He received his medical degree in 1996 and his PhD in 2007 from the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace and carried out his postdoctoral research at Respiratory Division of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium). He has served as a national delegate for Greece in EU COST Action B26 on Sleep Apnea Syndrome and in EU COST Action B29 on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and as a member of the European Respiratory Society Guidelines Working Group. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Society of Sleep Disorders and moderator of the Sleep Disorders group of the Hellenic Thoracic Society. He has also served as an editorial board member and as a reviewer for numerous international scientific journals.He has published over 81 articles in PubMed-indexed peer-reviewed journals (h-index: 17).