George E. Dafoulas, MD

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About me
Digital Health - Medical Technology Clinical Consultant and Clinical Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Thessaly, Greece
Education
- Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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  Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
  Activities and Societies: -President of the Hellenic Medical Students' International Committee www.helmsic.gr ( member of EMSA http://www.emsa-europe.org/ and IFMSA www.ifmsa.org ) -Member of the Scientic Society of Hellenic Medical Students -EEFIE, http://eefie.org/
- Nottingham Business School-Nottingham Trent University
  2010 - 2012
  Master of Business Administration (MBA) Health Services Management
Experience
- IFMSA - International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
  Oct 2000 - Sept 2002
  Member of the Supervising Council
- Ship for World Youth (SWY) program operated by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
  Oct 2001 - Dec 2001
  Participating Youth-Leadership Training Programme SWY
  The Ship for World Youth (SWY) program, operated by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, is a program that involves youths from Japan and countries around the world. They board the Ship for World Youth, live together, and while on board and when visiting the different countries, they study and discuss common issues from a global perspective and participate in other various activities that involve multi-cultural and multi-national exchange opportunities.
- Council of Europe
  Dec 2003 - Dec 2003
  Preparatory team member a Study Session of the EYCB
  Member of the organizing team of the Study Session on "Health and Human Rights of Refugees, Immigrants and Minorities in Europe", EYCBudapest, 8-14/12/2003The report can be downloaed fromhttp://www.eycb.coe.int/eycbwwwroot/HRE/eng/documents/coe03.pdf
- Hellenic Army
  Feb 2004 - Jul 2005
  First Lieutenant
  Obligatory Greek army service, First Lieutenant, Awards: Brigadiers’ Citation for leadership and management skills
- E-trikala SA - Municipality of Trikala
  Jun 2008 - Nov 2008
  Member of the study group of the Prefecture of Thessaly, Greece for the establishment of EMR for the ROM community of Thessaly Member of the study group of the tele-medicine center for the remote rural health centers in the Prefecture of Trikala, Greece
  - Consultant of the study of the Prefecture of Thessaly, Greece for the establishment of EMR for
    Oct 2008 - Nov 2008
  - Consultant of the study of TEDK Trikala, for telemedicine of remote rural health centers
    Jun 2008 - Oct 2008
- Non Commisioned Officer Army Academy of Greece
  Sept 2008 - May 2009
  Trainer of hygiene rules and First Aid
  Trainer of hygiene rules and First Aid in the Non Commisioned Officer Army Academy of Greece http://smy.army.gr/
- Municipal Enterpise for Social Welfare of Trikala
  Oct 2008 - Nov 2009
  Primary Health Care physician of the ROM community
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Academy
  Oct 2008 - Jan 2009
  Trainer on Telemedicine
  Trainer on the subject of Telemedicine - 2008 Training Program of the
- E-trikala SA - Municipality of Trikala
  Nov 2009 - Jan 2015
  1. 1/12/10-31/12/2012Project team member of the EU co-funded project "INDEPENDENT" (ICT Enabled Service Integration for Independent Living) www.independent-project.eu 2. 1/2/10-31/12/2013Work Package Coordinator of the greek section of the EU co-funded "RENEWING HEALTH" multicenter telehealth large scale RCT. www.renewinghealth.eu3. 1/1/13-31/1/2016Work Package Coordinator of the greek section of the EU co-funded "UNITED FOR HEALTH" multicenter observational telehealth large scale trial. http://www.united4health.eu 4. 1/3/13- 31/7/2016Consultant of the greek section in Thessaly Region of the EU co-funded "SMARTCARE", that aims to define a common set of standard functional specifications for an open ICT platform enabling the delivery of integrated care to older European citizens. http://pilotsmartcare.eu/home/5. 1/2/2012-31/1/2015 Consultant of the EU funded project "MOMENTUM" for Mainstreaming Telemedicine Deployment in Daily Practice http://www.telemedicine-momentum.eu/project/ Show less 1. 1/3/09- 31/7/2011Project team member of the telecare EU co-funded project ISISEMD (Intelligent System for independent living and self-care of seniors with cognitive problems or mild dementia) www.isisemd.eu 2. 1/12/10-31/7/2011Project team member of the EU co-funded project INDEPENDENT (ICT Enabled Service Integration for Independent Living) www.independent-project.eu 3. 1/2/10-31/7/2011Work Package Coordinator of the greek section of the EU co-funded RENEWING HEALTH multicenter telehealth large scale RCT. www.renewinghealth.eu Show less
  - e-health services clinical consultant
    Jul 2011 - Jan 2015
