He studied at Democritus University of Thrace. He specialized in Gastroenterology at Papadimitriou Hospital, Athens. After completing his specialty, he underwent a three-year training in interventional endoscopies at Konstantopoulio Hospital, Agia Olga. In 2005, he opened a fully equipped private practice in the southern suburbs, performing numerous endoscopic procedures of the upper and lower digestive tract. In 2007, after an honorary invitation from the late Director Dimitrios Karagiannis, he joined the staff of the 1st Endoscopy Department at the Athens Medical Center. In 2011 and until 2002, he also became Director of the Gastroenterology Clinic at the Palaio Faliro Medical Center, where he contributed to the development of the Endoscopy Department. All these years he also offers his medical services at the Athens Medical Center, where he returns exclusively in 2022. In January 2024 until today he takes over as Director of the Gastroenterology Clinic, 1st Endoscopy Department.

He specializes in the treatment of Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease) having a particularly large number of patients participating in Pan-European studies. He has 20 years of clinical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of all diseases of the upper and lower digestive tract as well as diseases of the liver and pancreas. He performs almost all endoscopic procedures, gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy, EMR polypectomy, dilation of gastrointestinal strictures with candles or CRE, esophageal, duodenal, and colon stents, placement of percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG), ligation of esophageal varices, treatment of Barrett’s esophagus with thermocoagulation/ablation with RFA HALO system, application of Argon Plasma in angiodysplasias of the stomach and intestine, endoscopic capsule analysis.

He is a member of the Scientific Working Group on Gastroenterological Diseases of the Ministry of Health, drafting the therapeutic protocols of Greek Gastroenterologists, a member of the Scientific Societies ECCO/ UEG /ESGE/ EGE/ EOMIFNE/ EPEGE and a member of Scientific Committees. He has written articles in Greek and foreign journals, while participating in speeches and chairing numerous scientific conferences.

He is married and has three children.