John Souglakos

My studies in medicine were realised in the Medical Faculty of the University of Crete.
I began my doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. O. Manousos and after his retirement
under the supervision of Prof.I. Blachonikolis. After my first two years of specialisation in
Internal Medicine, I served as a supernumerary Doctor of the University Hospital of Heraklion.
As such, I was placed in the Department of Medical Oncology of the hospital where the
conduction of the cooperative international studies of the department was assigned to me. This
was my first contact with the object of clinical research. Since then this particular object
constitutes one from my inquiring interests and I have dealt with all spectrum of clinical
investigation (planning, concretisation, control, analysis and report). I continued working as
MD of clinical studies in Medical Oncology after the expiry of my appointment with the hospital
and until 2001, with a short interval. From 2001, I began my specialization in Medical
Oncology, first as a resident in Hematology for 6 months and afterwards as a resident in the
Medical Oncology. After examination, in December 2005 I received the title of the Medical
Oncology Speciality.. During my specialization, I enjoyed a scholarship from the Hellenic
Society of Medical Oncology (HESMO) and worked in the Laboratory of Germans Trias i Pujol,
Universitat Autonomus de Barcelona (5/2003-12/2003) under the supervision of Professor R
Rosell. Furthermore, during my specialization, I was accepted and I followed the educational
program of the Masterclass in Oncology of the European School of Oncology (in year 2004)
and the AACR course “Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology” (in July 2006). I was elected
as lecturer of Medical Oncology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete in November
2006. I took a sabbatical year (from November 2007-November 2008) at the Dana Farber
Cancer Institute (Harvard Medical School) and 21 months in the Danish Health system
(01/03/14-30/11/2015 Onkologisk Afdeling, Hospitalenhed Vest, Herning, Danmark)
I participate in a wide variety of events (congresses, seminars, workshops etc) as trainee
as well as instructor.