  - e-health services coordinator
    Nov 2009 - Jul 2011
- MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
  Apr 2011 - Apr 2011
  Visiting Scholar
  Intern of the SANA telemedicine project, at the “clinical decision making through applied artificial intelligence” research group of CSAIL-MIT http://www.csail.mit.edu/MIMIC Databasehttps://physionet.org/mimic2/mimic2_clinical_overview.shtml
- 5th Regional Health Authority of Thessaly and Sterea
  Jul 2011 - Dec 2011
  Primary Health Care Physician
- LAIKO General University Hospital, Athens
  Jan 2012 - Oct 2016
  Internal Medicine Resident
  Internal Medicine Resident of 1st Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine http://www.appk.gr/Athens University Medical Schoolhttp://school.med.uoa.gr/Laiko General Hospital http://www.laiko.gr/
- Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon
  Mar 2013 - Aug 2019
  Clinical Research Fellow, School of Medicine
  1)Clinical Research Fellow of the EU cofunded DG SANCO/ Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency "MANAGED-CARE: Innovative chronic care management for people living with diabetes type 2" http://www.manage-care.eu/2)Research Fellow of the EU funded HORIZON 2020 project “Feel4Diabetes: Developing and implementing a community-based intervention to create a more supportive social and physical environment for lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe” http://feel4diabetes-study.eu/3)Research Fellow of the EU funded Health Programme 2014-2020 " Joint Action for Rare Cancers -JARC" http://jointactionrarecancers.eu/ Show less
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham(QEHB),University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB)
  Mar 2016 - Jun 2016
  Visiting Physician - rotation in Diabetes
  http://www.uhb.nhs.uk/about-us.htmAttended the QEHB hospital ward visits and on calls at the Clinical Decision Unit in the Emergency Department, and the following diabetes clinics:• Antenatal Clinic (Womens)• Diabetes/Renal Clinic• Diabetes/Obesity Clinic• Diabetes/Liver Clinic• Diabetic Foot Clinic• Diabetes Type 2 Clinic• Diabetes Type 1 Clinic• Insulin Pump Clinic• Islet cell transplant Clinic
- Institute of Applied Health Research,College of Medical and Dental Sciences,University of Birmingham
  Mar 2016 - Jun 2016
  Associate Researcher
  Worked in research studies using THIN database.The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database is a large UK general practice database which contains anonymised longitudinal patient records from over 500 practices (about 6% of the population):http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/mds/projects/HaPS/PCCS/THIN/index.aspx
- ACTIVAGE project
  Jan 2017 - Sept 2020
  Health Services Manager
  Health Services Manager of the EU funded Horizon20202 project ACTIVAGE - Activating Innovative IoT Smart living environments for ageing well http://www.activageproject.eu/ in Central Greece pilot site
- Faculty of Medicine - University of Thessaly
  Sept 2019 - now
  Clinical Research Fellow
  Clinical Research Fellow, Diabetes Center, Regional University Hospital of Larisa, Greece http://www.uhl.gr/uhlen/
- GATEKEEPER PROJECT
  Oct 2019 - Dec 2023
  Health Services Coordinator
  Health Services Coordinator of the EU funded Horizon20202 project GATEKEEPER https://www.gatekeeper-project.eu/ in Central Greece pilot site, devoted to deploy smart data driven solutions for personalized risk detection and intervention through bigdata, AI, IoT innovative services for seniors
- KEDE - Central Union of Municipalities in Greece
  Sept 2020 - May 2024
  Mέλος Επιτροπής Υγείας ΚΕΔΕ -Member of the Health Committee
- EHTEL - European Health Telematics Association
  Jan 2021 - Sept 2021
  Medical Officer
- Innovation Sprint
  Sept 2022 - Apr 2024
  Medical Director
- Pytheia Competence Center
  Sept 2022 - Sept 2023
  Chief Medical Officer
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  Feb 2024 - Feb 2024
  Secondment on policy recommendations on the use of health data for precision medicine and research
- Stanford University School of Medicine
  Mar 2024 - Mar 2024
  Secondment on policy recommendations on the use of health data for precision medicine and research
  Secondment at Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) through "The European network staff eXchange for integrAting precision health in the health Care sysTems" (ExACT), a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) project
- IDIKA SA - e-Government Center for Social Security Services
  Jun 2024 - now
  Digital Health Expert - xShare project
  Digital Health Expert - xShare project Expanding the European EHRxF to share and effectively use health data within the EHDS
Licenses & Certifications
- Registered Medical Practitioner in UK
  General Medical Council
  Feb 2016
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