as Director of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Department at the Lung Cancer Group at the Royal Marsden in London.
Upon returning to Greece, she assumed the position of Scientific Director of the Department of Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy at the Inter-Balkan Medical Center from September 2001 to October 2002. Following this, she assumed the position of Director of the Department of Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy at the Athens Medical Center from November 2002 to the present.
She is a member of numerous scientific societies and scientific councils in Greece and abroad, as well as a rich scientific and writing work. She has made scientific presentations at more than 30 international conferences and more than 20 Greek conferences and has written five chapters in foreign-language Oncology books, and eight chapters in Greek books. He has published over 30 papers in prestigious foreign-language journals and has participated in the writing of the guidelines for the treatment of thyroid cancer in Great Britain, for the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) and for the treatment of esophageal and rectal cancer (CRC).
- 2002- present: Director of the Department of Clinical Oncology – Radiotherapy, Athens Medical Center
- 2001-2002: Scientific Director of the Department of Clinical Oncology – Radiotherapy, Inter-Balkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki
- 1999-2001: Consultant in Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy, Lung Unit (Director of the Oncology – Radiotherapist in the Lung Cancer Group), Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London, UK
- 1998-1999: Senior Research Fellow / Thyroid Research Team Leader (head of the Thyroid Cancer Research Group), Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London, UK
- 1995-1998: Senior Registrar in Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy (Specialized Oncologist-Radiotherapist, Curator) at the Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK .
- 1993-1995: Lecturer / Research Fellow in Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, London, UK from August 1995 to July 1998.
- 1989-1993: Registrar in Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, Fulham Road and Sutton, London, UK
- 1988-1989: Training in Pathology at the 3rd Pathology Clinic of Agioi Anargyroi Hospital
- 19987-1988: Field service at Rural Clinic of Mesopotamia, Kastoria Prefecture
- 1995: Specialty title in Clinical Oncology – Radiotherapy for England FRCR (Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists, Board of Clinical Oncology).
- 1994: Acquisition of Specialty title (Radiotherapy Oncology) in Greece.
- 1990 – 1993: Training in Clinical Oncology – Radiotherapy at the Royal College of Radiologists, Faculty of Oncology, London, FRCR training in Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapy.
- 1990 – Today: License to practice the Medical Profession (Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner of the General Medical Council) for England.
- 1987: License to practice the Medical Profession
- 1987: Medical Degree, Grade: Very Good (8.3)
- 1980 – 1986.: Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Gastrointestinal cancer, especially rectal and anal cancer, with the implementation of new radiotherapy planning/administration protocols as well as participation in EM-KAPES studies, breast, lung and endocrine cancer as well as practice reviews and implementation of new treatment protocols for elderly patients.
- In Greece:
- Member of the Athens Medical Association
- Member of the Hellenic Anticancer Society
- Member of the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group
- Member of the Radiotherapy Society
- Member of the Digestive System Cancer Study Society (EM-KAPES) Abroad:
- Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR)
- Member of the British Medical Council (BMC)
- Member of the British Oncological Association (BOA)
- Member of the European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (EORTC)
- Member of the EORTC Thyroid Cancer Research Gruyp
- Member of the Lung Cancer Working Group
- Member of the British Medical Exposure Committee
- Member of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology
- Member of the British Thyroid Association
- Member of the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS) Participation in Scientific Councils:
- Member of the Training Committee of the Royal Marsden Hospital, London with main responsibility for the organization of the training of SHO’s and Registrars in Clinical Oncology and Medical Oncology from 1995 to 2001.
- Tutor in FRCR 3-year course, which is organized annually by the Royal College of Radiolostics, London from 1995 to 2001.
- Tutor in FRCS course which is organized annually by the Royal College of Surgeons, London from 1997 to 2001.
- Member of the Research Ethics Committee, Royal Marsden Hospital, London from 1996 to 1999.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Oncology Bulletin from 1998 to 2001.
- Regular reviewer of the works of the Journal British Journal of Radiology from 1998 to 2001.
- Regular member of the Oncology Group of the Athens Medical Center.
- Regular member of the Oncology Council of the Athens Medical Center.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the Postgraduate Courses of Digestive Surgeons.
- Regular participation as an instructor in the Postgraduate Courses of the Society of Pathologists-Oncologists.
Group in South Thames
- Participation in more than 20 Chairs of International and Greek Conferences, Symposia
- Presentations – lectures in more than 30 International Symposia, Conferences and more than 70 Conferences in the Greek area
- Announcements of scientific papers in more than 30 International conferences and more than 40 Greek conferences
- Written 5 Chapters in Foreign-language Oncology Books, 8 Chapters in Greek Books
- Published more than 40 papers in prestigious foreign-language journals
- Published more than 60 papers in abstract form in foreign-language journals
- Participated in the writing of the guidelines for the treatment of thyroid cancer in Great Britain (British Thyroid Association Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer)
- Participated in the writing of the guidelines for the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC)
- Participation in the writing of guidelines for the treatment of esophageal and rectal cancer (EOPC)
ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER: Distomou 3, Marousi, building D, -3rd floor, email: l.vini@iatriko.gr
THESSALONIKI MEDICAL CENTER, Asklipiou 10, Pylaia-Thessaloniki, Tel: 2310400000
Doctor's Articles
Radiotherapy in the effective treatment of cancer
09/05/2024
Department of Radiation Oncology at the Athens Medical Center
01/02/2023
Exercise: one of the most effective drugs against breast cancer
23/12/2022